Q U I C K V I E W

Winning on the international stage

FIU’s Model United Nations team bested more than 183 delegations from around the world at the April 2011 National Model United Nations in New York City. The FIU students left the competition with the Outstanding Delegation award as well as top honors - Outstanding Delegate in Committees awards – for each of its members. More than 5,000 university students from five continents participated in the competition.

Creating partnerships for change

FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and JPMorgan Chase have come together to make a major investment of resources and support to help improve student learning and graduation rates at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. The project, “The Education Effect,” is made possible by a $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase.

Capturing national recognition

FIU’s Solar Decathlon House

FALL 2011

Scientist honored with presidential award

Professor Mary Jo Trepka in FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health was named in September 2011 one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award, given to Trepka for her research

on racial disparities on AIDS survival, is among the most prestigious given to U.S. researchers.

Alumna to advise Obama Administration

FIU alumna Teresita Fernandez ’90, a MacArthur Genius Award-winning visual artist, was selected in September 2011 to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental

agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Celebrating the new partnership in September 2011 were Nikolai Vitti, regional superintendent for the MDCPS Education Transformation Office; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; Northwestern Senior High Principal Wallace Aristide; JP Morgan Chase Foundation Vice President Jesus “Jesse” Leon; Miami Dade County School Board member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; JP Morgan Chase Florida Chairman Mel Martinez; FIU Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury and FIU President Mark Rosenberg.

46,000 Fall 2011 enrollment

62,000 Fall 2020 student enrollment

100,000 Students will graduate from FIU in the next decade

115,000 Alumni live and work in South Florida

180 Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

96 Percent of faculty hold doctoral degrees or highest degree attainable in their field

12 Colleges and schools including Medicine, Law and Architecture

17 Division 1A sports teams, including football

Building champion athletics programs

In just nine years, FIU Football has captured national attention, winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship and then winning its first bowl game in the Panthers’ first national television appearance on ESPN.

The excitement has carried into the 2011 season, as FIU Stadium saw a record attendance of 22,682 on Homecoming Day. FIU will begin expanding the stadium in November enclosing the north side, adding new suites and an additional, larger stadium club in time for the 2012 season.

Fast facts

Rankings

Points of Pride

& Latest News

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Excelling in higher education

As Miami’s only four-year public university, FIU is WorldsAhead in its service to the community.

Expanding across South Florida

FIU is expanding its footprint to high-profile locations on Brickell Avenue, South Beach and West Kendall.

Leading the way in research

Providing solutions in the community

Acclaimed child psychologists and FIU professors William Pelham and Wendy Silverman are leading the charge for enhanced treatment of ADHD and other child mental health disorders in South Florida.

FIU opened its new Center for Children and Families in 2010 with nearly a dozen new psychology faculty members. With their guidance, FIU has, almost overnight, been thrust into the national spotlight as a leader in treating child mental health.

West Kendall

FIU and West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Family medical residency program

Opened Spring 2011

Downtown

1101 Brickell Avenue

Business and international affairs graduate programs

Opened Fall 2011

South Beach

420 Lincoln Road

Studios and galleries for music, art and architecture

Opened Fall 2011

Building a greener future

FIU was one of 20 teams from five countries to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team FIU’s 40 students designed, built and operated a 780-square-foot solar-powered home. The competition took place this fall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. FIU tied for first place in energy management and 11th place overall.

The “perFORM[D]ance House” will be permanently installed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus as the new Office of Sustainability.

Dr. Ranu JungBiomedical Engineeringresearch funded by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and Army Research Office

#1 in U.S. for awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanics

#1 passage rate in state on Florida Bar Exam

#16 in U.S. News & World Report for international business

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAheadBe WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading publication in academics, featured FIU in May 2011 for its efforts to invest in growing federally-funded scientific and engineering research. The strategy has bumped the university’s national research ranking by more than 20 positions.

Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. William Pelham

FIU’s internationally renowned Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management was selected by the Chinese government from a group of elite hospitality schools to partner in opening a new campus in Tianjin. The $100 million Marriott Tianjin China Program sits on 80 acres in China’s third largest city. The 2,000-student school provides FIU students the opportunity to study abroad in one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.

Crossing the globe

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 1 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Excelling in higher education

As Miami’s only four-year public university, FIU is WorldsAhead in its service to the community.

Expanding across South Florida

FIU is expanding its footprint to high-profile locations on Brickell Avenue, South Beach and West Kendall.

Leading the way in research

Providing solutions in the community

Acclaimed child psychologists and FIU professors William Pelham and Wendy Silverman are leading the charge for enhanced treatment of ADHD and other child mental health disorders in South Florida.

FIU opened its new Center for Children and Families in 2010 with nearly a dozen new psychology faculty members. With their guidance, FIU has, almost overnight, been thrust into the national spotlight as a leader in treating child mental health.

West Kendall

FIU and West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Family medical residency program

Opened Spring 2011

Downtown

1101 Brickell Avenue

Business and international affairs graduate programs

Opened Fall 2011

South Beach

420 Lincoln Road

Studios and galleries for music, art and architecture

Opened Fall 2011

Building a greener future

FIU was one of 20 teams from five countries to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team FIU’s 40 students designed, built and operated a 780-square-foot solar-powered home. The competition took place this fall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. FIU tied for first place in energy management and 11th place overall.

The “perFORM[D]ance House” will be permanently installed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus as the new Office of Sustainability.

Dr. Ranu JungBiomedical Engineeringresearch funded by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and Army Research Office

#1 in U.S. for awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanics

#1 passage rate in state on Florida Bar Exam

#16 in U.S. News & World Report for international business

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAheadBe WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading publication in academics, featured FIU in May 2011 for its efforts to invest in growing federally-funded scientific and engineering research. The strategy has bumped the university’s national research ranking by more than 20 positions.

Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. William Pelham

FIU’s internationally renowned Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management was selected by the Chinese government from a group of elite hospitality schools to partner in opening a new campus in Tianjin. The $100 million Marriott Tianjin China Program sits on 80 acres in China’s third largest city. The 2,000-student school provides FIU students the opportunity to study abroad in one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.

Crossing the globe

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 1 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Excelling in higher education

As Miami’s only four-year public university, FIU is WorldsAhead in its service to the community.

Expanding across South Florida

FIU is expanding its footprint to high-profile locations on Brickell Avenue, South Beach and West Kendall.

Leading the way in research

Providing solutions in the community

Acclaimed child psychologists and FIU professors William Pelham and Wendy Silverman are leading the charge for enhanced treatment of ADHD and other child mental health disorders in South Florida.

FIU opened its new Center for Children and Families in 2010 with nearly a dozen new psychology faculty members. With their guidance, FIU has, almost overnight, been thrust into the national spotlight as a leader in treating child mental health.

West Kendall

FIU and West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Family medical residency program

Opened Spring 2011

Downtown

1101 Brickell Avenue

Business and international affairs graduate programs

Opened Fall 2011

South Beach

420 Lincoln Road

Studios and galleries for music, art and architecture

Opened Fall 2011

Building a greener future

FIU was one of 20 teams from five countries to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team FIU’s 40 students designed, built and operated a 780-square-foot solar-powered home. The competition took place this fall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. FIU tied for first place in energy management and 11th place overall.

The “perFORM[D]ance House” will be permanently installed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus as the new Office of Sustainability.

Dr. Ranu JungBiomedical Engineeringresearch funded by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and Army Research Office

#1 in U.S. for awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanics

#1 passage rate in state on Florida Bar Exam

#16 in U.S. News & World Report for international business

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAheadBe WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading publication in academics, featured FIU in May 2011 for its efforts to invest in growing federally-funded scientific and engineering research. The strategy has bumped the university’s national research ranking by more than 20 positions.

Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. William Pelham

FIU’s internationally renowned Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management was selected by the Chinese government from a group of elite hospitality schools to partner in opening a new campus in Tianjin. The $100 million Marriott Tianjin China Program sits on 80 acres in China’s third largest city. The 2,000-student school provides FIU students the opportunity to study abroad in one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.

Crossing the globe

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 1 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Excelling in higher education

As Miami’s only four-year public university, FIU is WorldsAhead in its service to the community.

Expanding across South Florida

FIU is expanding its footprint to high-profile locations on Brickell Avenue, South Beach and West Kendall.

Leading the way in research

Providing solutions in the community

Acclaimed child psychologists and FIU professors William Pelham and Wendy Silverman are leading the charge for enhanced treatment of ADHD and other child mental health disorders in South Florida.

