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Paying it Forward: Matthew Beatty ’01

By Matt Margini, Humanities Department Faculty
Photos by Suzanne Kores

When Matthew Beatty ’01 walked onto the stage of the Lewis Family Auditorium on January 15, it’s safe to say that the vast majority of Ransom Everglades students didn’t know who he was. That changed quickly. When he walked off, 25 years after graduating on that same stage, it was to a standing ovation. Beatty, who is the Market Director - Miami for the  Miami-Dade Innovation Authority and recently earned the Ransom Everglades Founders’ Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to the Community, delivered a barnburner. The speech was eloquent and forceful in its efforts to connect the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with RE’s history and values. 

List of 3 news stories.

  • Arlene Sierra ’87

    The Rocket Science of Music: Arlene Sierra ’87

    By Leah Borromeo
    When she arrived at Ransom Everglades as a sophomore, Arlene Sierra ’87 found her lifelong passion for the arts stirred by the natural wonders populating RE’s bayfront upper school campus. Even as she honed her musical skills with instructors largely off campus, the connection between nature and art that developed at RE would serve as the creative foundation of a career as an internationally acclaimed composer.
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  • Portrait of a Ransom Everglades Graduate

    Portrait of a Ransom Everglades Graduate

    What does it mean to leave this place ready – not just for college, but for a life of meaning? We asked alumni to tell us. What endures after the diplomas are conferred and the campus falls quiet? What qualities – earned, practiced, refined – travel with a Ransom Everglades graduate into the world?
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  • Rendering of the Sundheim Humanities Center

    The Future in Focus the Sundheim Humanities Center comes to life

    Construction is underway on the Sundheim Humanities Center, a transformative facility scheduled for completion in fall 2027. Situated between the Lampen Family Wellness Center and the La Brisa house on the upper school campus, this 30,000-square-foot, glass-walled building will dramatically expand the academic heart of Ransom Everglades.
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Highlights

  • Why I Give Why I Give
    Alex Kleyner and Diana Ulis P’31 ’32 honor their educator mothers by supporting the Patrick and Kristen McMahon Faculty Endowment Fund
  • From the Pagoda From the Pagoda
    The defining traits, habits, and core values that empower its graduates to lead with purpose and leave the world better than they found it
  • From the Archives From the Archives
    Tracing Ransom Everglades’ 130-year legacy of people, purpose, and values that define the school’s enduring spirit across generations

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