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NSU Library Hosts LitLIVE! & Circle of Friends Brunch with Author and NSU Professor Barry Barnes
The Circle of Friends of NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center will host a LitLIVE! Brunch on Sunday, Mar. 4 at 10:45 a.m. as part of the Broward Public Library Foundation’s annual Literary Feast event. During the brunch, NSU Professor Barry Barnes, Ph.D., author of Everything I…
Enjoy Free Access to Exam-Prep Materials with College’s New Lending Library
NSU students preparing for graduate-level admission exams now have access to a wide selection of study materials: Introducing the Lending Library, offered by the Office of Academic Services within the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. With this free service, students may checkout or view a variety of test-prep resources,…
Open Enrollment Available Until Feb. 24
Nova Southeastern University’s Open Enrollment started on Feb. 13 and will run through Feb. 24. During this time, there will be 13 Open Enrollment meetings as well as five labs scheduled to provide technical enrollment assistance to employees in need. All benefit eligible employees should plan to enroll, confirm prior…
Optometry Professor Gives Three Lectures in China
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Optometry Professor Bai-chuan Jiang Ph.D. delivered three academic lectures in China last year at three different schools. At the Physics Department of Fudan University (in Shanghai) and the Ophthalmology and Optometry School of Wenzhou Medical College (in Wenzhou), he gave a two-hour lecture “How to…
Leadership Training Continues at NSU
The fourth NSU Leadership module “Project Management and Measurement” was led by Irv Rosenbaum, DPA, Ed.D., MPA from the Health Professions Division, Laraine Mittleman, Ph.D., OIT Project Management Office, and Fred Ricci, Ed.D., Fischler School of Education. Representing different NSU administrative and academic units, this team provided content expertise for…
Huizenga Business School Alumnus, Adjunct Professor Named President Elect
In January, Allen Yessman, a 1992 graduate of the Master of Accounting program and a current adjunct professor of accounting at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was named President Elect of the Florida Council of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). He has been a member…
Library Administrator Receives Distance Learning Conference Award
Johanna Ruth Tuñón, director of distance and instructional library services at NSU, has been named the 2012 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award. This annual award, sponsored by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, and administrated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Distance Learning Section…
SHSS Faculty Named to the Board of Health Foundation of South Florida
Claire Michele Rice, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) has been elected to the Board of Health Foundation of South Florida. The foundation is dedicated to increasing the accessibility of quality health care, especially for…
University School’s Special Olympics Club Raises Funds & Coaches Athletes
University School of NSU’s Special Olympics Club has been doing remarkably well this school year by raising more than $1,100 from their jeans day and bake-sale fundraisers. The proceeds will aid the athletes of Special Olympics Broward County. Students in the club have also been coaching the 14-and-younger Nova Snakes…
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Optometry is proud to announce that 18 of its current students completed the requirements to become Student Fellows in the American Academy of Optometry this year. This number is outstanding and represents an extensive commitment by these students. The students who achieved this are Jenalyn…
NSU Speaker’s Forum Hosted by Dr. Larry A. Calderon
Beth Cain, general manager of the Nova Southeastern University’s Bookstore and Tami Garvey, the Bookstore’s assistant store manager, will be the featured speaker at NSU’s Speaker’s Forum on Friday, Feb. 17. Their presentation is titled: “NOOK Study: The Evolving World of eTextbooks.” Cain relocated to the Bookstore from the University…
4th-Grade University School Student Wins National Singing Competition
University School of NSU’s 4th-grade student Sivan Ben David was recently named the winner of the “Voice of an angel” competition, which drew more than 700 applicants from around the country. Read more by clicking here.
Dean of the College of Psychological Studies visits with Tampa SEC
Karen Grosby, Ed.D., dean of the College of Psychological Studies (CPS), visited the Tampa Student Educational Center (SEC) on Saturday, Jan. 28 for a CPS ‘Meet-and- Greet.’ More than 100 students, faculty, and staff, representing Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling, and School Psychology came out to meet with the dean. …
Want to Become a Superstar? Audition for An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Feb. 21
Calling all aspiring singers and actors! The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Performing and Visual Arts will host auditions for its next Studio Series production, An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Auditions are open to all NSU students. No experience necessary. To audition, prepare a select song…
USA Today’s Christine Brennan Receives Pioneer Award at NGWSD Luncheon
The Nova Southeastern University department of athletics welcomed USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan as the guest speaker at the annual Girls and Women in Sports Day Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 2 in the NSU Arena at the Don Taft University Center. Brennan served as the keynote speaker for the…
Huntington and Roesch Receive Academic All-District Honor
Nova Southeastern men’s basketball players Robert Huntington (Sr., Perth, Australia) and Lukas Roesch (Jr., Sugar Grove, Ohio) were named to the Capital One Academic All-District V team, as announced by CoSIDA Thursday. Both student-athletes will be eligible for Academic All-America consideration. Huntington, who holds a 3.8 cumulative GPA as an…
Agustin Rey Participates While Track & Field Teammates Volunteer at ING Miami Marathon
The Nova Southeastern University Track & Field team participated and volunteered in the ING Miami Half/Full Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 29. Men’s track and field runner Agustin Rey (Sr., Coral Springs, Fla.), chose to test his endurance in the marathon finishing 14th-overall of 3,951 finishers with a crossing time of…
Baseball Honors JD Martinez and Mike Fiers
NSU’s athletic department and baseball team honored alumni JD Martinez and Mike Fiers on Friday, Feb. 3 for becoming the first two baseball players from NSU to advance to the major league level. Both players were honored with a plaque and a banner that now hangs in centerfield and were…
Taylor Takes Third at Jones Cup Invitational
Nova Southeastern golfer, Benjamin Taylor (So., Leatherhead, England), currently ranked No.1 in the nation, recently competed in the prestigious Jones Cup Invitational, held from Feb. 2-5 at the Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga. Taylor (73-75-71–219) played exceptionally well, shooting three over par for a third-place finish. The…
Two New Colleges at NSU to Hold Recognition Reception
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Nursing and College of Health Care Sciences will hold a Private Reception on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 5:00 pm. This event is by invitation only. Formally a part of NSU’s College of Allied Health and Nursing, the new colleges were launched in January because of…