
The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2010 football schedule and the University of Miami football team will again play a challenging schedule highlighted by games against eight 2009 bowl participants. It could be another tough September and early October for the Hurricanes. UM will face five teams that finished in the final Associated Press and USA Today football polls last season, including two Top 15 teams in Ohio State and Pittsburgh in the first three games.
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Through the news reports and graphic video and photo images emerging from Haiti,
the worldwide community has become painfully aware of the devastation wrought
in that country by a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Relief efforts from
around the world are now being coordinated to assist the crisis-hit nation
which was hit by a series of destructive hurricanes in 2008. Click here to
visit 'Canes Helping Haiti webpage. If you would like to add a
message on the UM Alumni Association 'Canes for Haiti message board,
click here.
Your UM Alumni Association strives to make each visit to campus a positive and memorable experience for all returning alumni and guests. It is important to us to continually improve our events to meet your needs, so please take a moment to complete the Alumni Weekend and Homecoming 2009 Survey. You are welcome to print and complete the survey by mail, scan and e-mail your completed survey to alumni@miami.edu, or click here to complete the online version of the survey. If you have questions, please contact our office at 305-284-2872, Toll Free at 1-866-UMALUMS (862-5867), or via e-mail at alumni@miami.edu.
Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo, a rancher and farmer who earned his bachelor of business administration degree from UM’s School of Business Administration in 1970, is Honduras’s new president-elect, swept into office during weekend balloting in the Central American nation that showed him winning by a strong margin.
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The Goizueta Foundation has donated $2.4 million to the University of Miami to support a comprehensive University-wide plan that will enhance and expand the reach of the Otto G. Richter Library’s Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) . The gift will also establish prestigious fellowship programs within the UM Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences and launch a lecture series with the world-respected Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies (ICCAS). more...
University of Miami student-athletes who began college between 1999 and 2002 had an overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 82 percent, according to figures recently released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). That rate exceeded the 79 percent figure complied by all NCAA Division 1 universities. more...
