nationwide. Florida Governor De Santis strongly condemned the protests and threatened to deport foreign students. The ACLU of Florida weighed in with a statement supporting the students' right to protest. FIU students cited the government's threats for staying away from the protests. The protesters called for an end to "the siege on Gaza” and U.S. funding and arms to Israel.
Jessell's contract ended in 2025. He was replaced by Florida's lieutenant governor and FIU alumna Jeanette Nuñez as interim president on February 17, 2025.
== Campus ==
Florida International's 344-acre (139 ha) campus is in the University Park neighborhood in the census-designated place of Westchester in an unincorporated area of western Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Modesto A. Maidique Campus ("MMC")—formerly called University Park but renamed in 2009—encompasses 344 acres (1.39 km2). The MMC houses almost all the university's colleges and schools as well as all the administrative offices and main university facilities. MMC is also …
