Beginning Saturday, August 4, Miami Dade College (MDC) will extend information center hours and offer on-site registration on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon, until September 8. Students will be able to meet with advisors, register for classes, explore financial aid options and pay tuition. Fall semester classes will begin August 27. MDC’s eight campuses and a major outreach center offer more than 300 academic pathways...

  David A. Armstrong was named the next president for St. Thomas University, the college’s Board of Trustees announced. Armstrong will replace outgoing President Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale, who’s retiring. Armstrong will officially take over the duties on August 1. Armstrong comes to STU from Thomas More College (TMC), a Catholic liberal arts college of the Diocese of Covington in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, where he has...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho recognized Barbara Goleman High for ranking third among 39 local high schools with a 93.79 percent for student attendance for the third grading period of the 2017-2018 school year. “This outstanding achievement is the result of your exemplary efforts, as well as those of your staff, your students, and your school community,” Carvalho said in a letter to...

  The Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) Autism Unit students put on a heart-warming show for parents, teachers, administrators and friends. The show’s theme was “Friendship,” and it included thoughtful performances by grade levels Kindergarten through eighth grade.   The show opened with Tabitha Stanley-William’s second and third grade class welcoming the audience with the “Hello”...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes High’s Project Citizen team was crowned state champions for 2018 during the We the People competition in Tallahassee, Florida, and is headed to the national championship on the West Coast. The team worked cooperatively to identify a public policy problem in the students’ community, researched it and evaluated alternative solutions in the form of a public policy. The students subject was on the rise of...