Miami, March 30, 2017- Miami Dade College’s (MDC) North Campus will host the second annual Black Male Initiative (Black MI) Leadership Success Summit with Florida federal judge Hon. Norman Hemming on Saturday, April 8, at 8 a.m.
The mission of Black MI is to foster academic achievement, personal and professional development, as well as provide holistic support for current and future Black male students who wish to obtain an education at MDC.
Black MI’s goals are to foster community, champion academic success, promote development through mentoring, and inspire and cultivate committed leadership.
About Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College (MDC) is the higher education institution with the largest undergraduate enrollment in the America, with more than 165,000 students. It is also the nation’s top producer of Associate in Arts and Science degrees and awards more degrees to minorities than any other college or university in the country. The college’s eight campuses and outreach centers offer more than 300 distinct degree pathways including several baccalaureate degrees in education, public safety, supervision and management, nursing, physician assistant studies, film, engineering, biological sciences, and others. In fact, its academic and workforce training programs are national models of excellence. MDC is also renowned for its rich cultural programming. It is home of the Miami Book Fair, Miami Film Festival, the MDC Live Arts Performing Arts Series, the National Historic Landmark Miami Freedom Tower, a major sculpture park and large art gallery and theater systems. MDC has admitted more than 2,000,000 students and counting, since it opened its doors in 1960. For more information please visit www.mdc.edu.
For more information, contact Carlton Daley, 305-237- 1179, cdaley@mdc.edu