From The Ground Up: FIU at the 2011 Solar Decathlon Two years ago, architecture professor Marilys Nepomechie and a group of FIU students conceived a home design perfect for South Florida – one that could get all its energy from the sun. Last fall, they traveled to Washington, D.C., and built that house for a world-renowned competition: the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon.
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Celeste Carducci – Hospitality Alumni Celeste Carducci, ’77, owns the historic McClelland-Priest Bed and Breakfast Inn in Napa’s famous Abajo-Fuller Park District. Her luxury B&B combines more than 30 years in the hospitality business and a unique talent set that has helped produce the full Napa Valley experience for her guests. After graduating from FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality, Carducci ...
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Achieving Perfection – FIU Model UN Team 2011 FIU’s Model United Nations team dominated the 2011 National Model UN competition, held April 17-21 in New York City. Competing among 183 delegations from around the world, Team FIU received the Outstanding Delegation award. And for the first time in FIU history, every delegate won an individual award. FIU has fielded a team for more ...
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