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View of the FIU campus towards Green Library Health and Life Sciences buildings, home of the FIU College of Medicine This list of notable Florida International University alumni includes alumni, faculty, and presidents of Florida International University in Miami, Florida , which includes 26 colleges and schools.
With more than 150,500 alumni around the world, the Florida International University Golden Panthers constitute one of the fastest-growing university alumni groups in the state of Florida . FIU graduates more than 8,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in South Florida .
Mike Lowell Margie Goldstein-Engle
Athlete
Notability
Ronald Forbes
Olympic athlete, 110m hurdles, Cayman Islands (2008, 2012, 2016)
Ena Guevara
Olympic athlete, marathon, Peru (1984, 1992)
Tayna Lawrence
Olympic athlete, 100 meters, Jamaica (2000, 2004)
Aubrey Smith
Olympic athlete, long jump, Canada (2016)
Authors and entertainers [ edit ] Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau [ edit ] Andy Garcia Aimee Carrero
Alumnus
Notability
Aimee Carrero
actress, Young & Hungry Elena of Avalor
Janet Dacal
Broadway actress and singer, known for her role as Carla in In the Heights
Allie DiMeco
actress and musician, known for her role as Rosalina in Nickelodeon 's The Naked Brothers Band
Andy García
Academy Award-nominated actor[ 8]
Ricki Noel Lander
actress, fashion designer[ 9]
Kimberly Leemans
model, America's Next Top Model [ 10]
Syesha Mercado
singer, American Idol [ 11]
Natalia Navarro
Miss Colombia 2009 , placed 12th at Miss Universe 2010
Jackie Nespral
television anchor for WTVJ , the Miami-Fort Lauderdale affiliate of NBC
Dawn Ostroff
chief content officer and advertising business officer of Spotify
Danny Pino
actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NBC [ 12]
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Emmy-winning and nominated film and television composer
Tony Succar
musician, songwriter, percussionist and producer, Latin Grammy Award nominee and winner
Nadia Turner
singer, American Idol [ 13]
Henry Vega
award-winning composer, musician
Vijay Yesudas
South Indian singer
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Lt. Governor Nuñez Justice Lagoa Judge Altonaga [ edit ] State and local politics [ edit ] Foreign governments [ edit ] Danny Danon Kim Simplis Barrow
Alumnus
Notability
Patrece Charles-Freeman
Jamaican public and environmental health consultant, former Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), as well as a political candidate with the Jamaica Labour Party
Danny Danon
Israeli politician and chairman of the U.N. Legal Committee
Kim Simplis Barrow
Belizean activist, philanthropist, and spouse of the 4th Prime Minister of Belize
Richie Sookhai
Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, engineer and businessman; current Government Senator and former President of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIC)
Alumnus
Notability
James F. O'Brien
professor at UC-Berkeley, has patents pending for his explosive computer animation techniques[ 15]
Edith Kellnhauser
(1933–2019), German nursing scientist, educator, and writer
David Shor
(1991–), data scientist
Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar Marco Rubio Irtishad Ahmad , professor and chairperson of Florida International University Department of Construction Management and editor in chief of the Journal of Management in Engineering , ASCE Thomas E. Baker , professor of constitutional law in the College of Law Lynne Barrett , professor of English and founder of Gulf Stream Magazine Stephan Charman , associate professor of psychologyRita Buck-Crockett , assistant athletic director, head volleyball and beach volleyball coachWilliam Darrow , professor of public health John Dufresne , professor of creative writing, editor of Gulf Stream Magazine Elizabeth Price Foley , professor of law in the College of Law Edgar Fuller , professor of mathematics and statisticsOrlando Jacinto García , professor of music and director of the Composition Program for the School of MusicSteven Heine , professor of religion and history ; Director of the Institute for Asian Studies Mark Hetzler , professor of music and orchestra Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar , professor of computer science in the College of Engineering and Computing Maureen Kenny , professor of psychology in the Department of PsychologyAbraham Lavender , professor of sociology ; president of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies Stephen Leatherman , director of the FIU Coastal Research Lab, nicknamed "Dr. Beach" for his annual ratings of American beaches (issued every Memorial Day weekend)Zaida Morales-Martínez , professor emeritus of chemistryBruce Nissen , professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies and director of the FIU Research Institute on Social and Economic PolicyRonni Reis , tennis coachStewart Robertson , professor of orchestral studies and conductor of the FIU Symphony OrchestraMarco Rubio , adjunct professor of politics and international relations at Steven J. Green School of International and Public AffairsUniversity presidents [ edit ] Mark B. Rosenberg Modesto A. Maidique
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