Dominique Kent/Contributing Writer Mental health is an issue on college campuses. But it’s an issue that can be overcome. Many college campuses in the country are populated with students like me, as we do our best to deal with these invisible issues. 75 percent of adults that suffer from anxiety experience their first symptoms before […]
By: Joshua Ceballos & Ivonne Rodriguez/PantherNOW Staff Aldo Amenta walked across the graduation stage in 2018, and now thanks to a donation from Palmetto57 Nissan, he and his family can continue moving forward. Amenta, an engineering student who graduated from the University on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, is quadriplegic. In 2015 he suffered from […]
By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director Students, faculty and staff walked around the Biscayne Bay campus on Tuesday, Jan. 22 to evaluate and discuss accessibility issues and improvements, especially for those with disabilities. The Student Government Council at the Biscayne Bay campus conducted the first Accessibility Walk to greater understand what improvements need to be […]
Gabriella Pinos/Assistant Entertainment Director At the Disability Resource Center in the Modesto Maidique Campus, computer labs are outfitted with adjustable tables, a closed-circuit television system, or video magnifier, a white noise machine and a braille printer. However, the adaptive technology lab at the DRC isn’t a physical place, but a hub for resources that students […]
Tamica Jean-Charles and Gabriella Pinos/PantherNOW Staff Featured photo by FIU Flickr.
Uzi Darwiche/ Staff Writer Disability? What disability? That’s the attitude of one of the most inspiring young men that I’ve ever met, who studies right here at FIU. His name is Gabriel Geula and he is twenty-years young. Originally from Queens New York, he came to South Florida in 2016 to study business administration. Geula […]
