“And in the silence of that final bus ride away from school, you might have heard the small sound of my heart breaking, but this was only to make room for the new people that had entered my life.” -Rebecca Dupuis Check out this amazing article by Honors College student Rebecca Dupuis and her experience in Cambodia while studying abroad …
As the 2018 Fall semester unfolds, FIU News has been highlighting outstanding members of the incoming Freshman Class of 2022 and we’re sharing those students who are not only part of the best class in FIU history, but also entering the Honors College. Read more about these standout members of the Class of 2022: Meet Gisell Rodriguez, valedictorian at …
Welcome to the 2018-2019 academic year! As the Fall semester unfolds, here are a few important things to remember: For a calendar of Honors College events and activities, refer to your myhonors.fiu.edu portal. *For new students, you will be granted access after the add/drop period which is Monday, August 27, 2018. Organize yourself so you don’t feel overwhelmed. Prioritize your …
As part of FIU News’ Summer Sojourns 2018 series, which highlights the adventures of FIU students, Junior Anna Tuttle shares her experience on Honors College study abroad program to Italy. “My study abroad experience was life-changing because I will never think of the world the same way again. Instead of studying history, we were living it.” Read more: https://news.fiu.edu/2018/08/the-world-is-my-classroom-study-abroad-to-italy/125359
Yashodhara Suri, an Honors College graduate, recently landed a job at Royal Caribbean Ltd. as a Junior Digital Content Producer! “I’m able to handle a lot of work and challenges that come my way and they usually are pretty interdisciplinary as opposed to ONLY what I learned in my major, which definitely relates back to the Honors way of teaching.” …
Thursday, July 26, 2018 the Honors College held their 2018 Summer Graduation Assembly in which graduating students were recognized for their competition of Honors College graduation requirements. They also received their tassel and medallion that will be worn at Commencement. You can find pictures from the assembly on our Facebook page. Congratulations once again to our students and we wish …
THANK YOU! We are so grateful for the Perez family and their donation to the Honors College! The donation will be used to fund the Jorge and Darlene Pérez Scholars Endowment, a scholarship for high-achieving students within the Honors College program who intend to live and work in South Florida after graduation. Read more about the story behind the donation: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article214769700.html
How cool is this? John Bailly’s study abroad France class was featured in the French news. Check out the article: https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69/2018/07/20/ils-font-8000-km-pour-ecouter-les-temoins-de-l-horreur
The Florida Board of Governors released this year’s performance scores and FIU is now ranked number two among public universities in Florida. Improvements in key areas such as four-year graduation rate, cost to students, second year retention rate and issuing of bachelor’s degrees without excess hours earned FIU this ranking. Check out the article here: https://news.fiu.edu/2018/06/fiu-among-top-performing-public-universities-in-florida/123858
