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CPS Students Assist with Children’s Service Fund Auction
Twenty CPS students, representing the center’s school psychology and clinical psychology programs, facilitated the success of the Children’s Services Fund, Inc. auction which raised over $8,000 to assist needy children and their families throughout the state. The students also collected school supplies from those on NSU’s main campus and at the Student…
Softball NSU’s softball team ends its three-game conference series against the Tampa Spartans at the University of Tampa softball field in Tampa, Fla., at 12 p.m. on March 13. The Spartans own a slight, 13-12, all-time series edge against the Sharks, but NSU defeated UT in two of the three…
Huizenga Business School Benefactor and Jay Leno Receive Concours d’Elegance Awards
On Feb. 26, H. Wayne Huizenga, namesake and benefactor of NSU’s business school, was presented with the 2011 Automotive Lifetime Achievement Award at the 5th Annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance Gala Dinner, Auction & Jay Leno Show. An industry icon, Huizenga was honored for his commitment to the automobile world…
SHSS and Stable Foundations Collaborate to Offer Equine-Assisted Family Therapy Training, Mar. 18
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and the Stable Foundations are collaborating to offer a training entitled: “Equine Assisted Family Therapy: Foundations of Practice,” on Mar. 18 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Stable Foundations in Davie. Participants will be introduced to Equine-Assisted Family Therapy and trainers…
Faculty Shark Club Open House on St. Patrick’s Day, Mar. 17
The Faculty Shark Club will be hosting an Open House Day on St. Patrick’s Day – Thursday, Mar. 17. Membership requirements will be waived so that all NSU faculty, staff and professionals may come to see the club and try out our delicious menu for lunch or dinner. The evening’s…
“Virtual” Property Rights, “Real” Lawsuits, and a “Free” Pair of Diamond Eyelashes
More than 100 law students, faculty and staff, and others interested in the burgeoning world of virtual law came to the University Center’s Performance Theater on Feb. 28 to hear Facebook attorney Benjamin Duranske, J.D., detail the myriad aspects of Internet law. Duranske, who attended NSU’s Law Center for a year…
NSU and Kids in Distress Open Dental and Optometry Clinics
NSU and Kids In Distress (KID) of Broward and Palm Beach counties have opened the Kid Dental Clinic and NSU Eye Care Institute at KID. The clinics are located on the Kids In Distress campus in Wilton Manors. The 10,000 square-foot clinics offer comprehensive dental and eye care services to…
SHSS Hosts 24th Residential Institute
The Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) and the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) recently hosted the 24th Residential Institute (RI) on NSU’s main campus. During RI, students enrolled in distance learning come to campus to attend classes; meet…
Deadline to Apply for NSU Grants, Mar. 18
Those wishing to apply for the Chancellor’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (CFRDG) grant and the Quality of Life (QOL) Awards must submit their applications by 5 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 18. Those applying for the CFRDG grant must submit a hard copy of their application to NSU’s Office of…
MBA Graduate Serves as Military Commander in Baghdad
Major John D. Watson, a 2010 MBA graduate from NSU’s Huizenga Business School, is proudly serving our nation as a Commander of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry – Rough Riders – in the U.S. Army. Since October 2010, Major Watson has been responsible for training and mobilizing a 47-soldier…
Dance Concert Features Faculty Choreography, Original Works, Mar. 25-27
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Performing and Visual Arts will present the 2011 Dance Concert at NSU Mar. 25–27. Part of the college’s Premier Series, the production features the NSU dance ensemble performing original choreography by faculty members and guest artists. The event will take place…
Student Research on Display at Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium, Apr. 8
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will host the 2011 Undergraduate Student Symposium at NSU on Apr. 8 from 1 – 5 p.m. The symposium showcases the outstanding scholarship of NSU’s undergraduate students from all disciplines, featuring projects and performances through oral presentations, paper submissions, and poster displays. Projects…
Faculty Lecture to Discuss Identity in the Digital Era, Mar. 31
As part of the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Lecture Series, Jason Piccone, Ph.D., assistant professor in the college, will present “Edward Sampson’s Celebrating the Other in the Era of Technology-Bound Identity.” This talk will take place on Mar. 31 from 12 – 1 p.m. in the Parker…
CPS Alumna Takes Position at Army Medical Center
Center for Psychological Studies alumna Erin Johns (Ph.D. 2010, M.S. 2010) has accepted a position at the Womack Army Medical Center at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. In addition to completing the doctoral clinical psychology program, Johns completed the center’s master’s program in clinical psychopharmacology and was awarded her degree in…
Law Center Alumnus Receives Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award
Alan Roy Crane, J.D., ’92, a partner at the law firm of Furr & Cohen, P.A., has been selected as a recipient of the Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Award for the 15th Judicial Circuit in Boca Raton, Fla. The award was established in 1981 “to further encourage lawyers to…
College of Dental Medicine offers Free Oral Cancer Screenings, Apr. 20-22
In honor of Oral Cancer Awareness Month, NSU’s College of Dental Medicine will be offering free oral cancer screenings daily Apr. 18 – 22 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The free screenings will be held at the North Miami Beach Clinic (1750 NE 167th Street, North Miami Beach) under…
St. Patrick’s Day & Celebrate Irish Heritage Continues at NSU’s Library, Mar. 19
March is Irish-American Heritage Month, so come out and celebrate at NSU’s 4th Annual Irish Film Festival. The festival screenings will take place in the Carl DeSantis Building’s Knight Auditorium at NSU. NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library and the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences have partnered to present the festival,…
Teens Go Clubbing at NSU’s Library beginning Mar. 23
Broward County teens have found a new club hot spot that caters to several different interests: NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library. That’s right, we said library! That’s because with FREE offerings – ranging from manga, to video games, to art, to specific book genres – the teen clubs at the ASL…
Find a New Favorite at NSU Library’s Used Book, CD and DVD Sale ends Apr. 30
Deals on pre-owned textbooks, fiction and nonfiction hardcover and paperbacks, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, and video cassettes will be available at the 13th Semi-Annual Used Book Sale, hosted at NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library. Come find a new favorite, with prices to satisfy any budget. Remember, the sale only happens twice…