FIU opened its new Center for Children and Families in 2010 with nearly a dozen new psychology faculty members. With their guidance, FIU has, almost overnight, been thrust into the national spotlight as a leader in treating child mental health.

West Kendall

FIU and West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Family medical residency program

Opened Spring 2011

Downtown

1101 Brickell Avenue

Business and international affairs graduate programs

Opened Fall 2011

South Beach

420 Lincoln Road

Studios and galleries for music, art and architecture

Opened Fall 2011

Building a greener future

FIU was one of 20 teams from five countries to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team FIU’s 40 students designed, built and operated a 780-square-foot solar-powered home. The competition took place this fall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. FIU tied for first place in energy management and 11th place overall.

The “perFORM[D]ance House” will be permanently installed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus as the new Office of Sustainability.

Dr. Ranu JungBiomedical Engineeringresearch funded by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and Army Research Office

#1 in U.S. for awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanics

#1 passage rate in state on Florida Bar Exam

#16 in U.S. News & World Report for international business

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAheadBe WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading publication in academics, featured FIU in May 2011 for its efforts to invest in growing federally-funded scientific and engineering research. The strategy has bumped the university’s national research ranking by more than 20 positions.

Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. William Pelham

FIU’s internationally renowned Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management was selected by the Chinese government from a group of elite hospitality schools to partner in opening a new campus in Tianjin. The $100 million Marriott Tianjin China Program sits on 80 acres in China’s third largest city. The 2,000-student school provides FIU students the opportunity to study abroad in one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.

Crossing the globe

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 1 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Excelling in higher education

As Miami’s only four-year public university, FIU is WorldsAhead in its service to the community.

Expanding across South Florida

FIU is expanding its footprint to high-profile locations on Brickell Avenue, South Beach and West Kendall.

Leading the way in research

Providing solutions in the community

Acclaimed child psychologists and FIU professors William Pelham and Wendy Silverman are leading the charge for enhanced treatment of ADHD and other child mental health disorders in South Florida.

FIU opened its new Center for Children and Families in 2010 with nearly a dozen new psychology faculty members. With their guidance, FIU has, almost overnight, been thrust into the national spotlight as a leader in treating child mental health.

West Kendall

FIU and West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Family medical residency program

Opened Spring 2011

Downtown

1101 Brickell Avenue

Business and international affairs graduate programs

Opened Fall 2011

South Beach

420 Lincoln Road

Studios and galleries for music, art and architecture

Opened Fall 2011

Building a greener future

FIU was one of 20 teams from five countries to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team FIU’s 40 students designed, built and operated a 780-square-foot solar-powered home. The competition took place this fall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. FIU tied for first place in energy management and 11th place overall.

The “perFORM[D]ance House” will be permanently installed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus as the new Office of Sustainability.

Dr. Ranu JungBiomedical Engineeringresearch funded by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and Army Research Office

#1 in U.S. for awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanics

#1 passage rate in state on Florida Bar Exam

#16 in U.S. News & World Report for international business

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAheadBe WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading publication in academics, featured FIU in May 2011 for its efforts to invest in growing federally-funded scientific and engineering research. The strategy has bumped the university’s national research ranking by more than 20 positions.

Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. William Pelham

FIU’s internationally renowned Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management was selected by the Chinese government from a group of elite hospitality schools to partner in opening a new campus in Tianjin. The $100 million Marriott Tianjin China Program sits on 80 acres in China’s third largest city. The 2,000-student school provides FIU students the opportunity to study abroad in one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.

Crossing the globe

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 1 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Excelling in higher education

As Miami’s only four-year public university, FIU is WorldsAhead in its service to the community.

Expanding across South Florida

FIU is expanding its footprint to high-profile locations on Brickell Avenue, South Beach and West Kendall.

Leading the way in research

Providing solutions in the community

Acclaimed child psychologists and FIU professors William Pelham and Wendy Silverman are leading the charge for enhanced treatment of ADHD and other child mental health disorders in South Florida.

FIU opened its new Center for Children and Families in 2010 with nearly a dozen new psychology faculty members. With their guidance, FIU has, almost overnight, been thrust into the national spotlight as a leader in treating child mental health.

