February 2011, Issue 12

Service was the focus of FIU's 2011 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration. More than 3,000 people participated in the week of events, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services. As part of the annual Panther Day of Service, hundreds of students and alumni volunteered at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

The internationally acclaimed Niagara Conference for treating mental health problems in children and adolescents is relocating to South Florida. William E. Pelham, Jr., a leading authority on child behavior disorders and founder of the Niagara Conference, relocated the biennial conference when he joined the faculty at FIU and established the FIU Center for Children and Families in 2010...