The Board of Governors released final funding recommendations to the Florida Legislature based on its performance model: FIU ranked in the top three and is eligible for $7,268,298 in new funding, according to a Feb. 14 memorandum from President Mark B. Rosenberg.
A handful of academic programs are under the Board of Governors’ magnifying glass– each at risk of losing funding if they do not increase the number of degrees they award and the number of students who are placed in jobs after one year.
Seven master’s programs deemed low performing by the Board of Governors are being scrutinized for their ability to graduate a certain number of students and land them jobs in the future.
The Student Government Association will have budget hearings Feb. 6 and 7 with organizations seeking money from the activity and services fee — a $12.37 per credit hour charge that every student pays to the University. This year’s pot has not been determined yet, but last year’s reached $16.1 million.
Multiple outfit changes, two hours and four rounds later, there was a Miss FIU 2014 — Andrea Mirabal, who never saw herself in the pageant scene.
Concurrent with receiving its fifth award, the University Graduate School launched the Academy of Graduates for Integrative Learning Experiences to aid minority and underrepresented students in graduate education.
The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine will be joined by the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences after Herbert Wertheim donates $10 million to expand the program in honor of his wife.
Recently, the Federal Work Study Program has suffered cuts and departments, including FIU Libraries and the Recreation Center, have felt the impact. Before the 2012-2013 school year, FWS covered 100 percent of the awards; but, each department of the University will now have to contribute 25 percent of these awards from their own budgets.
Once again, the distribution of this year’s homecoming concert tickets is shaping out to be a fiasco, or better yet a Lupe ‘ticket’ Fiasco.
If you planned on being one of the first to get Lupe Fiasco tickets, “Kick, Push” your way to the back of the line.