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MEDIA INFO FIU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TYSON RODGERS Director of Athletic Communications (FB, WBB, SB, WSOC) Office: 305-348-2084 Cell: 662-418-2982 Email: [email protected] MIKE HOGAN Director of Athletic Communications (MBB, MSOC, VB, BEACH VB) Office: 305-348-1496 Cell: 813-469-0616 Email: [email protected] CHRIS SANTIAGO Senior Multimedia Producer MAKERS WANTED BAHAMAS BOWL CONTACT (Video Coordinator) Chris Pika serves as the media contact for the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl. He can be Office: 305.348.6666 reached at [email protected] or by phone at 678-908-4853. Email: [email protected] MEDIA EVENTS Monday, Dec. 17 - Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl Team Welcome Reception Atlantis Royal Towers Lower Lobby 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. A.J. RICKETTS (Please contact Chris Pika at 678-908-4853 for access.) Multimedia Assistant/ Voice of the Panthers (TF, XC) Tuesday, Dec. 18 - Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl Player Beach Bash & Dinner Cell: 850.898.4914 Atlantis Lagoon & West Beach 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Email: [email protected] (Please contact Chris Pika at 678-908-4853 for access.) Wednesday, Dec. 19 - Community Relations Visit Ranfurly Homes for Children 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. TYLER BRAIN (Media encouraged to attend. Please contact Chris Pika at 678-908-4853 for access.) Athletic Communications Assistant (Secondary FB, BSB, WG) Wednesday, Dec. 19 - Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl Youth Football Clinic Office: 305.348.2084 Cell: 256.616.3097 Robinson Stadium Practice Field 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Email: [email protected] (Media encouraged to attend. Please contact Chris Pika at 678-908-4853 for access.) Thursday, Dec. 20 - Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl Press Conferences Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium Media Center 11:30 a.m. – Noon AMANDA ALVAREZ (Head Coach Butch Davis and two student-athletes will be available to the media from Athletic Communications Assistant 11:30-12:00 p.m. Contact Chris Pika at 678-908-4853 for more info.) (S&D, WTN, Secondary MBB) Email: [email protected] TEAM PRACTICES All practices will be closed to the media. POST PRACTICE INTERVIEWS DIANA PADILLA Interview requests following each practice should be given to Tyson Rodgers (tyson. Athletic Communications Assistant [email protected]) 24 hours in advance. (WSOC, SB, Secondary WBB) Email: [email protected] ABOUT FIU SOLUTIONS CENTER FIU has the highest research classification offered by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university has earned more than $1 billion during the past decade. A WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTION As Miami’s first and only public research university, offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, FIU is worlds ahead in its service to the academic and local community. Designated as a top-tier research institution, FIU emphasizes research as a major component in the universi- ty’s mission. The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and the School of Computing and Information Sciences’ Discovery Lab, are just two of many colleges, schools, and centers that actively enhance the university’s ability to set new standards through research initiatives. SAVING LIVES For over four decades, FIU has positioned itself as one of South Florida’s anchor institutions by solving some of The 12-fan Wall of Wind is the largest and most powerful the greatest challenges of our time. We are dedicated to enriching the lives of the local and global community. university research facility of its kind. Its ability to simulate With a student body of nearly 54,000, we are among the top 10 largest universities in the nation and have storms is helping researchers figure out ways to build stronger structures to keep us safe during life-threatening collectively graduated more than 200,000 alumni, 115,000 of whom live and work in South Florida. storms. DID YOU KNOW? FIU and the city of Miami are well known for their diverse culture, with Miami being home to more than 150 ethnicities and 60 languages. A total of 61% of FIU’s student body is Hispanic, which outnumbers the next largest group, Non-Hispanic Whites, by nearly 50%. FIU PROGRAM RANKINGS International Business undergraduate program; U.S. News & World Report's Best SIMPLY THE BEST #7 Colleges of 2018 Florida is the #1 state in the nation for higher education in 2017, according to U.S. News & World Report. Online Hospitality Management program; College Choice ranked a number of FIU’s #1 online programs among the best in the country Online Psychology program; College Choice ranked a number of FIU’s online #1 programs among the best in the country Model United Nations team in North America in 2017. FIU’s team beat out every Ivy #2 League team in the country; Best Delegate, the organization that ranks Model UN teams based on performance ONE AND ONLY Aquarius is the world’s only underwater ocean laboratory. Online Criminal