On Jan. 31, the 10th Annual African Presence Exhibition, sponsored and founded by the Office of University Relations, will kick off NSU’s annual Black History Month celebration. The exhibit, entitled “The Benin: A Kingdom of Bronze”, will be unveiled at the Alvin Sherman Library and will feature brass, wood and terracotta artworks of five centuries.
Month: January 2013
Athlete of the Week: Eric Acevedo
For senior Eric Acevedo, baseball season will be a special one. The infielder for the NSU Men’s Baseball team is one of 11 seniors on the 2013 roster. The team is predicted to finish second in the preseason Sunshine State Conference coaches’ poll.
Take a trip with NSU Travel Office
The NSU Travel Office, which has been affiliated with the national travel agency Universal Travels for 25 years, is a full service travel agency that is able to accommodate and prepare travel options for student, faculty, and the NSU community.
Diary of… an adaptative athlete
Stephanie Hammerman is a first year graduate student in NSU’s M.S. of College Student Affairs program and works in campus recreation. She hopes to combine her passions for fitness and higher education into a career that’ll enhance students’ mental and physical health.
Next speaker, “Let’s talk bones!”
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ next Distinguished Speakers Series guest will be Kathy Reichs on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center.
Red-light cameras: the ultimate deception
Consider this scenario: It’s 1:00 a.m. and you’re driving back home from a long night of studying or working, and all you want to do is go home and sleep. You reach an intersection where you need to turn right. As you come up to the intersection, the light turns red, and since it’s far […]
The essence of Black History Month
Martin Luther King Jr. Day has come and gone, and February is quickly approaching. Posters of Dr. King, Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson will soon appear in celebration of Black History Month.
A “WICKED” big show with a huge heart
“The Cowardly Lion asked for courage, the Scarecrow asked for a brain, the Tin Woodman asked for a heart and Dorothy asked for a way to get back home,” said Paul Kreppel, who potrays the Wizard of Oz in the national tour of the Broadway hit “WICKED”, which will play at the Broward Center for Performing Arts Jan. 30-Feb. 17.
Where the sound becomes the show
Four radio manuscripts written by famed British writer Agatha Christie were lost in World War II. However, they were recently recovered and adapted into a thrilling production entitled “Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders,” which will run at the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla until Feb. 3. Christie wrote several radio dramas for the “BBC […]
Hearts full and no dry eyes after “Les Miserables”
“Les Miserables” was first a French historical novel written by playwright and politician Victor Hugo, and published in 1862. It was primarily written as a humanitarian piece that took place in 19th century France, and revolved around hope and compassion for others, even when all seems lost. It then premiered as a Broadway musical on March 12, 1987.