The University Police Department hosted a Crisis Intervention Team course, a 40-hour training to help officers recognize signs of mental illness in a crisis so that they know how to manage the situation without an arrest.
In the Senate’s last meeting of the academic year it passed its final piece of legislation 19-1: a bill supporting the University’s efforts to obtain the fairgrounds.
As Miami suits up for eMerge Americas, FIU is preparing for all things tech — recruiting student volunteers for its own pavillion that will showcase University innovations and its new Small Business Development Complex.
The Black Law Student Lawyers Association's board of directors unanimously decided to rename itself the H.T. Smith Black Laws Students Association in honor of the College of Law professor.
Plans to revive Coconut Grove Playhouse are moving forward after Miami-Dade County and the University cleared up the facility’s debts on Jan. 15, granting them control of the building which would have otherwise been put up for sale.
Miami Northwestern Senior High School, a historically failing school that was facing shutdown by the state, received its first ‘A’ in partnership with FIU.
SHS will be hosting a resource fair with free HIV testing in the ballrooms at Biscayne Bay Campus on Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a tabling event outside of Green Library at Modesto Maidique Campus on Dec. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The University has partnered with Miami-Dade County to reestablish the Coconut Grove Playhouse – according to Kenneth Jessell, a good business deal that the University says will offer teaching and internship opportunities.
