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LeMaire Adds Nine To 2019 NSU Softball Roster
In addition to its first signing of the 2019 season back in December, head coach Julie LeMaire and the Nova Southeastern softball team welcome nine newcomers to the upcoming squad. Sydney Anderson, Kendra Baldridge, Brooke Ferguson, Nicole Hauck, Aubry Hernandez, Shannon Maloney, Miriam Schmoll, Suka Van Gurp and Stephanie Wang…
10th Annual ESS Informational Summit Focused on Core Value “Innovation.”
Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services (ESS) Stephanie G. Brown, Ed.D., and the ESS team welcomed more than 200 NSU colleagues from across the university to the 10th Annual ESS Informational Summit on July 19, 2018, in the Carl DeSantis Building on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. ESS offered more…
Fifteen NSU Student-Athletes Selected to CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected fifteen Nova Southeastern student-athletes to their Scholar All-America team. These selections include: Bernardo Abascal (HM), Julian Coster, Courtney Deveny, Laurel Fink (HM), Jenna Johns Hannah Pariseault (HM), Malin Westman, Eddie Zacka (HM), Yelizaveta Buluchevskaya (HM) Lindsay Craig (HM),…
NSU Orlando Physician Assistant Students Raise Funds for Wounded Veterans
On June 9, 2018, the Nova Southeastern University–Orlando Physician Assistant (PA) Program Class of 2019 hosted the Inaugural Golf Charity Tournament—‘Fins on the Fairway Event’. The charity event was held at Twin Rivers Golf Club in Oviedo, Florida and was predominantly put together by Steven Valentine, PA student, who received…
Nova Southeastern University Student Awarded AAUW Fellowships and Grants
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a portion of its 2018–19 fellowships and grants to one student attending Nova Southeastern University. Recipients will pursue academic work and lead innovative community projects to empower women and girls. Recipient students include the following: Sharon Lelega from Sudan is the recipient…
NSU Hosts White Coat Ceremony for First M.D. Class and 38th Entering D.O. Class
On Saturday, July 28, 2018, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) made history as it welcomed approximately 300 incoming medical students in the nation’s first combined White Coat Ceremony celebrating Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) candidates together. The Florida-based university is now one of only three in…
Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing participate in Back to School Event
Members of the Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus Nursing Student Association from the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing participated in a Back to School Event in collaboration with Broward County Public Schools. The event took place on Saturday August 4, 2018 at New Mount Olive Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale…
NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE) and a team of students from College Academy, a combined high school college program at Broward College, worked together to research best practices for developing a college student council, a project initiated by Dean Durham. The team of College Academy students in…
NSU Athletic Training Program Transitions to Master of Science Program
The NSU Athletic Training Program (ATP) initially received accreditation from the Commission on the Accreditation of Athletic Training Education in 2003 and implemented an undergraduate program. For more than 15 years, the ATP included a strong history of preparing students for athletic training careers in high schools, colleges, universities, clinics,…
HPD Mourns Passing of Two Notables
On July 22, Stanley Cohen, Ed.D., a longtime NSU-KPCOM professor and executive vice dean for educational support at NSU’s Health Professions Division, passed away at the age of 90 after a short illness. Cohen’s affiliation with the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine began in 1980 when he…
NSU H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship to host Lisa Lutoff-Perlo on Thursday, August 30, 2018 | 6:30 p.m. in the Carl DeSantis Building, Knight Auditorium. Appointed the first female president and CEO of a publicly traded cruise line, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo believes in opening up the world through…
After finishing my associate’s degree in respiratory therapy, my desire was to move forward with a bachelor’s degree, as I knew that is what many fields, such as management, sales, or furthering medical careers, require. However, I needed to support my children. I waited almost six years to start the…
NSU Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Protocol Deadline
Does your research involve recombinant DNA, infectious materials or toxins? The next quarterly meeting of the Nova Southeastern University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) will be held on September 7th and the deadline for submitting protocols for review is August 23rd. The Nova Southeastern University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for evaluating all…
High School Students Get a Taste of Marketing During NSU’s Ice Cream Entrepreneurship Program
For most students, summer means taking a break from school work and relaxing by the water during lazy, hot days. But about 20 local high school students seeking to gain an edge opted to head back to the classroom to participate in Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Ice Cream Entrepreneurship Program,…
NSU Professor Attends The World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Kyoto, Japan
After an unforgettable congress in Kyoto, Japan, one NSU professor is grateful to be back home. The World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology is a weeklong series of meetings that occurs once every four years. This year’s congress marked its 18th anniversary and took place on July 1 –…
In Search of… Visits Halmos College
During the summer, Zachary Quinto (Spock of the new Star Trek movies) visited the Oceanographic Campus lab of Tracey Sutton, Ph.D. He was there to film an episode of his series “In Search of…”. In the series, Quinto gets deep into the investigations of some of the world’s greatest mysteries….
Halmos Graduate Student and Alumni Conduct Coral Research in Belize
In spring 2018, Halmos graduate student Megan Bock and Halmos alumni Morgan Hightshoe (M.S. ’18) traveled to Carrie Bow Cay, Belize with Halmos faculty member Nicole Fogarty, Ph.D. During the trip we conduct thermal tolerance experiments on acroporid corals as part of Fogarty’s NSF funded research and collected data, respiration…
NSU Names New Dean of Abraham S. Fischler College of Education
NSU is pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberly Durham, Psy.D., as the dean of Abraham S. Fischler College of Education. In this position, Dr. Durham will be responsible for developing and enhancing the college’s strategic initiatives, long-term planning and policy setting. She will also lead the faculty and staff…
A Champion for Student Scholarships
Candice Leaty spent her junior and senior years of high school writing one scholarship essay after another. Her mother worked three jobs to maintain their family. While Leaty qualified for financial aid, it was not enough to cover the full cost of the school she dreamed of attending – Nova…
CAHSS Faculty Presents at 16th Annual Equine Facilitated Programmes Conference in Ireland
Shelley Green, Ph.D., Professor of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, (CAHSS) presented at the International HETI Congress of Equine Facilitated Programmes in Dublin, Ireland on June 27, 2018. Green and her co-presenter, Michelle Hospital, Ph.D., of Florida International University, presented on their collaborative…