West Kendall

FIU and West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Family medical residency program

Opened Spring 2011

Downtown

1101 Brickell Avenue

Business and international affairs graduate programs

Opened Fall 2011

South Beach

420 Lincoln Road

Studios and galleries for music, art and architecture

Opened Fall 2011

Building a greener future

FIU was one of 20 teams from five countries to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team FIU’s 40 students designed, built and operated a 780-square-foot solar-powered home. The competition took place this fall at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. FIU tied for first place in energy management and 11th place overall.

The “perFORM[D]ance House” will be permanently installed on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus as the new Office of Sustainability.

Dr. Ranu JungBiomedical Engineeringresearch funded by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and Army Research Office

#1 in U.S. for awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees to Hispanics

#1 passage rate in state on Florida Bar Exam

#16 in U.S. News & World Report for international business

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAheadBe WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading publication in academics, featured FIU in May 2011 for its efforts to invest in growing federally-funded scientific and engineering research. The strategy has bumped the university’s national research ranking by more than 20 positions.

Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. William Pelham

FIU’s internationally renowned Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management was selected by the Chinese government from a group of elite hospitality schools to partner in opening a new campus in Tianjin. The $100 million Marriott Tianjin China Program sits on 80 acres in China’s third largest city. The 2,000-student school provides FIU students the opportunity to study abroad in one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.

Crossing the globe

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 1 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Q U I C K V I E W

Winning on the international stage

FIU’s Model United Nations team bested more than 183 delegations from around the world at the April 2011 National Model United Nations in New York City. The FIU students left the competition with the Outstanding Delegation award as well as top honors - Outstanding Delegate in Committees awards – for each of its members. More than 5,000 university students from five continents participated in the competition.

Creating partnerships for change

FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and JPMorgan Chase have come together to make a major investment of resources and support to help improve student learning and graduation rates at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. The project, “The Education Effect,” is made possible by a $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase.

Capturing national recognition

FIU’s Solar Decathlon House

FALL 2011

Scientist honored with presidential award

Professor Mary Jo Trepka in FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health was named in September 2011 one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award, given to Trepka for her research

on racial disparities on AIDS survival, is among the most prestigious given to U.S. researchers.

Alumna to advise Obama Administration

FIU alumna Teresita Fernandez ’90, a MacArthur Genius Award-winning visual artist, was selected in September 2011 to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental

agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Celebrating the new partnership in September 2011 were Nikolai Vitti, regional superintendent for the MDCPS Education Transformation Office; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; Northwestern Senior High Principal Wallace Aristide; JP Morgan Chase Foundation Vice President Jesus “Jesse” Leon; Miami Dade County School Board member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; JP Morgan Chase Florida Chairman Mel Martinez; FIU Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury and FIU President Mark Rosenberg.

46,000 Fall 2011 enrollment

62,000 Fall 2020 student enrollment

100,000 Students will graduate from FIU in the next decade

115,000 Alumni live and work in South Florida

180 Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

96 Percent of faculty hold doctoral degrees or highest degree attainable in their field

12 Colleges and schools including Medicine, Law and Architecture

17 Division 1A sports teams, including football

Building champion athletics programs

In just nine years, FIU Football has captured national attention, winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship and then winning its first bowl game in the Panthers’ first national television appearance on ESPN.

The excitement has carried into the 2011 season, as FIU Stadium saw a record attendance of 22,682 on Homecoming Day. FIU will begin expanding the stadium in November enclosing the north side, adding new suites and an additional, larger stadium club in time for the 2012 season.

Fast facts

Rankings

Points of Pride

& Latest News

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

FIU Division of External RelationsModesto A. Maidique Campus, PC 515Miami, FL 33199

fiu.edu

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 2 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Q U I C K V I E W

Winning on the international stage

FIU’s Model United Nations team bested more than 183 delegations from around the world at the April 2011 National Model United Nations in New York City. The FIU students left the competition with the Outstanding Delegation award as well as top honors - Outstanding Delegate in Committees awards – for each of its members. More than 5,000 university students from five continents participated in the competition.

Creating partnerships for change

FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and JPMorgan Chase have come together to make a major investment of resources and support to help improve student learning and graduation rates at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. The project, “The Education Effect,” is made possible by a $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase.

Capturing national recognition

FIU’s Solar Decathlon House

FALL 2011

Scientist honored with presidential award

Professor Mary Jo Trepka in FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health was named in September 2011 one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award, given to Trepka for her research

on racial disparities on AIDS survival, is among the most prestigious given to U.S. researchers.

