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CPS Professor Awarded Lifetime Service Award
Center for Psychological Studies professor, Nathan Azrin, Ph.D., was recently presented with the Victor G. Laties Award for Lifetime Service to the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB). The award was created to recognize those individuals who made significant scientific contributions to the disciplines. Azrin is among the…
Oceanographic Center Dean Named 2010 South Florida Business Leader
Seafarer’s House in Port Everglades recently named Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Oceanographic Center, as the 2010 South Florida Business Leader. Dodge will be honored at the South Florida Business Leaders’ Luncheon on Nov. 12 aboard the Holland America Line cruise ship, Statendam, which is berthed in Port…
Business Students Honored at Dean’s List Award Luncheon
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship honored and recognized the 209 undergraduate business students who qualified for the winter 2010 Dean’s List at an awards luncheon held on Sept. 21. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 during the semester to meet the requirements for the…
Dateline Health Reaches 300th Episode Milestone
Dateline Health, NSU’s award-winning public service show hosted by Fred Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D, chancellor of NSU Health Professions Division (HPD), will soon hit its 300th episode. This milestone episode will be taped in late October or early November. Dateline Health is a 30-minute service program dedicated to promoting the community’s…
Huizenga School Professor Interviewed by NBC6
Robert Preziosi, D.P.A., professor and chair of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was interviewed on Sept. 15 for the story “The Black Market Will Pay Off for Cubans,” which aired on the NBC6 and was published online on the NBC Miami Website. The article…
Adjunct Law Professor Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Broward Chief Assistant State Attorney Charles B. “Chuck” Morton, an adjunct professor in trial advocacy at the Shepard Broad Law Center, was presented with a lifetime achievement award for legal education by The Florida Prosecuting Attorney’s Association. Throughout Morton’s 33-year career, he has traveled throughout the state teaching countless classes…
M.B.A. Student Receives Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award
Ivan Las Heras, a student in the M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship program at NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was named NSU’s 2010 winner of the Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award. Las Heras was chosen by a committee of Huizenga Business School faculty based on his outstanding…
CPS Presents to Florida Counseling Association
Center for Psychological Studies assistant professor Kevin Glavin, Ph.D., and Mental Health Counseling students Pial Smal and Alina Pena, co-presented Using Technology to Enhance Counselor Education and Counseling Practice at the Florida Counseling Association Convention in Miami. A second presentation entitled, Career Construction Counseling: Principles and Practices was given by…
Law Graduates Sworn In to Florida Bar; Passage Rate Surpasses Statewide Average
View the photo gallery Graduates of the Shepard Broad Law Center who recently passed the Florida Bar Exam were honored for their achievements and sworn into The Bar at a special ceremony held at the Law Center on Sept 21. Judges Melanie May ‘81, Robert Diaz ‘84, Thomas Lynch ‘77,…
CPS Alumna Accepts Position with State of Georgia
Center for Psychological Studies alumna Darcy Shores, Ph.D./Psy.D., (2006) recently accepted a position as a forensic psychologist for the state of Georgia. Shores conducts pretrial evaluations to determine factors such as competency to stand trial and degree of criminal responsibility.
CPS Professor Travels to Australia for Keynote Presentations
Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) associate professor Scott Poland, Ed.D., recently traveled to Australia to give two keynote presentations. Approximately 200 school psychologists attended his presentation to the Western Australia School Psychology Association. Poland also gave a presentation in Queensland, Australia, on suicide prevention, which was sponsored by the Koch…
NSU Alumni Association’s 2nd Annual Family Day at the Men’s Soccer Game
Over 70 NSU alumni and friends cheered the NSU Sharks to a 3-0 victory on Sept. 10 in their home opener against Florida Memorial College. Later, at the Don Taft University Center, attendees enjoyed great food, drinks, and the chance to reconnect at the after-party in the Flight Deck. Don’t…
SHSS Faculty and Students Travel and Study in Ecuador
Elena Bastidas, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and fourteen graduate students from the department traveled to Ecuador during the summer as part of an Advanced Practicum course. The courses focused on conflict management and…
Gov. Crist Appoints Law Alumnus to Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
Judge James Martz II, an alumnus of NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center, was appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court on Sept. 14. “Judge Martz’s experience as a law enforcement officer has given him an advantageous legal perspective, which has allowed him to serve the people…
Denny’s Hosts Autism Awareness Night Benefiting Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at NSU
The NSU community is invited to Autism Awareness night on Sept. 27 at Denny’s Restaurant at 5645 South University Drive in Davie. During this event, Denny’s will donate 20% of the evening’s revenue to support the UM-NSU CARD (University of Miami – Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related…
Undergraduate Student Success Fair – Sept. 22
NSU will host its first ever Undergraduate Student Success Fair in the Don Taft University Center on Sept. 22 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The fair will provide students the opportunity to learn about the different NSU resources available to assist them during their undergraduate studies. This exciting event…
Medical Students Collect Toys and School Supplies for Iraqi Children Beginning Sept. 20
Students from NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine are collecting toys, stuffed animals, and school supplies for Iraqi children, Sept. 20-24. The students, who are members of Sigma Sigma Phi, the national osteopathic honors and community service society, are collecting the supplies for Beanies for Baghdad, a nonprofit organization that will…