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10 unusual facts about Florida International University


Arminda Schutte

In time she was appointed as adjunct faculty to the University of Miami (Coral Gables), Florida International University and Miami-Dade Community College.

Christine Tamblyn

Christine Tamblyn had also taught at a number of institutions including: Mills College, Oakland, California; School of Visual Arts, NY; University of California, Santa Cruz; San Francisco State University; Florida International University.

Eats Media

Special college issues of the magazine are currently being published for Columbia University, George Washington University, University of Miami, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Yale University, Fordham University and Florida International University.

Edmund Skellings

In 1973, Skellings became Director of the International Institute of Creative Communication at Florida International University which brought poetry in the schools programs to over 100,000 children in South Florida.

European Union Centers of Excellence

The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence (MEUCE) was founded in 2001 and it involves both the Florida International University (FIU) and the University of Miami (UM).

Miami Nice Jazz Festival

One of the particularity of the Miami Nice Jazz Festival was that the jazz ensembles from Florida International University school of music and University of Miami school of music has been decided to be presented during the festival preceding the headlining performances.

Nelson Famadas

At the time of his death he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Sun American Bank in Boca Ratón, Florida, as Chairman and CEO of Gables Holding Corporation, real estate development company and is an Adjunct Professor, lecturing in Operations Management, at the School of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU).

Oleta River State Park

Adjoining the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, the park contains one of the largest concentrations of Casuarina trees (Australian 'pine'), an invasive species in the state park system.

Paul C. McKain

A longtime resident of Florida, McKain graduated from Florida International University.

Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson

When Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009 Succar was in the final year of a graduate programme at Florida International University.


2013 Conference USA football season

Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee, and North Texas joined C-USA from the Sun Belt.

Carol Kisthardt

Carlos Alvarez and Elsa Alvarez, two Florida International University professors accused of spying for the Republic of Cuba.

DeJuan Wright

From Detroit, Wright attended Henry Ford High School and a Florida International University.

Emma Trelles

Trelles earned an MFA from Florida International University in the 1990s, where she was mentored by the poet Campbell McGrath and fiction writer John Dufresne.

Jeanine Menze

where she graduated from Miami Killian High School in May 1997 and Florida International University in May 2001 with an international business degree.

Ocean Bank

The bank supports several community programs and education, including the United Way, the Orange Bowl Committee, Camillus House, Florida International University, Florida Memorial University, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, The Carrolton School and The Dade Public Education Fund.