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News and Upcoming Events
Contact: Ronenia Jenkins, MPH, CHES, CWPC, TTS Employee Wellness Program Administrator Phone: 954.262.7879 Email: rjenkins@nova.edu The Office of Human Resources is pleased to offer four webinar sessions through our Employee Assistance Program. There are only 25 phone lines available per webinar session. Therefore, we are asking everyone to team up…
Nova Southeastern University’s 2016 Commencement Season is Underway
It’s that time of year again – time for students to walk across the stage, flip their tassels and transition from being students to being alumni! Nova Southeastern University (NSU) will host its 2016 Commencement ceremonies on its Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus in the Arena at the Don Taft University…
Math Discussion to Explore Geometric Flows, April 12
Join NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography for the next Mathematics Colloquium Series event: “Geometric Flows.” This talk is free and open to the public. Speaker: Ming-Liang Cai, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Miami Tuesday, April 12 12:10–12:50 p.m. Mailman-Hollywood Building | Second Floor Auditorium A geometric flow…
Health Care Data Presentation for Faculty members, April 14
The Office of Research and Technology Transfer will host “Measuring Health in America Using Census Data” presentation on Thursday, April 14 from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Chancellor’s Dining Room in the HPD Terry Building, 5th floor. RSVP to grantlab@nova.edu or ext.28554 by Monday, April 11, 2016.
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Hosts Criminal Justice Week Events
The Department of Justice and Human Services in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences hosted several events related to Criminal Justice Week 2016. NSU has excellent working relationships with several law enforcement agencies, including the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.) The college offers…
Distinguished Speaker Arthur Caplan Discusses the Ethical Challenges of Genetic Testing
Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., internationally known leader in the field of bioethics, spoke to members of the NSU community at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center on March 31, 2016, as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series hosted by the Farquhar Honors College. Caplan, founder and director of…
NSU Wears Blue in Recognition of Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness Month, and Nova Southeastern University showed its support by wearing blue to raise awareness about autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and those whom it affects. See below for images of the NSU community in blue. From innovative, direct-service programs to academic coursework and research—responding to the needs of…
NSU to Prohibit Hoverboards on Campuses and Sites
Due to the safety concerns that have been raised by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regarding hoverboards, and the potential detrimental impact to the safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors to our campuses, NSU leadership, working with the Pan Student Government Association, has elected to institute a ban…
Commencement Season at NSU; Traffic/Parking Impacted on Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, June 17
In addition to hosting several high school graduation ceremonies, NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus has the honor of hosting 10 NSU commencement ceremonies in the Arena at the Don Taft University Center. On the dates of the ceremonies, we are expecting considerable traffic on and around our campus and carpooling is…
If you are going to hold a music festival to bring awareness to the issue of marine conservation, where better to do it than world-famous Fort Lauderdale Beach? The annual Tortuga Music Festival – which has expanded to three days for 2016 – brings together surf, sand, sun and music,…
NSU Hosts Walk in My Shoes Event
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) recently hosted the last leg of Lauren Books’ “Walk in my Shoes.” This was the seventh year Books has done this walk in support of survivors of child sexual abuse. The walk of 500 miles has typically been from Miami to…
Farquhar Honors College to host Undergraduate Student Symposium, Join us on April 8
The Farquhar Honors College presents the 2016 Undergraduate Student Symposium, a showcase of scholarship and creative works from NSU students in all majors. Admission is free, and everyone is invited to attend. To qualify to present at the symposium, students test their own hypotheses and uncover new ways of interpreting…
NSU Supports Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness Month, and Nova Southeastern University is “going blue” to raise awareness about the autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and those whom it affects. We encourage NSU students, faculty, staff, and alumni to wear blue on Monday, April 4, to mark our support. Share your participation by posting photos…
NSU’s 3-D Printing Lab Holds Open House
On February 18, 2016, NSU’s Health Professions Division (HPD) Library hosted an open house for its 3-D Printing Lab. Faculty members were invited to see some of the projects completed so far. Attendees also had the opportunity to speak with various student-faculty groups currently working on projects using the technology….
CAHSS Invites You to the 8th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is delighted to invite you to the Eighth Annual Juried Student Exhibition by the Department of Performing and Visual Arts. This exhibition features works created by NSU students who have completed undergraduate art and design courses within the past academic year….
NSU to host Symposium to Discuss Legal Responses to Environmental Concerns
Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Shepard Broad College of Law and Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography will co-sponsor the NSU Law Environmental Symposium, “Changing Climates, Sea Levels and Species: Legal & Policy Reponses for South Florida,” on April 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at NSU’s Guy Harvey…
NSU’s first University-Wide Emergency Practice Drill a Huge Success
After all of the preparation, planning and anticipation, NSU’s University-Wide Emergency Practice Drill on Thursday, March 17, 2016 went off without hitch. The drill was designed to replicate the LA County School incident when a credible threat of an explosive device was received via e-mail. Below is a brief summary…
NSU Hosts an Interprofessional Conference on “Cannabis: Science, Medicine and Addiction,” April 9
NSU’s Health Profession Division will host an interprofessional conference entitled, “Cannabis: Science, Medicine and Addiction,” on April 9, 9:00 a.m.–1:15 pm in the Steele Auditorium. The Broward County Medical Association and Pharmacy Association along with the Dade County Medical Association and Pharmacy Association have partnered with NSU to highlight the…
Shark Encourages Rowing for a Cure at Every Meter Matters Event
Nova Southeastern University rower Hannah DiLorenzo is encouraging rowing for a cure by hosting the “Every Meter Matters” event on Saturday, March 19 to raise cancer awareness and collect donations to benefit the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation. “I wanted to do something that would bring all cancer supporters…
The Fourth Annual Motion for the Ocean 5K Walk/Run is almost here! The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 10. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m.. The event is being held at NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography’s Ocean Campus, located within John…