Alumna to advise Obama Administration

FIU alumna Teresita Fernandez ’90, a MacArthur Genius Award-winning visual artist, was selected in September 2011 to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental

agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Celebrating the new partnership in September 2011 were Nikolai Vitti, regional superintendent for the MDCPS Education Transformation Office; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; Northwestern Senior High Principal Wallace Aristide; JP Morgan Chase Foundation Vice President Jesus “Jesse” Leon; Miami Dade County School Board member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; JP Morgan Chase Florida Chairman Mel Martinez; FIU Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury and FIU President Mark Rosenberg.

46,000 Fall 2011 enrollment

62,000 Fall 2020 student enrollment

100,000 Students will graduate from FIU in the next decade

115,000 Alumni live and work in South Florida

180 Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

96 Percent of faculty hold doctoral degrees or highest degree attainable in their field

12 Colleges and schools including Medicine, Law and Architecture

17 Division 1A sports teams, including football

Building champion athletics programs

In just nine years, FIU Football has captured national attention, winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship and then winning its first bowl game in the Panthers’ first national television appearance on ESPN.

The excitement has carried into the 2011 season, as FIU Stadium saw a record attendance of 22,682 on Homecoming Day. FIU will begin expanding the stadium in November enclosing the north side, adding new suites and an additional, larger stadium club in time for the 2012 season.

Fast facts

Rankings

Points of Pride

& Latest News

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

FIU Division of External RelationsModesto A. Maidique Campus, PC 515Miami, FL 33199

fiu.edu

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 2 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Q U I C K V I E W

Winning on the international stage

FIU’s Model United Nations team bested more than 183 delegations from around the world at the April 2011 National Model United Nations in New York City. The FIU students left the competition with the Outstanding Delegation award as well as top honors - Outstanding Delegate in Committees awards – for each of its members. More than 5,000 university students from five continents participated in the competition.

Creating partnerships for change

FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and JPMorgan Chase have come together to make a major investment of resources and support to help improve student learning and graduation rates at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. The project, “The Education Effect,” is made possible by a $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase.

Capturing national recognition

FIU’s Solar Decathlon House

FALL 2011

Scientist honored with presidential award

Professor Mary Jo Trepka in FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health was named in September 2011 one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award, given to Trepka for her research

on racial disparities on AIDS survival, is among the most prestigious given to U.S. researchers.

Alumna to advise Obama Administration

FIU alumna Teresita Fernandez ’90, a MacArthur Genius Award-winning visual artist, was selected in September 2011 to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental

agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Celebrating the new partnership in September 2011 were Nikolai Vitti, regional superintendent for the MDCPS Education Transformation Office; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; Northwestern Senior High Principal Wallace Aristide; JP Morgan Chase Foundation Vice President Jesus “Jesse” Leon; Miami Dade County School Board member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; JP Morgan Chase Florida Chairman Mel Martinez; FIU Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury and FIU President Mark Rosenberg.

46,000 Fall 2011 enrollment

62,000 Fall 2020 student enrollment

100,000 Students will graduate from FIU in the next decade

115,000 Alumni live and work in South Florida

180 Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

96 Percent of faculty hold doctoral degrees or highest degree attainable in their field

12 Colleges and schools including Medicine, Law and Architecture

17 Division 1A sports teams, including football

Building champion athletics programs

In just nine years, FIU Football has captured national attention, winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship and then winning its first bowl game in the Panthers’ first national television appearance on ESPN.

The excitement has carried into the 2011 season, as FIU Stadium saw a record attendance of 22,682 on Homecoming Day. FIU will begin expanding the stadium in November enclosing the north side, adding new suites and an additional, larger stadium club in time for the 2012 season.

Fast facts

Rankings

Points of Pride

& Latest News

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

FIU Division of External RelationsModesto A. Maidique Campus, PC 515Miami, FL 33199

fiu.edu

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 2 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Q U I C K V I E W

Winning on the international stage

FIU’s Model United Nations team bested more than 183 delegations from around the world at the April 2011 National Model United Nations in New York City. The FIU students left the competition with the Outstanding Delegation award as well as top honors - Outstanding Delegate in Committees awards – for each of its members. More than 5,000 university students from five continents participated in the competition.

