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Nova Southeastern University Names Ricardo Belmar Vice President of Regional Campus Operations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) President and CEO Dr. George Hanbury recently announced the appointment of Ricardo Belmar, M.I.B.A., as Vice President of the university’s regional campus operations effective Jan. 1, 2016. He follows Vice President Richard Davis, Ed.D, who is returning to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Entrepreneur and NSU Board of Trustees member J. Kenneth “Kenny” Tate, his wife Sandy and their three daughters have been announced as one of the newest members of Nova Southeastern University’s Shark Circle giving society for their cumulative contributions of more than…
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is now at the forefront of conducting pioneering cell-based biomedical research with the launch of the new NSU Cell Therapy Institute, an international collaboration with prominent medical research scientists from Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institutet (KI). KI is globally recognized for its Nobel…
Mike and Alice Jackson Pledge $1 Million to Nova Southeastern University to Help Fight Cancer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – For Mike and Alice Jackson, cancer is personal; so much so that they are joining with Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researchers in the fight against one of the nation’s deadliest diseases. The Jacksons announced today a $1 million personal pledge to support…
ITPalooza 2015 – Event Expected to Draw Record Crowds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE – DAVIE, Fla. —Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is once again proud to be hosting – and participating in – ITPalooza. With more than 2,500 IT professionals, CIOs, user groups, corporate execs and students expected, the 2015 ITPalooza event is expected to be the biggest…
Nova Southeastern University Ranks Among Top 25 Percent in Undergraduate Student Earnings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – The Economist and Brookings Institute recently released two separate analyses of college graduates’ salaries 10 years after they began their pursuit of higher education. Nova Southeastern University (NSU) respectively ranked in the 77th and 76th percentile nationally. “Our priority at NSU is…
Rehabilitated Juvenile Green Sea Turtle to be Released Back Into the Atlantic Ocean
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Like the millions of people who call Florida home, so, too, do five species of sea turtles. And like their human counterparts, turtles are frequently seen just offshore from Broward County or near one of the many fishing piers in the county….
Dr. Vince Van Hasselt Named Nova Southeastern University’s 2015 Distinguished Professor of the Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is proud to announce that Vince Van Hasselt, Ph.D., has been named the 2014-15 Distinguished Professor of the Year. Dr. Van Hasselt was honored by NSU’s President and CEO Dr. George Hanbury and NSU’s Executive Vice President and…
NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law Dedicates Panza Maurer Law Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – After decades of experience providing counsel to Nova Southeastern University (NSU), South Florida attorneys Thomas F. Panza, J.D., and Susan Horovitz Maurer, J.D., have made an even more lasting mark on the university through a $1 million donation, creating an endowed scholarship fund…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Executive Vice President and Provost Ralph V. Rogers Jr., Ph.D., recently presented Nancy Klimas, M.D., with the 5th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize a faculty member who has demonstrated…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. –Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is pleased to announce it will be partnering with the Holocaust Learning and Education Fund, Inc. for the second annual Holocaust Reflection Contest, a statewide initiative focusing on Holocaust education. Participating middle and high school students are being asked…
NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education Hosts 18th Annual Cervantes Awards Ceremony
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE – DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and its Hispanic Advisory Board will recognize more than a dozen distinguished educators throughout Miami-Dade County on during the 18th Annual Cervantes Awards Ceremony. The event is scheduled 5 –…
Nova Southeastern University to Recognize Distinguished Alumni
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** Excellent Photo & Story Opportunity ** FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) will salute 14 outstanding graduates at the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards ceremony, the highest and most prestigious honor that NSU bestows upon its graduates. The program recognizes alumni who have realized…
Nova Southeastern University Optometry Faculty Member Earns Prestigious National Designation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Ava K. Bittner, O.D., Ph.D., FAAO, associate professor at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Optometry, was awarded Research Diplomate status in the Low Vision Section of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) at the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans in October….
NSU Honors Donors at its Fifth Annual Fellows Society Celebration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. — Nova Southeastern University (NSU) celebrated its Fifth Annual Fellows Society Celebration on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Grande Oaks Golf Club. The Fellows Society is a group of more than 500 individuals, corporations and organizations who have made cumulative gifts of $50,000 or…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tampa, Florida – Mary Blackinton, P.T., Ed.D., GCS, CEEAA, director of the Hybrid-Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy program (HE-DPT) at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Tampa Campus, has been named a 2015 Glass Ceiling Award Winner by the National Diversity Council’s Florida Chapter. Dr. Blackinton received the statewide…
Nova Southeastern University Ranked Among Most Diverse in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) tied for 10th on U.S. News & World Report’s recently released Campus Ethnic Diversity rankings for the 2014-15 school year. The site assigned a diversity index between 0 and 1 based on how likely it is for an…
MEDIA ADVISORY WHO: Steven Gold, Ph.D., professor of psychology in NSU’s College of Psychology WHAT: NSU Series – lectures and performances that feature NSU faculty and alumni WHERE: NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, 1 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale WHEN: 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 – event is…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE–DAVIE, Fla. – South Florida Business & Wealth announced that Tom West, M.B.A., Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Nova Southeastern University (NSU)has been selected one of 24 C-Level Executives as a recipient of its 2015 Apogee Awards. Mr. West is being…
Nova Southeastern University Awards Most Doctoral and Professional Degrees to Minorities in Nation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) awards more doctoral and professional degrees to Hispanics and other minorities than any other university in the United States, according to a new study released by the publication Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Additionally, NSU is second to Stanford…