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September is National Emergency Preparedness Month
Source: www.ready.gov/ The likelihood that you and your family will survive a house fire depends as much on having a working smoke detector and an exit strategy, as on a well-trained fire department. The same is true for surviving a terrorist attack or other emergency. We must have the tools…
Six of NSU Publications Win Awards
The Office of Publications recently won five printing awards, and the Office of University Relations and Office of Publication together have won another outstanding journalism award for Horizons magazine. Horizons magazine received second place in the prestigious Trade/Special Interest Publications category of The Sunshine State Awards 2013, given by the…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Welcomes New Faculty Members
This fall, the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences welcomes eight new faculty members, joining the college’s more than 140 full-time faculty members. Each brings to NSU noteworthy academic experience, both inside and outside of the classroom, in a variety of fields and interests. Last week, the names and biographies…
SHSS Alum Appointed to the MSFT Faculty at Friends University in Kansas
Edrica D. Richardson, Ph.D., a doctoral graduate of the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) has been appointed as an assistant professor in the M.S. in Family Therapy Program at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Prior to receiving her Ph.D. from…
Come Support the NSU Women’s and Men’s Soccer and Volleyball Team
Opening weekend for men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball is September 5-8 and your Shark Card grants you free admission to all home games! Come out and support your Sharks at the NSU Soccer Complex, located behind Goodwin Hall, or show your Shark pride at a volleyball match in the Arena at the Don…
Apply for Shark Line Caller Position Today!
The Office of Advancement and Community Relations is hiring students for Shark Line 2014. NSU wants to contact all alumni via telephone to tell them about the university’s latest happenings and raise support for NSU. Pay starts at $9 an hour Employment period: September 3 2013 – April 25, 2014…
SHSS Faculty and Alum Publish Article on Relational Identities
Christopher Burnett, Psy.D., associate professor in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has co-authored an article with DFT doctoral alum, Celia Quintas, Ph.D., entitled, “Relational Identities: Reclaiming Ourselves through Recreating Each Other in Collaborative Conversations in Group Therapy Work.” The…
Register Now! The Parenting Place at the Mailman Segal Center, Starts Sept. 3
Registration for our fall classes is open now. Sign up for an old favorite or try something new, such as: The Play Together, Learn Together™ Series: A progressive program of classes for families with children, newborn through three years old. You and your child will participate in play-based activities that…
Director from College of Dental Medicine Completes Leadership and Management Program
One of NSU’s outstanding administrators, Eustorgio Lopez, D.D.S, M.D. Director of Post-Grad Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, College of Dental Medicine completed the 2013 Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program (CAAMP) held on July 18-20 in Atlanta, Georgia. CAAMP is an interprofessional, open-enrollment course designed for administrative leaders in health…
Drop in for Career Advisement Service, Fall 2013
Do your students have a career question? Are they unsure about their future? Career Development can help! Career Advisers are available for Drop In Advisement 11 – 1 Monday through Friday. Drop in at Career Development, 4 Floor of Alvin Sherman Library, room 4036 or call during these times at…
NSU Receives its Largest Title V Grant Award from U.S. Department of Education
NSU has been awarded a multi-million dollar “Cooperative Development Grant” by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), totaling approximately $3.9 million. The grant from the DOE’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division, is the single largest Title V award received by the university. NSU is one of only four institutions in the nation…
NSU College of Pharmacy recently received a grant from the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Foundation. The funds will support a systematic review by a collaborative research team to assess the current published randomized controlled trials (RCT) of compounding practices for a variety of pain medications. The grant proposal was…
The Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FSHP) elected NSU College of Pharmacy faculty and student members to serve as future leaders of the Society during the FSHP 47th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fl. Faculty member and alumna, Antonia Zapantis, Pharm.D. (class of ’01), Director of Experiential Education, Fort Lauderdale Campus,…
Computer and Information Sciences School Hosts TechConnect
The Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences (GSCIS) recently hosted TechConnect, a networking event for the IT community in the Library Gallery, second floor of the Alvin Sherman Library. GSCIS students, staff, faculty, alumni and the IT community gathered to network and hear a presentation by Hugo Alvarez, chief…
OIIT IZone Team Presents at 2013 Blackboard World Conference
NSU’s OIIT IZone team, Deborah Seepersaud (Manager of Technology Training Services), Loy Campbell (ManagerofInstructional Design), Elizaveta Drakunova (Faculty Trainer), and Shayna Cargill-Dominguez (Faculty Trainer) presented at the 2013 Blackboard World Conference on July 11. The topic, “Empowering faculty to manage massive online courses with Blackboard Learn Release 9.1” was well…
White Coat Ceremony Inducts Medical School Class of 2017
The NSU class of 2017 was officially welcomed into the osteopathic profession at the 33nd Annual White Coat Ceremony, which was held in the Don Taft University Center on Aug. 11. Surrounded by family, guests, and faculty members, the 230-plus students took the pledge of commitment and established their allegiance…
Computer and Information Sciences Doctoral Student Presents Research at Conferences
Simon Cleveland, doctoral student at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences (GSCIS), recently presented two research papers co-authored with his faculty advisor Timothy Ellis, Ph.D., at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) in Chicago. The paper, entitled “Toward a Model for Customer-Driven Release Management,” proposes a model…
NSU Appoints New Provost and EVP to Lead Academic Affairs
NSU’s President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Ralph V. Rogers, Jr., Ph.D. to the position of provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Rogers’ appointment is effective September 16. “Dr. Rogers is an accomplished higher education administrator and engineer who has held wide-ranging,…