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MDC Students Awarded The Marcelo Saenz Scholarship

September 22, 2017 Gabriela Alvarado Student Spotlight, 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 the scholarship. Even though he didn’t attend the college, Saenz is a successful Miami-based attorney who wanted to help MDC students further their education. “Mr.… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus

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

August 23, 2017 Ciro Salcedo Student Spotlight, Film, North Campus, Professor Spotlight, Movie, SEDT

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 a film production professor at North Campus and Aguado an alum of the film program—plan to shoot a full length movie, Poneloya, using an all… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus News

SAS Student Aims To Make Driving Safer

April 13, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez 0 Comments School for Advanced Studies, Student Spotlight

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 — texting while driving. Merwitzer, a junior at the School for Advanced Studies at Wolfson Campus, is advocating to pass Senate Bill 144, which would make… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing Kendall Campus

Students’ Photography On Gender Roles Published In Education Journal

April 13, 2017 Devoun Cetoute Student Spotlight, Photography

Kendall Campus sophomores Christian Carmelino and Sabrina Mendoza were published in the winter 2017 issue of Diversity and Democracy, a publication of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. Their submission consisted of an art project about gender roles in society. The duo’s photography dealt with the household concepts… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing North Campus

Student Awarded Pair Of Scholarships

April 13, 2017 Jessica Genao Student Spotlight, Meek Center

In February, North Campus sophomore Akin Anderson, 20, a mass communications major, was awarded two scholarships: The Tillow Fund Endowed Scholarship for his academic accomplishments, worth $1,000, and the Anti-Poverty Scholarship by City of Miami Commissioner Keon Hardemon based on an essay contest, worth $2,000. “The [scholarships] definitely helped… Read the rest at our website.

North Campus Briefing

North Campus Sophomore Wins All-Florida Academic Team Award

April 13, 2017 Alexandra Vargas Student Spotlight

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 the most accomplished students in the Florida College System. The award, based on academic achievement, leadership and service to the community, was presented on April… Read the rest at our website.

News Padrón Campus

DACA Students Remain Hopeful Amid Immigration Uncertainty

March 31, 2017 Adriana Falero 0 Comments Student Spotlight, DACA

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 in Washington, D.C. to send out a message. During the four-month venture known as the “Trail of Dreams,” the DREAMers faced the risk of deportation,… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Homestead Campus Wolfson Campus News

Six School For Advanced Studies Students Receive Posse Scholarships

March 31, 2017 Alessandra Pacheco 0 Comments posse, Student Spotlight, School for Advanced Studies

Six School for Advanced Studies students were awarded the Posse Foundation scholarship, which covers full tuition for up to four years at any of the program’s six partner schools. The organization, which measures leadership and teamwork, received more than 1,250 applicants for the Posse Miami Scholarship. The list was… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing

North Campus Sophomore Named ALL-USA Scholar

March 31, 2017 Claudia Hernandez Student Spotlight, North Campus, Award

Rachel Diaz was one of the 20 students nationwide to receive the All-USA scholarship for 2017. Diaz, who is studying economics, is a sophomore attending the Honors College at North Campus. She is the current director of college project for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) Mu Elipson.… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing Wolfson Campus

Wolfson Student Named Achieving The Dream’s Dream Scholar

March 17, 2017 Katherine Wallace-Fernandez Student Spotlight

Student Government vice president at Wolfson Campus Enrique Sepulveda was named Achieving the Dream’s Dream Scholar on Feb. 21. Through Sepulveda’s nomination, Miami Dade College received the Achieving the Dream’s Leah Meyer Austin Award for the first time, in recognition for the increase in student graduation rates—from 31 to… Read the rest at our website.

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