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Huizenga School Hosts High School Students for Business Workshop
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship hosted students from Stranahan High School’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) club on Mar. 23. The students traveled to NSU’s main campus to participate in a business education workshop. The workshop included a mock college lecture given by Barri Litt, M.S.,…
NSU Provides Medical Training for Iraqi Doctors in War Zone
NSU’s Institute for Child Health Policy and Emergency Medical Services Division faculty taught Iraqi doctors how to administer advanced CPR and other live-saving skills on children from Mar. 26 – 31. This was the first time any entity in the United States has provided such training with Iraqi doctors in a…
Patient Safety Educational Forum, Apr. 8 & 9
The 3rd Annual HPD Patient Safety Educational Forum, “Healthy Conversations for Safer Healthcare” will take place Apr. 8 and 9 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the private dining room area of the HPD Café. It will be repeated on Apr. 16 at NSU’s North Miami Beach campus.
Authors from Literary Feast Speak with Farquhar College Students & Faculty
Four nationally acclaimed authors met and spoke with students and faculty members from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences on Mar. 19. The authors—Russell Banks, R.B. Bernstein, Ellen Lupton, and Patricia Powell – were in South Florida for Literary Feast, a two-day event sponsored by the Broward Public Library…
Homophobia in the Caribbean to be Explored at Symposium at NSU
A symposium exploring homophobia in the Caribbean will be held at NSU from April 8-10. The three-day symposium, featuring presentations, speakers and debates, will be held on NSU’s main campus in the HPD’s Assembly Building at 3200 South University Drive. The event is free and open to the public.
Larry Calderon, Ed.D, NSU’s vice president for community and governmental affairs, cordially invites members of the NSU family to attend his weekly NSU Speaker’s Forum.
GSCIS Working Paper Series Continues April 7
Florida Atlantic University professor Caryn Conley, Ph.D., presented her work titled “Work Design for Volunteers: The Case of Open Source Software Development” during the continuation of the winter 2010 Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Working Paper Series on Feb. 16.
Who Do You Think You Are? Find out at FREE Genealogy Fair, Apr. 10
ext time someone asks you “Who do you think you are?” make sure you have a great answer by beginning your ancestral quest to uncover your roots. To aid budding and expert genealogical adventurers alike, NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center will host its Third Annual Genealogy Fair.
Experience How Love Can Alter Lives; See Stop Kiss, Apr. 9
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Performing and Visual Arts will present its production of Stop Kiss, Apr. 9-11. The performances will take place in the Black Box Theatre of the college’s Performing and Visual Arts Wing in the Don Taft University Center.
SHSS to Host Genocide Conference with IGAAR on April 9-10
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and the Institute for Genocide Awareness and Applied Research (IGAAR) will host the First Annual IGAAR Conference on Apr. 9-10 on NSU’s main campus.
Memories of Gold Show Vol. 7, Apr. 10
2b Productions INC is proud to present the first of a four concert series.
Interested in Becoming an Information Technology Leader? Visit the GSCIS Open House
Interested in becoming an information technology leader? Then visit NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences during its Open House for all prospective students on Apr. 10 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Carl DeSantis Building on NSU’s main campus.
“Pain Management vs. Pill Mills” Forum & Discussion, Apr. 12
Michael Jackson, Corey Haim, Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith all died from prescription drug overdose. Seven Floridians die each day from prescription drug overdose. Nationwide the problem is out of control.
Farquhar College to Host Spring Music Concert – Apr. 13
Spring is in the air! The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Performing and Visual Arts will conclude its Premier Series for 2009–2010 with the Spring Music Concert on Tuesday, Apr. 13. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., in the Performance Theatre of the college’s Performing…
Free Health Screenings Offered at 10th Annual FOMA-NSU Health Fair Apr.11
NSU will offer free health screenings for more than 1,000 children and adults on Apr. 11. The NSU Health Fair for Children & Adults, sponsored by NSU’s Health Professions Division and the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Student District Society, will offer cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes (glucose) screenings.
Mailman Segal’s Parenting Place Spring Registration is now OPEN
Registration is now open for MSCs Parenting Place Spring session which runs now through June 11. The Parenting Place™ offers more than 200 programs for families and children (birth to age five) to learn, play and grow together. The award-winning classes are held in the Jim & Jan Moran Family Center Village…
Celebrate Student Creativity at the Digressions Launch Party
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate the launch of the 2010 issue of Digressions, the student-run literary magazine produced by the college’s Division of Humanities.
Students Volunteer in New Orleans on Alternative Spring Break
Fifteen undergraduate students from NSU spent their spring break volunteering in New Orleans building houses with Habitat for Humanity.
‘Expressions of The Creative Soul: Art And Psychology’ Ends Jan. 29
NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies presents Expressions of The Creative Soul: Art and Psychology, a solo exhibition by Sheila Elias exploring the creative combination of art and psychology. The 27 works on display span a period from 1996 to 2010 and includes two and three-dimensional pieces. Currently based in Miami,…
NSU Represented at Regional Ocean Observing Conferences
Richard Dodge, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Oceanographic Center (NSU OC), and NSU OC professor Alex Soloviev attended the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) Board and annual members meeting held May 12-13 in Jacksonville, Fla.