FIU awards $21,000 in scholarships

The Vice Provost’s Council at the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University awarded sixteen students chosen from a field of 110 applicants $21,000 in scholarships this fall.

The largest scholarship of $6,000 was awarded to Journalism major, Natalie Merola. The full tuition scholarship was given by Vice Provost Council member, Jordan Laser, Managing Director of Laser Financial Group/Northwestern Mutual.

Those who received the award were honored at a special reception surrounded by friends, family and members of the Vice Provost’s Council. This was a first-time opportunity for the students to meet the members of the Vice Provost’s Council and make the student-donor connection. It was an inspiring evening to hear from students, parents and members of the Council. Sandy Lansing, Chair of the Scholarship Committee said, “We intend to at least double the amount of scholarships to be awarded in 2014.”

The Vice Provost Council currently has 33 members from Aventura, Bal Harbour Village,Miami, North Miami, North Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach. “These are people who take an interest in our students and provide mentoring, outreach and scholarships on their behalf,” said Vice Provost Steve Moll.

The Council is led by an executive committee of nine members, chaired by Melvin Chasen and co-chaired by Honorable Lewis J. Thaler. New members of the Council include: Jerry Cohen; Sunny Isles Beach Mayor Norman S. Edelcup; Jonathan Evans; Stuart Geller, Geller Design Group; Dr. Deborah Holmes; Richard Kronrad; Hallandale Beach Vice Mayor Alexander Lewy; Margarita Lamadrid, US Century Bank; Dr. George M. Lipton; Dr. Bud Shapiro; Andrew Waxman, Mercantil Commercebank; Aventura Vice Mayor Howard Weinberg, Association Law Group; Aventura Comm. Luz Weinberg; Bay Harbor Islands Mayor Robert H. Yaffe; Jerilynn Gidney, Betty G. Reader Foundation; Sandra Ochoa; and Stanley Lotwin, Esq.

For more information, contact Jan L. Solomon at 305-919-4008 or visit www.bbc.fiu.edu.


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