President George Hanbury will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Oct. 27 at noon in the Don Taft University Center Arena Club Room to address students’ concerns and questions.
Barbara Packer-Muti, executive director of the Office of Institutional and Community Engagement, said Hanbury loves to talk to and hear from students so he will stay and answer questions or respond to comments for as long as there are students in the room.
“I think it’s really important that students take advantage of letting him know what they think in order to improve NSU,” she said.
NSU vice presidents and deans will attend the event and answer students’ questions as well.
“Rather than waiting and getting information back later on, there’s enough people in the room, whether it’s the dean of a specific school or a vice president, that students get their answers right then and there, or they get to be heard right then,” Packer-Muti said.
Packer-Muti said students should come prepared with ideas, discussions or comments.
“I think that they are going to be very pleased to find our president to be very approachable and open to suggestions and comments,” Packer-Muti said. “They should come to hear what he has to say so that he can hear what they all have to say.”
Issues that have come up in past Town Hall Meetings include Wi-Fi connectivity, which the university enhanced. As a result of past Town Hall Meetings, buildings such as the Parker Building have been renovated and all of NSU’s employees have been trained in crisis response. NSU has given faculty training in Blackboard and has worked with Microsoft to offer students free and discounted products.
Free pizza will be available at the event and students will be able to interact with the meeting and ask questions using the hashtag #NSUTownHall.
There will also be a Town Hall meeting for the Health Professions Division students in January 2015 as well as meetings for employees and each of the regional campuses. For the first time, Hanbury will host a town hall meeting with the University School.
Read The Current’s Nov. 4 issue for a recap of the Town Hall Meeting.
For more information about the Town Hall meetings call the Office of Special Events and Projects at 954-262-7494. To submit questions, view the dates for future Town Hall Meetings, and read questions and answers from past meetings, visit nova.edu/townhall.
