Ashley Rizzotto joined the Office of Career Development in June 2017 as a full time Career Advisor. Rizzotto works with current undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni to ensure the confidence and success of those she meets with. Every year, newly graduated students have dreams of moving across the country and starting a successful career […]
Month: August 2017
Campus Life and Student Engagement aims to make students say WOW
After last year’s addition of an extra week of programming, NSU’s Weeks of Welcome will incorporate more events to welcome students to, and back to, the university for the 2017-2018 academic year. “Weeks of Welcome is an amazing opportunity for the whole entire NSU community … to see what we have to offer on campus,” […]
Editor’s Note
Hello, to our fellow new and returning Sharks! We’re so excited and honored to journey through this new school year with you as the Co-Editor-in-Chiefs of The Current, your student-run newspaper. In fact, as we were preparing this issue you hold in your hands, it dawned on us that the tides are changing. Yes, we […]
ExEL to become a requirement for incoming freshmen
Although experiential learning has always been embedded into NSU’s curriculum, it will now be a requirement for all incoming freshmen. Freshmen must complete six units of Experiential Education and Learning (ExEL) throughout their four years at NSU in order to graduate. Teri Williams, director for experiential education, was hired to spearhead ExEL, which goes into […]
NSU welcomes largest class of incoming students
In an effort to reach Vision 2020, the university’s goal to be recognized as a premier university by the fall of 2020, NSU admitted more freshman and transfer students this fall than in previous years. According to Dee Voss, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, between 970 and 985 incoming freshmen and about 265 incoming transfer students […]
News Anchor
Fourteen dead in Spain after van attack On Aug. 17, 13 people were killed and many more injured when a van drove into pedestrians on Las Ramblas, a famous boulevard and tourist destination in Barcelona, according to the BBC. Police later killed five individuals in connection to a second van attack in Cambrils that killed […]
News Briefs
New Bachelor of Science available in Public Health The College of Osteopathic Medicine adds a new bachelor degree in public health and has accepted the minor of the same name from the Halmos College. Students who would like to learn more information can contact Kristi Messer at atkm1320@nova.edu. Guy Harvey Research Institute discovers shark mortality […]
A guide to being more outgoing in college
Even though my Myers-Briggs results say I am an extrovert, I still have problems when it comes to talking to people I have never met before. Starting a new semester with new classes can be stressful, especially if I know that none of my friends will be with me. Each semester I promise myself that […]
Don’t blow your budget
Entering college is both a liberating and challenging experience. Like many students, your first venture into college might be your first taste of adulthood. As a result, college is the ideal time to learn about finances and develop good habits to take with you post-graduation. Identify sources of income and expenses The first steps to […]
Using mental health as a gateway to physical fitness
By Fiorella Marquez We have all heard the typical advice that everyone gets: “Eat your veggies, make sure you meal prep, wake up thirty minutes earlier and run or do some at-home exercises.” It’s easier said than done. Staying physically healthy in college can be one of the hardest things to do. We must juggle […]