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Student Pursues Local Public Office

October 18, 2016 Adriana Falero Student Spotlight, Tamarac, Broward

Serving the community is something Marlon Bolton, 31, a criminal justice major at North Campus is drawn to. So it was natural for him to make the leap from pastor at the 300 member Praise Experience Church in North Lauderdale to candidate for public office in Tamarac, going door… Read the rest at our website.

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North Campus Student Lands Computer Science Internship

October 18, 2016 Jorge De Pena Student Spotlight, Honors College

Basim Siddiqui, a first-year computer science major at the North Campus Honors College will start an internship with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools this fall. In the position, he will assist information technology staff at Miami Lakes Educational Center with the school’s technological equipment including modems, routers and switches… Read the rest at our website.

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String Of Wallet Thefts Reported At Kendall Campus

September 28, 2016 Maria Vizcaino Student Spotlight, Kendall Campus, Crime, Niles Trammell

Public safety officials are on the lookout for thieves who have stolen at least nine wallets from Miami Dade College students at the Niles Trammell Building in the Kendall Campus since July, according to public safety reports. The thefts have occurred at the computer courtyard and the library, both… Read the rest at our website.

Abisleiman and Ruiz posing with model rockets. ready for space launch.

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High School Students To Launch Rocket Into Space

September 9, 2016 Adriana Falero 0 Comments Space, Science, School for Advanced Studies, Student Spotlight, Wolfson Campus

In just one lunchtime conversation last November, two high school juniors brainstormed and exchanged ideas, simulated rocket launches online, and began to devise a project that could make them the first high school students to reach space. Adrian Ruiz, 17, and Sebastian Abisleiman, 18—now seniors in the School for… Read the rest at our website.

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Wolfson Campus Graduate Wins Hidden Hero Award

August 17, 2016 Wherlyn Vasquez 0 Comments Student Spotlight

Maydee Martinez, a recent Wolfson Campus graduate, received the Hidden Hero Award on Aug. 11. Hidden Hero Awards are given to those who invest time to improve their community and take responsibility by creating an enduring change for students nationwide through the Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere program. Martinez was… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC Students Win Tuskegee Presidential Scholarship

August 17, 2016 Hector Gonzalez 0 Comments Student Spotlight, TRIO, Meek Center

Three recent Miami Dade College graduates won the 2016 Tuskegee University Distinguished Presidential Scholarship Award. Fredricka D. Jean-Pierre (criminal justice administration), Alicia Royes (accounting) and Alexzandria Hunter (biology) each received a scholarship of $32,000 per year, which covers their attendance, tuition, and room and board at Tuskegee University for… Read the rest at our website.

Laura Gonzalez Marin working out at a Crossfit gym.

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Student Finds Body Struggle Solution In CrossFit

June 13, 2016 Adriana Falero 0 Comments Student Spotlight, Health & Fitness

A thin, slender figure is coveted by nearly every young woman. Laura Gonzalez Marin wasn’t the exception when she committed to extreme dieting and exercising to attain society’s idealized body image. Pressured to fit this ‘slim body’ standard, Gonzalez Marin was diagnosed with anorexia at the age of 18.… Read the rest at our website.

MDC student Henley Garcia posing for the camera.

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Student Maps Kendall Campus For Google

June 13, 2016 Alexander Aspuru 0 Comments Student Spotlight, Maps, Technology, Google

Henley Garcia, 19, a software engineering major, could easily be mistaken for another amateur photographer as he surveys the Kendall Campus decked out with a computer club T-shirt with his iPhone. However, Garcia is responsible for all 46, 360-degree panoramic pictures of Kendall Campus on Google Maps, netting more… Read the rest at our website.

Isabel Logins posing for the camera as Miss Florida Keys.

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Wolfson Campus Student Runs for Miss Florida USA

June 13, 2016 Gabrielle Rueda 0 Comments Student Spotlight, beauty pageant

Standing at 5-foot-5 inches tall and weighing 109 pounds, Isabel Logins, a 20-year-old blonde hair, blue eyed Wolfson Campus student, fits the beauty pageant mold. This is fitting, since Logins was crowned Miss Florida Keys USA 2017 on March 11. “It’s like a job,” said Logins, who now has… Read the rest at our website.

Harold O. Levy posing with the students who won the Jack Kent Cooke scholarship.

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MDC Students Win Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

June 13, 2016 Daniela Molina 0 Comments Student Spotlight, Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

Three Miami Dade College Honors College students were awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke undergraduate transfer scholarship: Valentina d’Empaire, Juan J. Albrecht, and Yessica Maltes. A fourth student, Santiago Tobar, a senior at the School for Advanced Studies at Wolfson Campus, won the scholarship for exemplary high school seniors. … Read the rest at our website.

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