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Learn Skills That Can Save a Life
NSU Aquatics is offering American Red Cross Certified courses in CPR/First Aid/AED and Lifeguard courses. Why not expand your skills necessary to provide basic care for injuries and breathing and cardiac emergencies? Various classes offered. Fall 2015 Red Cross Life Training Courses Lifeguard Training Friday, Nov. 13, 5:00–9:00 p.m. Saturday,…
NSU Aquatics Offers Saturday Group Swim Lessons
Sessions and Schedule include: Parent and Child September 5–26 10:00–10:25 a.m. $50 Preschool 1 September 5–October 24 10:35–11:00 a.m. $90 Level 1 September 5–October 24 11:15 a.m.–noon $90 Adult Group Lessons September 5–October 24 Noon– 1:00 p.m. $90 Special discounts are available for NSU students, faculty, and staff. Limited space…
NSU hosts Trial Advocacy Summer Institute
A five-day intensive program, Trial Advocacy Summer Institute (TASI), was recently held at the Shepard Broad College of Law. The 28 law students who attended were given an introduction to basic skills needed to try basic cases. Students practiced incrementally throughout the week learning how to develop a case theory, then practicing opening…
Shark Dining returns to Regular Operating Hours
Shark Dining is excited to welcome new and returning students to Nova Southeastern University! Regular hours of operation have resumed. The campus dining map (above) will guide you to all dining destinations and share our hours of operation for the semester. Please be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram…
Two Pharmacy Students Become First to Complete Social and Administrative Ph.D. Track
Two students from NSU’s College of Pharmacy have become the first to successfully defend their doctoral dissertations in the Social and Administrative Track in the college’s Ph.D. program. Please see below for additional information on Diena Almasri, Pharm.D., M.S., Ph.D., and Ahmad Noor, Pharm.D., M.S., Ph.D. Diena Almasri, Pharm.D., M.S.,…
Preseason SSC Volleyball Poll Released
The Nova Southeastern University volleyball team has been selected 8th in the 2015 Sunshine State Conference preseason poll, voted on by the coaches and released by the league office Tuesday afternoon. The Sharks will be led by second-year head coach Jen King and will bring back a majority of its…
Preseason SSC Men’s Soccer Poll Released
The Nova Southeastern University men’s soccer team has been selected 7th in the 2015 Sunshine State Conference preseason poll, voted on by the coaches and released by the league office Monday afternoon. The Sharks, led by Giuseppe DePalo in his 17th season at NSU, are looking to build off a…
Preseason SSC Women’s Soccer Poll Released
The Nova Southeastern University women’s soccer team, under first-year head coach John Constable, has been chosen 7th in the Sunshine State Conference preseason poll, voted on by the coaches and released by the league office Monday afternoon. Constable inherits a squad that features 20 returnees and adds a class of…
Sharks Attend 2015 Fall Kickoff
The Nova Southeastern University athletic department hosted its 2015 Fall Kickoff party on Sunday, August 23 in the NSU Arena at the Don Taft University Center. The festivities for the kickoff were provided by SAAC, who also ran a widely successful food drive for the Pantry of Broward County. NSU Director of…
Shark Store Opens in Taft University Center
NSU’s Shark Store has officially opened in the Don Taft University Center! The Shark store carries a variety of Shark logo merchandise such as clothing, accessories, and gifts. The Shark Store will be open during select special events and on week days: Monday through Thursday, 10 am – 6 pm,…
Alumni Spotlight: Wilkins Earns Internship with NACWAA
Former Nova Southeastern University women’s basketball star Jasmine Wilkins has been chosen as one of just two Membership Services interns with the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators, based out of Kansas City, Missouri. Wilkins with start her one-year, full-time paid internship with NACWAA in December, and will also…
Jamison Voted South Florida’s Best Coach by Miami Herald Readers
Nova Southeastern University Men’s Golf Coach Ryan Jamison was voted South Florida’s best coach by readers of the Miami Herald. Jamison won with 19.99 percent of the vote, defeating Miami’s Jim Larranaga by more than 200 votes. Sports columnist Greg Cote followed up the poll with a profile of Jamison, highlighting the…
Gardening at the Library: “Characteristics of Healthy Seeds”
Receive free seeds to get your garden started or bring seeds to share! Learn about growing the healthiest, most vigorous plants by starting with healthy, robust seeds. The South Florida growing season starts this month! Join the NSU Alvin Sherman Library and Master Gardener Kevin Quigley in RM 2053 for…
NSU inducts Inaugural Class of Alpha Upsilon Delta (ΑΥΔ)
The Alpha Upsilon Delta (ΑΥΔ) Audiology National Honor Society was established on July 28, 2015 at Nova Southeastern University. The purpose of the Society is to promote and recognize significant scholarship, leadership, and service to the Audiology profession, and to advance the science of hearing and vestibular disorders. Alpha Upsilon…
The online Master’s in Public Health Program at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Osteopathic Medicine was recently ranked among the 50 Most Affordable Online MPH Programs in 2015 by the Top Master’s in Healthcare Administration website. In developing the list, Top Master’s in Healthcare Administrationused the following criteria: Online…
Volunteer to Become a ReadingPal
Use your unique talents to help a child succeed. One hour a week helps a kid improve their reading skills. ReadingPals are mentors who use books and conversation to build language skills of Pre-K and First grade students. Each week you will provide the individual attention & encouragement kids need…
Alumni Spotlight: Former Shark Mike Fiers Throws No Hitter
Former NSU baseball player Mike Fiers (2009) threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday evening in Minute Maid Park. Fiers is the first NSU alum to throw a no-hitter in Major League Baseball. “I was a little shaky in the first three innings, but…
More than 100 Students Inducted into Undergraduate Honors Program
The Farquhar Honors College welcomed more than 100 new students into NSU’s Undergraduate Honors Program at an induction ceremony on August 23, 2015, at the Don Taft University Center. This marked the first inducted class of the newly established Honors College, which includes undergraduate students of all majors and faculty…
Nominate someone for President’s Awards for Excellence in Community Service
This is a Call for Nominations for the three President’s Awards for Excellence in Community Service. All employees are eligible to submit in one of three categories: Faculty, Staff Member or Administrator. If you or someone you know exemplifies NSU’s core value of “Community,” be sure to review the guidelines…
Professor in NSU’s College of Psychology Earns Prestigious Award
Mark Sobell, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., Ph.D., a professor in NSU’s College of Psychology, was awarded the Med Associates Brady-Schuster Award by the American Psychological Association’s Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse). The award recognizes a senior scientist whose outstanding research highlights the important link between the behavioral sciences and psychopharmacology and…