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Mobile Hospital Set Up Next Door to FIU

Tamica Jean-Charles/Assistant Entertainment Director Just twenty minutes before the annual Youth Fair at Tamiami Park was about to begin, the fair and exposition center had to close its doors due to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak.  The lot, once filled with exuberant rides and vendors, is now in the midst of transforming into a 250-bed […]

Fairgrounds update

FIU has been looking to expand its MMC campus into the Tamiami Park Fairgrounds, on the condition that the institution finds a replacement venue to host the fixture, which moved adjacent to FIU in 1972. FIU must also reimburse the fair for its infrastructural investment at its current location.

University expansion down to a vote

Miami-Dade County voters will determine the University’s future next week.

FIU expansion made the November ballot

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After years of planning, the University will take their hopes for expansion into the hands of Miami-Dade County voters.

University fairgrounds expansion on student government’s radar

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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.

FIU rallies support for commission meeting

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Vice President for Student Affairs, Larry Lunsford, invites students to the Miami Dade Board of County Commissioners meeting that will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Discussions will take place on whether or not to allow county voters to decide on fairgrounds.

VIDEO: Student thoughts on University attempting to acquire Fair grounds

Students share their thoughts on the University and it's attempts to acquire the fair.

$10 million is granted to relocate Fair, lobbying continues

The University received $10 million from the state to help move the Youth Fair, but a poll shows mixed feelings among voters.

Senate passes last bill, supports push for fairgrounds

In the Senate’s last meeting of the academic year it passed its final piece of legislation 19-1: a bill supporting the University’s efforts to obtain the fairgrounds.

Panthers to take to Student Government polls this week

Voters at Modesto Maidique Campus have two presidential duos to pick from: Coalition’s Alexis Calatayud and Tiffany Roman and FIUNite’s Philip Koenig and Adriana McLamb. Jazmin Felix and Camille Williams are running unopposed at Biscayne Bay Campus.

President Rosenberg talks growth and expansion with Student Media

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With the University ranking seventh largest in the nation with its estimated fall enrollment, President Mark B. Rosenberg sat down with Student Media on Oct. 7 at Biscayne Bay Campus to discuss fundraising, partnerships and expansion -- internal, online and into UniversityCity.

Potential DREAM Act recipients wait for chance to attend college

Facing political turmoil and economic hardships, Lorena Sanchez and her family escaped an uncertain future in Uruguay to come to America.
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