This program provides beginning and intermediate instrumental music instruction for adults and senior citizens who wish to start or restart playing a band instrument in a group. Sessions are held during the fall and spring semesters. The band sometimes performs at local venues. Started at UM in the fall of 2009, the program is based on the New Horizons Music International concept originated by Dr. Roy Ernst at the Eastman School of Music and is the only one in South Florida.
Frost School of Music
Dr. Stephen Zdzinski
305-284-7602
szdzinski@miami.edu
Partnering with Henry West Laboratory School in Coral Gables, University of Miami students enrolled in one of several reading education courses provide weekly supervised tutoring sessions to Kindergarten through third grade students who are having difficulty learning to read.
School of Education
Dr. Maria Carlo
305-284-6495
carlo@miami.edu
This research project focuses on middle school students with learning disabilities in inclusive math classrooms in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Its purpose is to improve students’ math problem-solving skills needed not only to perform well on mathematics assessments but also to apply these skills successfully in real world settings.
School of Education
Dr. Jennifer Krawec
305-284-1308
Krawec@miami.edu
The Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) degree with concentration on early childhood special education focuses on issues and best practices in early childhood special education. The program prepares individuals to work with young children with disabilities and their families in inclusive, collaborative, and natural environments. Graduates will be eligible for the State of Florida Endorsement in Pre-Kindergarten Disabilities (Pre-K ESE). The course of study consists of 30 credits over five terms.
School of Education and Human Development , Dept. of Teaching and Learning
Dr. Beth Harry
305-284-5363
Bharry@miami.edu
The University Of Miami School Of Education established a Support Network for novice teachers in 2001 in an effort to address teacher retention rate among their graduates entering the teaching profession. The goals of the network were to provide professional development and mentoring by experienced teachers in order to eliminate the feeling of isolation which many beginning teachers experience. The network developed into a 3- year program consisting of survival strategies for first year teachers, a reflection year and new strategies development in the second year and guidance for mastery of teaching skills in the third year. The end product is increased teacher retention which research links to increased student achievement.
School of Education
Dr. Joyce Corces
305-596-0610
jcorces@miami.edu
The Ethics Curriculum Project (ECP) began in 2005 as an effort to produce high-quality online resources to enable educators to introduce ethics and critical thinking across the curriculum. The overarching goal is to produce tools for teachers that will help them stimulate students without adding to teacher’s already over-burdened workload. That is, ECP helps teachers do better what most are already committed to doing well.
UM Ethics Programs
Prof. Kenneth W. Goodman
305-243-5723
kgoodman@miami.edu
The Kulula Project is a culturally enriched tutoring and mentoring program for Black students in Miami-Dade. The programs aims to enhance academic performance through teaching study skills, increasing awareness of African heritage and culture, raising self-worth and confidence, developing relationships and interpersonal skills, promoting civic and community engagement, developing leadership skills, and enhancing college preparedness skills.
School of Education
Dr. Guerda Nicolas
305-284-9124
nguerda@miami.edu
The center’s mission is to prevent educational, emotional, physical, and social problems and promote well-being through interdisciplinary research, university-community partnerships, educational and leadership training, and consultation services. Programs include the Immigrant Children Affirmative Network (ICAN), Artist Striving to End Poverty/EnFamilia Art-in-Action Experience, Coordinated Victims Assistance Center, and Reaching Out to Girls on the Edge ad hoc committee and more. University-community partnerships include bilingual/bi-literacy research project with United Way, Project Hope mentoring program, program evaluation, and grant writing expertise for Inner City Youth of South Florida, and research and development evaluation for Community Partnership for Homeless. For a complete listing of programs and partnerships, visit http://cew.miami.edu/network/partners.
School of Education
Dr. Etiony Aldarondo
305-284-4372
etiony@miami.edu
The Federal Appellate Clinic provides upper-level students with the opportunity to plan, research, and draft pending federal appeals for indigent criminal defendants referred by the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida. Pairs of students are assigned to a case and required to produce a top-quality brief on strict deadline. Professor Ricardo J. Bascuas, a former Assistant Federal Public Defender, supervises each team in conjunction with the Federal Public Defender’s Office and guides the class through the briefing process.
