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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.
Alumni
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 .
Sports
Baseball
Mike Lowell
Basketball
Equestrian
Golf
Soccer
Other sports
Authors and entertainers
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau
Authors, actors, television, musicians
Andy Garcia
Alumni
Notability
Andy García
Academy Award-nominated actor[8]
Dawn Ostroff
president of entertainment of the CW Network [9]
Danny Pino
actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC [10]
Kimberly Leemans
model, America's Next Top Model contestant[11]
Vijay Yesudas
South Indian singer, Vijay Yesudas [12]
Kev Marcus
violinist, hip-hop, jazz, classical, Black Violin [13]
Syesha Mercado
singer, American Idol contestant (Season 7)[14]
Nadia Turner
singer, American Idol contestant (Season 4)[15]
Henry Vega
award-winning composer, musician
Natalia Navarro
Miss Colombia 2009 , placed 12th at Miss Universe 2010
Business
Alumni
Notability
David Ebro[16]
President and CEO of the Houston-based industrial real estate development firm Levey Group[17]
Entertainment
Other companies
Alumni
Notability
Dr. Stephanie Burns
President and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Corning [20]
Regynald G. Washington
Vice President and General Manager, Disney Regional Entertainment[21]
Adolfo Henriques
Chairman and CEO of Union Planters Bank, Florida[22]
Edison F. Peres
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems [23]
Maria Elena Ibañez
founder of International Micro Systems, International High-Tech Marketing, and Intermark Foods[24]
David R. Ebro
President and CEO of Levey Group, an industrial real estate development firm headquartered in Houston, Texas[25]
Law and politics
Delegate Kirill Reznik
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen
House of Representatives, U.S. Court Judges
Local and municipal government
Foreign governments
Alumni
Notability
Danny Danon
Israeli politician and cabinet minister
Education
Science and space
Faculty
Abraham Lavender
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 [citation needed ]
Thomas E. Baker , Professor of Constitutional Law in the College of Law [citation needed ]
Lynne Barrett , Professor of English and founder of Gulf Stream Magazine
William Darrow , Professor of Public Health [citation needed ]
Jennifer Smith DeCastroverde, Professor of Theatre
Humberto Delgado, professor of television production and broadcasting guru for several productions in the Miami media industry[citation needed ]
John Dufresne , professor of creative writing, editor of Gulf Stream Magazine , author[citation needed ]
Elizabeth Price Foley , Professor of Law in the College of Law [citation needed ]
Orlando Jacinto García , Professor of Music and director of the Composition Program for the School of Music
Steven Heine , Professor of Religion and History ; Director of the Institute for Asian Studies
Mark Hetzler , Professor of Music and Orchestra [citation needed ]
Abraham 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)
Bruce 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 Policy
Stewart Robertson , professor of orchestral studies and conductor of the FIU Symphony Orchestra
Mark Allen Weiss, Professor of School of Computing and Information Sciences and writer of several books of programming[citation needed ]
University presidents
References
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^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=garrett-wittels
^ "Raja Bell" . Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012 .
^ "David Avellan Information" . Retrieved 2014 .
^ http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=auteurs&obj=artiste&no=17021
^ http://www.bandp-book-dealers-int.com/dennis_lehane Retrieved July 4, 2010
^ http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/35036/Ana_Menendez/index.aspx
^ http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/andy_garcia/index.shtml Retrieved July 4, 2010
^ Levin, Gary; Lieberman, David (January 25, 2006). "UPN, WB networks merge" . USA Today .
^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809179674/bio
^ http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/americas-next-top-model-cycle-9878.aspx
^ Vijay Yesudas
^ http://www.blackviolin.net/
^ Syesha Mercado
^ Nadia Turner
^ David Ebro
^ Levey Group
^ http://www.topmediainc.com
^ http://www2.fiu.edu/~thedan/theatre/alumni.htm
^ "Dr. Stephanie Burns" . Forbes .
^ http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/darden/regynald_washington.htm
^ http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=567906&privcapId=272911&previousCapId=272911&previousTitle=Florida%20East%20Coast%20Industries,%20Inc .
^ http://newsroom.cisco.com/edison-peres?articleId=33919
^ "Maria Elena Ibañez builds her third entrepreneurial venture giving El Latino brand regional reach, eyes going national" . Miami Today News. September 24, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2013 .
^ http://www.leveygroup.com/leadership
^ "About Maria" , Maria Parodi , retrieved February 9, 2012
^ "CEA Onsite Staff for Study Abroad Programs in Buenos Aires, Argentina" . www.ceastudyabroad.com . Retrieved 2016-05-05 .
^ "Miguel A. De La Torre | Iliff School of Theology" . www.iliff.edu . Retrieved 2016-05-05 .
^ Schaeffer, Donna. "Dr. Donna Schaeffer Faculty Page" . Dr. Donna Schaeffer Faculty Page . Marymount University. Retrieved May 5, 2016 .
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/baez.html
^ http://mit.edu/shbt/people/alumni_profiles/taberner.html
^ https://fiualumni.com/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=313
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Students : 58,787
Endowment : 216.3 million