The former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez sits down with "Facing South Florida" for her first interview since becoming FIU's interim president.

CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede sits down with Jeanette Nuñez for her first interview since becoming Interim President of Florida International University. The two discuss whether she is qualified to be a university president,

She went from a governor-in-waiting to FIU’s interim president, a hire board members said came at the suggestion of the governor’s office.

Monday begins week three as Florida International University President for Jeanette Nunez. It was a sudden and surprising move for the now-former Florida Lieutenant Governor. She is embracing the new role leading her alma mater, a role dictated by the politics in Florida that she knows well.

Jeanette Nunez is Florida International University’s new president, interim, technically. She is a two time alum there and an FIU mom, a former Florida lawmaker and, before that, in health care government relations.

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Several people on FIU’s campus consider Nuñez a non-traditional candidate, and are not happy somebody outside academia will run the university

Gov. Ron DeSantis has named close ally Jeanette Nuñez as Chair of the Space Florida Board of Directors. Nuñez served as DeSantis’ Lieutenant Governor from 2018 until she became Interim President of Florida International University with DeSantis’ backing.

Florida voters would be asked to do away with the office of lieutenant governor and create a new Cabinet position of “commissioner of government efficiency,” under a proposed constitutional

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez has submitted her resignation, effective last night; she assumed the role of Interim President of Florida International University today.

Governor Ron DeSantis announced today the reappointment of Jeanette Nuñez as Chair of the Space Florida Board of Directors. The appointment, which is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate, reflects continued support for the state's efforts to bolster its aerospace and space industry initiatives.

Ron DeSantis, Florida International University got both an FIU graduate and an FIU parent in Jeanette Nuñez. Her appointment as interim president by the FIU Board of Trustees fewer than three ...