This week, Florida International University (FIU) launched the Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Legacy Project and Fellowship Program, a ...

FIU’s Board of Trustees installed Nuñez as interim president in February, fast-tracking her into the $850,000-a-year role in February after the governor’s office recommended her for the job ...

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 ...

Nuñez is the first woman to lead FIU and also the first FIU graduate to serve as president. “She is a true product of what our FIU is about,” Tovar said at the meeting.

Florida’s legislature established the scientific research group and has instituted universal genetic testing for newborns in unprecedented efforts to cure rare diseases, advance personalized medicine.

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.

Nunez, who will start serving on Feb. 17, will become the first female president of FIU, as well as the first graduate of the university to serve as its academic leader.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...