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NSU to host Violence Knows No Boundaries Conference, Nov. 4-5
Join us Nov. 4 – 5 for the Violence Knows No Boundaries conference presented by the Broward Sheriff’s Office and NSU. This conference will raise awareness of the issue of violence, outline the nature and extent of the issue, and provide training and information. A joint effort between NSU and…
Congratulations! Random winners selected for iPad
Below are the five students that were selected randomly as incentive winners for participating in the “I Believe in NSU” survey. They will each receive an Apple iPad: · Vivian Archilla, master’s program, Fischler School of Education and Human Services · Daniel Baldwin, undergraduate, H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business…
NSU Discount for Total Working Women’s Weekend, Nov. 6-7
All NSU students, alumni and employees are invited to attend a Business/Health Expo and job fair at The Total Working Women’s Weekend event, being held Nov. 6 – 7 at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship on NSU’s main campus. Saturday will include classes on how to…
Interactive Marketing Association Pledges $17,500 for Huizenga School Scholarship
On Oct. 22, the South Florida Interactive Marketing Association (SFIMA), the region’s top forum for interactive professionals, hosted its 7th Annual Nautical Networking Cruise. More than 400 guests were in attendance aboard the Biscayne Lady in Hollywood. At the Pre-Boarding Party and press conference, the organization presented a check to the…
Get ready for 2010 Holiday Eating!
By: Marilyn Gordon Ed.D., RD, CSSD, LDN It is official: the beginning of holiday eating and the food frenzy that follows is initiated by the presence of leftover Halloween candy. By now you have had a taste of everything and it is time to move on. Those “fun sizes” give…
SHSS Hosts Gary Margules, Barbara Sterry, Cathy Harlan, and Roxana Ross
Honggang Yang, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) was pleased to recently host Gary Margules, Sc.D., Vice President of Research and Technology Transfer; Barbara Sterry, Executive Director of the Office of Grants and Contracts; Cathy Harlan, Grant Officer and Associate Executive Director of the…
Don’t Delay! Apply for NSU’s Biggest Loser Program
NSU’s Biggest Losers Program had its most successful year to date last year, when the winner lost more than 50 pounds and several other participants lost more than 30 pounds. This time may just be the chance you’ve been waiting for: will you be our next Biggest Loser? If you’re…
Jonas Grundstrom Named Division II Men’s National Swimmer of the Week
Grundstrom earns NSU’s second straight national award. NSU junior Jonas Grundstrom (Fagersta, Sweden) was named the swimming and diving program’s second straight Councilman Hunsaker Division II Men’s National Swimmer of the Week for the week ending Oct. 24. Grundstrom’s honor comes after he was selected as the Sunshine State Conference…
Men’s Golf Team Third at Rollins Invite
After two rounds of play, the NSU men’s golf team is currently in third place out of nine teams at the Rollins Invitational. The Sharks carded a two-round score of 580 (291-289) in the opening rounds on the 7,105-yard, par 72 Forest Lake Golf Course on Oct. 25. The tournament…
NSU Swimming Team Splits at Tampa
The NSU men’s and women’s swimming teams split a Sunshine State Conference meet with the Tampa Spartans last week. The Shark men defeated Tampa 158-104, while the NSU women fell to the Spartans 135-115. “Both sides of our program went up against one of the best Division II teams in…
NSU Cross Country Places Second at Miami Elite Invitational
NSU’s cross country team placed second in both the men’s and women’s races at the Miami Elite Invitational on Oct. 22. For the fifth straight race, Alexandria Palm (Fr., Winnebago, Ill.) was the top female runner for the Sharks, placing third behind two Miami Hurricane runners with a time of 18:57….
NSU Men’s Soccer Team Defeats Lynn Fighting Knights, 5-2
NSU men’s soccer picked up a historic victory against the Lynn Fighting Knights on Oct. 27, winning 5-2 at home in the team’s final regular season match. After starting the year 0-4 in the Sunshine State Conference, the Sharks (8-5-2) climbed back up the conference standings to a 4-4-0 record…
NSU President Speaks at Distance Learning Conference
NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., was one of the speakers at the Florida Distance Learning Association’s fall conference from Oct. 15 – 16. Sponsored by NSU, the conference was held at NSU’s Orlando Student Educational Center. Hanbury delivered opening remarks. The conference featured sessions on topics such as innovative…
SHSS Students Participate in Case Study Competition and Provide Presentation
Students in the Master of Science in College of Student Affairs (CSA) in the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) participated in a Case Study Competition at the Florida Conference for the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, (NASPA) in Orlando. The…
SHSS Student Publishes Article Reviewing Qualitative Research Synthesis
Christopher W. Smithmyer, a doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has authored an article in The Qualitative Report entitled “A Synopsis of Synopsis: A review of Major and Savin-Baden’s An Introduction to Qualitative Research Synthesis.”…
Management Professor Interviewed for article in Miami Herald
On Oct. 28, Bob Preziosi, DPA, professor and chair of management at NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was quoted in an article that ran in the Miami Herald about the management changes Burger King’s owners have put in place. The article titled, “Burger King ousts top…
Business Professors, Students Present Papers at Conference in New Orleans
Two professors and two docotoral students from the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship recently presented papers at a conference that was held in New Orleans. The conference was organized by the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines. Albert Williams, assistant professor of Finance and Economics, presented…
Medical School Communications Director Earns Public Relations Board Appointments
Scott Colton, who serves as director of medical communications for NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was elected as programming vice chair of the Public Relations Society of America Gulfstream (Broward County) Chapter and as secretary of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Marketing and Communications Advisory Council. Colton…
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
Source: Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org) Twenty five years ago, November was designated as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. At the time, fewer than 2 million Americans had Alzheimer’s. Today, as many as 5.2 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – 120,000 of them in Massachusetts. Alzheimer’s can occur as young…