School of Law
Ricardo J. Bascuas
rbascuas@law.miami.edu
The clinic is designed to allow students to represent a client from the beginning of a case until its completion and primarily involves clients being evicted from public and subsidized housing, receiving Section 8 terminations, and having their affordable housing applications denied. The clinic is based at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
School of Law
Jeffrey Hearne
JHearne@LSGMI.ORG
The Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic at UM Law offers pro bono legal services to low-income individuals who are dealing with bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida established the clinic. Clients are referred to the clinic by the Dade County Bar Association, and sitting judges of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
School of Law
Patricia Redmond
predmond@law.miami.edu
HMI: Outbound is a community engagement program that brings a cross-genre orchestra with a distinctive blend of stylistically diverse music to Miami-Dade Public Schools and community venues such as Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Adrienne Arsht Center, and UM Gusman Concert Hall. School concerts expose students to new forms of music, teaching them how relevant open musical expression is to the development of a connected world.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Partnership with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Arts for Learning, The Children’s Trust, and other educational partners using music is used as a bridge to guide at-risk students towards college. Freshman students are partnered with seventh graders and continue the partnership throughout the mentors’ undergraduate career.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Offers teacher workshops and community-based music camps for youths and adults throughout the year. Programs include UM MusicTime, String Academy, Frost Audio Camp, Frank Cooper Lecture Series and a variety of preparatory classes.
Frost School of Music
305-284-2241
Brings distinguished artists and music industry professionals to campus for concerts and free master classes.
Frost School of Music
Marianne Mijares
305-284-2241
Festival Miami, Florida’s Premier Live Music Festival, invites the South Florida community and its visitors to experience a wide variety of musical programming featuring world-renowned guest artists as well as Frost School of Music faculty artists and student ensembles. The annual fall music series classifies its musical programming under four themes: Great Performances, Music of the Americas, Creative American Music, and Jazz and Beyond.
Frost School of Music
Marianne Mijares
305-284-4940
festivalmiami.music@miami.edu
Customized corporate programs in a variety of disciplines are available.
College of Engineering
Dr. Shihab Asfour
305-284-2367
sasfour@miami.edu
Summer courses for high school students that offer a hands-on introduction to college life while earning six college credits in one of two Engineering tracks.
College of Engineering
David Poole
305-284-4773
dtpoole@miami.edu
Worldwide access of digital resources including archives of South Florida culture and history and Cuban culture and history.
Library
Anthony Smith
305-284-4055
a.smith3@miami.edu
Provides mentored research experiences to undergraduates across all disciplines and supports research at Miami Dade College as well as in public and private school systems while encouraging student diversity in science.
Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach
305-284-5058
ugrinfo@miami.edu
Offers an annual calendar of seminars, programs, classes, and speakers geared towards continued growth and learning. OLLI welcomes mature individuals who are interested in cultivating their curiosity and expanding knowledge through cooperative study in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
Division of Continuing and International Education
Noreen Frye
305-284-6554
osher@miami.edu
The Launch Pad is a career guidance program, providing resources to entrepreneurs and inventors at the University of Miami. They serve students and alumni from every school and college to support and encourage entrepreneurial innovation by facilitating consultations with trained advisors, hosting educational events, workshops and other community based training.
Toppel Career Center
305-284-2789
thelaunchpad@umiami.edu
Students collaborate with South Florida organizations to raise community awareness of heart disease, breast cancer, leukemia and other current health issues. These organizations also support underserved local communities through fund-raising efforts.
Nursing and Health Studies
Marina Alvarez
305-284-4011
m.alvarez@miami.edu
Nursing and Health Science students lead sessions on diabetes, heart and cardiovascular disease, nutrition, vision screenings and other health issues for local communities.
Nursing and Health Studies
Marina Alvarez
305-284-4011
m.alvarez@miami.edu
Dedicated to the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge to improve the health of Hispanics through the evaluation of culturally-tailored interventions. El Centro focuses on substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, family / intimate partner violence, and co-occurring mental health conditions.
