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The Miami Wind Symphony honored NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler School of Education Senior Director, Licensure, and Professor Victor Lopez, Ed.D., with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, March 7 at a concert held in the Wertheim Auditorium at Florida International University. Lopez, a former senior level administrator with Miami-Dade…
The African Presence in Spanish Florida: Black Seminoles
As part of Nova Southeastern University’s celebration of Black History Month, Circle of Friends for the Alvin Sherman Library hosted an event which brought more than 80 guests together to enjoy a lecture on The African Presence in Spanish Florida: Black Seminoles. The event, held in the Adolfo and…
Bestselling Author Rebecca Skloot to Speak at NSU, March 20
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will welcome bestselling author Rebecca Skloot, M.F.A., to Nova Southeastern University as part of the college’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Rebecca Skloot, M.F.A. | Distinguished Speakers Series Thursday, Mar. 20 7:00 p.m. Miniaci Performing Arts Center Skloot penned The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,…
Spring Optical Style Show, April 9
The Eye Care Clinic at NSU will host its annual Optical Style Show on Wed, April 9 from 11 am- 7:00 pm in the Ziff Health Care Center. Get discounts on your favorite frames! Additionally, the clinic is offering an additional 5% discount if you get an eye exam between…
Next Faculty Lecture Explores Evolutionary Psychology’s Perspective on Good and Evil, March 20
The field of evolutionary psychology has engendered no shortage of controversy by investigating the adaptations underlying some of humans’ most objectionable behaviors: racial discrimination, psychopathic deception, infanticide, murder, warfare, and rape. The next Faculty Lecture Series talk, hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, will provide an overview…
Division of Applied Interdisciplinary Studies (DAIS) to host Open House, Feb. 28
The Division of Applied Interdisciplinary Studies (DAIS) will be conducting an open house event for anyone interested in learning more about what the division does and the courses and degrees offered. The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Maltz Psychological Building on the main…
Mark your Calendar for the 15th Annual Student Life Achievement Awards, April 2
The Fifteenth Annual Student Life Achievement Awards will take place on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. NSU will soon be recognizing its finest during the glitz and glamour of the 15th Annual Student Life Achievement Awards – affectionately known…
Faculty Symposium: The Role of Sports in Higher Education, March 6
The next Faculty Symposium: The Role of Sports in Higher Education: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is scheduled for Thursday, March 6 from 4:30-6:00 pm in the Faculty Shark Club, Rosenthal Building. See details below:
#NSU50 Top Moment No. 6: NSU Adds Three More Teams
The #NSU50 “Top Moments in NSU Athletics History” continues with the sixth moment on the list: Nova adds men’s golf, women’s tennis and baseball. Nova made the move in the fall of 1987, bringing the total of sports to eight, with five men’s teams and three women’s teams. The athletic…
HPD Students Compete in the 2014 Ethics Bowl Competition
The NSU College of Health Care Sciences recently hosted the 8th annual Ethics Bowl. Typically, the event involves students from the Colleges of Health Care Science and Nursing, but demonstrating NSU’s inter-professional focus, the Multicultural Affairs Committee this year opened the competition to all NSU Health Professions Divisions programs, including…
Wang and O’Mahony named SSC Golfers of the Week
NSU’s golfers Katrina Wang and Hunter O’Mahony were named Sunshine State Conference Golfers of the Week, presented by VALIC. Wang (Fr., Shenzhen, China) tied for second in the individual standings at last week’s St. Edward’s Invitational. The freshman shot the invitational’s second-best second-round score of 72, 1-over-par, on her way to a total score…
Swimming and Diving Takes Third at SSC Championships
The NSU’s swimming and diving teams took third place at the 2014 Sunshine State Conference Championship, which concluded Saturday, March 1. The women’s team ended the four-day meet with 600 points, 268 shy of conference champs Tampa. The men held 736 points, 178 points behind Florida Southern. The finals started…
NSU Swimming and Diving Program Sends Eight Athletes to NCAA National Championship
The NSU swimming and diving program will send eight swimmers, one female and seven males, to the NCAA National Championship, held in Geneva, Ohio at the SPIRE Institute on March 12-15. Lauren Chapple (Jr., London, England) will represent the women’s team at nationals after being invited for the 400-yard IM with…
Free Event, “Let’s Speak Truth” Poetry and Spoken Word Night – March 13
Poet Audre Lorde wrote, “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives…” Poetry is an intimate affair and the best way to experience it is to see it performed in person. Come out and listen to spoken word artists and poets from NSU…
Daylight Saving Time Begins this Weekend
Oh no! We lose an hour of sleep this weekend! Please remember to turn your clock ahead one hour when you go to bed on Saturday night. Daylight Savings time begins Sunday, March 9.
NSU Law Center’s Moot Court Team Wins Regional, Heads to Nationals
NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center Moot Court Travel team consist of Barry Chenman, Tal Harari, and Maegan Bridwell were named regional champions of the 2014 American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition held in San Francisco, Feb. 20-22, 2014. The competition emphasizes the development of oral advocacy skills…
SHSS Alum Publishes Book Chapter and Article on Peacemaking and Conflict in Africa
Michael Fonkem, Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has written a book chapter entitled, “Bekem in Peacemaking in Nweh Society,” in the book, Beyond Right & Wrong: Indigenous Systems of Conflict Management…
Community Resolution Services Celebrates NSU and SHSS at Community Fest
Community Resolution Services (CRS) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) recently participated in NSU’s Community Fest. The CRS booth provided two activities for community members. Th first activity participants were invited to spin a wheel and relate fun facts related to NSU and the 25th Anniversary of…
Join your friends and colleagues throughout the year for Coffee and Conversation each Thursday morning at the Alvin Sherman Library. On Thursday, March 13, join your friends and colleagues from Student Affairs and the College of Undergraduate Studies for coffee, fruit, pastries, and conversation to learn about their unit. You…
Division of Student Affairs & College of Undergraduate Studies to host 50th Anniversary Celebration
The Division of Student Affairs (DOSA) and the College of Undergraduate Studies (COUS) invite you to join us in celebrating NSU’s 50th Anniversary with the following engaging festivities. On Monday, March 10, get your adrenaline pumping with a FREE 50 Station Circuit/Extreme Blast sponsored by NSU Campus Recreation. On Thursday,…