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Mr. Otero

Mr. Otero. About MDC:. Miami Dade College, or simply Miami Dade or MDC, is a state college located in Miami, Florida, United States. Miami Dade has eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers located throughout Miami-Dade County.

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Mr. Otero

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  1. Mr. Otero

  2. About MDC: • Miami Dade College, or simply Miami Dade or MDC, is a state college located in Miami, Florida, United States. • Miami Dade has eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers located throughout Miami-Dade County. • Founded in 1959, Miami Dade is the largest college in the Florida College System with over 161,000 students. • Additionally, MDC is also the largest institution of higher education in Florida, and the second-largest in the United States. • Miami Dade College's main campus, the Wolfson Campus, is in Downtown Miami.

  3. H I S T O R Y • Miami Dade College was established in 1959 and opened in 1960 as Dade County Junior College. The original campus was located at the recently built Miami Central High School. • The campus consisted of a portion of the school and an adjacent farm. In 1960, a facility was built on an old naval air station near Opa-Locka Airport (known as Amelia Earhardt field), which would soon become the College's North Campus.

  4. NOTABLE ALUMNI & ATTENDENCE • Miami Dade College has produced thousands of alumni over the years. Among the most notable alumni are U.S. Representative Ileana • Ros-Lehtinen, the former City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, the former President of Texas A&M University Elsa Murano, the former President of Panama Mireya Moscoso, actor Steven Bauer, the award-winning novelist James Carlos Blake, Major League Baseball outfielder Raúl Ibañez, local educator and thinker Fifi, and former Major League Baseball catcher Mike Piazza.

  5. Present and Future • The College also has a virtual college, where a degree can be attained completely over the internet. • This College opened the West Campus in the Doral area on March 1, 2006. The Hialeah Center has become a fully accredited campus, with possible future expansions considered critical.

  6. Facilities • Miami Dade College operates eight campuses and various outreach centers located throughout Miami-Dade County. • The Honors College is currently represented on four campuses, with a new bilingual program (English-Spanish) at the Inter American Campus. • All campuses have different schools for various disciplines (engineering, business, etc.). • Some campuses also operate dual-enrollment programs for high school students.

  7. Locations: North Campus11380 N.W. 27 Avenue, Miami, FL 33167 Kendall Campus11011 S.W. 104 Street, Miami, FL 33176 Wolfson Campus300 N.E. 2 Avenue, Miami, FL 33132 Medical Campus950 N.W. 20 Street, Miami, FL 33127 Homestead Campus500 College Terrace, Homestead, FL 33030 InterAmerican Campus627 S.W. 27 Avenue, Miami, FL 33135 New World School of the Arts25 N.E. 2 Street, Miami, FL 33132 Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center6300 N.W. 7 Avenue, Miami, FL 33150 Hialeah Campus1776 W. 49 Street, Hialeah, FL 33012 West Campus3800 N.W. 115th Avenue, Doral, FL 33178

  8. Mission The Mission of Miami Dade College is to change lives through the opportunity of education. As democracy’s college, MDC provides high-quality teaching and learning experiences that are accessible and affordable to meet the needs of our diverse students and prepare them to be responsible global citizens and successful lifelong learners. The College embraces its responsibility to serve as an economic, cultural and civic beacon in our community. Mission: The Mission of Miami Dade College is to change lives through the opportunity of education. As democracy’s college, MDC provides high-quality teaching and learning experiences that are accessible and affordable to meet the needs of our diverse students and prepare them to be responsible global citizens and successful lifelong learners. The College embraces its responsibility to serve as an economic, cultural and civic beacon in our community.

  9. Campuses: Hialeah Campus InterAmerican Campus Homestead Campus Kendall Campus North Campus Medical Campus West Campus Wolfson Campus

  10. MIAMI DADE COLLEGE Where you find success…

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