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Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine Hosts Monthly Seminar, April 1
NSU College of Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine (INIM) invites the NSU community to the latest session of its Research Seminar Series. All seminars, held on the first Friday of the month, will be broadcast to regional campuses. Join the INIM on Friday, April 1 in the Chancellor’s Dining Room in…
CAHSS to Host Intellectual Conversations: “Our Changing Landscape in the Face of Drought”
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) will host its last Intellectual Conversations presentation. This is the fourth and last in the winter series titled “Truth and Power.” This event will feature Paul Baldauf, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences in the Halmos College…
NSU to Host Stigma Fighters: Mental Health Awareness Festival, Join us on April 2
NSU is hosting Stigma Fighters: Mental Health Awareness Festival on April 2, 2016 in the Fellows Way courtyard between the Carl DeSantis Building and the Miniaci Performing Arts Center. The event will be held from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm. This festival, which is free and open to the public, celebrates…
Great News! NSU is upgrading the Email Service to the Office 365 Exchange for all Staff, Feb. 1
Your account will be migrated from the NSU Exchange email platform to the Office 365 platform on Monday, February 1, 2016, from 12:00AM to 8:00AM. You may experience intermittent delays in email access and delivery during this time. Migration Notes: All existing email messages will be automatically moved from your on premise…
NSU M.B.A. Students Spend Winter Break Sharing Business Skills
While most college and graduate students headed home or to the beach when the fall semester ended this past December, 10 M.B.A. students from NSU’s Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship (HCBE) took off for a rural town in Colombia, called San Roque, Antioquia. The group was on a mission,…
Halmos College Faculty Present Galaxy Research at American Astronomical Society
Stefan Kautsch, Ph.D., associate professor at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, presented research and moderated a special session of the January 2016 meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting held in Kissimmee, Florida, drew 2,526 professional astronomers. Kautsch presented two posters with new research results…
CAHSS Faculty and Students Present Workshop on Emotional Intelligence
Neil Katz, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCAR) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), led a workshop with doctoral students Nekeisha Bascombe, M.S., and Suzette Henry-Campbell, M.S., titled, “Emotional Intelligence: The Competitive Advantage.” The workshop was for state Government Affairs Council members…
Realizing Potential: CAHSS Dance Students Participate in NSU’s Celebration of Excellence
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is delighted to announce that four of the dance majors in the Department of Performing and Visual Arts performed at NSU’s annual Celebration of Excellence. The students, all DPVA scholarship recipients, included Sarah Amores, Danielle Burdick, Sarah Hutcher, and Shanygne Bitna,…
CAHSS Faculty Attends National Organizational Development Institutes
Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, Psy.D., faculty in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, was selected to participate in the National Organizational Development Institute by the Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale. Del Rio-Roberts was selected as an upcoming leader in the organization and participated in the track, “Achieving Community…
Pride Bite: Women’s Swimming & Diving Named a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
Nova Southeastern University women’s swimming and diving was named a College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America Team for outstanding academic performance during the 2015 Fall semester. The award is in recognition of teams that achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The women earned a GPA…
NSU Baseball Tabbed Third in NCBWA Preseason South Region Poll
The Nova Southeastern University baseball team has been voted the third best team in the NCAA South Region by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The Sharks trail the 2015 National Champions Tampa and 2015 NCAA South Region host West Alabama in the preseason poll. The Sharks finished 2015 with…
Freedman Takes Home Title at Jones/Doherty Amateur Championship
Nova Southeastern University women’s golfer Jamie Freedman took home the First Flight title at the 84th Ione D. Jones/Doherty Women’s Amateur Championship held at Coral Ridge Country Club. Freedman (So., Miami Beach, Fla.) topped Natalie McNicholas (4&3) to advance to the championship, where she defeated Connie Isler, 9&8 to win the…
SSC Preseason Softball Coaches Poll Released
The Nova Southeastern University softball team was picked ninth in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Preseason Softball Coaches Poll as voted on by the conference head coaches. In her first year at NSU, newly named head coach Julie LeMaire looks to improve on the Sharks 20-25 record from 2014-15 (7-17…
NSU College of Pharmacy Hosts Elementary Students for Pharmacy Field Trip
On January 22, 2016, NSU’s College of Pharmacy hosted a field trip for a fourth grade gifted class in the Pharmacy Practice lab. The objective of the trip was to expose students to the profession of pharmacy in a college setting. The day began with three questions: “What does a…
NSU Baseball Selected to Finish Second In SSC
The Nova Southeastern University baseball team has was selected to finish second in the Sunshine State Conference this coming year. The Tampa Spartans were the unanimous pick to finish atop the SSC after winning the 2015 National Championship. The Sharks made waves in 2015, winning the Sunshine State Conference after…
Get ready for NSU’s Spring Open House
NSU is pleased to host the Spring Open House on Saturday, April 9 at 8:30 a.m. in the Carl DeSantis building. Attendees can learn about our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, participate in academic and student life breakout sessions, mock classes, speak with financial aid and admission advisers, faculty members, and students. They will also have the opportunity…
Art Talk: Raquel Cecilia Mendieta
Annual Stanley and Pearl Goodman Lecture on Latin American Art Art Talk by Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, the artist’s niece and film archivist for the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, will be held on Feb. 27 at 5:00 pm. Raquel Cecilia is an independent filmmaker and writer whose most recent film, Ana…
Tea and Art History: Renoir and American Impressionism
Although Pierre August-Renoir (1841-1919) remains one of the most celebrated artists of the Impressionist movement, his work has recently come under attack by anti-Renoir activists. Join Dr. Barbara Buhler Lynes, NSU Art Museum Sunny Kaufman Senior Curator, for tea and a discussion of this controversy and exploration of Renoir’s artistic…
Mini Muse: Typeface in Black and White
On Saturday, Feb. 20, in celebration of Black History Month, children ages 5 -10 will learn about the work of contemporary artists Xaviera Simmons and Gary Simmons, who both use text as visual language in their work. Children will create their own text-inspired artworks using a variety of black and…
Event in the Tent Silent Disco Headphone Party, Feb. 1
The NSU Alumni Association and Office of Student Activities will host the “Event in the Tent Silent Disco Headphone Party” on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. on the Alvin Sherman Library Quad. All NSU students that attend will be eligible to win a free trip to Fury Water…