Nuñez, 52, earned her undergraduate and masters degree at FIU and then she and her husband sent two of their three children there as well. (A third, still a teenager, might go, too.) ...

Jeanette Nunez expected to be voted as permanent president of FIU 00:24. The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously approved appointing former Lt. Gov. Jeanette ...

Former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, shown at a news conference on June 8, 2022, is the sole finalist to become president of Florida International University.

Florida’s legislature established the scientific research group and has instituted universal genetic testing for newborns in ...

Former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, who was appointed interim president of Florida International University in February, is the sole finalist to become president of the Miami-based school, the ...

FIU trustees approve Nuñez as president, with $900K base salary. By Jim Saunders and Tom Urban - News Service of Florida. June 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM EDT ...

Tovar points out Nunez has two degrees from FIU and invaluable experience in Tallahassee. The current president at the university, Dr. Ken Jessel, has served three years in that role after eight ...

With Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez heading to FIU, Gov. DeSantis will need to make an appointment with major implications on the 2026 race for his successor. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Florida International University naming Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez as interim president on Friday reflects the evolving criteria for selecting top leaders in Florida’s university system ...

But in January, shortly before stepping down as Gov. Ron DeSantis' lieutenant governor for the FIU job, Nuñez declared the law had "run its course" and that "Florida will not incentivize illegal ...

FIU trustees vote put forward Lt. Gov. Nunez as university's next president. Florida International University is tapping Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez as its interim school president, ...

Nuñez, a Miami Republican who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees at FIU, left the lieutenant governor’s job to become interim president. She replaced Kenneth Jessell, who had served ...