Under his leadership FIU heralded in an era of unprecedented growth and prestige with all facets of university undergoing major transformations Physically the university tripled in size and its enrollment grew to nearly 40,000 During his 23 years as president the school established the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine the FIU College of Law the FIU School of Architecture and the Robert Stempel School of Public Health Also during his tenure endowment grew from less than $2 million to over $100 million. The Wish Book program lets community members who are suffering from hardships ask for help from the paper's readers Wishes have included asking for donations to buy medical equipment for a sick child help with renovations to make a home wheelchair-accessible monetary donations to an impoverished family dealing with cancer treatments and help to an elderly resident wanting to learn how to use a computer Readers may donate to specific causes or to the program at large.[citation needed], The term "Aethiopian Ocean" derived from Ancient Ethiopia was applied to the Southern Atlantic as late as the mid-19th century During the Age of Discovery the Atlantic was also known to English cartographers as the Great Western Ocean, The same year the park was dedicated two hurricanes and the wet season caused 100 inches (250 cm) to fall on South Florida Although there were no human casualties agricultural interests lost approximately $59 million in 1948 Congress approved the Central and Southern Florida Project for Flood Control and Other Purposes (C&SF) which divided the Everglades into basins in the northern Everglades were Water Conservation Areas (WCAs) and the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) bordering to the south of Lake Okeechobee in the southern Everglades was Everglades National Park Levees and pumping stations bordered each WCA and released water in dryer times or removed it and pumped it to the ocean in times of flood the WCAs took up approximately 37 percent of the original Everglades the C&SF constructed over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of canals and hundreds of pumping stations and levees within three decades During the 1950s and 1960s the Miami metropolitan area grew four times as fast as the rest of the nation Between 1940 and 1965 6 million people moved to South Florida: 1,000 people moved to Miami every week Developed areas between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s quadrupled Much of the water reclaimed from the Everglades was sent to newly developed areas. Coral Gables Political relationships have improved among some major economic powers.[citation needed]! .
Orlando MCO Orlando International Airport Large Hub 21,565,448 As of the 2000 census the urbanized area had a land area of 1,116 square miles (2,890 km2) with a population of 4,919,036 for a population density of 4,407.4 per square mile (1,701.7 per square kilometer) Miami and Hialeah (the second largest city in the metropolitan area) had population densities of more than 10,000 per square mile (more than 3,800 per square kilometer) the Miami Urbanized Area was the fourth largest urbanized area in the United States in the 2010 census. . Downtown's largest and most popular parks are Bayfront Park Museum Park and Pace Park Bayfront Park is host to the free DWTWN Concert Series put on weekly in the park's amphitheater as well as various other annual events such as the Orange Drop for New Year's Bike Miami and the "America's Birthday Bash at Bayfront Park" for Independence Day Bayfront Park hosts many large outdoor concerts such as Warped Tour and Ultra Music Festival Formerly Bicentennial Park Museum Park has been redone and is now the site for new buildings for the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum! . FIU also holds many Golden Panther spirit events throughout the year Some of these include Panther Camp held in the Summer prior to the Fall term for incoming freshmen where students spend a weekend in a retreat center learning all the traditional Golden Panther cheers chants traditions meeting other incoming students Started in 2006 Panther Camp has grown quickly in popularity from only 25 participants in 2006 to over 120 participants in 2007 in 2008 Panther Camp expanded to two camps with a combined total of 240 freshman participants Panther Camp is expected to grow in size for Summer 2010 as the waiting list has continued to double from year to year Freshmen who participate are more likely to get involved in Student Life than other students.
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