Student Life

Group of students support the 'Fight Like a Girl' initiative for breast cancer

Student Government Association (SGA)

Student Government Association

The Student Government Association is the voice of the student body and represents students' interests and concerns to the campus leadership. Through Student Government, students build leadership, organizational and communication skills. They also have the opportunity to represent the student body in campus, collage, and statewide meetings.

Student Publications

The Reporter Student Newspaper

The Reporter is the student newspaper at Miami Dade College. All content is produced by MDC students. The Reporter is a public forum of expression.

Clubs and Organizations

Each campus has a culture that is as diverse its student body. Each offers an opportunity for teamwork and leadership. Can’t find a club that suits your interests? You can start a new organization from scratch.

Hialeah Cultural Connections Club

The Culture Connection Club is designed for students enrolled in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) programs at Miami Dade College-Hialeah Campus. Through their membership, students are exposed to cultural events and the benefits of community service. Additionally, students mentor one another in areas of language and student life.
Advisor: Sherri Sinkoff
P: 305-237-8813
Advisor: Kelly Kennedy
P: 305-237-8709

Hialeah Performing Arts and Music Club (HPAC)

The Hialeah Performing Arts and Music Club promotes cultural enrichment amongst the student body, thus allowing students to gain an artistic view through events and participation on and off campus.
Advisor: Sergio Gonzalez
P: 305-237-8700

MDC Programming Team

MDC Programming Team was founded to promote computer science through competitive programming. We participate in variety of online competitions, as well as in the Association for Computing Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Competition. Our goal is to best prepare our student competitors to good programming practices, efficient algorithms, and adequate data structures to solve programming problems. May the one with the most optimal solution win!
Advisor: Alicia Ibarra
P: 305-237-8629

Phi Theta Kappa

The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa shall be to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa shall provide opportunity for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.

Advisor: Kelly Kennedy
P: 305-237-8709

Phi Beta Lambda

Phi Beta Lambda provides opportunities for college students to develop competencies for business, gain leadership skills and improve their networking abilities.

Advisor: Charles Williams
cwillia4@mdc.edu.

STEM/Chess Club (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

The Chess Club promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess by means including player development, organization of tournaments, meetings and engaging high school students.
Advisor: Jaime Bestard
P: 305-237-8766
Advisor: Carlos Ruiz
P: 305-237-8625

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support and development.

Advisor: Alicia Ibarra, aibarra@mdc.edu

Tendai Kaisho (Club Anime)

Tendai Kaisho, MDC Hialeah’s Anime and Popular Culture club, celebrates the diverse forms of art and entertainment, from anime to video games, with our campus community.
Advisor: Victor Calderin
P: 305-237-8839

Y.E.S. Club (Yes! For Environmental Sustainability)

The purpose of Y.E.S. is to empower, motivate, and educate students about environmental issues facing societies today, inspiring leadership and taking action on a regular basis.
Advisor: Ileana Porges-West
P: 305-237-8783