Month: April 2013
On the bench
The 2013 NBA Playoffs are almost in view. The first round of games will begin on April 20 and opinions and predictions are surfacing about which team will win the coveted Larry O’ Brien NBA Championship Trophy. Favorites such as the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are usually top picks for […]
Referendum in sight
On April 10, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners voted in favor of putting the Sun Life Stadium renovation deal in front of voters in a May 14 referendum.
Graduate writing student wins tutoring award
Cristine Busser, graduate writing student and a member of NSU’s Writing Fellows program, will graduate this semester with an M.A. in writing. But a degree is not her only achievement this year; in March, Busser was awarded the 2013 Graduate Tutor Award by the Southeastern Writing Center Association.
News Briefs
Florida leadership conference The Student Leadership and Civic Engagement (SLCE) Office invites students to apply for the chance to attend the LeaderShape South Florida program at the Gold Coast Retreat Center in Lake Worth, Fla. The conference, held August 11 to 16, will bring together college students across South Florida to advance their leadership skills […]
NSU celebrates National Osteopathic Medicine Week
NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Medical Student Government Association began celebrating its annual National Osteopathic Medicine Week on April 15 and will continue featuring a different activity each day until April 19 to educate the community about the osteopathic profession.
Banquet demonstrated worldwide hunger crisis
On April 8, the Center for Psychological Studies’ Student Government Association and the Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement hosted the fourth annual Oxfam America Hunger Banquet on the second floor of the Don Taft University Center.
Business students invited to enter the “Shark Tank”
NSU’s Economics and Finance Association (EFA) and the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship will host an information session on April 17 for their new Business Plan Competition, modeled after the popular ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank”.