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Palm Beach County Superintendent Gent to be Speaker at NSU Open House
- Nova Southeastern University Palm Beach Student Educational Center
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla – Palm Beach County School Superintendent E. Wayne Gent, M.Ed., will speak at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Palm Beach Open House on July 23. Gent will speak on “The State of Education in the U.S., State of Florida, and Palm Beach County.”
NSU’s Open House, which is free and open to the public, will also provide attendees with information about the various health, education, business, and psychology programs NSU Palm Beach offers.
“We are honored to have Superintendent Gent be our guest speaker at our Open House,” said George Dungee, M.B.A., director of NSU’s Palm Beach Student Educational Center. “His topic will be of interest to educators, business people, and every resident of Palm Beach County.”
E. Wayne Gent, M.Ed., has led The School District of Palm Beach County as superintendent since November 2011. A dedicated educator of over the past thirty years, he has served as teacher, coach, assistant principal, and principal. In 1996, he was selected by the Florida Commissioner of Education to serve as the State’s Principal in Residence. Since 2000, he has assumed increasing responsibility in leadership positions within the Palm Beach County School District, which included Area Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Learning Support, and Chief Officer of Administration.
Attendees at the Open House can expect admissions counselors to be on hand answering questions about scholarships, grants, the financial aid process, admission requirements, and deadlines. They will also provide information about the various bachelor’s, master’s, specialists, and doctoral programs that NSU Palm Beach offers.
NSU’s Palm Beach Student Educational Center is located at 11501 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. The Open House is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. For additional information call 561.805.2100 or e-mail nsu-palmbeach@nova.edu . To RSVP go to http://www.nova.edu/sec/wpb/index.html.
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About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Situated on 300 beautiful acres in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic fully accredited research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at all levels. NSU is a not-for-profit independent institution with more than 28,000 students. NSU awards associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, doctoral and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields. NSU is classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and it’s one of only 37 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification. For more information on NSU, visit: www.nova.edu
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