Get your survival resources for finals week
As part of Shark Survival Weeks, the Alvin Sherman Library will provide free snacks, coffee and more to students from April 18 to April 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Alvin Sherman Library. Hours will also be extended for library rooms 2046, 3018 and 4009 from April 16 to April 30. Library associates will provide these resources to students who are studying for finals. For more information, contact the library at 954-262-4600.
Plan your summer with Career Development
The Office of Career Development and Wells Fargo will host a workshop on April 14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., students will learn how to budget their summer income, and, from 6:30 to 7 p.m. students will learn how to find summer internships. To RSVP, visit nova.edu/careershark. For more information, contact Career Development at 954-262-7201 or career@nova.edu.
Learn about ObamaCare
NSU alumnus Daniel Dawes, a health policy attorney, will discuss ObamaCare with students on April 13 at 7 p.m. in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. He will focus on the laws associated with the act, what ObamaCare is intended to do, and how it affects various groups. This talk is a part of the Farquhar Honors College’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for entrance. To pick up a ticket, visit the Farquhar Honors College Office of the Dean on the second floor of the Mailman-Hollywood Building Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Only two tickets are permitted per person.
NSU college to participate in Tortuga Festival’s Conservation Village
From April 15 to 17, the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography will participate in this year’s Rock the Ocean’s Conservation at the Tortuga Music Festival. The theme of this year’s village is “How Can I Rock the Ocean?” NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute, Coral Nursery Initiative, Fisheries Lab, and the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program will attend the event to provide information on their programs and educational experiences, as well as provide interactive lessons for festival attendees. For more information, visit tortugamusicfestival.com/conservation.
Halmos College students present research
Six students from the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography presented research at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition in March in San Diego, Calif. Students include Corey Burns, junior biology major, Fernando Reachy-Guadarrama, senior biology major, Alfredo Lam, sophomore chemistry major, Safiyah Muhammad, senior chemistry major, Sara Rodriguez, senior biology and chemistry major, and Katrina Fins, senior biology major. The students also presented their research at the Undergraduate Student Symposium on April 8. For more information, visit sharkfins.nova.edu.
NSU’s S&P ranking rises
Standard & Poor, an organization that monitors business’s credit-worthiness, announced that NSU has increased its rating to an “A-.” The decision was based on NSU’s diverse programs, enrollment statistics, the steady student demand, the improving student quality, and the university’s “solid management team,” which was described as having a track record of operational effectiveness. The new ranking puts NSU in the same category as other “A” institutions, including Georgetown University, the University of Miami and St. John’s University.
Graduate student speaks at bullying panel
Aimee Haynes, doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, recently spoke at a panel on workplace bullying at Broward College. The event, called “Sticks and Stones May Hurt My Bones, but Names Will Never Hurt Me Or Will They?” had hundreds of attendees. Haynes provided information on the causes and symptoms of bullying in the workplace, as well as the preventative and restorative services.
