NSU to host run for Special Olympics
NSU will host the Annual Sallaluro’s Race for Champions, a 5k that benefits Special Olympics Florida – Broward County, on Nov. 4 at 8 a.m. Faculty, staff or students who register with the NSU team will have the $25 registration fee waived and receive a free T-shirt. NSU’s partnership with the Special Olympics makes it the only private university to house a local chapter on campus. Students can register at firstgiving.com/raceforchampions/2017-sallarulos-race-for-champions.
Per-Olof Lööf will lecture as next guest in Distinguished Lecture Series
Per-Olof Lööf will speak at NSU on Nov. 7 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. as part of the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Lööf, who is also the college’s Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame inductee, is the Chief Executive Officer of KEMET and former CEO of Sensormatic Electronics. He will discuss topics such as boosting corporate identity and maneuvering acquisitions. To RSVP, contact loval02@nova.edu or call Alyssa Lovitt at 954-262-5035.
Oxfam Hunger Banquet seeks to educate about world issue
Student Leadership and Civic Engagement will host the Oxfam Hunger Banquet in partnership with Meals on Wheels on Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in Commons 123. Participants in the event will be assigned roles to demonstrate how income levels can affect hunger. This event is open to all students.
Service in the City continues on Nov. 14
The final leg of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement’s Service in the City program will take place on Nov. 14. This is a weekday service opportunity through a partnership with HOPE South Florida. Students will serve the homeless community in Broward County from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Transportation will be provided and students should meet at the Shark Fountain at 5 p.m. To sign up, go to the SLCE Orgsync page.
Gabriel Suciu next lecturer in Neuro-Immune Medicine Research Seminar Series
As part of NSU’s Neuro-Immune Medicine Research Seminar Series, Associate Professor Gabriel Suciu will deliver the lecture “Effects of Treatment Outcome on the Survival in Elderly Women with Stage III and Stage IV Ovarian Cancer” on Nov. 3 from 12 – 1 p.m. The event will take place in the Center for Collaborative Research, room 242. Students should RSVP at mf1184@nova.edu to attend.
Fort Myers Campus hosts Community Day and Health Fair
NSU Fort Myers will host Community Day and Health Fair on Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and will feature music, activities for all ages and food. The event will also collect canned food for hunger and hurricane relief. For more information, call 954-274-6070 or email SAFortMyers@nova.edu.
