Twenty five years ago, the FIU | School of Architecture (SOA) was founded as the first public school of architecture in Miami, Florida. Built on the guiding vision of providing access to excellence, today, a short quarter century later, the FIU | SOA is housed in the iconic Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture Building; graduates more Hispanic design students than any other architecture school in the nation; and consistently ranks in the Top 20 among public schools of architecture in the United States. As part of the Silver Anniversary celebration, Dean Brian Schriner and SOA leadership took a look back at the “Beginnings.” Joined by FIU President Emeritus Modesto Maidique, Ambassador Paul L. Cejas, former Dean Juan A. Bueno, FIU President Kenneth Jessell, and Provost Elizabeth Bejar, Dean Schriner and the School’s founding members had a retrospective discussion about the nationally ranked #16 architecture school and the creation of the School’s present-day home at the FIU Modesto M. ...