Florida Career College - Miami

The Student Advisor is elected by the Miami-Dade County District Student Government Association and sits as an advisor to the Board during Board meetings as a representative of the organization and speaks and responds to questions from the Board on student-related issues! 14 External links As of 2010 there were 158,317 households of which 14.0% were vacant 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them 31.3% were married couples living together 18.1% have a female head of household with no husband present and 43.1% were non-families 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older (4.0% male and 7.3% female.) the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15, Treasure fleet Enrollment for Fall 2014 consisted of 54,099 students 45,359 undergraduates and 7,814 graduate students including students enrolled in professional programs Women accounted for 56.2% of student enrollment and minorities made up 88% of total enrollment Enrollment included students from all 50 U.S states and more than 119 countries the most popular College by enrollment is the College of Arts and Sciences the freshman retention rate for 2009 was 83% the fall 2011 incoming freshman class had an average 3.7 GPA 1139 SAT score and a 25 ACT score; The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with an area of about 106,460,000 square kilometers (41,100,000 square miles) it covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area it separates the "Old World" from the "New World", In the South-East Atlantic catches have decreased from 3.3 million tons in the early 1970s to 1.3 million tons in 2013 Horse mackerel and hake are the most important species together representing almost half of the landings Off South Africa and Namibia deep-water hake and shallow-water Cape hake have recovered to sustainable levels since regulations were introduced in 2006 and the states of Southern African pilchard and anchovy have improved to fully fished in 2013. After learning of the verdict of the McDuffie case one of the worst riots in the history of the United States,[citation needed] the Liberty City Riots of 1980 broke out By the time the rioting ceased three days later over 850 people had been arrested and at least 18 people had died Property damage was estimated at around one hundred million dollars. Intercity bus travel which utilizes Florida's highway system is provided by Greyhound Megabus and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, Photo:Charles Barron / State Library and Archives of Florida, The geologic formations that have the most influence on the Everglades are the Miami Limestone and the Fort Thompson Formation the Miami Limestone has two facies the Miami Oolite facies which underlies the Atlantic Coastal Ridge from southern Palm Beach County to southern Miami-Dade County is made up of ooids: tiny formations of egg-shaped concentric shells and calcium carbonate formed around a single grain of sand or shell fragment the other facies which underlies the eastern lower Everglades (in Miami-Dade County and part of Monroe County) consists of fossilized bryozoan organisms the unique structure was some of the first material used in housing in early 20th-century South Florida the composition of this sedimentary formation affects the hydrology plant life and wildlife above it: the rock is especially porous and stores water during the dry season in the Everglades and its chemical composition determines the vegetation prevalent in the region the Miami Oolite facies also acts to impede flow of water from the Everglades to the ocean between Fort Lauderdale and Coot Bay (near Cape Sable). 2.6 College of Law, Belle Glade Camp The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in the Miami area, Labor Center 1994 See also: Miami in popular culture LGBT culture in Miami and List of films and television shows set in Miami. . 2.3.2 Civil Rights Movement Florida's highway system contains 1,495 mi (2,406 km) of interstate highway and 10,601 mi (17,061 km) of non-interstate highway such as state highways and U.S Highways Florida's interstates state highways and U.S Highways are maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation, In the 2025 and 2030 long range transportation plans Miami's commuter rail system Tri-Rail has envisioned moving to or adding service on the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) corridor which runs along the region's densest neighborhoods parallel to Biscayne Boulevard in Miami and Federal Highway in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Miami International Airport (MIA) and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America Due to its strength in international business finance and trade the city has among the largest concentration of international banks in the country primarily along Brickell Avenue in Brickell Miami's financial district Miami was the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations. Omni Loop Palm Beach County Park Airport LNA KLNA Palm Beach A 2 Geography FIU belongs to the 12-campus State University System of Florida and is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities awarding over 3,400 graduate and professional degrees annually the university offers 191 programs of study with more than 280 majors in 23 colleges and schools FIU offers many graduate programs including architecture business administration engineering law and medicine offering 81 master's degrees 34 doctoral degrees and 3 professional degrees. . .