“Miami in Miami” Course Transforms Students Into Tourists
Joy Serrano/Contributing Writer What does it mean to be from the 305? Starting this Fall, FIU Honors College students have a chance to find out. …
FIU Honors College
Senator to host “Life After the Honors College” event
Written By: Savina Koda/ Contributing Writer Students in the Honors College will have the opportunity to get a glimpse into their future at the…
Honor’s College’s ‘Lend a Hand’ org brings sign language to campus
Vanessa Adrian/Contributing Writer Sign language is making an entrance at FIU in its newest club, the Honors College Lend a Hand student organization. The…
Honors student in coma after car accident, Honors College campaigns for housing in response
“Not only do we know that students do better academically and socially if they live on campus but the driving itself is awful and with what has just happened with Centenaro, we really want this campaign to be a success.” Dean of the Honors College Leslie A. Northup said.
Standardized education suppresses growth
As time goes on, I become more and more convinced that the Scholarship Aptitude Test is a weapon of mass destruction. Never mind the untold stress it inflicts on millions of high school students throughout the United States each year, the SAT helps create a culture of schooling that says students are only as capable as their test scores indicate, only as intelligent as their grade point averages suggest.
One-Stop building to open fall 2016
Opening of the new Student Academic Support Center continues to be set for April 2016, according to construction project manager, Maria Guillem.
Goodbye Italy! You will be missed
Thanks to everyone for going in this journey with me and reading this blog. Now it’s time for you to get up and get over here! I promise it’s the best experience you’ll ever have.
Blog: Goodbye to the beautiful Cinque Terre, Italy. Next Stop….
Through this time, I’ve realized that I’m coming back to Miami as a different person. That I’m coming back completely changed, which means that, once I get back, a lot of things are going to change for me.
A Traveler’s Journey – Cinque Terre Hike
Yesterday we did a 20 mile hike (equivalent of 10 hours). It was beautiful. To be walking with nature and to have a view this great. It’s almost unreal.
Duomo Area – Tour of Florence
Tourism is more concentrated in Florence than in Rome or Miami, it’s still an amazing place to visit. You can’t go to Italy and not visit Florence. It’s a completely different experience. Almost like a whole other country.
