Tag: Student Spotlight

Choir Girl Wins A Ticket To American Idol

Singer Betsy Jo isn’t one to gravitate toward the spotlight—in fact, she’s utterly terrified before each performance. But when an American Idol casting director...

Feeling Lost On Campus? Now you can Ask Alexa

Andres Gutierrez stands in the main rotunda at West Campus, hovering over a black plastic-top desk where an Amazon Echo Dot sits next to...

Wolfson Campus Student To Present His Research At National Conferences

Gabriel Cortez, a biology major in the Honors College at Wolfson Campus, presented his STEM research at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and...

Kendall Campus Students Ready To Drop Debut EP

Singer Gabriel Garcia and his band, which mixes a pop funk, jazz and R&B infused sound, expects to drop it’s debut EP this winter....

MDC Students Awarded The Marcelo Saenz Scholarship

Twenty international students from Miami Dade College were awarded the Marcelo Saenz Scholarship on June 23. Each student can receive up to $2,000 under...

North Campus Film Professor And Former Student To Shoot Horror Flick In Nicaragua

Thomas Demos and Marvin Aguado are taking their love of horror films to Nicaragua. In August, the duo with deep Miami Dade College ties—Demos...

SAS Student Aims To Make Driving Safer

Seventeen-year-old Mark Merwitzer frequently wears a suit to meet with lobbyists to fight a social ill that is second nature to many teens —...

Students’ Photography On Gender Roles Published In Education Journal

Kendall Campus sophomores Christian Carmelino and Sabrina Mendoza were published in the winter 2017 issue of Diversity and Democracy, a publication of the Association...

Student Awarded Pair Of Scholarships

In February, North Campus sophomore Akin Anderson, 20, a mass communications major, was awarded two scholarships: The Tillow Fund Endowed Scholarship for his academic...

North Campus Sophomore Wins All-Florida Academic Team Award

Lunide Sylne, a 19-year-old biology major at North Campus, is one of two students chosen to receive the All-Florida Academic Team Award, which recognizes...

DACA Students Remain Hopeful Amid Immigration Uncertainty

Seven years ago, four Miami Dade College students—three of whom were undocumented—led a 1,500-mile walk from Miami’s Freedom Tower to the United States Capitol...

Six School For Advanced Studies Students Receive Posse Scholarships

Six School for Advanced Studies students were awarded the Posse Foundation scholarship, which covers full tuition for up to four years at any of...