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71-867: The Alma Jordan Library houses the Eric Williams Memorial Collection , which has been named to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register . The library houses the minute books of the London Society of West India Planters and Merchants , a major anti-abolitionist organisation of the British West Indian plantocracy . Other libraries in the St Augustine Campus Libraries network include the Medical Sciences Library,

142-501: A Korean translation was released in 2006. Photographs depicting various aspects of his life and contribution to the development of Trinidad and Tobago complete this extraordinarily rich archive, as does a three-dimensional re-creation of Williams’ study. Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University , said of the Collection: “as a model for similar archival collections in

213-672: A Trinidad and Tobago national was welcomed to the podium for the first time - Hollis Liverpool aka Chalkdust , calypsonian and professor at the University of the Virgin Islands , who spoke on Eric Williams and calypso . Colin Palmer’s new biography of Williams up to 1970, entitled Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean , published by the University of North Carolina Press ,

284-480: A "no gimmicks" institution with no student housing. It would be nine years before lower-division classes were added. The first commencement, held in June 1973, took place in the reading room of the ground floor of Primera Casa–the only place large enough on campus for the ceremony. More than 1,500 family members and friends watched FIU's first class of 191 graduates receive their diplomas. By late 1975, after seven years at

355-550: A 24 ACT score. 3% of these students were foreign nationals, while 74% were Hispanic Americans, 9% were Black Americans, 8% were White Americans, and 3% were Asian Americans. The freshman retention rate for 2021 was 100%. The most popular College by enrollment is the College of Arts and Sciences. For Fall 2021, 24,351 students applied for graduate admissions throughout the university. Of those, 8,043 (33.02%) were accepted. The Wertheim College of Medicine admitted 5.2% of its applicants, and

426-507: A five-year contract with the board of trustees. On August 29, 2009, Rosenberg became FIU's fifth president. Having begun as a two-year upper division university, FIU has grown into a much larger traditional university and serves international students. More than $ 600 million has been invested in campus construction, with the addition of new residence halls, the FIU Stadium , recreation center, student center, and Greek life mansions, as well as

497-469: A former United States diplomat and then-president of Portland State University , became FIU's third president, serving from 1979 to 1986. During his tenure, the institution continued to grow; it became a four-year institution, though Wolfe was criticized for not hiring enough minorities and for leading a weak private fundraising effort. After stepping down as president, Wolfe taught in the university's international relations department. The student union on

568-444: A newly constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed outside the university, resulting in six fatalities. On May 6, 2020, Florida Department of Transportation announced plans to design and rebuild the bridge. Rosenberg suddenly resigned from the university effective January 21, 2022, citing deteriorating health conditions of his wife. Just a week later it was revealed that he stepped down because of allegations that he had made advances to

639-526: A powerhouse athletic university during Maidique's time as president; he unilaterally changed the mascot from the Sunblazers to the Golden Panthers early in his tenure, and he championed the eventual establishment of an NCAA football program. Finally, the school earned membership into Phi Beta Kappa , the nation's oldest honor society. Maidique was the second longest-serving research university president in

710-470: A younger female employee, "causing discomfort," and creating a hostile work environment. Rosenberg is currently a professor of political science and international relations at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at FIU. Rosenberg was succeeded by Kenneth A. Jessell as president, previously FIU's chief financial officer and senior vice president for finance and administration. Jessell

781-827: Is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). FIU's intercollegiate sports teams, the FIU Panthers , compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Conference USA (C-USA). FIU's varsity sports teams have won five athletic championships and Panther athletes have won various individual NCAA national championships. Kenneth A. Jessell has served as President of FIU since 2022. In 1943, state senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham (father of future Florida governor and U.S. senator Bob Graham ) presented

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852-635: Is also equipped with offices, a computer lab, student lounges, and study spaces for students. FIU has a center on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami at 1101 Brickell Avenue dubbed "FIU Downtown on Brickell". FIU's College of Business Administration has had classes at the Burdines Building on Flagler Street and the Metropolitan Center had offices at 150 SE 2nd Ave since 2004. In August 2011, FIU expanded its Downtown center to 1101 Brickell with

