Concentration and swift moves set the tone at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Wolfson Campus recently as it hosted the ninth annual Dr. Armando J. Bucelo Sr. High School Chess Tournament, founded by MDC Trustee Dr. Armando J. Bucelo Jr. and his father, Armando Bucelo Sr., a chess master. The recent competition welcomed 87 players representing [...]
Miami Dade College (MDC) is continuing its long-standing commitment to help low-income, elderly, and non-English-speaking residents complete their 2012 taxes with the alwaysfree Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. The VITA program is administered and staffed by faculty and MDC business students who volunteer their time to help the public in preparing their tax forms. [...]
Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Kendall Campus Music, Theater and Dance students will make their debut at the new South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211 St. in Cutler Bay, with an original show,“Kendall Comes Alive” Performing Arts Showcase, on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. Kendall Comes Alive brings it all together on one [...]
The acclaimed Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College (MDC) has announced that parents and guardians of children ages 4-7 can request a copy of the picture book How Rocket Learned to Read by visiting the Center’s website and joining the Generation Genius Reads Club. Rocket is the Fall 2012 Generation Genius Reads [...]
Keeping with its mission to create global citizens, Miami Dade College (MDC) once again will offer students the Economic Awakenings China Study Abroad program during the Spring 2013 semester, from May 5 to June 5, in Shanghai. As in prior years, students enrolled in the Economic Awakenings program will reside at the Songjiang Campus of [...]
One of the leading healthcare services providers in the region, Leon Medical Centers, is investing in the future of the industry by making a $5 million donation to Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed School of Nursing on Oct. 30. The special event with students, faculty, alumni, healthcare professionals, and community leaders took place at MDC’s [...]
Grammy-winning conga player Poncho Sanchez and sultry jazz vocalist Nicole Henry will headline this year’s Jazz Under the Stars concert at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Kendall Campus’ Fred Shaw Plaza, 11011 SW 104 St. Co-presented with MDC Live Arts performing arts series, the concert will take place on Friday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. All [...]
Bright futures await 18 highly skilled graduates of the Power Plant Technology Institute developed by Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida Power & Light Company, in partnership with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). During a recent new hire ceremony, Homestead Campus president Dr. Jeanne Jacobs and FPL Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant maintenance [...]
Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Honors College will host a 10-year alumni reunion on Friday, Aug. 10, 6 p.m., at the college’s National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd. Honors College alumni are invited to attend. The event offers alumni an opportunity to see old friends, network and learn about all the new, innovative happenings [...]
Donnalyn Anthony, a photographer with Miami Dade College’s (MDC) award-winning student newspaper, The Reporter, has been selected for the coveted National Association of Black Journalists Student Multimedia Project. The program will be held at the NABJ Convention and Career Fair in New Orleans, June 18-22. Anthony, 33, who attends classes at the Kendall and Wolfson [...]
By Sue Arrowsmith.... The 28th edition of the nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, Miami Book Fair International, presented by The Center @ MDC, will take place Nov. 13-20 at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave. in downtown Miami. The always-popular Street Fair runs Friday through Sunday, Nov.18-20, with more than [...]
By Sue Arrowsmith.... Three students at the renowned Eig-Watson School of Aviation at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Homestead Campus recently earned scholarships worth $6,000 each, awarded by the Greater Miami Aviation Association’s (GMAA) Batchelor Aviation Scholarship Fund. The winners are Sylvia Quinn, currently enrolled in the Air Traffic Controller program and active in the Aviation [...]
By Sue Arrowsmith.... Fifteen years after the publication of Push, and one year after its Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Precious, author Sapphire gives voice to her heroine’s son in a new book, The Kid. The author will present her new book on Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Wolfson Campus in [...]
By Sue Arrowsmith.... South Florida’s celebrated Writers Institute, presented by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts (FCLA) at Miami Dade College (MDC), begins on May 4 with four days of intensive workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plot and more. In addition, the Writers Institute will host some activities that are open to the public, [...]
