COVID-19

Miami Dade College will move forward with the spring semester on Wednesday, amidst a surging COVID-19 positivity rate that has more than doubled since the end of the fall term. On Dec. 17, the Miami Dade-County’s Daily...
Miami Dade College announced it is offering its employees a $275 incentive if they show proof they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees who want to partake in the program must do so by 11:59 p.m. on...

One Week Into Fall Semester, MDC Reports Increased Traffic On-Campus

Amid a global pandemic, Alex Ferrer spent his first year at Miami Dade College in isolation. He took online classes but struggled to grasp the...

MDC Announces Pop-Up Vaccination Sites, Remains Tight-Lipped About Fully In-Person Classes

Miami Dade College announced Friday that they will have pop-up vaccination sites at their campuses during the first week of fall semester, which starts...

Frontline Heroes Inducted Into MDC Alumni Hall Of Fame; Event Raises $1.2 Million For Student Scholarships

By Adriana Dos Santos and Ammy Sanchez Teresa Murphy, who has served as a school teacher for 27 years, faced multiple challenges last year. Five months...

Miami Dade College To Host Four Temporary On-Campus Vaccination Sites

In an effort to get more people vaccinated, Miami Dade College is hosting four temporary COVID-19 sites at several of its campuses in the...

One Year Ago Today, MDC Shuttered Its Doors Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic

It's hard to believe it has been a year since COVID-19 upended our lives.   On March 11, with 118,000 positive cases worldwide, the World Health...

North Campus To Serve As County’s First Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Site

By Adriana Dos Santos and Jose Tovar  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced today that North Campus will serve as Miami-Dade County’s first federal mass vaccination...

This Is How MDC’s Fashion Institute Has Tackled The Coronavirus

When Miami Dade College announced its transition to online learning due to the pandemic last March, most people settled for months of remote classes.  However,...

COVID-19 Testing Sites Open At North And Kendall Campuses

Students and employees at Miami Dade College can now get tested for COVID-19 on-campus thanks to an agreement with Curative, an organization that provides...

iCED Pivots To Virtual Service-Learning After Drastic Volunteer Drop Due To COVID-19

During an average year, the Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy (iCED) at Miami Dade College has 7,000 student volunteers. This past year, only 3,000...

MDC Employees Who Are 65 And Older To Be Vaccinated By Jackson Health System

Miami Dade College worked out a deal Friday that makes it possible for its employees who are 65 and older to get the COVID-19...

This Is How Miami Dade College Students Graduated During A Pandemic

More than 2,000 Miami Dade College graduates received their diplomas on Saturday at five outdoor ceremonies at North and Kendall Campus.  But unlike previous ceremonies...

Panel To Discuss The Effects Of COVID-19 In Weakened Democracies

Wolfson Campus will host Latin America, Now or Never?, the fifth installment of the Presidential Dialogue series, on Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to...