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2016 Volleyball Schedule Released
The Nova Southeastern University volleyball program has released its schedule for the upcoming 2016 season, which begins on September 2. The schedule features three tournaments, 14 home matches and a few of the top teams in all of Division II volleyball. The Sharks open their season hosting the Shark Invitational…
NSU’s Baseball coach, Greg Brown, Named ABCA National Coach of the Year
Nova Southeastern University’s baseball head coach Greg Brown has been named the American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year. “I’m so proud of the coach and leader Greg has become over the past six years and I couldn’t be happier that he has earned this…
2016 Women’s Soccer Schedule Released
A season after returning to the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2007, second-year head coach John Constable will captain a new Nova Southeastern University women’s soccer squad, with the 2016 campaign beginning at home on Sept. 1. Constable’s rookie season at NSU ended with a 12-4-2 record, multiple…
Additional Runners added to 2016-17 Track Roster
After earlier revealing seven members of his incoming class, Nova Southeastern University men’s and women’s cross country and track and field head coach Bryan Hagopian is pleased to announce four more freshmen making their way to campus for the 2016-17 season. Click here to see Full release
Women’s Golf Has Two Athletes Named All-American Scholars
Two Nova Southeastern University women’s golfers were honored on Tuesday, June 28, as All-American Scholars by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. Sophomore Jamie Freedman (Miami Beach, Fla.), for the second straight year, and freshman Aldana Foigel (Plottier, Argentina) received this prestigious national award and are part of a select group,…
Ben Hewitt Returns as NSU’s Head Swimming Coach
Nova Southeastern University Director of Athletics Michael Mominey announced that Ben Hewitt will return to the Sharks and head up the NSU men’s and women’s swimming programs as head coach. “After a very competitive national search, it became clear that Coach Hewitt is the right choice to be the next…
NSU Appoints Two to Leadership Positions in Human Resources
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) announced today the appointment of two leadership positions within its Office of Human Resources. Laura Bennett has been appointed NSU’s first full-time Title IX Coordinator and Lynn Smith joins the Office of Human Resources as Managing Director of Employee Relations. “We are delighted to welcome these…
NSU Rowing Team Reels in 11 Newcomers for Upcoming Season
Interim head coach Devin Fay is proud to announce the addition of 11 incoming rowers to the 2016-17 Nova Southeastern University rowing season. Click here to see Full release
Former Shark Promoted to Orlando Pride Soccer Team Active Roster
Former Nova Southeastern University women’s soccer star Sierra Lelii has been promoted to the active roster of the professional Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League. Ahead of Sunday, July 10 win over the Boston Breakers, Lelii was added along with three other players to help offset the temporary…
NSU Academic Diving Program Offers, Last Summer Class July 20
Take a Diving Class this summer. The NSU Academic Diving Program offers programs in various levels: Enriched Air Nitrox • July 20 To register, contact Tec Clark, Associate Director for Aquatics and Scuba Diving at tclark@nova.edu or (954) 262-7042. For more information, visit www.nsuaquatics.com.
Young Entrepreneurs Find Success at National Competition
Congratulations to the NSU University School Junior Achievement Alpha Essentials team who won 3rd place in the JA Company of the Year Category at Junior Achievement’s National Student Leadership Summit held in Washington D.C. Each team member, Andrew Hurowitz, Cole Becker, Alexis Bogomolni, Evan Gutkin, and Alexander Shuster, also won…
Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program shares info with Campers at Mailman Segal Center
Since its inception, Nova Southeastern University has been administering the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program. Each morning, from March through October, staff scour the nearly 26 miles of beaches in Broward County looking for sea turtle nests. When they find one, they will record all sorts of data, rope…
FCE Faculty Member Inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association
Michael Simonson, Ph.D., of NSU’s Fischler College of Education, was recently inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Hall of Fame at their convention in St. Louis. This is the most prestigious honor given by the Association. Simonson received the award from USDLA’s Executive Director, John Flores, Ph.D….
NSU Optometry Students Win Project Foresight
For the third straight year, two NSU College of Optometry students won a national competition for developing an idea for an optometry practice of the future. Fourth year students, Samantha Kayser and Heather Gauger, won the Walmart & Sam’s Club Health and Wellness Project Foresight scholarship competition, which awarded them…
NSU Optometry Student Receives Two National Awards
Ashley Noble, a third year doctor of optometry student at NSU’s College of Optometry, earned two awards during the National Optometric Association’s (NOA) 48th annual convention on July 6-10 in Chicago. She received The Cave Memorial Award and the Dr. Robert Johnson Pediatric/Vision Therapy Award for demonstrating a commitment to…
NSU Researcher Authors Book Chapter
Appu Rathinavelu, Ph.D., associate dean for institutional planning and development at NSU’s College of Pharmacy and executive director of NSU’s Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research, co-authored a chapter in the soon-to-be published book, Prostate Cancer – Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment and Care of Patients. Rathinavelu drafted the chapter, titled “Key…
The scientific paper “Diversity, Structure and Convergent Evolution of the Global Sponge Microbiome” by T. Thomas, et.al., was published in Nature Communications this past June. This research culminates a large collaborative effort between at least 20 different laboratories around the world, including Nova Southeastern University’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. More…
CAHSS Hosts the 2nd Annual Story Café in the Alvin Sherman Library
The Alvin Sherman Library was the site of the 2nd Annual Story Cafe hosted by Peace Place, a part of Community Resolution Services (CRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). The event was held in partnership with the Social Justice Roundtable and the CAHSS Graduate Student Government Association….
Fischler Professor Honored for Role in Choice Education Movement
Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su, Ed.D., associate professor of mathematics education at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education was recently honored as one of the 20 heroes/pioneers who were a part of the growth and success of the choice education movement in Florida from 1996 to 2016. Dr. Su…
CAHSS’ Family Therapy Program Turns to Horses as Therapy for Children in Foster Care
Master’s and doctoral level therapists from the Department of Family Therapy Program (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) will collaborate with Stable Place, a non-profit organization, and researchers from the FIU-BRIDGE program to provide Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy as an additional form of treatment for children…