Born in Hyderabad, India, Syed Zain Ashraf graduated high school in 2013, attended Broward College for a year, and decided to enlist in the Army Reserves. In 2016, he was deployed to Central America, where he worked for a year for the United States Southern Command. He is now an FIU student pursuing a degree […]
Mellon Foundation awards $675,000 to FIU to support education in the humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded FIU a $675,000 grant to enhance humanities education and optimize student learning. The grant will establish Project THINC: Teaching Humanities in the New Context to promote active learning-centered, culturally responsive teaching in humanities classrooms at the university. “Project THINC will catalyze a critical mass of faculty to lead pedagogical change […]
FIU Law grads earn highest Florida Bar passage rate, 88.1 percent
FIU College of Law graduates have, once again, earned the highest bar passage rate of any of Florida’s 11 law schools on the July 2018 Florida Bar Exam. This accomplishment follows first place finishes on the February 2018, July 2017, July 2016, February 2016, and July 2015 bar exams. With a passage rate of 88.1 […]
Welcome to Fall 2018!
On Sunday, Aug. 19, President Mark B. Rosenberg shared the following message with the FIU community. Dear FIU family, Welcome to fall! Here we are again at one of the most exciting times of year – the new semester lays before us full of hope and possibility! Because of our FIU family, this university is the shape of […]
From immigrant to NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Born and raised in Colombia, Marcela Jaramillo was exposed to the beauty of nature from early childhood. She spent her youth taking walks with her grandfather and admiring nature. Those walks made her feel happy, complete, and opened her eyes to the scientific world. Before these accomplishments, Jaramillo experienced several challenges that helped shape the […]
FIU McNair Scholar graduates at 53, awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Few would challenge that Claire Scott-Bacon ’16 is an inspiration. Balancing immigration, marriage, divorce, and raising two boys, Scott-Bacon enrolled in college at 48. She defeated all odds and is on her way to becoming Dr. Scott-Bacon. Scott-Bacon took a chance and applied to the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program at FIU in 2015. Her leap […]
Study abroad participants reach record numbers
More students than ever traveled the world and shared life-changing experiences this year through FIU’s study abroad program. In the 2016-2017 school year, 1,039 students studied abroad, earning course credit by learning about and engaging with other cultures. Opportunities at FIU The most common programs offered by FIU take students on two- to six-week, faculty-led […]
FIU graduates do well by doing good
Social entrepreneurship runs deep with the class of 2017 While traveling in Asia, Ari Sernik volunteered at a Cambodian orphanage for HIV-positive children. After returning home he devised a way to continue to help: He organized a charity auction of the children’s art work. That experience led him to create Ten-Yad (“Give a Hand” in […]
FIU President’s Council launches campaign to raise funds for Fostering Panther Pride
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 […]
New Career Closet needs donations
Have work clothes that you’ve been meaning to donate? Now is the perfect time to do some spring cleaning in your wardrobe, because the Career Closet, a new program through FIU Career and Talent Development, needs donations. The Career Closet, which soft-launched last week, is a mobile professional clothing closet that provides free suits and […]