Trial by fire: The experience of navigating college as a first-gen
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…
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FIU Hosts First In-Person Graduation Since Start of Pandemic
Jordan Coll/News Director and Jesse Fraga/Assistant News Director “We are back! We are back! We are back!,” shouted FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, as 2020…
DUELING COLUMN: Online Commencement Is Unfair To Fall Graduates
Damielys Duarte/Assistant Opinion Director On September 25, fall graduates received an email from FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, notifying us that our long awaited graduation…
DUELING COLUMN: Remote Fall Graduation Is The Right Thing To Do
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer It certainly is painful to acknowledge a cold, hard truth: this pandemic is far from over. It has already been almost eight…
Congrats, Fellow Graduates—We Did It!
Jennifer Peña/Assistant Opinion Director Imagine this: It’s 2 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon in summer of 2020. Your laptop is connected to the TV, and…
FIU Should Provide Graduates With Workshops To Make Up For A Butchered Semester
Jennifer Peña/Assistant Opinion Director With the virtual summer graduation just a week away, another round of FIU graduates will finish our degree programs and move…
Summer Graduation Will Also Be Virtual
Teresa Schuster/ Staff Writer Summer graduation will be held virtually at 2 p.m. on August 2, according to an email FIU President Mark Rosenberg sent…
Graduation Is Ruined, But What Else Is New For Jewish Students?
Melanie Arougueti/Staff Writer For many people, one of life’s biggest accomplishments is having finished their degree after four years of hard work. With this year’s…
Virtual Graduation Details, Explained
By: Laura Antunez / Staff Writer Students who had plans to graduate in the spring are being offered virtual graduation until a make up graduation…
Saying Goodbye To PantherNOW’s Opinion Director
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Assistant Opinion Director As this semester comes to an end, we at PantherNOW bid adieu to many of the talented staff who have…
