The beginning of a new era

Sebastian the Ibis posed for a photo at last Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new Student Activity Center on the University of Miami campus. The esteemed donors of the Fairholme Foundation, Bruce and Tracey Berkowitz proposed that the center be named the “Shalala Center.” (Photo by Monica Herndon)
Monica Herndon//The Miami Hurricane

Sebastian the Ibis poses for a photo Friday at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Student Activity Center. Donors Bruce and Tracey Berkowitz of the Fairholme Foundation, whose $20 million donation launched the project, proposed that the center be named the Shalala Center in honor of current UM President Donna E. Shalala.