Welcome to Fall 2016

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President Mark B. Rosenberg sent the following message to the FIU community on Aug. 22, 2016: If this is your first semester with us, welcome to the FIU family! To our returning students, faculty and staff, we’re so glad to have you back! Together, we’re beginning an exciting journey – a new academic year full […]

Design Ingenuity from the Netherlands to Grace the Wolfsonian–FIU

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In Fall 2016, The Wolfsonian–Florida International University will debut Modern Dutch Design, an examination of innovative design from the Netherlands between 1890 and 1940. On view November 18, 2016 through June 11, 2017, the exhibition traces how Dutch designers, architects, and artists evolved in the modern age—cementing their country’s reputation as a center for cutting-edge […]

Green School grad completes online archive of Haitian history

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Adam Silvia MA ’09 starts work this week at the Library of Congress in D.C. Five years spent archiving centuries of Haitian history may have helped with his application.Just a day after he graduated from the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs with a Ph.D. in history, Adam Silvia MA ‘09 started a […]

Music student in Disney’s Royal Welcome Show Aug. 11

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Nadya Borno, a vocal performance student in her junior year, will be playing a principal character in Elena’s Royal Welcome Show to debut on August 11 at Walt Disney World on the Magic Kingdom Stage. The show is based on Disney Junior’s newest star Elena, the first princess to come from Mexican and Hispanic heritage; […]

FIU military graduates overcome odds, change lives

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Staff Sergeants Charmaine and Jean Fortune met at the Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, got married and pursued a shared dream of becoming nurses. Air Force Sgt. Alan Brailsford struggled with substance abuse for years and plans to help others on the path to recovery, as a social worker. In addition to answering the […]

Mario Rodriguez ’10 on the importance of giving back

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Donor Spotlight Mario Rodriguez ’10 Assistant Director for Multicultural Student Center, UW Madison   What do you love most about FIU and your involvement here? I love the fact that FIU graduates the highest level of Latinx students undergrad, masters and doctoral level, as well as the location and the branding of the school. What advice […]

Panthers to watch at the 2016 Olympics

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All of FIU will be tuning into the 2016 Olympics with an eye toward catching current students and alumni participating in the world’s largest sporting event. Among the more than 10,500 athletes at the games will be several with direct ties to the university. Read about them here and cheer them on to glory over the coming weeks. Naomi Ruele – […]

Zika now in Florida: What you need to know

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Fourteen people in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes, health officials announced. Although 1,650 Zika infections have been reported in the United States, this is the first time patients are not linked to travel outside the U.S. mainland. Florida Gov. Rick Scott says officials believe the infections […]

Alumnae lift Puerto Rican volleyball team to Olympic heights

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The paths of volleyball standouts Yarimar Rosa ’10 and Natalia Valentin ’11 have been intertwined from early on. The Puerto Rican natives occasionally played together for their country’s youth national team as teenagers, but mostly they were rivals from different high schools that would challenge each other in volleyball several times a year. “We could never […]

Alumna donates scholarship for First Generation Student

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Alumna Marcia del Rey ’05, a graduate of the College of Law’s inaugural class, has recently committed to funding a $25,000 scholarship in support of the Marcia del Rey ’05 First Generation Scholarship. The gift is aimed to support a student who is the first in their family to attend professional school. The scholarship, when […]