Alumni Profile: Vania Toledo ’12, MS ’14

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Vania Toledo ’12, MS ’14 is a mother of 2 children ages 11 and 7 living in the Miami area. She has a Masters of Science in Global Strategic Communications from FIU and has been working in the marketing industry for over 15 years. Currently, she is the Director of Marketing & PR in the U.S. […]

Football Friday: Get Ready for Spring Ball

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FIU spring football practices began the first week of March at FIU Stadium. Our Panthers are coming off a 5-7 season where we returned just about everyone on offense, but on defense FIU will need to figure out who will replace stalwarts such as Michael Wakefield, Denzell Perine, Lars Koht, Richard Leonard and Jeremiah McKinnon. Click here for […]

Scene at the Frost

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We welcomed 40 visitors to the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum this past Thursday, March 24 for Art After Dark, a new event sponsored by the City of Doral. Art After Dark offers adults an opportunity to create an artwork inspired by one of our current exhibitions. Director Jordana Pomeroy kicked off the event […]

Honor an FIU graduate with a digital bookplate

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Graduation is an important milestone, the culmination of years of hard work and dedication, and deserves to be recognized! The FIU Libraries is offering family and friends the chance to honor their FIU graduate with a special gift – a digital bookplate in the library catalog. A physical bookplate is traditionally a small print or […]

Alumnus to be featured in SoFlo HOME PROJECT

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WPLG-TV, Local 10, the ABC affiliate in Miami-Fort Lauderdale announced today the launch of a new, weekly show, “SoFlo HOME PROJECT,” featuring Martin Amado ’96, which will debut Saturday, April 2 at 11:00 am. Host of SoFlo HOME PROJECT will be South Florida home designer, Martin Amado. “We are extremely excited about our newest locally-produced show in […]

Forbes ranks FIU second best employer in Florida

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For the second year in a row, FIU has made “America’s Best Employers” list by Forbes magazine. FIU is thesecond best ranked Florida employer after Publix, and is the highest ranking university in Florida on this year’s list. “Reaching this milestone two years in a row validates what FIU’s faculty and staff have known all […]

FIU Alumni Night with the Miami HEAT

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The Miami HEAT has partnered with the FIU Alumni Association to close out the 2015-16 season! Due to your involvement with the FIU Alumni Association, you could be part of this exciting evening while supporting our Student Scholarship Fund. We’ve created two special packages for you to choose from! Detroit Pistons vs Miami HEAT Tuesday, April […]

FIU Magazine now available for tablet devices

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For the first time, FIU Magazine is available to read on iPad and Android tablets. The new, tablet-friendly magazine was designed to bring FIU Magazine further into the digital world and meet readers’ requests for a more portable publication. “The tablet merges the print and online editions of the magazine,” said editor Karen Cochrane, “and […]

Greater New York Panthers enjoy the Brooklyn Museum

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The Panthers were on the Parkway for Brooklyn Museum’s monthly Target First Saturday, a free social event offered every month with a different theme. In honor of March being Women’s History Month, the lineup for the evening was centered around women’s empowerment portrayed through films produced by women, the Harriet Apothecary Healing Circle, a performance by Colored Girls Hustle, […]