graduates

Graduating early: Do what feels right

Andres Davila | News Director Graduation is something college students desire the most. However, Paola Manzano wrote about the disadvantages of shortening your undergraduate career, which has led me to believe in its toxicity. Ultimately, it depends on the person. This comes from someone who will be completing college in under three years. The usual […]

Are FIU graduates really getting jobs?  

Jacqueline Flores | Staff Writer The pandemic left lasting scars that make it difficult for Gen Z graduates to find jobs corresponding to their well-earned degrees, meaning they’re likely to accept lower-paying work instead of jobs in their degree field. I graduated with a bachelor’s in political science in the spring of 2021 with […]

Graduate students struggling to get by in Miami on University stipend

A growing number of FIU graduate students are struggling to focus on their classes, buy groceries and pay bills with the stipends paid to them by the University’s Graduate School, which have not been raised in over 10 years. The struggle has led students to living in crowded houses, sacrificing their mental and physical health and even students leaving the University because they cannot afford to stay in school. Andres Gil, the dean of UGS, has received around 200 letters describing anxiety, depression, homelessness and unaffordable doctors visits by upset graduate students.

Graduates recognized for South Florida environmental research

By: Patricia Menendez/Assistant News Director   University students are diving deep into Everglades fish research and other topics integral to South Florida’s environment, and FIU is celebrating them. Topics such as climate change, atmospheric science, ecology, environmental sciences, solid earth science and water resource science were talked about at this year’s Earth and Environment Graduate […]

FIU @ I-75 struggles to supply real food options for students

By: Victor Jorges/Staff Writer   The only dining option at the I-75 campus, a Subway restaurant, has been closed since Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, and Doctoral student Cory A. Fairfield is fed up. Fairfield sent an email tothe University’s Office of Business Services on Saturday, Jan. 12, communicating his concern about not having anything to […]

Grad school or Nah?

Image by FIU College of Business via Flickr Kieron Williams | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com   When I start thinking about graduation at the end of this semester, I’m not as happy as my family is for me. In fact, graduating is scary because it gets closer and closer whether you’re ready for it or not, […]

Intern at your own risk

Internships can be beneficial for young professionals, but at a cost.

Pre-med students prepare for “more difficult” MCAT

Pre-med students may face a more difficult Medical College Admissions Test once the revamped version is administered in 2015.

Wertheim gifts $10 million for nursing college in honor of his wife

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.

Center for Labor and Research fights wage theft, brings justice to student workers

Cynthia Hernandez, a senior research associate at the Center for Labor and Research, always asks her students if they have been victims of wage theft. She said at least a dozen students raise their hands in each class.

Students and faculty not concerned with marketability of liberal arts degrees

From 2009-2010, about 3 percent of students in the United States graduated with a degree in liberal arts while the same statistics showed a business degree was the most popular. At the University, the most popular major remains business, accounting for 35 percent of all degrees conferred between 2011-2012. Noble Cook, a professor of history, dismisses the possibility of concern for liberal arts students, however.

Undaunted by bleak job prospects

Contributing writer Ashley Valentin believes students should not be discouraged when they cannot find work in their fields.
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