Student Thoughts: Why do students need to work in groups?
Whenever you hear the teacher or professor say the words ‘group’ and ‘work’ together or even ‘team’ and ‘work’ together, you know your day just got worse.
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Editorial: Whether In-person or Online, don’t waste education
The merits and demerits of online vs. in-person education are many. However, it is up to each individual student to choose what is best for them and succeed as a result of that choice.
Makerbot Innovation Lab just one of CARTA’s many strides
FIU’s College of Architecture + The Arts awarded a Knight Foundation grant for 30 new 3D printers at the Miami Beach Urban Studios
This week in tech: Free knowledge, Get it while you can
There will be a point in time where an undergraduate degree will only be a piece of paper and your competition will be people who’ve never stepped foot in a university but know how to code in Java and C++ or know how to speak four languages or design a webpage.
Vegetarianism and the healthy-eating revolution: Why the hype?
Image by Jovan J via Flickr Rachel Young | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com The simple act of walking into a Whole Foods Market, or any…
Being obnoxious is so fifth grade
Image by Justin Jensen via Flickr Cayla Bush | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com Student’s come to class, more or less, to learn. Granted, there are students…
University to expand Center for Leadership
The FIU Center for Leadership, which has been tied into the College of Business, is now a University-wide center.
Alpha Kappa Psi uses old shoes to create academic opportunity
While Vanesa Chaparro, a senior majoring in finance and accounting, was busy mapping out her collegiate journey, she learned about Rotary Club through an advisor of an organization she was involved with in high school.
A lesson to learn from the difficult experiences of exile
During the era of segregation in the 1930s and ‘40s, two types of excluded groups joined forces to learn from each other and succeed.
Alumni create startup tutoring company
Johnny Betancourt started private tutoring sessions, teaching organic chemistry to earn some extra cash while in school. Years later, the University alum has a start-up company in his hands: Clutch Tutoring.