923-530: Is dedicated to the Collection. Three other scholarly biographies of Williams either have been published or are in progress in the eight years since the inception of the EWMC: The Elusive Eric Williams by Ken Boodhoo, of Florida International University (and published by Media and Editorial Projects Limited 's Prospect Press and Ian Randle Publishers); an edition by Selwyn Ryan , University of

994-707: Is in " Miami, Florida " and the ZIP code is 33199, while the campus is physically in the Westchester census-designated place as of the 2020 U.S. Census . In the 1990 U.S. Census it was in the Olympia Heights CDP. In the 2000 U.S. Census and the 2010 U.S. Census that campus was in the University Park CDP. The site of the campus was originally used for a general aviation airport called Tamiami Airport (not to be confused with Kendall-Tamiami Airport ), which

1065-626: Is the home of FIU's Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility. The Engineering Center is serviced by the CATS Shuttle, FIU's student buses, which run throughout the day on weekdays connecting the two parts of campus. Source: Carlos Finlay Elementary School, of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools , is on the FIU Maidique Campus. The National Weather Service Miami Office is also on FIU property. Both Finlay ES and

1136-576: The College of Law admitted 22%. Admission to the Wertheim College of Medicine is competitive, and the college has one of the highest number of applicants in the state, greater than the University of Florida . For Fall 2010, 3,606 students applied for 43 spots. The FIU School of Architecture is the most competitive school in Florida, with the lowest admission rate in the state at 14% (2011). For Fall 2009,

1207-753: The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to work on preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics . FIU was the only university in the United States invited to do so. In December 2013, it was announced Royal Caribbean was building a $ 20 million 130,000 sq. ft. training facility for its performers at the school. The facility opened in March 2015. The complex serves architecture, art, and hospitality students and includes lighting, set design, marketing, and other internship and training opportunities. On March 15, 2018,

1278-575: The School of Architecture received over 1,000 applications for the first-year Master of Architecture program, with 60 being accepted, giving the School of Architecture a 6% admissions rate. The average high school GPA for the freshman class in the School of Architecture was 3.98, also making it one of the most selective schools at FIU. In 2024, nearly 3,800 FIU students (both undergraduate and graduate students) were recognized as international students . Of those,

1349-790: The Biscayne Bay Campus is named in his honor. Modesto A. Maidique assumed the presidency at FIU in 1986, becoming the fourth in the university's history and the first Hispanic leader of any of Florida's state universities. Maidique graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), before joining the private sector. He held academic appointments from MIT, Harvard and Stanford Universities, and has been named to several US presidential boards and committees. Under his leadership, FIU heralded in an era of unprecedented growth and prestige, with all facets of

1420-419: The Biscayne Bay Campus, FIU offers housing through Bayview Student Living apartments. BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years houses 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay. Through FIU's Panther Express Shuttle, current students travel free between campuses. FIU also has other smaller regional centers located throughout South Florida in both Miami-Dade County and Broward County , serving

1491-548: The Biscayne Bay Campus, which has become one of the university's most recognized programs. The Biscayne Bay Campus also houses the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Aquatic Center, and the Kovens Conference Center. The Golden Panther Express, FIU's student buses, connect the main campus and the Biscayne Bay Campus throughout the day on weekdays. On

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1562-822: The Cabinet of the Student Body President. The Legislative branch consists of the Student Body Senate. The Judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court. The Student Body President serves as a member of the FIU Board of Trustees, while the Student Body Vice President serves as a member of the FIU Foundation's Board of Directors. The Student Government oversees several Agencies which provide programming to

1633-667: The Caribbean – edited by Williams and the respected African-American sociologist E. Franklin Frazier . The Economic Future of the Caribbean is a selection of papers presented at a 1943 Howard University conference that Williams organized. The vision articulated in this work remains relevant to 21st-century Caribbean. To date, the new edition of the book has been launched in Trinidad and Tobago; Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; and London, UK. The New York launch in 2006, sponsored jointly by members of

1704-576: The Caribbean Diplomatic Corps, also celebrated the declaration of June as National Caribbean American Month in the USA. A new edition of Inward Hunger , Williams’ long out-of-print autobiography, (with an Introduction by Colin Palmer) is now available. His Negro in the Caribbean (with a new introduction by Winston James, University of California, Irvine professor) is slated for future re-release in