Nursing and Health Studies
Marina Alvarez
305-284-4011
m.alvarez@miami.edu
Provides information, guidance, and training to law students dedicated to community service and advocacy. The center oversees more than 25 different projects each year, reaching various underserved and at-risk populations locally and abroad. HOPE partners with community agencies, law firms, bar associations, non-profits and non-government organizations to enhance the delivery of services to others.
School of Law
Marni Lennon
305-284-2599
umhope@law.miami.edu
Teaches law, public policy and ethics to students and faculty in Miami-Dade County public and private schools.
School of Law
Karen Throckmorton
305-284-1382
kthrockmorton@law.miami.edu
Develops and presents continuing legal education ethics training to the South Florida legal community. Students conduct outreach to nonprofit legal services agencies, for-profit law offices, corporations, government agencies, bar associations and courts.
School of Law
Jan Jacobowitz
305-284-8564
jjacobowitz@law.miami.edu
Families First, sponsored by The Children’s Trust, has established an extensive community-based partnership to deliver and evaluate high-quality parenting activities for families with young children ages birth to seven in Miami-Dade County. The program offers two evidence-based/best practice, relationship-focused parenting groups, one for parents with infants (Baby and Me) and one focused more broadly on parents with young children (Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families). Participants will discuss and learn about infant and child development, build stronger families, and meet other parents in a supportive environment. Groups are offered to Miami-Dade County residents in English and Spanish at no cost. For more information and to register, please call (305) 243-8425 or email familiesfirst@med.miami.edu. Our current group schedule can be found on our Facebook page: University of Miami Families First Network.
Miller School of Medicine
Elana Mansoor, Psy.D.
305-243-8425
emansoor@med.miami.edu
Families First, sponsored by The Children’s Trust, offers a 12-week parenting program for parents and caregivers of children ages 1 to 7 residing in Miami-Dade County. Parents of various ethnic and cultural groups will be taught positive discipline techniques to raise children in a violence-free environment. Participants will discuss and learn ways to teach children to express emotions, develop empathy, manage anger, and improve behavior. A focus is placed on family/cultural traditions, building family and community supports, and developing social competence and life skills. Groups are offered to Miami-Dade County residents in English and Spanish at no cost. For more information and to register, please call (305) 243-8425 or email familiesfirst@med.miami.edu. Our current group schedule can be found on our Facebook page: University of Miami Families First Network.
Miller School of Medicine
Elana Mansoor, Psy.D.
305-243-8425
emansoor@med.miami.edu
Medical Students in Action: An organization dedicated to providing quality health care, including primary, subspecialty, and dental care to impoverished communities in the Dominican Republic during annual mission trips with an emphasis on providing health education and developing public health infrastructure.
Miller School of Medicine
Michael Spertus and Janki Amin
MedicalStudentsinAction@gmail.com
Dedicated to sharing human and technical resources with Haitians living in the impoverished Central Plateau. The program conducts medical missions with students and faculty and provides training to Haitian physicians, nurses, and community health care workers. Following the devastating earthquake of 2010, Project Medishare volunteers were among the first responders, setting up a mobile field hospital to provide medical treatment to thousands of critically injured victims.
Miller School of Medicine
Ellen Powers
305-762-6448
info@projectmedishare.org
A student run, non-profit organization that provides health screening and education services, weekly clinics for underserved communities in South Florida and annual health fairs. 250 medical student and 50 faculty physician volunteers with the DOCS program.
Miller School of Medicine
Raysa Christodoulou
305-243-4898
umdocs at med.miami.edu
The UM Athletic Department and UHealth have partnered with Miami-Dade Parks summer camps to help teach campers how to live a healthy life. Medical students from the Miller School of Medicine set up health fairs specifically designed for kids to provide them with overall wellness information. UM student-athletes from various sports interact with campers in a variety of activities and share how being active has benefited their lives.
Athletics & the Miller School of Medicine
Shira Kastan
305-284-2618
skastan@miami.edu
The mission of R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program is to advance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) literacy and marine conservation by conducting cutting edge scientific research and involving graduate, undergraduate and high school students through hands-on field and virtual learning experiences. RJD research and STEM activities will expose students and teachers from across the globe to the importance of the ocean and terrestrial environments in their daily lives. They will be made aware of the threats facing our oceans and coasts and to the solutions for conservation. Education opportunities will be made especially for those in land-locked communities as well as those from underserved populations.
