Alexis Calatayud Archives

FIU, Miami Dade Youth Fair continues battle over land

April 13, 2016
Administration, Campus Life, News, University

The 64 acres of Miami-Dade’s Tamiami Park that is at the heart of a dispute between the University and the Miami Dade Youth Fair is the planned site of a new engineering center, Rosenberg announced at the State of the University Address held Monday, April 11.

University to host Board of Governors and Trustees Summit

October 31, 2015
News

The University will be hosting the next meeting of the Board of Governors of the State University System and all of the trustees of the 12 Florida public colleges.

Bringing Big Changes: SGC-BBC President conquers

April 15, 2015
At the Bay

Jazmin Felix, a senior studying nursing and SGA-BBC 2014-2015 president, had her sights originally set on no campus life involvement. Yet, after being Student Government President in middle school and Vice President in high school, being in SGA-FIU was inevitable.

Former SGC-MMC president and VP get second term

April 6, 2015
News

The student body at the University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus has re-elected Alexis Calatayud and Tiffany Roman Biffa as the president and vice president of the Student Government Association.

2015-2016 Student Government Association representatives chosen

April 2, 2015
News

Photo courtesy of Carl-Frederick Francois/The Beacon Adrian Suarez Avila News Director The student body at the University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus has re-elected Alexis Calatayud and Tiffany Roman Biffa as the president and vice president of the Student Government Association. The last time that two running mates ran for re-election was in 2000. Calatayud and […]

MMC-SGC President and VP run for re-election, first to do so in 15 years

March 23, 2015
News

Last week, SGC-MMC President Alexis Calatayud and Vice President Tiffany Roman-Biffa sat down with Student Media to discuss their platform for the upcoming elections and their intention to run for another term.

University Board of Trustees, health insurance and fairgrounds

September 12, 2014
Administration, News

Plans regarding student health requirements at the University and decisions on the fairgrounds expansion were brought forward on the Sept. 10 Board of Trustees meetings.

University plans for expansion make the ballot

September 8, 2014
News

On Wednesday, Sept. 3, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners voted in favor of putting the University expansion plan in a countywide referendum during the general election on Nov. 4.

University fairgrounds expansion on student government’s radar

August 31, 2014
News

The Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique Campus cabinet welcomed the new academic year with the goal of gaining support for the University’s expansion into the fairgrounds.

County sets deadline for Youth Fair relocation site

July 22, 2014
News

Members of the University community traveled together in a shuttle to show support the acquisition of the fairgrounds at the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners meeting.