Miami Dade College (MDC) is searching for more alumni to feature in its alumni advertising campaign, “I Am MDC.” Over the years, this important campaign has been instrumental in highlighting successful MDC alumni through daily ads in local newspapers and on college marketing materials. Beginning in 1998, the “I Am MDC” campaign has featured more [...]
The very popular Miami and South Florida History (AMH 2079) class at Miami Dade College (MDC) is available once again for history buffs on Thursday evenings beginning Jan. 10 through April 25, 2013 at the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. Notable historian and MDC faculty member Dr. Paul George will teach the class, which will [...]
A local construction company is not only building but raising the bar when it comes to the support of higher education in South Florida. Arellano Construction Company has announced a $1 million gift to Miami Dade College (MDC) for student scholarships and programs. A special check presentation took place on Tuesday, Sept. 18, during [...]
Registration for Miami Dade College’s (MDC) 2013 spring semester has begun, and students are encouraged to register early in order to get the courses and schedules they need to graduate. Classes are expected to fill quickly, and there will be no late registration once classes start on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. With more than 300 [...]
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), produced and presented by Miami Dade College, has selected internationally renowned, French-born, Nicaragua-based artist Jean Marc Calvet as the poster artist for its 30th edition, which will run Mar. 1-10, 2013. Calvet was the subject of director Dominic Allan’s documentary, Calvet, a hit at MIFF 2012 where it screened [...]
This summer, 20 students from Booker T. Washington and Coral Gables high schools are participating in Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Future Banker’s Training Program, where they will learn about careers in the financial services industry. The program, administered by MDC’s School of Business and the Center for Financial Training, and funded by the South Florida [...]
Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Wolfson Campus, known for its impressive sculpture collection, currently is exhibiting a public work by acclaimed Italian artist Camilla Ancilotto titled Original Sin. On loan from the Galleria Ca’ d’Oro, it is a vibrant and whimsical work that touches upon the foundations of art history and allows viewers to interact with [...]
By Tere Estorino.... Since its opening last spring, the Miami Culinary Institute (MCI) at Miami Dade College (MDC) has made an immediate impact on the community and beyond with a cornucopia of programs and activities that please the palate whether one is a student, food enthusiast or culinary industry professional. Now, the Institute turns up [...]
By Tere Estorino.... Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, visited Miami Dade College (MDC) on Nov. 10. MDC, the nation’s largest campus-based institution of higher education and one of the most respected, was one of four cadres of community colleges that received a planning grant from the Bill and [...]
By Tere Estorino.... Miami Dade College (MDC) invites students, faculty, staff and guests to live, learn and breathe as it institutes a recently announced new policy that all college facilities are now tobacco and smoke free. “It is a matter of improving our college community’s health,” said Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, president of MDC. “We [...]
By Tere Estorino.... Luis Vazquez, a top student at Miami Dade College, dreams of a career as a computer technician for a major sports franchise. Surprisingly, it is a van that could bring this young man closer to his dream. Vazquez, 21, straddles the line between a typical college student and the non-traditional student who [...]
By Tere Estorino.... After stops at the Smithsonian Institution, William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, “Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection” makes its way to the Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College (MDC) for an exhibition running from Thursday, Feb. 24 [...]
By Tere Estorino.... Miami Dade College (MDC) officials broke ground Aug. 30 for the new Student Support Center on the Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave. in downtown Miami. Upon completion, the six-story building will house classrooms and labs, student life areas, a state-of-the-art wellness center, food court, and permanent home for the Lynn and [...]
By Tere Estorino.... In 2009, more than 300 Miami Dade College (MDC) students led a hugely successful fundraising effort to help fight hunger and poverty in Haiti. This year, student leaders have planned an even larger campaign for the “All-Nighter for Haiti,” beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, and continuing until 7 a.m. [...]
