From walking barefoot around campus to advocating for sustainability, NSU’s students have worked to promote a greener NSU, and, now, the fight for preservation continues. Paul Arena, faculty adviser for the Nature Club, met with NSU’s Physical Plant to discuss the possibility of relocating the Native Narrows Wildflower Garden from the front of the Parker […]
Month: February 2016
Time to get tickets for TEDxNSU
Tickets are now available for the 10th annual TEDxNSU, an event that features a series of short talks from students and faculty, on March 12 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Don Taft University Center Performance Theatre. TEDxNSU, hosted by the College of Psychology, will showcase NSU community member’s ideas and inspire intellectual analysis. […]
News Anchor for February 23, 2016
Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali dead at 93 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, accomplished Egyptian diplomat who served as United Nations secretary-general for one term from 1992 to 1996, passed away at 93 on Feb. 16 at a Cairo hospital after breaking his pelvis. Boutros-Ghali was the first U.N. chief from Africa and the only secretary-general to serve […]
VITA offers students free income tax assistance
By Natalie Payan and Li Cohen As the April 18 deadline to report taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approaches, many students are trying to find out how and where to complete their tax returns. To help students complete their income taxes, the IRS-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) is providing free tax […]
Recyclemania: Cleaning up campus
NSU is cleaning up with Recyclemania, a 10-week national competition between universities to recycle the most waste from Jan. 24 to April 2. Schools rank in the competition based on the percentages of “waste diverted,” or the amount of waste recycled divided by the amount of waste not recycled. Last year, NSU diverted 24 percent […]
Race to Presidency: Fact-checking the Republican town halls
On Feb. 17 and 18, CNN hosted back-to-back GOP town halls. Presidential candidates Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio debated in Greenville on Wednesday night, while Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and John Kasich debated in Columbia on Thursday night. The evening of Feb. 20, Bush suspended his campaign, so his quotes were not included […]
On Shore Calendar for February 23, 2016
Feb. 27 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 1-5 p.m. @ Library 1048 March 2 SGA Senate Meeting 3-5 p.m. @ Rosenthal 200 March 5 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 1-5 p.m. @ Library 1048 March 7 SEA Board General Meeting 12-1 p.m. @ Rosenthal 200 Zeta Phi Beta Informational 7:20-9:20 p.m. @ Commons 126 March 8 Sophomore […]
News Briefs for February 23, 2016
Show off your talent Applications are open until March 25 to participate in the annual NSU’s Got Talent, which will be held on April 6 at 8 p.m. at the Shark Fountain. The talent show, set up like NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” is an opportunity for individuals and student organizations to show off their talents, […]
NSU tool eases transfer process for prospective undergraduates
One of the most difficult aspects of enrolling in any university is transferring credits from advanced placement, dual enrollment classes or a previous institution. To help ease this transition, NSU’s Transfer Evaluation Services (TES) worked with education technology company CollegeSource, Inc. to create the Transfer Credit System, which shows students course equivalencies for credits they […]
Help fight children’s cancer
NSU’s Pediatrics Club will bring the fight against childhood cancer to campus with the PJammin’ 5K on Feb. 28, where participants can run in their pajamas to raise money for cancer research, and a hair shaving/donation event on March 13. The money raised from the 5K will go to St. Baldric’s Foundation, an organization dedicated […]