Faculty worry Miss Universe pageant will ruin image, credibility
The University agreement to host the Miss Universe pageant has set off some faculty members who think the event is inappropriate and should be cancelled.
The University agreement to host the Miss Universe pageant has set off some faculty members who think the event is inappropriate and should be cancelled.
After 20 years of pushing for University expansion, the man who is credited for funding the growth of the Modesto A. Maidique Campus is retiring.
Plans regarding student health requirements at the University and decisions on the fairgrounds expansion were brought forward on the Sept. 10 Board of Trustees meetings.
FIU at I-75 moves in with Broward to a 89,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Miramar.
On Wednesday, Sept. 3, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners voted in favor of putting the University expansion plan in a countywide referendum during the general election on Nov. 4.
The first two weeks of the fall semester is the most difficult time to find parking, and the University hopes that adding temporary spaces will relieve traffic at Modesto Maidique Campus.
Members of the University community traveled together in a shuttle to show support the acquisition of the fairgrounds at the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners meeting.
During a full board meeting on Thursday, June 12, the University’s Board of Trustees approved 3 partnership ventures, a new PhD program, and tenure for 29 faculty.
He is the first president to ascend from a faculty position. Now, five years later, President Mark B. Rosenberg has been awarded Lifetime Achievement honoree by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Higher education was given much attention during this years’ Florida Legislative Session, according to President Mark B. Rosenberg.
As the session came to a close on Friday, May 2, the legislature furthered the cause of undocumented students, the Board of Governor’s new funding model and granted the University more funding for expansion initiatives, maintenance and other programs.