Creating partnerships for change

FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and JPMorgan Chase have come together to make a major investment of resources and support to help improve student learning and graduation rates at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. The project, “The Education Effect,” is made possible by a $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase.

Capturing national recognition

FIU’s Solar Decathlon House

FALL 2011

Scientist honored with presidential award

Professor Mary Jo Trepka in FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health was named in September 2011 one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award, given to Trepka for her research

on racial disparities on AIDS survival, is among the most prestigious given to U.S. researchers.

Alumna to advise Obama Administration

FIU alumna Teresita Fernandez ’90, a MacArthur Genius Award-winning visual artist, was selected in September 2011 to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental

agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Celebrating the new partnership in September 2011 were Nikolai Vitti, regional superintendent for the MDCPS Education Transformation Office; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; Northwestern Senior High Principal Wallace Aristide; JP Morgan Chase Foundation Vice President Jesus “Jesse” Leon; Miami Dade County School Board member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; JP Morgan Chase Florida Chairman Mel Martinez; FIU Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury and FIU President Mark Rosenberg.

46,000 Fall 2011 enrollment

62,000 Fall 2020 student enrollment

100,000 Students will graduate from FIU in the next decade

115,000 Alumni live and work in South Florida

180 Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

96 Percent of faculty hold doctoral degrees or highest degree attainable in their field

12 Colleges and schools including Medicine, Law and Architecture

17 Division 1A sports teams, including football

Building champion athletics programs

In just nine years, FIU Football has captured national attention, winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship and then winning its first bowl game in the Panthers’ first national television appearance on ESPN.

The excitement has carried into the 2011 season, as FIU Stadium saw a record attendance of 22,682 on Homecoming Day. FIU will begin expanding the stadium in November enclosing the north side, adding new suites and an additional, larger stadium club in time for the 2012 season.

Fast facts

Rankings

Points of Pride

& Latest News

Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead Be WorldsAhead

FIU Division of External RelationsModesto A. Maidique Campus, PC 515Miami, FL 33199

fiu.edu

11473_EXT_WA_QuickView.indd 2 10/27/11 10:31 AM

Q U I C K V I E W

Winning on the international stage

FIU’s Model United Nations team bested more than 183 delegations from around the world at the April 2011 National Model United Nations in New York City. The FIU students left the competition with the Outstanding Delegation award as well as top honors - Outstanding Delegate in Committees awards – for each of its members. More than 5,000 university students from five continents participated in the competition.

Creating partnerships for change

FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and JPMorgan Chase have come together to make a major investment of resources and support to help improve student learning and graduation rates at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. The project, “The Education Effect,” is made possible by a $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase.

Capturing national recognition

FIU’s Solar Decathlon House

FALL 2011

Scientist honored with presidential award

Professor Mary Jo Trepka in FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health was named in September 2011 one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award, given to Trepka for her research

on racial disparities on AIDS survival, is among the most prestigious given to U.S. researchers.

Alumna to advise Obama Administration

FIU alumna Teresita Fernandez ’90, a MacArthur Genius Award-winning visual artist, was selected in September 2011 to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental

agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Celebrating the new partnership in September 2011 were Nikolai Vitti, regional superintendent for the MDCPS Education Transformation Office; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; Northwestern Senior High Principal Wallace Aristide; JP Morgan Chase Foundation Vice President Jesus “Jesse” Leon; Miami Dade County School Board member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; JP Morgan Chase Florida Chairman Mel Martinez; FIU Board of Trustees Chairman Albert Maury and FIU President Mark Rosenberg.

46,000 Fall 2011 enrollment

62,000 Fall 2020 student enrollment

100,000 Students will graduate from FIU in the next decade

115,000 Alumni live and work in South Florida

180 Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs

96 Percent of faculty hold doctoral degrees or highest degree attainable in their field

12 Colleges and schools including Medicine, Law and Architecture

17 Division 1A sports teams, including football

Building champion athletics programs

In just nine years, FIU Football has captured national attention, winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship and then winning its first bowl game in the Panthers’ first national television appearance on ESPN.

The excitement has carried into the 2011 season, as FIU Stadium saw a record attendance of 22,682 on Homecoming Day. FIU will begin expanding the stadium in November enclosing the north side, adding new suites and an additional, larger stadium club in time for the 2012 season.

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