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Future educators receive hands-on experience teaching diverse students

Posted on August 18, 2015 at 9:30 am.

When it comes to preparing tomorrow’s teachers, there’s nothing like getting hands-on practice in Miami’s local schools. But one College of Education professor took that practice a step further this summer when she moved her course on Teaching Diverse Populations into Miami Northwestern Senior High School. “After having an experience like this, my students truly […]

New program honors student’s memory with legal help for domestic violence victims

Posted on August 13, 2015 at 8:45 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

On the morning of April 1, 2011, FIU Law student Dannette Willory was shot and killed by her longtime boyfriend. He then turned the gun on himself. That tragic moment put Willory among a growing number of women who have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner. In the last ten years, an estimated 1.25 […]

Alumnus helps business grads with student loan debt

Posted on August 11, 2015 at 10:00 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

For many graduates, debt from student loans looms large. But thanks to the generosity of FIU alumnus Malcolm Butters MS ’83, president and co-founder of Butters Construction & Development, Inc., the debt burden for two students who received their Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) at FIU has been eased. Hugo R. Barragan MS ’15 […]

Class gifts a new way of giving for business alumni

Posted on August 6, 2015 at 9:00 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

At FIU’s 2015 commencement ceremonies, for the first time, many College of Business students are wearing a special cord or stole with their graduation gown to show their support of a new way of giving back: the class gift. “This year marks the 50th anniversary of the university and the College of Business has initiated […]

College of Medicine makes the nation’s ‘Dean’s List’

Posted on August 4, 2015 at 10:00 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has been ranked 20th nationwide among the Top Medical Schools for Education Quality, and number 4 for Top Medical Schools for Career Support in a survey of more than 100 medical schools nationwide. GraduatePrograms.com, the popular online resource for prospective graduate students that bills itself as “The Graduate School Guide […]

Peer-mentoring program revolutionizes the classroom

Posted on July 30, 2015 at 3:00 pm.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

Growing up in Jamaica, Garfield Jugar was never a “math person.” Actually, he hated math. Tired of his mother always taking his radio away as punishment for his bad math grades, Jugar buckled down and tried to teach himself. An auditory learner, Jugar would wait for his family to go to sleep late at night […]

FIU, Royal Caribbean launch partnership and production studio

Posted on July 28, 2015 at 9:45 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

FIU and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) will unveil a 130,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art rehearsal and production studio on Friday and announce details of a new partnership that will include collaborative research, talent development and real-world experience for FIU students. The Royal@FIU World Stage Collaborative will create new opportunities for students in FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality […]

FIU introducing virtual dissection technology

Posted on July 23, 2015 at 8:15 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

Nursing students at Florida International University are using technology to learn about anatomy without cutting into real bodies. FIU students will use Anatomage Virtual Dissection tables, which is like a six-foot iPad. It will allow students to view the human body, layer by layer without any physical dissections. The FIU staff presented the new virtual […]

FIU joins Booker T. Washington High in reopening of 25-year-old planetarium

Posted on July 21, 2015 at 1:43 pm.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

Visitors to Booker T. Washington Senior High School probably did not realize they would be going on a journey 250 miles above the Earth. Or that they’d hopscotch from the surface of the sun to the rings of Saturn and on to the International Space Station. But that is just what Shakira Hardy had in […]

The revival of FIU’s Nature Preserve

Posted on July 16, 2015 at 10:00 am.

Written by FIU Foundation, Inc.

Campuswide effort transforms MMC’s 16-acre habitat into a green oasis Take a look at an aerial image from South Beach to the Everglades and consider the terrain. Notice the shades of gray, orange and blue of the roads, roofs and lakes. Attempting to find patches of undeveloped land in this city can be a daunting […]