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'Professor Marc': A Music Teacher Is Beaten in Three Waves in a Kendall Campus Parking Garage

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Miami Dade College jazz and music theory professor Marc Magellan was brutally beaten by an unidentified assailant on the third floor of Parking Garage L at MDC's Kendall campus around 6 p.m. on April 15, 2014, suffering a broken nose, a broken hand, and facial injuries. Investigators said the attack, which came in three separate waves of blows, may have been ordered or carried out by a student angry over a grade.

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Miami Dade College is investigating a violent assault against a faculty member in the Parking Garage L structure at the Kendall Campus. Security patrols have been increased on campus as a precaution while the investigation continues.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

News coverage confirmed MDC 'increased security at the campus as a precaution' following the attack but did not publish the exact wording of any MDC Alert text; this message is reconstructed from that secondary reporting rather than quoted verbatim
The attack fits the Clery Act's aggravated-assault timely-warning trigger: an unidentified assailant remained at large on campus property with a suspected connection to a specific class roster, a genuine continuing-threat scenario for other students and faculty
Magellan, a jazz and music theory instructor, was walking to his car in a parking structure just south of the campus baseball field when he was ambushed after someone called out 'Professor Marc' to get his attention
Context

Background

Marc Magellan, who teaches jazz and music theory at Miami Dade College's Kendall campus, was walking to his car around 6 p.m. on April 15, 2014, when, according to his account reported by the Miami New Times, a stranger called out 'Professor Marc,' and when he turned and acknowledged the person, he was struck in the face and beaten in roughly three separate waves of blows on the third floor of Parking Garage L. Magellan was taken to Baptist Hospital with a broken nose, a broken hand, and injuries to his head, face, arms, knees, and feet. Miami-Dade police investigated whether the beating had been ordered or carried out by a student who had been ejected from Magellan's class days earlier over a grade dispute; nothing was stolen from Magellan, which investigators said ruled out robbery as a motive. NBC 6 South Florida reported the college increased security on campus as a precaution while the case remained under investigation. The attack drew national attention from outlets including CBS News and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as an example of student-on-faculty violence tied to grading disputes.
Analysis

Key Findings

Investigators' central theory, an assault carried out or ordered by a student ejected from Magellan's class over a grade, places the case squarely in the workplace-violence category: a faculty member targeted specifically because of a job-related decision he made
The assault happened in three distinct waves as Magellan tried to flee and shield himself, an unusual level of documented brutality for a case with no reported robbery motive
MDC's public response was increased security patrols and a public-safety notice rather than a detailed public account of the investigation, consistent with an active law-enforcement inquiry into an unidentified assailant
As one of the largest institutions in this archive by enrollment, MDC's Kendall campus parking garage attack illustrates that large urban community colleges face workplace-violence exposure similar to that of traditional four-year universities
Outcome
Marc Magellan was hospitalized at Baptist Hospital with a broken nose, a broken hand, and injuries to his head, face, arms, knees, and feet; nothing was stolen, ruling out robbery as a motive. Miami-Dade police investigated whether the beating was ordered by a student recently ejected from Magellan's class, but no arrest had been publicly reported in the case.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Miami Dade College: 'Professor Marc': A Music Teacher Is Beaten in Three Waves in a Kendall Campus Parking Garage." Incident of April 15, 2014. Added July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/miami-dade-college-kendall-professor-attack-2014-04-15/

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workplace-violencefacultycommunity-collegefloridamiamiparking-garagegrade-disputeUnder Investigation
Added July 2026Updated July 2026Via ingestion