By: Patricia Menendez/Staff Writer FIU students and alumnus returned from a trip to an indigenous tribe in Colombia to find out that a product they created may not work for the community, but that did not discourage them from continuing their business. Paula Pérez, second-year mechanical engineering student, and Andrew Bowyer, fourth-year mechanical engineering […]
By: Yeskanisayka Urbina/Staff Writer The University’s Office of Residence Life Diversity and Inclusion Committee is helping fight global poverty by motivating students to donate shoes. Soles4Souls, a non-profit social enterprise based in Nashville, collect 60 shoes to donate to Honduras, Haiti and other developing nations with help from the University. The donation boxes […]
By: Denisse Machado Taboada/Contributing Writer In an effort to raise money and awareness for Syrian refugees, the student organization Shalom FIU will be hosting a fundraiser event on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parkview Multipurpose Room. Shalom means “peace” in Hebrew, but it encompasses well‑being, tranquility, prosperity and security and this is […]
