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 ...

Nunez is a 52-year-old mother of three who graduated from FIU. A Miami native, Nunez served in Tallahassee as a state representative for eight years. She and Gov. Ron DeSantis were first elected ...

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.

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 ...

Another Florida Republican is reportedly destined for a college presidency. Florida International University is expected to name Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez as interim president at a meeting ...

FIU Board of Trustees Chair Roger Tovar said he was contacted directly by DeSantis’ office about tapping Nuñez and later had multiple conversations with her. Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez ...

The Board of Trustees at Florida International University, one of the state’s biggest universities, on Friday named Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez as its interim president to replace current 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 ...