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
Study Abroad France in the French news!
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
FIU ranked number 2 in public universities in Florida
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
I am a Freshman, so what?
Meet Rahul Mittal, an Honors College Freshman majoring in Computer Science, and already a busy contributor at FIU and our extended community! Recently, Rahul wrote an article for Medium about his experiences, accomplishments, and plans so far at FIU. Congratulations on your work so far Rahul and we can’t wait to see what you do next! Read Rahul’s article here: …
Poetic Palette at Margulies Warehouse
Poetic Palette Friday, April 6 at 07:00 PM Margulies Collection at the Warehouse 591 NW 27th St, Miami, FL 33127 | 305.576.1051 Free and open to the public Join us for an insightful evening of poetry inspired by artworks from the Margulies Collection in collaboration with FIU Honors College course “Poetry Art Community” developed by Professors John W Bailly and …
Check out the Honors Edge Lab!
Welcome to the FIU Honors Edge Lab, where your project ideas can become a reality! 3D printing and scanning, cutting and engraving, sewing and embroidery, soldering and electronics, power tools, kits, and more tools are being added all the time. Get in touch! http://honorsedgelab.fiu.edu/
Congratulations to our Honors fall graduates!
Last Tuesday the Honors College held its fall graduation ceremony – 152 grads, future doctors, diplomats, engineers, dentists, teachers, entrepreneurs, 3 Worlds Ahead Grads, and a mens soccer star. Congratulations to all our new graduates, and now alumni!
FIU Honors College Football Night!
FIU Honors College was invited as special guests by the FIU Athletics Department to attend the football game between the FIU Panthers and Old Dominion. The Honors students took a group photo in the middle of the field with Dean Espinosa. Everyone had a great time and the Honors College loves supporting our Panthers! If you’d like to stay up …
Design Thinking Workshop 2017
This year all first-year Honors College students participated in a required Design Thinking Workshop over the course of two Saturdays. The students were split into groups and tasked with brainstorming then designing and pitching a solution to a challenge. The event was a great success and an article was written by Dominque Rose Ingraham for FIU News, which can be …
FIU Honors Knock Knock!
Welcome back students! A short video of the FIU Honors Knock Knock event where new residents of Honors College at Parkview are greeted by faculty and staff. Produced by Nicole Malanga.