Business with bees creates sustainability

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FIU senior Andrea Saladrigas
For some, the idea of beekeeping may be daunting. But for senior marketing major Andrea Saladrigas, daughter of Florida’s third largest beekeeper, it was a simple solution to the complex problem of poverty. Saladrigas created the company Master Honey with her father to alleviate economic concerns that affect low-income women, while also addressing local health and environmental […]

FIU Celebrates Successful Partnership with Knight Arts Challenge Miami

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Knight Arts Challenge Miami
For 10 years, the Knight Arts Challenge Miami has provided funding for winning ideas that have sought to challenge and enrich our community through the arts. In 2017 alone, the Knight Arts Challenge will award a total of $7.8 million to new ideas in four different cities, including Miami. As a frequent entrant to the […]

Donors and Faculty Strengthen Partnerships at Inaugural Endowed Faculty Reception

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Endowed Faculty Reception at FIU
If you were to ask 10 donors at Florida International University (FIU) what their donation supported, you would likely get 10 different answers. Some want to provide students with a chance to be the first in their family to attend college, so they may give to a first-generation scholarship. Others desire to help create a […]

Torch Awards 2017: A masquerade and a big announcement

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Duane Wiles, Chad Moss, and Mark B. Rosenberg
Alumnus Chad Moss ’94 announced a donation of $10 million to FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing at the 2017 Torch Awards Gala, marking the largest donation by an alumnus in FIU’s history. Hosted by the Alumni Association on April 1, the Torch Awards honored 17 alumni and one faculty member who make a difference […]

FIU Athletics, Riccardo Silva Announce Naming of the FIU Football Stadium

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Mark B. Rosenberg, Riccardo Silva, Pete Garcia
The FIU Athletic Department and Riccardo Silva have announced the naming of FIU Stadium, which will now be called “Riccardo Silva Stadium.” The decision to name the stadium is in recognition of the support given by Riccardo Silva to the FIU Athletics Department since 2015. Riccardo Silva is the owner of Silva International Investments and […]

Chad Moss makes largest donation to FIU by an alumnus

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Chad Moss
Gift names the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability Chad Moss, executive vice president of Moss & Associates, announced a $10 million gift through Moss Foundation, Inc. to FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing — the largest donation by an alumnus to date. “Chad Moss has shown incredible vision and entrepreneurship in Miami and across […]

Ryder partners with FIU to support women leaders, D.C. internship program

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FIU women leaders in D.C.
Ryder, a U.S.-based provider of transportation and supply chain solutions, recently granted FIU $30,000 through the Ryder Charitable Foundation. The Ryder Women in Leadership Executive Education Scholarship will increase access of promising female leaders in business, management, technology, logistics, transportation, supply chain management, data analytics, human resources management, and STEM fields to advanced leadership development […]

Chad Moss, Marcia Del Rey among honorees at Torch Awards

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Torch Awards 2017
Florida International University is honoring alumni and faculty at the 16th annual Torch Awards Gala on April 1. Among this year’s award recipients are businessman Chad Moss, the Honorable Judge Marcia Del Rey, and Dr. Seth J. Crapp. The Torch Award is the highest honor bestowed upon alumni and faculty by the FIU Alumni Association, and […]

Travel grants offer scholars chance to explore Cuban culture

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For more than 10 years, FIU Libraries, the Cuban Research Institute (CRI), and the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center have offered Díaz-Ayala Library travel grants to scholars interested in studying the university’s special collections related to Cuba and Cuban Americans. The grants provide the opportunity to conduct research on Cuba and the Cuban diaspora, an opportunity […]

FIU President’s Council launches campaign to raise funds for Fostering Panther Pride

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FIU student Juan Munoz
Juan Muñoz lost his mother to cancer when he was six years old. Raised by a single father, Juan grew up both in the U.S., where he was born, and in his father’s native Colombia. At age 16, when he was attending high school in Cape Coral, Fla., his father abandoned him and his 17-year-old […]