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New Internet Marketing and Social Networking Course Unique to NSU
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship is bringing a new graduate-level course to students this fall that will be sure to make NSU graduates stand out when interviewing. The new course, “Internet Marketing and Social Networking,” will be offered beginning in October 2011, and will be taught…
The Sharks baseball team finalized it recruiting class and will add seven position players and 12 pitchers to its 2012 squad. Women’s basketball announced the 2011-12 schedule with 13 homes games at the NSU Arena at the Don Taft University Center highlighting the schedule. In Soccer News – On Saturday,…
NSU Rower recognized in Sports Illustrated
Sophomore rower Courtney Berger was featured in the Sept. 12, 2011 issue of Sports Illustrated, identified as one of the “Faces in the Crowd.” Berger was recognized for winning the NCAA Female Sportsmanship Award last year as she and her freshman eight boat stopped to help a rower in a…
Support the Volleyball Team at Upcoming games!
On Fri., Sept. 30 the NSU volleyball team will be in action at Rollins for a 7 p.m. match. The team will then play at Florida Southern at 4 p.m. Sat., Oct. 1.
Special Olympics Needs Volunteers for Bowling Tournament on Sat. Sept. 24
Have fun and be a part of a great cause by volunteering with Special Olympics Broward County, housed at NSU, during this weekend’s Area 10 Bowling Tournament. The Sat. Sept. 24 event will bring together friendly, competitive bowlers from Broward, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Martin and Indian River Counties. The…
In October – Free Pancake Puppies Fridays at Denny’s in the Don Taft UC!
Don’t miss your chance to try some of our irresistible Pancake Puppies for FREE! For those who are unfamiliar, Pancake Puppies are bite-sized pancakes rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with a side of maple syrup for dipping. Every Friday in October, receive a FREE ($1.99 value) order of Pancake…
NSU Alum makes his Major League Debut
Former NSU baseball player Mike Fiers made his Major League Baseball debut Sept. 14 for the Milwaukee Brewers. Entering the game in the ninth inning with the Brewers trailing the Colorado Rockies, 6-2, Fiers earned his first career out by picking Eric Young out at first. Fiers would finish the…
Here’s what’s happening at the MOA!
See Demons, Beasts and Gods exposed in new glass and painting exhibition Organized by the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement, Primordial: Paintings and Sculpture by Isabel De Obaldía, 1985 – 2011 http://moafl.org/exhibits/deobaldia.html features demons, gods and beasts in a…
University School of NSU’s Head Coach Named Athletic Director of the Year
University School of NSU’s head coach, Roger Harriott, was recently named the 2010-2012 Athletic Director of the Year by Everything High School Sports. The online magazine acknowledged Harriott’s efforts, citing his student-athlete focus along with such program development benchmarks as last year’s district titles in girl’s tennis, boy’s soccer, softball,…
Entrepreneurship Student to Compete in Statewide Business Plan Competition
Salvatore Salpietro, a current student enrolled in the M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship program at NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, will participate in a statewide business plan competition at the 2011 Early Stage Venture Capital Conference on October 5 in Orlando, Fla. Salvatore was selected by Huizenga Business…
Law Center to Host NITA Florida Deposition Skills Program, Oct. 20-22
The Law Center will host the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Florida Deposition Skills Program on October 20-22. This is the twenty-second year that the Law Center has been designated as the Florida site for this prestigious NITA skills training program. NITA, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, is nationally and…
New-Student Scholarship Recipients Gather for Celebratory Reception
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted reception recognizing new undergraduate students who received merit scholarships upon their enrollment at NSU.
Marine Artist Guy Harvey hosts South Florida premiere of documentary on Sharks, Oct. 19 & 20
Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Oceanographic Center in conjunction with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, presents the Fort Lauderdale premiere of This is Your Ocean: Sharks at The Museum of Art |Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. A public showing will be held the following night at Nova…
F. Charles Mace, Ph.D., Unicorn Children’s Foundation Endowed Chair, professor of Psychology at the Center for Psychological Studies and director of the Severe Behavior Disorders Program, was elected to serve a third 8-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB).
September is “education month” at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, and Nova Southeastern University was well represented. President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., provided the keynote speech to nearly 400 business and education leaders at the chamber’s September 7, 2011 Trustees luncheon. President Hanbury took the opportunity to paint…
Mathematics Colloquium Series Opens Semester with Talk on Matrix Functions, Sept. 21
Now in its third year, the Mathematics Colloquium Series will open its fall semester of talks with a presentation titled “Positivity of Generalized Matrix Functions.” The series is hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Math, Science, and Technology. Presented by Fuzhen Zhang, Ph.D., professor in…
Farquhar College of Arts & Sciences hosts Convocation Ceremony
NSU undergraduate students celebrated the official start of the academic year with Convocation, hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. A keynote talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz, M.F.A., highlighted this year’s ceremony. The event opened with welcoming remarks by Don Rosenblum, Ph.D., dean of the Farquhar…
Can People Sense Deception? Find Out at Next Psychology Series Talk, Oct. 5
Matt Young, a student pursuing his Psy.D., at the Center for Psychological Studies (CPS), will present “Can People Detect Deception via Thin-Slice Communications” during the next talk in the new Psychology Graduate Research Series. Co-hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and CPS, the talk will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from noon to 1:00 p.m., in the Maltz Psychology Building, room 2045.
