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New Distance Education Certificate Program Offered at Fischler School

Nova Southeastern University’s Abraham S. Fischler School of Education announces the addition of the Distance Educator Certificate, a 12-credit course of study. The Distance Education Certificate is an enhancement to either the Master of Arts in Teaching degree or for the Master of Science as elective credit. Upon completion of…


Computer Sciences Alumnus and Students Present at Orlando Conference

During the Society for Applied Learning Technology’s (SALT®) winter conference, “New Learning Technologies,” NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences played a prominent role.  Bob Matthews, Ph.D., alumnus of the Ph.D. in Computing Technology in Education program, presented his dissertation results on the alternative paths for today’s M.B.A. with…


NSU transfer students inducted into the Tau Sigma National Honor Society

The first Nova Southeastern University chapter of the Tau Sigma National Honor Society was recently inducted by the NSU Division of Student Affairs’ Office of First Year and Transitional Programs. The Delta Iota chapter has 144 members, 42 of which attended the Induction Ceremony with family and friends.  The induction…


NSU Hosts the 2013 STUEY Awards


Festival of Student Works to Include Weekend of Free Performances, Ends April 28

Enjoy a full weekend of festivities as the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences presents the annual Festival of Student Works at NSU. The three-day event showcases work created and performed by undergraduate students studying theatre, dance, and music at the college. Festival of Student Works | Studio Series Apr….


Nova Trial Association Team Wins Second Place at ABA Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition- Defeats Harvard

The Nova Trial Association Team of NSU Law students Jessica Bartell (2L), Ryan Mosher (3L), Andrew Sando (3L) and John Tolley (2L) recently competed in the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association’s Annual Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition hosted by The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. The…


Osteen Receives Track Athlete of the Week Honors

Nova Southeastern women’s and track and field student-athlete, Jessica Osteen (Sr., Las Vegas, Nev.) has been selected as Peach Belt Track and Field Athlete of the week, announced by the conference office, April 9. Osteen ran the fastest 400 meter hurdles in the PBC so far this year, reaching an NCAA…


Microbe Week Takes Over at the Oceanographic Center, Begins April 11

Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) is highlighting the symbiotic relationship between microbes and coral reefs this week through a series of distinguished speaker events and conference presentations. The week’s events kick off on Thursday, April 11 with “Dive In” lecture series guest speaker Kim Ritchie, a microbiologist with the…


SHSS Alum Named Associate Ombudsman for the American Red Cross

Robert Hosea, Ph.D., a graduate of the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) program in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has been named an Associate Ombudsman for the American Red Cross in Washington, DC. Hosea previously interned for the Office of the Ombudsman at the…


5K ‘Motion for the Ocean’ Run/Walk to Benefit At-risk Youth, April 14

The inaugural Motion for the Ocean 5K Run/Walk will be held on Sunday, April 14 at the NSU Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) in Hollywood’s John U. Lloyd State Park. Motion for the Ocean is an event partially funded by the NSU Pan Student Government Association as a fundraiser and community-building event organized…


Optometry Students to Display Research Posters, April 10

On April 10, Nova Southeastern University’s College of Optometry second-year students will show the results of their Community Outreach projects in a scientific poster session from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Steele Auditorium, Terry Building of the NSU’s Health Professions Division. As part of the second-year optometry curriculum on…


NSU Students, Alumni Bring Science to Life at Local Elementary School

More than 40 NSU students and alumni volunteered at Welleby Elementary School in Sunrise for the annual Science Alive! event on Mar. 20. The school-wide gathering featured an evening of interactive experiments and scientific demonstrations geared toward children and their families. During Science Alive!, Welleby’s classrooms are transformed into science…


Solve Boundary Value Problems at Semester’s Final Math Colloquium Talk, April 10

The Mathematics Colloquium Series will conclude for the winter 2013 semester with a presentation about boundary-value problems. The talk is hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. “Disconjugacy and Differentiation for Solutions of Boundary Value Problems for Second-Order Dynamic Equations on a Time Scale” Mathematics Colloquium Series |…


Irish Dracula Play to Premiere on Campus with Dramatic Reading, April 13

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will present a special dramatic reading of The Irish Dracula: A Melodrama in Five Acts, written by James Doan, Ph.D., professor at the college. Over the past month, NSU undergraduate students worked with Doan and Daniel Gelbmann, M.F.A., assistant professor at the college,…


NSU’s 2013 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony to Be Held at BB&T Center, May 11


Get Moving to Graduate Psychology Talks on Exercise and Memory, April 10

The next talk in the Psychology Graduate Research Series, co-hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies (CPS), will feature presentations on research conducted by two students in the college’s M.S. in Experimental Psychology program. Psychology Graduate Research Series Presentations by Mackenzie Rack-Wildner…


NSU Law Students Win National Health Law Transaction Competition

A team of Nova Southeastern University third-year law students, Matthew Horton, A. Shawn Murray, and Jennifer Palacio, placed first as the overall champion at The L. Edward Bryant, Jr., National Health Law Transactional Competition at Loyola University School of Law in Chicago. The team also won Best Oral Presentation and…


Special Olympics Aims to Raise $5 Million for Athletes by 2013


Teen Cancer Survivor Hosts “For Hair’s Sake” Benefit at NSU to Collect Ponytails, April 7

Most 16-year-olds have enough worries from getting their driver’s license, to passing their next exam, to making plans with that special someone. But when NSU junior Lesly Viera was 16, she had a different kind of concern – she was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors discovered a lymphoma located between her…


NSU Student Educational Centers host Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Presentation, continues April 5

NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies will offer a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention presentation at several of NSU’s Student Educational Centers (SEC) during the month of April. Child abuse survivor Lauren Book, founder of Lauren’s Kids, will discuss the impact and prevention of child sexual abuse. Attendees will also learn about…