RSMAS
Neil Hammerschlag
305-421-4356
nhammerschlag@rsmas.miami.edu
Laura Bracken
305-421-4207
lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu
The Rosenstiel School offers free educational programs throughout South Florida including tours of laboratories and research vessel, scientific presentations in classrooms and assemblies, participating in career day programs and educational booths at fairs. Community partnership programs include Fairchild Tropical Garden’s Environmental Immersion Day, Miami Science Museum’s IMPACT/Upward Bound Program, and the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
RSMAS
Laura Bracken
305-421-4207
lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu
This freshman class is designed to promote corporate social responsibility and business ethics. Students are placed in teams, mentored by upper-classmen, as they undertake semester long community-based projects. Program accomplishments have included implementation of greening initiatives and the development of social and traditional media activities for entrepreneurial ventures and non-profit enterprises.
Business Administration
Ellen McPhillip
305-284-4641
undergraduatebusiness@miami.edu
The CAS Gallery is an on-campus exhibition space for the University of Miami’s students, faculty, staff and alumni. All exhibits at the CAS are free of charge.
Located in the Wesley Foundation building at 1210 Stanford Drive (across from the Lowe Art Museum)
Art & Art History
Milly Cardoso, Gallery Director
305-284-2542
This inner-city project offers multi-faceted early intervention programs for infants and toddlers who were prenatally drug exposed and/or victims of maltreatment who are at risk for developmental delays and negative school outcomes. Additional family services include parenting classes and clinical treatment support to build healthy parent-child relationships.
Department of Psychology
Dr. Lynne Katz
305-325-1818
Each year, students build and launch an interactive web site as a stage for all journalistic coverage of the Special Olympics. The site allows athletes, friends, families, classmates and caring people across the globe to share the experience of the games.
School of Communication
Rich Beckman
305-284-2726
The University of Miami Debate Team invites middle and high school students of all experience levels to participate in the Hurricane Debate Institute summer program. Debate and competitive speaking are fun and exciting. Debaters learn best by debating. Speakers learn best by speaking. We work to create a comfortable environment where students can learn by doing, with the guidance of caring and experienced instructors. Our focus at the UM camp is to engage personal development of logic, research abilities and independence that will create an effective debater and public speaker that can effectively communicate in any given situation. The program includes Middle School Speech and Argument Skills, High School Speech and Argument Skills, Public Forum, Policy Debate and Student Congress.
School of Communication
David L. Steinberg
305-284-5553
Middle and High School curriculum that teaches the importance of water as a sustainable resource worldwide.
School of Communication
Lauren Janetos
305.284.3575
ljanetos@miami.edu
1H2O is an international network of journalists and media makers whose purpose is to generate the most compelling journalism relating to water and human life, focusing on the challenges facing the planet with regard to the availability of safe potable water.
School of Communication
Lauren Janetos
305.284.3575
ljanetos@miami.edu
Established in February 2007, the Center strives to encourage communication across national borders by harnessing international journalism in the digital age to report on the world’s most difficult problems like hunger, children’s health, poverty and environmental sustainability.
School of Communication
Lauren Janetos
305.284.3575
ljanetos@miami.edu
A free 3-week summer workshop that teaches journalism basics to minority and underserved students. Participants develop the content for tabloid newspaper “Miami Montage,” and a companion website including broadcast material and videos. Each year a theme is selected and professionals in their respective fields help the students to learn and create content. Applications available on our website.
School of Communication
Mupi Wakhisi
305-284-3694
montage@miami.edu
Broad range of continuing education programs including career enhancement or changes with certificate programs (paralegal, human resources, patient advocacy, more), skill updates (computer training), bachelor degree completion program (BGS) and intensive language programs are offered at the Coral Gables campus or online. Online middle and high school from UM Global Academy and lifelong learning opportunities from UM’s Osher Center For Lifelong Learning offer programs for almost any age.
Division of Continuing and International Education
305-284-4000
edmiami@miami.edu
