Several people on FIU’s campus consider Nuñez a non-traditional candidate, and are not happy somebody outside academia will ...

As she take office, the interim president addresses the university's strategic plan and her commitment to achieving its goals ...

Students and faculty at Florida International University staged a walkout on Thursday in protest of the appointment of Lt.

With Florida International University’s current president nearing the end of his three-year contract, multiple insiders say there’s a push for the public university to hire Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez to ...

Meanwhile, former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner was approved to serve as president Atlantic University.

She’s the interim president but a board member noted the search process for a permanent president seems ‘already known’ ...

The FIU Board of Trustees voted 11 to 1 to hire Nuñez as Interim President, finalizing plans Gov. Ron DeSantis set in motion weeks ago to install his second-in-command in the public university’s top ...

Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez was appointed FIU interim president, effective Feb. 17, 2025, following Kenneth Jessell's early departure.

The university's board of trustees appointed her to the position last week after it was suggested by Florida Gov. Ron ...

In advance of officially starting in her new role on Monday, the outgoing lieutenant governor and two-time alumna shares with ...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida International University Board ... to the board Friday about Nunez replacing Jessell before his contract as president expired. “Jeanette Nuñez is a textbook example ...

Lt. Gov. Nuñez was hired at the state-funded school at the request of the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Many students and ...