Board of Trustees Holds August Meeting, Approves Additional $100K for Wertheim College
Alexander Luzula | Assistant News Director The Wertheim College of Nursing is on track to receive a significant increase of funding, following the approval of…
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“I wish they were able to have more”: Graduate student funding officially decreases
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief Budgets keep getting tighter at FIU. Last week, the Graduate and Professional Students Committee officially announced decreased funding for the new…
University requests over $35 million in funds on FIU Day
By: Valentina Palm/Staff Writer Students, faculty, and administrators visited Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 19, to lobby Senators and Representatives for over $35 million in…
Cancer survivor one of six chosen to support cancer research
Pre-med senior and eight year cancer survivor Cynthia Lau went to Washington D.C. to advocate for cancer research funding.
Golden Scholars Bridge Program: Pushes students to ‘full potential’
“The people you least expect to be there for you are there for you the most.”
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, an Opportunity for Graduate Students
Award recipients are eligible to receive up to $22, 000 per year. The application is due on January 15th, 2016
Money FIU’s Bay Vista project should be used to benefit students
In the fall 2016 semester, FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus housing will reopen, allowing for students who frequent the campus to stay on campus – thus avoiding the commute between MMC and BBC and the fees the commute would accumulate.
Academic Health Center 5 Now Open
A new building is joining the family of Academic Health Centers at Modesto Maidique Campus.
Rosenberg addresses University victories at legislative session
Higher education was given much attention during this years’ Florida Legislative Session, according to President Mark B. Rosenberg.
As the session came to a close on Friday, May 2, the legislature furthered the cause of undocumented students, the Board of Governor’s new funding model and granted the University more funding for expansion initiatives, maintenance and other programs.
Rosenberg’s iREAL identifies themes, obstacles
A recent iREAL commission meeting concluded three main themes: student success, becoming a top Carnegie Mellon tier school and finding more efficiency within the University to save funding and generate additional revenue. Two obstacles impede this path, however: prioritizing and funding.