Serving others comes naturally to FIU. It\u2019s in our DNA. It\u2019s who we are.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1965 to address the needs and aspirations of South Florida\u2019s then-underserved residents, FIU is recognized today as a top community-engaged institution.<\/p>\n
To celebrate its 50th<\/sup> anniversary, FIU has embarked on a university-wide year of service that takes our already-demonstrated commitment to the community one step further. We challenge every student, employee and alumnus to participate, whether through individual engagement with local organizations, churches and schools or by coming out for any of the planned group \u201cFIU Days\u201d at area nonprofits.<\/p>\n And we encourage alumni throughout the country and the world to do the same wherever they live.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n However you choose to participate, you honor and extend FIU\u2019s 50-year history of making a difference.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Serving others comes naturally to FIU. It\u2019s in our DNA. It\u2019s who we are. Founded in 1965 to address the needs and aspirations of South Florida\u2019s then-underserved residents, FIU is recognized today as a top community-engaged institution. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, FIU has embarked on a university-wide year of service that takes our already-demonstrated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[225],"class_list":["post-3328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15207,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions\/15207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Click here<\/a> to learn about and register for our first, the MLK Day of Service.<\/h4>\n