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Honors College podcast brings students and alumni together in the era of social distancing

In a time where networking and social connection seems impossible for students, the Honors College has launched More Than a Major, a podcast series featuring stories from current and past Honors students and the community.

The podcast aims to create a new space that can shine a light on individuals and projects as well as hold conversations that are important to the FIU community in a casual setting.

The initiative was started by FIU Honors’ Coordinator of student programs Enrique Rosell, whose

During the pandemic, Honors College students are making a difference from home

While hundreds of South Florida nurses, doctors, and essential workers risk their lives to help on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, students who are at home and quarantined are wondering: What can I do from where I am?

While FIU continues to aid the community in its manufacturing of protective face shields for health care workers, students have been inspired to join the movement while staying home.

Isaac Ghobrial, an Honors College student and EdgeLab staff member, was able to take ho

Professor known for immersive, hands-on classes goes virtual and thrives

Professor John Bailly of the Honors College is known in the FIU community for creating immersive, one-of-a-kind courses that seldom meet in classrooms. Traditionally, his classes Miami in Miami, Art Society Conflict, and three study abroad programs are focused around on-site learning tours spread throughout Miami’s historical and cultural locations.

Everthing changed when FIU moved to remote working and learning.

“My classes rarely meet in a classroom,” Bailly says. “If we are studying the Eve

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