App helps Flint residents find services, info on lead risk

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Mywater Flint App
A new app and website launched by an FIU alumnus is helping residents of Flint, Michigan, assess the risk of lead contamination in their homes and find resources to cope. The Mywater-Flint app, designed by computer science alumnus Mark Allison Ph.D. ’14 in conjunction with his students at the University of Michigan-Flint, provides information on […]

Alumnae teachers honored as some of the best

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Devalyn Suarez
Miami-Dade County Public Schools named two FIU alumnae the runners-up of its Teacher of the Year and Rookie Teacher of the Year awards. The runner-up awards, given by United Teachers of Dade President Karla Hernandez-Mats, included recognition at a Jan. 26 dinner ceremony and a cash prize donated by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Laura Ortiz ’03, […]

Alumni sharing life lessons

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Jonathan Williams with mentor John Farias
Successful graduates counsel students on achieving goals and attaining dreams. WANTED: A professional with demonstrated success in his or her industry who exhibits humility and a down-to-earth sensibility to serve as a role model to a young person in search of self-actualization. Sounds like a tall order. But in 2014, student Jevon Howell found a mentor […]

FIU business incubator meets the community

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Bob Hacker of StartUP FIU
StartUP FIU had its coming out party this week at a luncheon in Miami’s Little River neighborhood. In attendance: more than 200 movers and shakers eager to hear about the university’s new business incubator. “We are a collaborative in which we provide support for ideas, inventions, early-stage startup companies that can scale globally,” Assistant Vice […]

President, provost meet with CIA and national health leaders

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FIU President Rosenberg in DC
On Oct. 26, President Mark B. Rosenberg, Provost and Executive Vice President Kenneth G. Furton, and Henry Artigues of the Office of Research and Economic Development, met with Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD); the visit was arranged by FIU’s Office of Research. Earlier this year, FIU was awarded a historic […]

Law alumni give back through scholarship

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Nicole Fundora’s days are jam-packed, and that’s the way she likes it. She works full-time as a paralegal at Broad and Cassel. She is a single mom to two daughters. And she’s a law student in FIU’s evening law program. She expects to graduate in 2018, and one thing that’s helping her reach that goal: […]

Alumni annual meeting celebrates new board of directors and $50,000 donation from Wells Fargo

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On Wednesday, May 4, the FIU Alumni Association held its Annual Meeting & Cocktail Reception, a spirited event designed to get alumni and donors excited for the year ahead. Before the cocktail reception kicked off, an intimate group of volunteers gathered to be inducted into the 2016-2017 Alumni Association Board of Directors. The group was […]

Annual Torch Awards gala celebrates 15th anniversary

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The annual Torch Awards celebrated its 15th anniversary March 19 with a gala honoring distinguished alumni in the FIU community. The event, held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, raises money for the university’s Alumni Center Building Fund and its First Generation Scholarship Fund, which benefits students who are the first in their families to attend college. […]

Relay for Life surpasses $1 million for American Cancer Society

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More than 5,000 students, faculty, staff and community members came together March 4 – 5 as FIU Relay for Life celebrated raising a record $116,000, the most amount raised in a single year. With this year’s efforts, the group has now contributed a collective $1 million to the American Cancer Society. The student-run event– now […]

Panther Alumni Week grows in size, impact

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When does Miami’s classic 3:05 cafecito break become an opportunity for a student to sit down and network with an accomplished public relations specialist? During FIU’s annual Panther Alumni Week, a highlight of which was a coffee break where students gained valuable insight from advertising and marketing expert Lily Saviñon ’10, founder of the Miami-based firm […]