Former Miami Dolphins tackle mental health
Two former Miami Dolphins players with NSU ties, an alum and a current student, Dwight Hollier and Julius Thomas, hosted a panel at NSU on mental health in sports on Wednesday Nov. 7. Linebacker Dwight Hollier was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in 1992 and played eight seasons with the team. He earned his master’s in mental health counseling from NSU in 2000 while still playing for the Dolphins. Hollier served as the NFL’s vice president of wellness and clinical services, and now is the senior associate athletic director at the University of North Carolina. In 2017, tight end Julius Thomas played with the Miami Dolphins. Thomas spent most of his career with the Denver Broncos and played in Super Bowl XLVIII, but also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now retired, Thomas is pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at NSU. “I decided to get my doctorate in clinical psychology, so I could help athletes better understand what they are going through and, ultimately, have the quality of life that I want to see,” Thomas said in the NFL segment “Life After Football.” NSU faculty members Robert Seifer, Jamie Tartar, Mindy Dunagan and Charles Golden also served as members of the panel.
Faculty symposium on service and therapy animals
A faculty symposium on the legal, ethical and health issues of service and therapy animals will be held on Nov. 15 in the Faculty Shark Club in the Rosenthal building. The benefits of service animals will be discussed alongside the controversies. Presenters include Amanda Foster, associate professor of law, and Shelley Green, professor of family therapy. Foster teaches disability law courses and her scholarship focuses on disability law and insurance coverage issues for individuals with disabilities. Green is the director of NSU’s equine assisted family therapy program. The presenters will explore how service and therapy animals are affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act and Air Carrier Access Act. RSVP by emailing facultysymposium@nova.edu.
FINtastic Fridays debut at NSU
FINtastic Fridays is a new undergraduate admissions event in which high school students visit NSU. The event is an information session on the undergraduate admission process, and NSU’s academic programs and the premier programs offered. The visits will feature a Q&A panel of deans and faculty. Admissions is looking for representatives from each college and undergraduate program to serve as members of the panel. Admissions also needs Premier Program students (Dual Admissions, Razor’s Edge or Fischler’s Academy) to lead hands-on activities with the visiting students. For those interested in participating email valencia.forbes@nova.edu.
Library hosts finals survival weeks
The Alvin Sherman Library is helping students prepare for finals with survival weeks. From Monday Nov. 26 to Friday Dec. 7 at 5 to 6 p.m., the library will offer free snacks and coffee to students while supplies last. There will also be extra study rooms available to reserve. The library will extend their hours Saturday Nov. 24 to Saturday Dec. 8 to 7 a.m. to midnight. For quiet individual study sessions, students can utilize the study carrels on the third and fourth floors. There are two collaborative study rooms in rooms 3078 and 3079 on the third floor of the library. Some of the study rooms are on a first come, first serve basis and others require an online reservation. To reserve a study room visit http://sherman.library.nova.edu/rooms.
