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Apply for Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program; Deadline March 3
NSU’s Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) recently welcomed Ted Stratton, executive director of the Gubernatorial Fellows Program, who presented information about the prestigious fellowship. The Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program was created from the belief that the best way to ensure Florida’s greatness is to actively educate and cultivate its future…
T.Y. Okosun, 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) and Napuess Kibiswa, doctoral candidate in DCAR co-authored an article published in Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social and Restorative Justice. The article,…
SHSS Faculty and Students Present at the League of Minnesota Cities Regional Conference
Neil Katz, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), along with DCAR doctoral students Suzette Harriott and Crystina Wyler, presented a workshop for the League of Minnesota Cities in Minneapolis. The workshop was entitled, “Dealing with Difficult…
Business School Professor Names Classroom in Parents’ Memory
Albert Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of Finance and Economics at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, has made a gift to the Business School, naming a classroom in memory of his parents, Mr. Alexander Albert Williams and Mrs. Ellane Williams Nee Woodye. Classroom 3030 on the third…
SSC Claims Highest Division II Academic Success Rate for Seventh Consecutive Year
For the seventh-straight year, the Sunshine State Conference posted the top NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate. NSU was one of eight member institutions that had at least one program achieve a perfect mark. The Academic Success Rate (ASR) for all 24 Division II conferences was released at the NCAA…
NSU’s First Ever Forensic Psychology Day held at the Jacksonville Campus
Faculty and students from NSU joined other experts for the first-ever Forensic Psychology Day at the Jacksonville Campus, which was held Feb. 1. Participating in the event were Lenore Walker, Ed.D., Steven Gold, Ph.D. and David Shapiro, Ph.D. from NSU’s Center for Psychological Services; Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, Broward County Court…
54 Student-Athletes Named to Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Go Sharks! The NSU athletic department has placed 54 student-athletes on the 2013 Sunshine State Conference Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll, as announced by the conference office Thursday. Read the Complete Release
Nova Southeastern Student-Athletes Continue to Succeed on the Field and in the Classroom
The NCAA has released the latest Division II graduation rate data, including the division’s Academic Success Rate (ASR), which held good news for Nova Southeastern University. NSU increased its ASR for the fifth straight year to 92, 21 percent higher than the national average. NSU’s student-athletes outperformed the national average and…
Sharpen your professional skills and accelerate your career. Attend the seminar sponsored by the Hudson Center of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education: Developing a Project Manager Mindset Seminar Developing a Project Manager Mindset is an accelerated one-day program offering you the opportunity to learn how to use Project Management tools and…
Did you know? Men’s basketball was NSU’s first athletic program and began in the 1982-83 academic year. Nova University offered a contest to the general public looking for a nickname for the athletic program. “The Knights” were chosen until 2005, when the student body, faculty and staff collaborated to come…
Faculty Lecture Series to Examine the Role of Identity in the Documemoir Stories We Tell
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Lecture Series will host a discussion of the inventive meta-documemoir by Sarah Polley in which the actress-filmmaker weaves together the complex tapestry of her own life story. “Sarah Polley’s Documemoir Stories We Tell: The Refracted Subject” Faculty Lecture Series | Kate Waites,…
Submit Your Work for the Undergraduate Student Symposium, Deadline Feb. 21
Are you on the brink of a new discovery? Perhaps you have academic research, artistic work, or a class assignment that you’d like to share with the NSU community. If so, consider submitting your work for the 2014 Undergraduate Student Symposium, hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences….
A group of faculty members from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and Oceanographic Center has earned a federal grant of nearly half-a-million dollars. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Research Office, the grant will fund new equipment and support several undergraduate and graduate research projects over…
Retired U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus to Speak at NSU, Feb. 6
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will welcome retired U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus, Ph.D., to NSU as part of the college’s Distinguished Speakers Series. A Conversation with Gen. David H. Petraeus, Ph.D. Distinguished Speakers Series Thursday, Feb. 6 7:00 p.m. Arena at the Don Taft University Center…
Talk to Touch on Psychological Benefits of Fidgeting, April 16
Do you find yourself pacing or taping your foot when you feel nervous? Relax. The next Psychology Graduate Research Series talk will discuss how fidgeting may actually help us focus. The event is co-hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies (CPS). “Fidget…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Judge Local Math Competition
Six faculty members from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences volunteered at a regional Florida Association of Mu Alpha Theta (FAMAT) mathematics competition for local middle and high school students on Feb. 1. The faculty served as Dispute Center Judges, evaluating the merit of disputed solutions that differed from…
NSU College of Pharmacy Welcomes New Associate Dean of Professional Programs
Robert McGory, M.S., Pharm.D., recently joined NSU’s College of Pharmacy as associate dean of professional programs. He brings his rich and varied history as a practicing pharmacist, an educator, a researcher and an administrator. McGory initially trained as a microbiologist receiving a bachelor of science degree from Cornell University. He…
NSU Jacksonville Campus Raises Funds for the “Apple Project”
The NSU Jacksonville Campus recently partnered with area schools and businesses to raise money for the construction of the only free dental clinic in Jacksonville for low income residents. Working towards a goal of raising $100,000 through a campaign called the “Apple Project”, the students and staff at NSU Jacksonville…
NSU College of Pharmacy Students Develop Community Program to Promote Project Vaccination
The NSU College of Pharmacy Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists-Student Chapter (FSHP-SC) introduced its Project Vaccination outreach program to the community this fall. FSHP-SC established a partnership between Fighting Infectious Diseases in Emerging Countries (FIDEC) and Walgreens to develop this community program geared toward promoting vaccination awareness among minority populations…
University School Competes in Regional Math Competition
University School’s math team recently participated in the Florida Association of Mu Alpha Theta’s January Regional Math Tournament on the campus of FAU. Out of 41 schools and 1,292 students, our Upper School Calculus team consisting of Zachary Chase, Matthew Mann, Reuben Mann, and Gorden Yin won 5th place overall…