One year they motored 51,000 miles to all 50 United States inside a patriotically decorated 1979 Chevrolet station wagon. Another year they traveled from Maine to Georgia on foot covering more than 2,168 miles on the mountainous Appalachian Trail. Exhibits reflecting the year-long journeys of FIU alumnus Cesar Becerra and his wife, journalist and environmentalist Maud Dillingham, will be on display from Sept. 12-13 through early December..

“Our inspirations were earlier road warriors like Ernie Pyle in the 1920s and ‘30s and Charles Kuralt in the 1970s and ‘80s,” the couple says. “Before we began traveling we were worried that it had all been discovered but we were wrong. Times are changing so fast that when we visit some of those areas today, they are radically different than when Pyle and Kuralt wrote about them.”

Table of Contents:

• Cheer on the Golden Panthers at Home Football Games;
  Cool off before the game in the air-conditioned alumni tent
• Get ready for the Fifth annual Golf Tournament Oct. 24
• Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 24-25, to be Highlighed by Torch Awards
• FIU Alum’s Book, Mystic River, Now a Major Motion Picture
• New Engineering Programs introduced at FIU Broward-Pines Center
• FIU and Global Crossing providing Internet access to partners in Latin America
• Weekend BBA Class Launches “Tools for Schools” Campaign
• Alumnus's Exhibits Chronicle Cross-Country Odysseys
• Office of Governmental Relations—and You—Help Advance FIU’s Legislative Priorities

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