Alexandra Phelps | Staff Writer Free coffee is the way into college students’ hearts. As students entered their third week of the fall semester, their first batches of papers and projects began to pile up. Luckily, FIU’s very own Student Support Services Club knew just the way to recharge. Trio SSS’s mission is to provide […]
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director FIU defines a “first-gen” as a student whose parents had not earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. I fall under this category since both my mother from Nicaragua and father from the Dominican Republic did not earn a degree in either their home countries or in the States. I, […]
Tamica Jean-Charles/Asst. Entertainment Director Spring graduates can still participate in their intended spring commencement next month–through their computer screens, of course. The University Commencement Team sent an email Monday, March, 23 detailing options for spring graduates to partake in. Graduating students are given the option to attend a virtual commencement sometime next month or attend […]
Valentina Palm/Assistant news Director Clara Hernandez was the first person in her family to enroll in college in 2012. Now, a trip to Japan and seven years later, she is the first to earn a bachelor’s degree. She didn’t do it alone. She convinced her sister Jessica, who is seven years older and never […]
