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North Campus Students Earn Full Scholarships To Tuskegee University

May 21, 2020 Kevin Boulandier Scholarship, Tuskegee University, Student Spotlight, North Campus

Three North Campus students won full-ride scholarships to attend Tuskegee University in Alabama. The 2020 Tuskegee University Distinguished Presidential Scholarship recipients are nursing students Jacques Virgelin and Lunadia Raoul and veterinary technology student Hali Braynon. The scholarships includes tuition, room and board and a $800 stipend for textbooks. “It… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Kendall Campus Volleyball

Five Miami Dade College Volleyball Players Awarded Scholarships

May 6, 2020 Daniel Tamariz Student Spotlight, Women's Volleyball, Lady Sharks, Scholarships

The Lady Sharks’ success on the volleyball court continues to mirror their success after Miami Dade College. Five sophomores on last year’s team, who won 29 games and finished third in the country, have been awarded scholarships to continue their volleyball journeys. Outside hitter Issaura Santos will attend the… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus News Presidential Search

Meet The Student Voice On MDC’s Presidential Search Committee

February 21, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos SGA, Student Spotlight, Presidential Search, Student Profile

Samantha Hernandez wants to leave a mark on Miami Dade College’s presidential search. The 20-year-old, who serves as president of the Student Government Association at Kendall Campus, is doing just that, as the lone student representative on the College’s search committee. Hernandez is one of 17 search committee members.… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Softball News Sports

Freshman Emerges As A Leader For Lady Sharks

February 21, 2020 Daniel Tamariz Student Profile, athlete, Student Spotlight, Softball

To Nicole Gonzalez, softball is more than a game—it is a blueprint on how to live her life. “To me, softball is more than just a sport,” Gonzalez said. “It taught me how to be responsible, and how to work with other people.” Gonzalez first picked up the bat… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing Kendall Campus

Students To Perform The Rocky Horror Picture Show

February 21, 2020 Beatriz Fernandez Student Spotlight, Kendall Campus, Performing Arts, Theater, Musical

Theater program students at Kendall Campus will perform the classic 1975 musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, from Feb. 27-29 and March 5-7 at 8 p.m. in Room M113. There will also be a matinée showing on March 1 at 2 p.m. and a midnight showing on March 7. … Read the rest at our website.

News Kendall Campus

Students To Build City Of Miami Budget Web App

November 1, 2019 Heidi Perez Student Spotlight, Kendall Campus, Miami, App, Coding, grant, budget

Miami Dade College was awarded a year-long $88,507 grant from New America to create the Miami Budget App. The Miami Budget App, a website app, will allow the community to analyze the financial expenditures of the City of Miami’s yearly budget in English and Spanish. “I think it’s going… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus News

Choir Girl Wins A Ticket To American Idol

March 29, 2019 Heidi Perez American Idol, Student Spotlight, Kendall Campus

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 suggested she audition for the ABC show, she couldn’t refuse. “I had been watching Idol since season one,” Jo said. “I always had the ‘what… Read the rest at our website.

News West Campus

Feeling Lost On Campus? Now you can Ask Alexa

November 10, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco Student Spotlight, West Campus, Technology, School for Advanced Studies

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 a sign that reads: Alexa, ask West. “Alexa, ask West where Testing is,” Gutierrez asks the most recent addition to Amazon’s voice recognition controlled interactive… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus Briefing

Wolfson Campus Student To Present His Research At National Conferences

October 27, 2017 Camilla Sposito Student Spotlight, Wolfson Campus, STEM, Honors College

Gabriel Cortez, a biology major in the Honors College at Wolfson Campus, presented his STEM research at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science in Salt Lake City, Utah from Oct. 19 to 21 and will attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students… Read the rest at our website.

A&E Kendall Campus

Kendall Campus Students Ready To Drop Debut EP

September 22, 2017 Martina Brady Student Spotlight, Kendall Campus, Music

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. Garcia serves as the lead singer of the yet to be named band which also includes drummer Toussaint “Tulu” Lewis, lead guitarist Alvaro Marmolejo, Julian… Read the rest at our website.

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