Men’s Basketball The Sharks won with a score of 91-77 against Saint Leo on Feb. 7. Junior David Dennis filled the scoreboard with 27 points made overall followed by Freshman Nick Smith who scored 18 points overall. Women’s Basketball The women’s basketball team suffered a loss against Saint Leo with a score of 52-55 on […]
Month: February 2018
Sororities to host ‘Game Show Night: Phirst Love!’
On Monday, Feb. 12, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Phi Sigma Sigma will host “Game Show Night: Phirst Love!” from 8-10 p.m. in the UC Pit. Proceeds from the show will go to breast cancer awareness. Each of the five couples that are competing in Phirst Love are representing one or more greek organizations, […]
Soundbite – Anderson Paak
Brandon Paak Anderson, better known as Anderson Paak, is a singer, songwriter, drummer and rapper. He was born and raised in Oxnard, California and he is half African-American and half-Korean. His music career began in high school when he attended Foothill Technology High School and started practicing drumming. He worked as a drummer in a […]
Farquhar Honors College Distinguished Speaker series presents Mary Otto
NSU’s Farquhar Honors college will host Mary Otto, a former reporter for the Washington Post, as part of their Distinguished Speaker series, on Tuesday, Feb. 13 from 4-5 p.m. Otto is the author of “Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America.” Her book focuses on politics, insurances, the […]
Pope Francis Steps Up
When Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, was appointed in March of 2013, it marked a lot of firsts. He’s the first pope representing the Americas; first to refuse the bullet-proof limousine; first to refuse living in the Apostolic Place and he is the first pope to ever use the word “gay” rather […]
Andy and the Guy Harvey Research Institute go the distance
Razor isn’t the only shark representing NSU, have you heard about Andy? In 2014, “Andy,” a tiger shark, was tagged in Bermuda by scientists at NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI). The team was led by Director Mahmood Shivji. Four years later, Andy, who was named after documentary producer Andrew Smith, has become the longest […]
SharkCards now accepted as payment on off-campus locations
On Monday, Jan. 29, NSU students received an email notifying them that their SharkCards will now be accepted as a form of payment at on-campus Pepsi and Canteen vending machines and two CVS locations near the Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus. However, students are not able to use their declining balance funds for these off-campus purchases; they […]
Tutoring and Testing: Navigating your online courses
Jessica is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program at NSU. She works as an academic success coach at the Tutoring and Testing Center. One of the most common things that I hear as an academic success coach at the Tutoring and Testing Center is that students who are new to online classes feel […]
An alumna update: Dr. Hayley Oligane
Hayley Oligane came to NSU somewhat by accident. After recovering from an injury and becoming a last-minute soccer recruit with a full scholarship offer, she found herself in South Florida majoring in biology. Her successful undergraduate career ended with her winning the James Farquhar Award, which acknowledges one graduating student for their excellence in scholarship, […]
Andrea Shaw Nevins presents ‘Fantastical Imagery and Elements of Resilience in the Caribbean’
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting the latest speaker in their Intellectual Conversations series, based on the former Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Lecture Series. Andrea Shaw Nevins, chair of the department of history and political science and interim assistant dean for academic affairs for the College of Arts, […]