1960

College begins operations; first day of classes with over 1,400 students




1962-1980

Dr. Peter Masiko, second president of Dade County Junior College




1963

Scott Hall, the first purpose-built building at North Campus, is completed




1964

South Campus (later renamed "Kendall") begins operations at Palmetto High School




1967

The permanent site of MDC's Kendall Campus opened and began operation




1968

Florida legislature separates community colleges from public school system. Miami-Dade now governed by its own District Board of Trustees




1969

College enrolls its 100,000th student, Kathy Burket




1971

Allied Health Center opens at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach




1971

Groundbreaking ceremony for Wolfson Campus, Building 1




1972

InterAmerican Center opens in Little Havana




1973

College renamed "Miami-Dade Community College"




1976

Medical Center Campus dedicated




1980

Dr. Robert H. McCabe named third president of Miami-Dade Community College




1981

Hialeah Center Opens




1984

Inaugural Miami Book Fair International, originally called "Books by the Bay"




1984

Downtown Campus renamed Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus




1985

College celebrates 25th anniversary




1985

MDCC becomes the first community college in the country to have graduated 100,000




1988

New World School of the Arts created




1989

Liberty City Entrepreneurial Education Center opens




1990

Homestead Campus opens




1992

Referendum passes; Community Endowment established




1993

College receives first Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for excellence in teaching and learning




1995

Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón fourth president of Miami-Dade Community College




1998

InterAmerican Center becomes InterAmerican Campus




1998

Tamiami Aviation Center established at Tamiami Airport




2001

State approves first in a series of Baccalaureate degrees




2003

Florida Legislature authorizes name change to Miami Dade College (MDC)

 

2003

Honors College begins




2005

Former Miami News building and Cuban refugee center, Freedom Tower, donated to MDC




2005

First MDC students graduate with Bachelor of Science degree




2010

Confucius Institute opened




2010

New state of the art Science Complex opened at North Campus




2010

Celebrated MDC's 50th anniversary

 

 

2011

Inauguration of the Miami Culinary Institute




2013

MDC admits its 2 millionth student, Kendall Campus freshman Tatyana Rivera




2014

MDC launches Idea Center, an entrepreneurship and innovation hub




2015

MDC opens state of the art Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex