NSU’s student population continues to have concerns following the university’s Feb. 23 announcement which stated that the Rollings Hills graduate apartments would be used during the 2018-2019 school year to house the university’s growing number of undergraduate residential students. According to Aarika Camp, associate dean of student services and director of residential life and housing, […]
Month: April 2018
Changes to look forward to
The 2017-2018 school year has brought changes and new goals to NSU. Over the course of these two semesters, The Current has reported on all of the things students may be able to look forward to in the university’s future — here is a recap of some of the biggest stories. College of Education to […]
Disinfectant chlorine temporarily added to the Town of Davie water supply, citizens told not to be concerned
NSU students and staff have expressed some concern over the taste and smell of the water coming out of the university’s taps. This unusual water isn’t just news for NSU — the entire Town of Davie has temporarily returned to using free chlorine as a part of their annual preventative maintenance from the middle of […]
Career Development to expand their Peer Advisor program
The Office of Career Development will hire an additional two new students to expand their Peer Adviser program that began this year. Peer Advisers are student employees who receive training in career counseling and work as advisers to students for walk-in appointments and during Career Labs. The program began this year with two students. Maggie […]
Summer safety
Summer can be the most exciting season, especially for college students, since it typically means time away from school. While some students spend this time working, interning or taking summer classes, others prefer to spend their time resting on vacation. If you’re in the group who enjoy summers filled with traveling, swimming and sunbathing, you […]
You don’t need a summer internship or job
Summer is almost here and there are a lot of people who get an internship or job opportunity. There are others who don’t get these chances either because they’re not interested or because they can’t find the right one. It is very easy to listen to people talk about their internship or job and feel […]
Tutoring and Testing: The best environments for studying
Jessica McDonald is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program at NSU. She works as an academic success coach at the Tutoring and Testing Center. Living in South Florida has a ton of perks, the most notable of which is the constant stream of sunshine. The beach weather we’ve come to expect year-round is […]
Editor’s Note
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves …” – Anatole France To our fellow Sharks, When tides shift and seasons change, there is often an element of wonder and excitement that comes with the adjustment. However, there also tend to be feelings […]
Taking pictures of a casket
Funerals are one of the saddest events to attend. They sometimes come unexpectedly and are filled with different moods of reflection, loss and remembrances. Funerals and wakes bring family and friends together to reminiscence about an individual’s life. Perhaps to some it’s unexplainable to describe the pain that they are feeling, but attending an open-casket […]
Why you should register to vote now and then actually do it in November
If you thought that you wouldn’t have to vote again until the 2020 presidential election, please think again. The midterm elections — you know that other time where you can vote representatives into the government — are coming up in November. I’m not sure if it’s that most Americans forget or just don’t care, but […]