1775-536: The Caribbean in general. The EWMC is actively involved in academia and Caribbean communities through the annual Eric Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University in Miami . Featured speakers at the Lecture include: John Hope Franklin , one of America’s premier Black historians (1999); Kenneth Kaunda , former President of Zambia , (2000); Hilary Beckles , Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor of The University of

1846-1001: The Caribbean…I remain very impressed by its breadth...[It] is a national treasure.” Palmer’s new biography of Williams up to 1970, entitled Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean , published by the University of North Carolina Press , is dedicated to the Collection. Guests of the EWMC Museum continue to be inspired by their experience, as were the Vice President of India ; the Prime Minister and former Prime Minister of St. Vincent/Grenadines and Jamaica respectively; former Mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani and two Nobel Laureates in Economics, Amartya Sen and Harry Markowitz . Thousands of Trinidad and Tobago students - along with schools from St. Lucia , Guadeloupe (including

1917-565: The Chamber of Commerce), the US Virgin Islands , Barbados (several groups), Chicago, Illinois , and the University of California, Fresno , US - have toured the facility since its inception. And the young continue to demonstrate their profound comprehension as they speak, following, to what the Collection means to the population at large and, as important, what it will mean to future sons and daughters of Trinidad and Tobago, in particular, and of

1988-479: The Collection amply reflects its owner’s eclectic interests, comprising some 7,000 volumes, as well as correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, historical writings, research notes, conference documents and a miscellany of reports. The Museum contains a wealth of emotive memorabilia of the period and copies of the translations of Williams’ seminal work, Capitalism and Slavery , into seven languages, Russian , Chinese and Japanese [1968, 2004] among them. Most recently,

2059-580: The EWMC is a model for the Caribbean, a means of showing to its younger generation the vital connection to the past – what that means for both the present and for the future. Florida International University Florida International University ( FIU ) is a public research university with its main campus in University Park, Florida , United States. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature ,

2130-715: The FIU Foundation Board of Trustees. The founders located the campus on the site of the original Tamiami Airport (not related to the later Kendall-Tamiami Airport ) on the Tamiami Trail ( U.S. Route 41 ) between Southwest 107th and 117th Avenues, just east of where the West Dade Expressway (now the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike ) was being planned. The abandoned airport's air traffic control tower became FIU's first building, with Perry's office on

2201-583: The Hurricane Center are subleased. The Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) in North Miami is Florida International's 200-acre (91 ha) waterfront branch campus. It was opened in 1977 by Harold Crosby and occupies land, directly on the bay and adjacent to the Oleta River State Park , with which FIU has a research partnership. Access to these resources inspired the creation of a marine biology program on

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2272-499: The Palestinians . Florida International's 344-acre (139 ha) campus is in the neighborhood of University Park in the census-designated place of Westchester in an unincorporated area of western Miami-Dade County, Florida . The Modesto A. Maidique Campus ("MMC")—formerly called University Park but renamed in 2009 —encompasses 344 acres (1.39 km ). The MMC houses almost all of the university's colleges and schools as well as all

2343-727: The Patience-Theunissen Memorial Library located at Mount Saint Benedict and the Library at Roytec at the UWI School of Business and Applied Studies. This article about a building or structure in the Caribbean is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eric Williams Memorial Collection The Eric Williams Memorial Collection (EWMC), located at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago ,

2414-504: The United States. University Press of Florida expressed interest in publishing the proceedings of the New York Schomburg Center Eric Williams conference in 2002 - Into The Post-Colonial Moment: Eric Williams and West Indian Nationalism , edited by Professors William Darity, Jr. ( Duke University / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ) and Tanya Shields, (UNC, Chapel Hill). The EWMC has also supported

2485-595: The University Park campus to the Modesto Maidique Campus; the university had considered naming the law school in his honor but decided not to because that would preclude a future charitable donation to name the school. The change created a large backlash from the FIU community, as many felt it unfitting to name the campus after him. A campaign by FIU students and alumni was created to revert the name change, and to keep

2556-579: The University Tower remains as a memory of the university's past. University Park is a heavily vegetated campus, with many lakes, a 15-acre nature preserve, and a palm arboretum, with over 90 buildings. As of late 2009, current construction at University Park includes the Nursing and Health Sciences Building, the School of International and Public Affairs Building, and a fifth parking garage. On June 12, 2009, FIU's board of trustees voted unanimously to rename