Justice program; BestColleges.com Located six miles off the coast of Key Largo and 60 feet below the ocean surface, this complex human habitat is #3 designed for research and exploration. NOTABLE ALUMNI TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ ANDY GARCÍA DANNY PINO DENNIS LEHANE DAWN OSTROFF ELIZABETH PÉREZ Artist Actor/Director Actor Author CCO of Spotify CNN en Español Journalist FIU alumni represent all the best that our university has to offer. From January 2006. NFL football players to Pulitzer Prize winners and top chefs, FIU alumni are Albert Santalo ’97 - Founded CareCloud in 2009 with the vision of becoming making a name for themselves across the globe. a health care IT leader focused on eliminating waste and inefficiency in the health care industry. Santalo holds an MBA from FIU and is a member of the With more than 215,000 graduates, FIU alumni make up one of the fastest Board of Directors for the College of Business. growing and most diverse communities in the world. Below, you can learn about incredible alumni who are making an impact in South Florida and Adalio Sanchez ’87 - General Manager of IBM System x and BladeCenter abroad. server product lines. He was named the 2007 Hispanic Engineer of the Year and has frequently been named to the list of the Top 50 Hispanics in ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS Technology and Business. Teresita Fernández ’90 - Accomplished artist best known for her public sculptures and original use of materials. President Obama appointed her to Alfredo Salas ’83 - Is president and CEO of Koning Restaurants Internation- the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 2011, making her the first Latina and the al, which owns the largest number of U.S. Pizza Hut franchises. He is also second person of Latino heritage to serve on the Commission. the first Hispanic owner of a restaurant certified by the Green Restaurant Andy Garcia - An American actor and director. He first appeared on the Association. film scene in the late 1980s and 1990s, landing roles in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Adolfo Henriques ’76 - Vice chairman, president and COO of Gibraltar Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman. Private Bank and Trust Company, which is headquartered in Miami. Henriques serves on the board of Heico Inc., Intcomex Inc., Medica HealthCare Plans Inc. Danny Pino ’96 - Attended FIU and New York University’s Tisch Graduate and Medica Health Plans of Florida Inc. Acting Program, where he earned a Master’s of Fine Arts. He starred in the CBS crime drama “Cold Case.” He later co-starred on NBC’s “Law & Order: Alan Leibman ’89 - CEO for Kerzner International, overseeing the overall Special Victims Unit” as Detective Nick Amaro. corporate strategy of Atlantis and One&Only brands worldwide. X Dennis Lehane ’01 - An American author who has written several novels, POLITICAL OFFICE & GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES including A Drink Before the War and Mystic River, which was later made into a film. Another of his novels, Gone, Baby, Gone, was also adapted into a film. Danny Danon ’96 - Served as Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense from March 2013 until July 2014. In May 2015, he was appointed Minister of Elizabeth Pérez - Is a Cuban-Venezuelan Emmy-winning television journalist Science, Technology and Space, serving until his appointment in August 2015 and presenter working for CNN en Español. She holds a master’s degree in as Israel Ambassador to the United Nations. Mass Communications from FIU. Cecilia Maria Altonaga ’83 - Is a Florida United States district court judge. Chrissie Fit - An actress who rose to prominence after she was cast as the She is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a federal judge in character Mercedes Juarez in the medical drama “General Hospital.” She the U.S. is also known for her role as CheeChee in the Disney Channel Original Movie Teen Beach Movie, and for her role as Florencia “Flo” Fuentes in Pitch Perfect Ileana C. Ros-Lehtinen ’75 - Is the most senior Republican woman in the 2 and Pitch Perfect 3. U.S. House of Representatives and was the first Republican woman from Florida elected to the House. Upon her election, she became the first His- BUSINESS LEADERS panic woman elected to U.S. Congress. She is also chairwoman of the House Dawn Ostroff ’80 - Current Chief Content Officer at Spotify. Former Foreign Affairs Committee. president of Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ), a division of Condé Nast. Prior to joining Condé Nast in the fall of 2011, Ostroff launched and led the new CW broadcast network, a joint venture of CBS and Warner Bros., Beginning RICCARDO SILVA 2018 HONORS MAURICE ALEXANDER >> WR >> R-JR Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll (9/17/18) C-USA First Team All-Conference (Special Teams) JOSE BORREGALES >> K/P >> R-SO Lou Groza Award Semifinalist C-USA ST POW (10/15/18) JORDAN BUDWIG >> OL >> GRADUATE C-USA Coaches’ Preseason Team PFF’s National Team of the Week - Offense (Week 1, 2, 3) SAGE LEWIS >> LB >> REDSHIRT JUNIOR C-USA Co-Defensive POW (11/19/18) >> RICCARDO SILVA STADIUM da Bulls on Sept.