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Huizenga Business School Announces New Corporate Partnership with The Continental Group
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce its new corporate partnership with The Continental Group, Inc., a residential management company with locations across Florida. Through this corporate educational partnership, employees from TCG receive a special discounted tuition rate when they enroll in the Huizenga…
Law Enforcement Officers from across South Florida Graduate from CJI’s Executive Leadership Program
Law enforcement and public safety officer s from across South Florida graduated recently from Nova Southeastern University’s (Nova) Criminal Justice Institute’s Executive Leadership Program (ELP). The graduation serves as the culmination of a 17-week program designed for mid- and upper-level managers in law enforcement, detention, fire rescue, and related public…
SHSS Alum Appointed Faculty at University of Wisconsin
Michael Fonkem, Ph.D., graduate of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has been appointed an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Services division at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences invites new undergraduate students to apply for the college’s First-Year Reading Program for the 2011–2012 academic year. This year, participants will be reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in anticipation of author Junot Díaz’s visit at this year’s Convocation ceremony on…
Faculty, students and alumni of the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) recently participated in the 2011 Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (FAMFT) Conference. Ronald Chenail, Ph.D., professor in DFT gave the plenary presentation entitled: “How our Clients Can…
Business School Professor Interviewed about Small Businesses Competing with Superstores
Robert C. Preziosi, D.P.A., professor and chair of Management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was interviewed by the Sun-Sentinel for an article about how small businesses can compete with corporate superstores. The article title, “Total Wine’s Arrival has Merchants Concerned,” was published on June 27….
SHSS Faculty Interviewed by Media on Hugo Chavez
Dustin Berna, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), was interviewed by NBC 6 Miami regarding the health of Hugo Chavez, his recent trip to Cuba for surgery and how his health may have an…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Honors Staff Members’ Success with Luncheon
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted its semi-annual staff recognition luncheon on June 15. The event honors excellence in service, performance, and activity by staff members from across the college’s departments and academic divisions. The outstanding employees are nominated by their supervisors to attend the luncheon. During the…
Huizenga Business School Named a Top University for Sales Education
The University Sales Education Foundation recently published its 2011 list of Top Universities for Professional Sales Education. NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship is one of three schools in Florida and 47 schools nationwide meeting their criteria for preparing students for careers in professional selling. Among those…
Center for Psychological Studies Assistant Professor, Shannon Ray, Ph.D., has been elected as the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling’s (ASERVIC) 2012-2013 president. ASERVIC is an organization of counselors and human development professionals who believe spiritual, ethical, and religious values are essential to the overall development of…
Law Center Professor Quoted in Article Over Florida’s “Chuck E. Cheese” Law
Robert Jarvis, J.D., a professor at Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center who has followed the controversy surrounding such machines for a decade, was recently quoted in The Miami Herald stating that the shut downs in Bay and Jackson Counties are on par with what’s happened in other counties around the…
NSU Clinical Research Coordinator Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Certification
Sue Breno, a clinical research coordinator at NSU’s Office of Clinical Research, recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of being certified by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). Breno was attending the 2011 Global Conference & Exhibition in Seattle during this milestone. She maintains certification through continuing education and participation in…
Nova Southeastern University Researcher Invents Software to Predict Lionfish Invasion
An NSU researcher has invented software that helps predict invasion patterns of non-native species including the lionfish, a predatory species that has invaded Florida’s coastal waters as well as the Loxahatchee River. Matthew Johnston, M.S., a researcher at Nova’s Oceanographic Center and its National Coral Reef Institute, is the creator of…
Oceanographic Center Hosts NOAA Teacher Workshop
The Oceanographic Center’s National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI) hosted, “Understanding Ocean Acidification” a free teacher workshop sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The workshop, aimed at middle and high school teachers, instructed on how to teach about ocean acidification and coral reefs using the latest data from…
Save the Date for Center for Autism and Related Disabilities’ Autumn Moonlight Gala
Save the date for the University of Miami – Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities’ (UM-NSU CARD) upcoming Autumn Moonlight fall gala. The Nov. 18 event will be held at Specialty Automotive Treatments, 700 West Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. This event is held to raise money…
NSU Pediatrician Authors Paper on Mass Casualty Triage
Nova Southeastern University’s Institute for Child Health Policy Director Deborah A Mulligan, M.D., served as a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Association of EMS Physicians’ Model Uniform Core Criteria for Mass Casualty Triage work group. Mulligan is an author of “Mass Casualty Triage: An…
NSU Hosts Lovewell Festival of New Works, Aug. 4 & 5
This summer, as a part of the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts hosted at NSU, an impressive array of young adults have been working passionately to create thought-provoking, original theatrical productions. On the first day of Lovewell workshops, not one word is written, not one note composed, not one…
University School Diving Coach Named to NISCA All-American Diving Selection Committee
Congratulations to University School diving coach, Sally Hansell, who was selected to participate in the 2011 NISCA (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America) All American Diving Selection Committee. “Sally’s dedication to the sport of diving and to the work that it entails is without measure,” commented NISCA President, Arvel…
OIT Team Completes Project Management Training at Hudson Center
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Hudson Center of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education recently completed a two-day Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training program for NSU’s Office of Information Technologies (OIT) department. OIT is the first NSU division to participate in team training at the Hudson Center….