The Fine Arts Department at Barbara Goleman Senior High School held a Fine Arts Showcase, “Arts Under the Stars” on May 12, for students, faculty and staff. The showcase consisted of musical performances, dramatic skits, live anime caricatures, on-the-spot painting and ceramic productions, student art exhibitions student poster giveaways and a firstever murals unveiling.  The event, sponsored and led by art teacher...

  There is a burst of color on the walls of the Sardiñas Art Gallery at St. Thomas University.  Color, Color and Color, a collection of paintings by Blanca Daw, is now on exhibit at the Sardiñas Art Gallery, the gallery named in honor of St. Thomas University’s beloved late Father Jorge Sardiñas, the architect of the University’s Chapel of Saint Anthony and former art professor at St. Thomas. Born...

  Fifty Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) eighth graders visited five Florida universities in early June. As members of BGEC's innovative after school club, The COUP (College Offers Unlimited Possibilities), the scholars learned the value of exploring colleges and careers in order to make more informed decisions later in life.  This was the second annual COUP College Road Trip, which visits University of Central Florida (Orlando),...

  The Assessment Center at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) School of Justice will offer the Advanced Teen Safety Driving Program on Friday, July 31, at North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27 Avenue. The course, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., will give students the tools to handle the complex situations that driving in a crowded urban environment can present. Open to drivers 16-21 years old with at least six months of driving experience, will include...

  St. Thomas University announced that prominent businessman and philanthropist Gus Machado recently pledged $5 million to the university, the single largest gift to date for the Catholic school, that would provide the cornerstone of the construction funding for the new state-of-the art School of Business building.St. Thomas alumnus and trustee and business executive Jorge Rico helped jumpstart the university’s ambitious project...