Miami Dade College (Wolfson Campus)

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Miami Dade College (Wolfson Campus)

Established:	MDC: 1959, Campus: 1970
Type:	College
President:	Rolando Montoya
Faculty:	600
Students:	27,000 +
Location:	Miami, Florida, USA
Campus:	Urban
Colors:	Blue & White
Nickname:	Sharks
Website:	[1]

Miami Dade College (Wolfson Campus) is one of Miami Dade College’s eight campuses. The campus was opened in 1970, holding classes in storefronts in Downtown. As the only comprehensive urban campus in the City of Miami, Wolfson Campus has played an integral part in the effort to develop the downtown skyline.^{[citation needed]}

The Wolfson Campus provides a fully accredited education to over 27,000 students each year.

Wolfson Campus capitalizes on being at the center of downtown Miami's financial, government, and cultural hubs by offering programs in banking, business, microcomputers and paralegal studies, architecture, economics, hospitality management, engineering, the arts, humanities, and the social sciences. The campus utilizes state-of-the-art technology and innovative approaches to teaching throughout its curriculum. Academic programs are offered through the departments of Arts & Humanities; English; Natural Sciences, Math, Engineering, Health and Wellness; Languages and International Studies; Computers and Applied Technology; Social Sciences; English as a Second Language; and Workforce and Community Development.

The Campus also houses the New World School of the Arts, a comprehensive high school and college program catalogued as one of the best art schools in the country.^{[citation needed]}

Each year the Wolfson Campus hosts Miami Book Fair International, the nation's largest literary festival, which brings hundreds of renowned authors and publishers and over 500,000 spectators to the Campus. The Campus has two art galleries, a full-service library, and two state-of-the art computer courtyards.