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Rowing Team Captures 4th SSC Championship!
Congratulations to our Sharks Rowing Team!! Nova Southeastern University recently captured its fourth Sunshine State Conference Rowing Championship in the last five years as it placed first at the 2011 championships. The event took place at the Canal 54 in Fellsmere. The Sharks won with a total of 20 points….
Charity Golf Tournament Set to Tee Off on May 6
NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy would like to invite you to participate in the 7th annual Fore the Kids: Saving Lives golf tournament at the prestigious Fort Lauderdale Country Club on Friday, May 6. We have an amazing day on order and a full course is expected. Our participants…
View from the Bench: What you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask; CLE Program, May 20
The NSU Law Alumni Association proudly presents a five (5) credit CLE program featuring five panels of distinguished appellate, civil, criminal, and county court judges from the Broward County 17th Judicial Circuit and 4th DCA. The CLE program will take place on NSU’s main Davie campus in the Knight Auditorium,…
NSU Library Hosts Louisa May Alcott Series Kick-Off, May 7
Louisa May Alcott is recognized around the world for her novel Little Women, but few know Alcott as the bold, compelling woman who grew up in the innermost circle of the Transcendentalist and antislavery movements, served as a Civil War army nurse, and led a secret literary life writing pulp…
SHSS Launches New Program in National Security Studies and Kicks it off with FBI Event, May 18
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) will commence its new Master of Science in National Security Affairs (NSA) in the Summer Term beginning on May 16. To kick off the commencement of this new degree program, NSA in collaboration with the FBI Miami Counterintelligence Strategic Partnership Program…
NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy to Host Forum on Brain Injury, May 5
NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy will host the International Forum for Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild/Moderate Brain Injury on Thursday, May 5. Learn from, and network with, the international experts on the diagnosis and management of mild to moderate brain injury, non-accidental brain injury (e.g. blast injuries,…
Teen Cancer Survivor Hosts ‘For Hair’s Sake’ Benefit at NSU for ‘Locks of Love’
Most 16-year-olds have enough worries from getting their driver’s license, to passing their next exam, to making plans with that special someone. But when NSU freshman Lesly Viera was 16, she had a different kind of concern – she was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors discovered lymphoma located between her heart…
NSU to hold FOMA Health Fair, Apr. 30
NSU will hold a health fair for children and adults on Apr. 30 at the Tower Shops/Home Depot Shopping Plaza. The NSU-Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA) Health Fair for Children & Adults, sponsored by NSU’s Health Professions Division and FOMA’s Student District Society, will have blood pressure and diabetes (glucose)…
NSU Students Bring Science to Life at Local Elementary School
More than 35 students and alumni from NSU volunteered on Mar. 31 at Welleby Elementary School in Sunrise for Science Alive!, a night of interactive experiments and scientific demonstrations. The event featured a series of science stations, each showcasing a different experiment led by students from the Farquhar College of…
Winter Working Paper Series Culminates at Computer Sciences School, May 2
The winter 2011 Working Paper Series at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences will culminate on May 2 when GSCIS Associate Professor Ling Wang, Ph.D., and doctoral candidate Ya-Chen Kao will present “Teacher-Student Collaboration on Designing Instructional Multimedia Materials: A Case Study of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages.”…
La Gran Fiesta – MSC’s 12th Annual Evening Under the Stars a Huge Success
NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development (MSC) raised more than $25,000 at its recent 12th Annual Evening Under the Stars “La Gran Fiesta” themed family event and silent auction fundraiser. The family focused event attracted about 500 people and showcased one-of-a-kind art work created by the children who attend…
NSU Speaker’s Forum Hosted by Dr. Larry A. Calderon, April 29
Ioana Popovici, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Sociobehavioral and Administrative Pharmacy at NSU’s College of Pharmacy, will be the guest speaker at the NSU Speaker’s Forum on Apr. 29. She will talk about the economic costs of underage drinking in Florida. Popovici received her doctorate in economics from…
Robotics Team at University School of NSU Wins Competition’s “Best Build Design” Award
University School of NSU’s new Robotics Team, comprised of Upper School students with a passion for building, designing and programming robots, were recently awarded “Best Build Design” for their very first entry into the VEX Robotics Competition. Overall, the team placed fifth in a field of 25 teams. Team members…
NSU Hall of Fame Facebook Contest Draws Controversy, Winners
More than one hundred people participated in the Huizenga Business School Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Trivia Contest last week, but only four people were destined to win. Conducted over four days, with the grand prize being awarded on the day of the Hall of Fame, participants were challenged to answer…
Museum Of Art | Fort Lauderdale Continues “Art of Wine and Food” Series, Apr. 28
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, continues its “Art of Wine and Food” tasting series on Apr. 28 with locally renowned chefs and Certified Specialist of Wine Stephanie Miskew. The series gives attendees a social, fun and educational opportunity to learn about delicious wines and foods….
Baseball The baseball team meets Florida Southern for a three-game conference series on Thursday, April 28 and Friday, April 29 at the NSU baseball Complex. The single game on Thursday starts at 6 p.m. while the doubleheader on Friday is set to begin at 1 p.m. NSU trails in the…
Artistic Students from University School of NSU Win Multiple Awards at Scholastic Competition
University School of NSU students recently received more than 60 awards at the 2011 Regional & National Scholastic Art Competition, the most prestigious awards programs for teen artists. There were over 1,000 entries submitted. Regional American Vision Nominees and Gold Key Awards were sent to the National Scholastic Art Awards…
University School of NSU Students Recognized for Spanish Skills at State Conference
Sixteen students from the Spanish 2, 3, 4, 5, AP Language, and AP Literature classes represented University School of NSU at the recent Florida State Spanish Conference in Orlando. The students participated in the Impromptu Speaking (Discurso) competition where they were asked to speak Spanish for two minutes on a random…
Award Winners for Say What? Third Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition Announced
Ten student artists have been recognized for their award-winning submissions to the Say What? Third Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The complete showcase of works is on display through Apr. 27, in Gallery 217 of the Performing and Visual Arts Wing of the Don Taft University Center. The exhibit is hosted…