Civil rights exhibit comes to the Alvin Sherman Library
The Museum of Florida History announced that an exhibit focused on the civil rights movement in Florida has arrived at the Alvin Sherman Library and will be running from Feb. 1 to March 12. The exhibit, titled “Civil Rights in the Sunshine State,” was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The exhibit portrays the struggles for equality of African Americans in Florida throughout the late 1800’s through the late 1900’s, and is one of the first history exhibits to focus on the Florida civil rights movement on a statewide scale, although the exhibit does explore the struggles for equality on local and national scales as well.
NSU presents Annual Film Series: The Reel
The department of Humanities and Politics, Pre-Health Book Club, OK Club, Be Happy Club and Wyrd (NSU’s book club) co-sponsored another session of NSU’s Annual Film Series: The Reel. This semester, the movie took place on Jan. 27 on the Alvin Sherman Library quad and attracted just over a dozen students. The movie, “The Farewell,” was free of charge and open to the public, so students and community members could gather together and have a deeper discussion and understanding of the themes in the film.
NSU updates mask policy
On Feb. 2, an email was sent out to NSU students, staff and faculty announcing that the university had once again updated their mask policy. Effective immediately, masks are no longer required outdoors on campus, but are still required in all buildings and will remain mandatory in classrooms until the end of the winter semester. In the email, declining COVID-19 cases on campus were cited as part of the decision-making process for this update.
NSU partnership with TAO offers students and staff mental health resources
On Jan. 24, NSU announced that they were partnering with TAO Connect to make mental health and behavioral therapy resources more accessible for students and faculty. NSU cited an increase in counseling services among students since the beginning of the pandemic in their decision to partner with TAO Connect. TAO is a digital application that allows the user to go through more than 150 self-guided mental health exercises to manage anxiety, depression, procrastination and more. The digital platform is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is available through the NSU Center for Student Counseling and Wellbeing. NSU students can register for TAO online at https://us.taoconnect.org/register.