2627-697: The West Indies (2001); Cynthia Pratt, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas , Mia Mottley , the Attorney General of Barbados , and Beverley Anderson-Manley, former First Lady of Jamaica (2002). Angela Davis , civil and women’s rights activist, was the featured speaker in 2003, and in honour of the Haitian Bicentennial, University of Virginia political scientist Robert Fatton, Jr., and prize-winning author Edwidge Danticat spoke in 2004. In 2005,

2698-544: The West Indies; and The Making of a Movement Intellectual by Maurice St. Pierre of Morgan State University . The first-ever Spanish translation of Williams’ History of the Caribbean, From Columbus to Castro (2006); the 2000 republication, after decades, of the same book in Japanese, and its re-issue in the United Kingdom in 2004 after a hiatus of seven years. Also reissued in 2004 was the 1944 book, The Economic Future of

2769-822: The administrative offices and main university facilities. MMC is also home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential House, the home of FIU's president; the Wertheim Performing Arts Center; the Frost Art Museum ; the International Hurricane Research Center; and the university's athletic facilities such as FIU Stadium , FIU Arena , and the FIU Baseball Stadium . The postal address of the Modesto Maidique campus

2840-485: The approaches to the delivery of health care by medical, public health, nursing and other healthcare professionals, hurricane mitigation, climate change, nano-technologies, forensic sciences, and the development of biomedical devices. The arts also flourished while Maidique was at the helm, with the university acquiring The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach and building the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum on its main campus. In athletics, FIU made inroads in becoming

2911-823: The center to over 2,000 students by 2021. Founded in 2018, it combines two decades of experience to engage the forensic science and criminal justice industries from the crime scene to the courtroom. Located at: Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, Florida . FIU belongs to the 12-campus State University System of Florida and is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities, awarding over 3,400 graduate and professional degrees annually. The university offers 191 programs of study with more than 280 majors in 23 colleges and schools. FIU offers many graduate programs, including architecture , business administration , engineering , law , and medicine , offering 81 master's degrees , 34 doctoral degrees , and 3 professional degrees . The Student Government Association presides over and funds

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2982-419: The cheerleaders. In addition, the Student Government oversees several Bureaus which provide community for identity groups on campus, including the Black Student Union and the Pride Student Union . FIU offers 191 academic programs, 60 baccalaureate programs, 81 master's programs, 3 specialist programs, 34 doctoral programs, and 4 professional programs in 23 colleges and schools. In addition, 97% of

3053-539: The demand for facilities and classroom space has greatly increased. For the 2019–2020 academic year, tuition costs are: Florida International University students, numbering 54,085 in Fall 2023, come from more than 130 countries, and all 50 U.S. states. The ratio of women to men is 57:43, and 18.6 percent are graduate and professional students. Professional degree programs include Law, Medicine, Engineering, Business Administration, and Nursing. The Fall 2023 incoming freshman class had an average 4.1 GPA, 1150 SAT score, and

3124-412: The expansion of course offerings for the College of Business Administration and the School of International and Public Affairs, as well as with FIU's research center, the Metropolitan Center. Most programs in Downtown are graduate-level evening courses geared for Downtown professionals and residents. As of Spring 2011, there were approximately 500 students enrolled at the Downtown center, with plans to grow

3195-423: The faculty have terminal degrees, and 50% currently have tenure at the university with a student/teacher ratio of 27:1. In the early 2000s (decade), emphasis at FIU was placed on growth in degree programs and student enrollment. Since 2005 however, student enrollment has been capped and emphasis became placed on improving the quality of the existing academic programs. With the addition of the College of Medicine ,

3266-412: The fielding of the Division I-A Golden Panthers football team in 2002. Since 1986, the university established its School of Architecture , College of Law and College of Medicine (named the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in 1999 after Herbert Wertheim donated $ 20 million to the college, which was matched by state funds and is the largest donation in the university's history), and acquired

3337-515: The first floor. It originally had no telephones, no drinking water, and no furniture. Perry decided that the tower should never be destroyed, and it remains on campus, where it is now known variously as the "Veterans Office," "Ivory Tower," the "Tower Building," or the "Public Safety Tower," and is the former location of the FIU Police Department. The groundbreaking for the Tamiami campus was held in January 1971. U Thant received FIU's first honorary degree. In September 1972, 5,667 students entered

