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For the third consecutive year, a Miami Dade College student has won Florida Campus Compact’s top service award. In fact, Stephanie Del Pino, from MDC’s Kendall Campus Honors College, is the only student to receive a 2009 Excellence in Service Award in the Community/State College category and who will also receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award this year.

Miami Dade College President Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón and other college officials today announced the official film lineup for the 27th edition of the Miami International Film Festival. The 10-day Festival, which takes place March 5-14, 2010, is produced and hosted by Miami Dade College.

Miami Dade College (MDC) baseball coach Steve Hertz has been carrying the torch for MDC’s storied baseball program for 26 years. He has continued the rich tradition of baseball excellence that was started in 1961 with legendary MDC coaches Demie Mainieri and Charlie Greene. In June 2010, Hertz will retire and pass the torch to his successor.

A recent Miami Dade College Board of Trustees meeting ended with a bang as hundreds gathered to celebrate the official opening of the college’s new, state-of-the-art Science Complex located at the North Campus, the first of its kind in north Miami-Dade County and a facility that will create new educational and career training opportunities for area residents and beyond.

Miami Dade College (MDC) is continuing its long-standing commitment to help low-income, elderly, and non-English speaking residents complete their 2009 taxes with the “always free” Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). The VITA program is administered and staffed by faculty and MDC business students who volunteer their time to help the public in preparing their tax forms. Students are trained beforehand and must pass an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) exam of basic rules, regulations, and tax preparation skills before they assist taxpayers. Divided into three groups, their functions are administrative, tax return preparation, and quality review.

For the first time, MDC students will be able to apply for macro and micro economics courses taught in China, the country with the third largest economy in the world.

The 27th Annual Miami International Film Festival, produced and hosted by Miami Dade College, will unveil this year’s official program with remarks from the president of Miami Dade College, Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, and distinguished guest and MDC alumnus, actor Andy Garcia, star of the MIFF official selection, City Island, at the college’s National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 11 a.m.

Learn to craft science fiction, write a poem or a novel this spring with the help of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts’ Creative Writing Courses, taught by talented writer/teachers with stellar publication records and classroom experience. An acclaimed program of Miami Dade College (MDC), the Center will offer the courses from Feb. 1 through March 27. All classes will be held at MDC’s Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. The Center will also offer the Writers Institute, four-days of intensive writing workshops with nationally-acclaimed authors being held May 5-8, 2010.

This month, StoryCorps Historias arrived at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus. As part of the project, it will present a unique listening event and slide show presentation on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. at the Upper Plaza on Building 1 (near the fountain).