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Orange Retires After More Than 34 Years At MDC

Andrea Briones — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:23:34 +0000

During a nearly four-decade-long career at Miami Dade College, Nanette Orange was always compassionate.
Whether it was serving as a counselor, financial aid adviser, contracts administrator or a paralegal—she put others first.
“She’s a kind, patient individual and has this personality that’s very endearing to people,” said Javier Ley-Soto,… Read the rest at our website.

Orange Retires After More Than 34 Years At MDC

Mailroom Mainstay Retires After 42 Years At North Campus: ‘His Presence Will Be Missed’

Isabella Arce — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:58:32 +0000

Ricky Nelson Sr. has been a North Campus staple for more than 40 years.
His professional journey—he was a preschool student at the campus in the late 1960s—at the College started in 1983 as a fresh-faced teenager working as a part-time custodian.
Seven years later he started working full-time… Read the rest at our website.

Mailroom Mainstay Retires After 42 Years At North Campus: ‘His Presence Will Be Missed’

Head Custodian At North Campus Retires After 33 Years At MDC

Andrea Briones — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:51:33 +0000

Glen Fulton grew up in St. Louis, Missouri helping his mother—Mayola Fulton—raise his four siblings.
He cooked, cleaned and maintained the yard to ensure Mayola, a single mom, could rest after her daily shifts at the local paint factory.
Those experiences taught him the importance of diligence and duty—core… Read the rest at our website.

Head Custodian At North Campus Retires After 33 Years At MDC

English Professor Retires After 17 Years At Kendall Campus

Juan S. Gomez — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:12:22 +0000

For almost two decades, Sylvia Orozco-Vaca devoted herself to students at Kendall Campus.
She taught college prep and English courses, using analogies and puzzles to teach basic sentence and argument structure. At times, Orozco-Vaca mimicked standing like a flamingo to demonstrate the importance of maintaining a solid argument.
“She… Read the rest at our website.

English Professor Retires After 17 Years At Kendall Campus

Vice Provost Of Human Resources To Retire After 19 Years At MDC

Juan S. Gomez — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:40:04 +0000

Beate Hughes-Brown was looking for guidance when she connected with Iliana Castillo-Frick.
Following a workforce development program hosted by the University of Miami in 1993, the pair discussed how Hughes-Brown could transition from the hospitality field to human resources.

Twenty-seven years later, Hughes-Brown is a seasoned human resource administrator… Read the rest at our website.

Vice Provost Of Human Resources To Retire After 19 Years At MDC