3408-432: The founding president of the University of West Florida in Pensacola , agreed in 1976 to serve a three-year "interim" term. Under his leadership, FIU's North Miami Campus (which was officially renamed the Bay Vista Campus in 1980, the North Miami Campus in 1987, the North Campus in 1994, and the Biscayne Bay Campus in 2000)—located on the former Interama site on Biscayne Bay —was opened in 1977. State senator Jack Gordon

3479-424: The helm, Charles Perry felt he had accomplished his goal and left the university to become president and publisher of the Sunday newspaper magazine Family Weekly (later USA Weekend ), one of the country's largest magazines. When he left, there were more than 10,000 students attending classes and a campus with five major buildings and a sixth being planned. Harold Crosby , the university's second president and

3550-524: The historic Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in Miami Beach . FIU now emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and is now classed as a "very high research activity" university under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . Sponsored research funding (grants and contracts) from external sources for the year 2007–2008 totaled some $ 110 million. FIU has a budget of over $ 649 million. The Florida International University School of Hospitality & Tourism Management collaborated with

3621-442: The inclusion of entries on Eric Williams in: The Encyclopedia of Antislavery, Abolition and Emancipation , written by Joseph Inikori, University of Rochester ; The Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora , by William Darity, University of North Carolina/Duke University, and Clare Newstead, University of Nottingham-Trent , UK. Thus, with its three-time award-winning newsletter and Oral History Project, as well as many other endeavours,

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3692-428: The library at the School of Education, the Festival Library and Cultural Resource Centre, the library at the Centre for Language Learning, the library attached to the Institute of International Relations, the Republic Bank Library at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, the library of the National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago, the Library at the Hugh Wooding Law School , the Seismic Research Centre Library,

3763-457: The local communities in research, continuing studies, and in culture. In Miami-Dade County , there are four regional FIU facilities, the Downtown Miami Center, the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in Miami Beach ( Washington Avenue and 10th St), the FIU-Florida Memorial research center in Miami Gardens , and a research site in Homestead . The FIU at I-75 academic center is a satellite campus located in Miramar , which borders Pembroke Pines and

3834-436: The most popular countries of origin were China, Venezuela, India, Colombia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil. Students from New York, New Jersey , and California make up the largest states for out-of-state students. Floridians make up 90% of the student population. Miami-Dade , Broward , Palm Beach , Hillsborough , and Orange County make up the largest Florida counties for in-state students. University Park accounted for 87% of

3905-402: The name University Park. A Facebook group, "No to Maidique's Campus" with over 2,000 supporters has made national news, in many newspapers, TV news stations, and collegiate magazines, supporting to keep the name "University Park". Located five blocks north of Modesto A. Maidique, is the 38-acre (15.3 ha) Engineering Center which houses a part of the College of Engineering and Computing and

3976-454: The nation. Now President Emeritus, he serves as the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Eminent Scholar Chair in Leadership, and Professor of Management at FIU. On November 14, 2008, Maidique announced that he would be stepping down and asked FIU's board of trustees to begin the search of a new president. He said he would remain president until a new one was found. On April 25, 2009, Mark B. Rosenberg was selected to become FIU's fifth president. He signed

4047-484: The new state university, the largest opening day enrollment at the time. Eighty percent of the student body had just graduated from Dade County Junior College (now Miami-Dade College ). A typical student entering FIU was 25 years old and attending school full-time while holding down a full-time job. Forty-three percent were married. Negotiations with the University of Miami and Dade County Junior College led FIU to open as an upper-division only school; Perry's vision foresaw

4118-495: The over 300 student clubs, organizations, and honor societies at the university and has an operating budget of about $ 20 million each year. The Student Government Association is split into three branches. The Executive branch consists of the Student Body President and Vice President, who are chosen in a university-wide election, and well as the Governor of the Biscayne Bay Campus, who is chosen in an election of students pertaining to that campus. The Executive branch also contains

4189-408: The protests and threatening to deport foreign students, the ACLU of Florida weighed in with a statement supporting the students right to protest. FIU students cited the threats by the government for staying away from the protests. The protesters called for an end to "the siege on Gaza ” and the U.S. providing funding and arms to Israel. Students alleged that Israel was engaged in genocide against

