Six new M.B.A. concentrations and graduate certificates added to the NSU business school
NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship announced the addition of six new M.B.A. concentrations and graduate certificates. Programs will begin enrolling students next year. With the addition of these six programs, the Huizenga Business School now offers 15 certificate programs, 14 of which are also concentrations in its M.B.A. program. For more information call (954) 262-5168, or visit www.nova.edu/business.
NSU continues to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
On Oct. 5, Viva La Cultura Hispana: A Celebration of Hispanic Culture, sponsored by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, will showcase Latin American art and literature in the Alvin Sherman Library from 6–7 p.m. This free event will feature Silvia Lizama, Ph.D., Olga Connor, Ph.D., published author and journalist for El Nuevo Miami Herald, and Daniel Shoer Roth, an award–winning journalist for El Nuevo Miami Herald. For more information contact: Joanne Pol, Ph.D., at jp1460@nova.edu.
Guy Harvey hosts premiere of an international documentary on sharks at The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
On Oct. 19, NSU’s Oceanographic Center and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation will host a private viewing of “This is Your Ocean: Sharks,” a documentary about understanding sharks and global shark conservation. On Oct. 20, a public showing will be held at NSU’s Miniaci Theater.
Up to 3,000 sharks illegally netted on Texas coast
On Sept. 27, off Texas’ South Padre Island, near the Mexican border, game wardens discovered as many as 3,000 dead adult and juvenile sharks caught in illegal fish netting. No arrests have been made but authorities suspect Mexican fisherman of setting the illegal nets. Although not all shark species are threatened, illegal fishing of all species can cause pressure on local populations.
Saudi woman to get 10 lashes for driving a car
On Sept. 28, for the first time in Saudi Arabia, a woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for breaking the ban on women driving. There is no law prohibiting women from driving, but it was banned by a decree set forth by religious conservatives. Other women have been detained for several days, but no women were sentenced by a court.
The inventor of Doritos dies
On Sept. 20, Arch West, 97, a Frito–Lay executive and the inventor of Doritos passed away at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. His family plans to pay tribute to his love for the snack by tossing Doritos into his grave at his memorial service.
