Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez was appointed FIU interim president, effective Feb. 17, 2025, following Kenneth Jessell's ...

If Nunez is selected, she would resign as lieutenant governor and Gov. Ron DeSantis would have to appoint a replacement.

In a Friday morning online vote, the Florida International University Board of Trustees hired Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez as its ...

Board Chair Rogelio Tovar said Gov. Ron DeSantis' office contacted him and asked him to consider Nuñez as the next president.

Jeanette Nuñez has confirmed that she has been selected as interim president of Florida International University by the school's board of trustees.

Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez speaks as Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference to sign several bills related to public education and teacher pay, in Miami, Tuesday, May 9 ...

Another high-profile vacancy could be on the way in Tallahassee. Florida’s Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez is expected to ...

Gov. DeSantis announced on Friday that Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez will be interim President of Florida International ...

Gaby Pacheco Courtesy of Gaby Pacheco In a surprising reversal that highlights the shifting politics of immigration in Florida, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is now advocating for the repeal of a law ...

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez speaks during a Vice President Mike Pence campaign rally near the Cuban Memorial Monument in Tamiami Park on Thursday, October 15, 2020 in Miami ...

Núñez announced her change in position on Saturday via her X account. Florida approved the tuition breaks in 2014. It was a bipartisan effort to help Dreamers brought to the United States as ...

In 2014, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Núñez urged lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to students who attended high school in Florida but were in the country illegally.