Florida International University Archives – L'union Suite https://www.lunionsuite.com/tag/florida-international-university/ Country - People - Culture Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:13:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.lunionsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-IMG_0226-32x32.jpg Florida International University Archives – L'union Suite https://www.lunionsuite.com/tag/florida-international-university/ 32 32 85605167 Once Wrongfully Detained By Immigration, Haitian FIU Student Graduates With Bachelor’s https://www.lunionsuite.com/wrongfully-immigration-haitian-fiu-graduates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wrongfully-immigration-haitian-fiu-graduates Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:55:10 +0000 https://www.lunionsuite.com/?p=45763 Haitian Excellence ??? ??‍? Mendiana Merilien ? Florida International University ? B.A. in International Relations, Minor in Economics, Certificate in National Security My Father always says once you make peace with your story and journey, you now have a chance to shift the ending to your liking & no one will be able to use it […]

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]]> 45763 [Follow Up] FIU Med Students Spring Break Trip to Haiti https://www.lunionsuite.com/follow-up-fiu-med-students-spring-break-trip-to-haiti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=follow-up-fiu-med-students-spring-break-trip-to-haiti Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:23:18 +0000 http://www.lunionsuite.com/?p=32259 A couple of weeks ago I posted about the group of Florida International University medical students who we’re headed on a mission trip to Haiti to volunteer and provide basic physical exams and health education to one of the communities in Cap-Haitien during their  Spring break. Well the students are back and we wanted to follow-up on their trip. […]

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]]> 32259 FIU Haitian Med Students Spring Break Medical Mission Trip to Haiti https://www.lunionsuite.com/fiu-haitian-med-students-spring-break-medical-mission-trip-to-haiti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fiu-haitian-med-students-spring-break-medical-mission-trip-to-haiti Tue, 10 Mar 2015 20:43:55 +0000 http://www.lunionsuite.com/?p=30784 I wish they offered spring break trips like this when I was in undergrad. A group of Florida International University medical students are headed to a mission trip in Haiti to volunteer and provide basic physical exams and health education to one of the communities in Cap-Haitien. Spring break is generally associated with heavy drinking and hard partying in some tropical picturesque playground, […]

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]]> 30784 Picture of The Day: FIU Graduate Elcana Jean-Pierre https://www.lunionsuite.com/picture-of-the-day-fiu-graduate-elcana-jean-pierre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=picture-of-the-day-fiu-graduate-elcana-jean-pierre Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:44:08 +0000 http://lunionsuite.com/?p=17885 Elcana Jean-Pierre is a Haitian-born student with Cerebral Palsy.  She migrated from Haiti to Miami on a boat, not without hardships: her family was intercepted by the coast guard and they stayed at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base for 2 years.… Finally in Miami, Elcana struggled with bullying throughout school… but she had her eyes […]

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