4260-626: The school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest university in Florida and the eighth-largest public university in the United States by enrollment. FIU is a constituent part of the State University System of Florida . The university is classified among the Carnegie "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" institutions. FIU has 11 colleges and more than 40 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes that offer more than 200 programs of study. It has an annual budget of over $ 1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $ 5 billion. The university

4331-412: The southernmost portion of Interstate 75 in Broward County . It finished construction in 2014 and is used to satisfy overwhelming demand from Broward County students. The campus houses an 89,000-sqft. complex that offers programs offers courses and program from within the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and the College of Engineering & Computing. This campus

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4402-410: The state Board of Education and the Board of Regents to begin planning for the development of the state university. The bill was signed into law by then-governor W. Haydon Burns in June 1965. FIU's founding president Charles "Chuck" Perry was appointed by the board of regents in July 1969, at which time the institution was named Florida International University. At 32 years old, the new president

4473-466: The state legislature with the initial proposal for the establishment of a public university in Miami-Dade County . While his bill did not pass, Graham persisted in presenting his proposal to colleagues, advising them of the county's need for a state university. He felt the establishment of a public university was necessary to serve the city's growing population. In 1964, Senate Bill 711 was introduced by Florida senator Robert M. Haverfield. It instructed

4544-412: The student body: the Homecoming Council, the Student Programming Council, Panther Power, and the Registered Student Organizations Council, which is responsible for registering the over 300 student organizations and distributing funding allocated by the Student Government. Panther Power is the student spirit group, and it can be seen in all FIU athletic events alongside the Band, the Dazzlers dance team, and

4615-496: The university added 22 new doctoral programs. Research expenditures grew from about $ 6 million to nearly $ 110 million as defined by the National Science Foundation. In 2000, FIU attained the highest ranking in the Carnegie Foundation classification system, that of "Doctoral/Research University-Extensive." FIU's faculty has engaged in research and holds far-reaching expertise in reducing morbidity and mortality from cancer, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, diabetes and other diseases, and change

4686-462: The university undergoing major transformations. Physically, the university tripled in size and its enrollment grew to nearly 40,000. During his 23 years as president, the school established the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine , the FIU College of Law , the FIU School of Architecture , and the Robert Stempel School of Public Health. Also during his tenure, the endowment grew from less than $ 2 million to over $ 100 million. During Maidique's tenure,

4757-557: Was in operation from the 1940s until 1967, when it relocated to a new site. The airport had three runways and was used for pilot training, among other purposes. The original campus was named the Tamiami Campus, after the nearby Tamiami Trail highway and the former airport, until being designated the University Park Campus in 1987. Until the early 1990s, the runways, parking ramp, and other features of Tamiami Airport were still visible on campus and clearly discernible in aerial photos. Construction has removed all of these features, and only

4828-434: Was inaugurated in 1998 by former US Secretary of State Colin Powell . In 1999, it was named to UNESCO’s prestigious Memory of the World Register . Powell heralded Eric Williams as a tireless warrior in the battle against colonialism, and for his many other achievements as a scholar, politician and international statesman. The Collection consists of Williams' library and archives. Available for consultation by researchers,

4899-401: Was instrumental in securing funding for the development of the campus. President Crosby emphasized the university's international character, prompting the launching of new programs with an international focus and the recruitment of faculty from the Caribbean and Latin America. President Crosby's resignation in January 1979 triggered the search for a "permanent" president. Gregory Baker Wolfe ,

4970-418: Was selected as FIU's sixth president on October 17, 2022 by FIU's board of trustees and was confirmed by the Florida Board of Governors on November 9, 2022. In April 2024, students at Florida International University started protesting and  set up a "liberated zone"  in support of Palestinians in Gaza , joining other campuses nationwide.   With Florida Governor De Santis strongly condemning

5041-400: Was the youngest in the history of the State University System and, at the time, the youngest university president in the country. Perry recruited three co-founders, Butler Waugh, Donald McDowell and Nick Sileo. Alvah Chapman, Jr. , former Miami Herald publisher and Knight Ridder chairman, used his civic standing and media power to assist the effort. In the 1980s, Chapman became chair of

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