Plan to make campus buses free proposed
Written by: Patricia Menendez/ Assistant News Director Every day students have to pay $2.50 for a single ride on the Golden Panther Express (GPE)…
Finance and Tuition
Maidique and panelists to teach students how to ‘thrive’
By: Irina Barneda/Contributing Writer Business leaders, public servants and the former president of our University are all gathering together for one purpose this week:…
Graduate students struggling to get by in Miami on University stipend
A growing number of FIU graduate students are struggling to focus on their classes, buy groceries and pay bills with the stipends paid to them by the University’s Graduate School, which have not been raised in over 10 years. The struggle has led students to living in crowded houses, sacrificing their mental and physical health and even students leaving the University because they cannot afford to stay in school. Andres Gil, the dean of UGS, has received around 200 letters describing anxiety, depression, homelessness and unaffordable doctors visits by upset graduate students.
$750 million Next Horizon capital campaign open to the public
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director The University is well on its way to reaching its $750 million goal as part of their Next Horizon Campaign,…
University helps students shadow industry professionals for training
By: Yeskanisayka Urbina/Staff Writer The University is giving students a chance to experience a real day in the life of their aspired jobs through…
Student government faces old problems
By: Gerard Albert & Valentina Palm/PantherNOW Staff The Student Government Association held Week of Welcome events to engage students during the first week of…
University administrators still hopeful, despite loose ends, over Royal Caribbean Partnership
By: Valentina Palm/Staff Writer Five years after the University and Royal Caribbean began a partnership promising to benefit both institutions, differences in partnership visions…
Board of Governors to celebrate university success
By: Patricia Menendez/Staff Writer Florida’s state universities have been climbing up in national rankings, and to celebrate, the Florida Board of Governors is launching…
Amendment 7: What you need to know
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director Voting “yes” on Amendment 7 will make it a little harder for the University to raise fees in the future… among…
Students unaware of where their Activities and Service fees are going
By: Victor Jorges & Gerard Albert III/ PantherNOW Staff The Activities and Service fee is collected from every student, but many are unaware of where…
