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NSU Women’s Basketball Inks Walters for 2017-18
The Nova Southeastern women’s basketball team and head coach LeAnn Freeland-Curry are proud to announce the first spring signee for the 2017-18 season, Destiny Walters. As a senior at Hallandale HS, the 5-9 guard averaged 19.4 points per game, 5.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 3.2 steals. From her stellar final season, she…
Sharks Basketball Tabs Matthews for 2017-18
Head coach LeAnn Freeland-Curry and the Nova Southeastern women’s basketball team are pleased to announce the signing of junior-transfer Bree Matthews for the upcoming 2017-18 season. As a sophomore at Southeastern Illinois College during the 2016-17 season, Matthews was named to both the All-Region 24 First Team and All-GRAC (Great Rivers…
NSU’s Perez and Lowrey Rise in National Tennis Rankings
One week after Nova Southeastern University women’s tennis player Luicelena Perez was named the top singles player in the south region, the Valencia, Venezuela native has now been ranked as the third-best singles player in all of Division II. Perez was also ranked 10th in doubles with teammate Isabella Lowrey, as announced by the…
NSU Penciled in at No. 4 in First South Region Ranking
In the first official release of the regional rankings, Nova Southeastern was slotted at No. 4 among all south region representatives, announced by the NCAA on Wednesday, April 26. The top-seven teams within the region will receive bids to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. FULL RELEASE
Sharks in the Pros: 2017 Edition
With baseball back in full swing, NSUSharks.com takes a glimpse at the bevy of former Sharks players scattered throughout the professional ranks, ranging from MLB All-Star J.D. Martinez to 2016 national champion and Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Year, Alex Mateo. FULL RELEASE
NSU Women’s Track and Field Wins PBC Championship, Men Finish Second
It was a great day to be a Shark on Saturday, April 22, as the Nova Southeastern University women’s track and field team won their first ever Peach Belt Conference Championship while the men’s team claimed second overall for the third year in a row in Montevallo, Ala. The women’s…
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography (HCNSO) students Riti Vohra, Valentina Ramirez, and Guy Merus joined Professor and Department Chair, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D. to present their 3-D printed molecular model of an angiotensin receptor at the 2017 Experimental Biology Meeting, American Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)…
Biology students inducted into TriBeta National Biological Honor Society
The NSU chapter (Rho Rho) of the National Biological Honor society (Beta Beta Beta or TriBeta) welcomed 98 new members at its 15th annual Induction ceremony held at the Hull auditorium on April 4, 2017. TriBeta is dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries…
Pride Bite: NSU Completes SACS Accreditation Review With Flying Colors
Every 10 years, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) – the accrediting body that governs Nova Southeastern University (NSU) – performs an exhaustive review of the university in preparation for re-affirmation. In April, 2017, a team of nine reviewers visited NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus for three…
Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research at NSU Participate in the AACR Conference
The Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research at NSU participated in the Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research on April 1 in Washington, D.C. The team presented a total of nine research papers, attended several presentations and educational sessions. Excitingly, one of the RGI research papers garnered the attention…
Inside The Artist’s Studio: Allison Bolah, July 22
Visit photographer and conceptual artist Allison Bolah at her in-home studio in Boca Raton. Bolah draws on her experiences with literature and photography to create installations of photographs, multimedia, and paper-based work that document the ways gesture and language are shaped into specific narratives. Free for museum members; Free for…
Intramural Summer Bowling League
This summer, sign-up for the Intramural Summer Bowling League taking place on Tuesday nights. May 23–June 27, 2017 Sparez Bowling Alley, Davie $69 per player Grand Prize: Intramural Championship T-shirt Sign up today: Register on imleagues.com or email mbirch@nova.edu. HOW TO SIGN UP: 1. Sign in or create an account…
The Nova Southeastern University branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is the recipient of a 2017-18 AAUW Community Action Grant. The grant, spearheaded by AAUW-NSU members Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Halmos College of Natural Science and Oceanography and Sheila Fabius, M.P.A., Director of…
NSU-COM Wins First Place AACOM Communications Award
Scott Colton, B.A., APR, who serves as COM/HPD director of medical communications and public relations, received first-place honors in the 2017 American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Excellence in Communications Awards Program. Colton earned the first-place award in the Best Feature Article category for his piece titled “Altruism…
NSU Alumni Spotlight: NSU Alumna Named Teacher of the Year by Broward County Public Schools
Eleanna Hurst, an alumna from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE), was named “Teacher of the Year” by the School Board of Broward County, Florida. The honor was bestowed at the district’s 2017 Caliber Awards ceremony held earlier this month at the Greater Fort Lauderdale…
CAHSS Doctoral Student was featured in the new HBO documentary Rock and a Hard Place
Alexandra Alfaro, M.S., doctoral student in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), was featured as a therapist in the new HBO Documentary Rock and a Hard Place. Inspired by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s own experiences with the law as a…
CAHSS Faculty Presents at Scripps College on “Fatness and the Politics of Desirability”
Andrea Shaw Nevins, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of History and Political Science in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) was an invited panelist at Scripps College in Claremont, CA on March 24, 2017. The panel’s topic was, “Fatness and the Politics of Desirability.” Nevins…
CAHSS Calls for Proposals for Intellectual Conversations 2017-2018, Deadline for Abstracts: April 24
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for our Intellectual Conversations 2017-2018 series. The new theme is “Resilience and Resistance.” Intellectual Conversations is typically held monthly on a Thursday afternoon during the fall and winter terms from noon – 1…
NSU University School Students Participate in National Biomechanics Day
NSU University School-Upper School students enjoyed working with NSU faculty in the university’s first ever National Biomechanics Day! The event took place at the NSU Exercise and Sports Medicine lab. The students were divided into three groups and rotated between three lab stations which consisted of: (1) Making their own…
NSU’s College of Pharmacy Receives Excellence in Education Award from NACDS Foundation
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation recognized NSU’s College of Pharmacy (COP) for its innovative education program submission, presenting the college with the Wayne Roberts Memorial Scholarship at the organization’s annual meeting. The $20,000 award, generously supported by Apotex Corporation, was one of only six scholarships given to accredited colleges and…