Scholarship available to graduating seniors
Two graduating seniors of any major will be nominated for the Junior Fellows program for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Beginning Aug. 1, 2016, Junior Fellows will spend one year at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, D.C. to conduct research for publications, participate in meetings with officials, take part in congressional testimony and organize briefings. Applications must be submitted to the Farquhar Honors College office on the second floor of the Mailman-Hollywood Building by 5 p.m. on Dec. 11. Dean Rosenblum will select the two students and submit their applications for consideration to the Carnegie Endowment, who will select between 10 and 12 students from around the world. For more information, contact Rosenblum at 954-262-8402.
Florida bill filed to allow health care refusal
Florida Representative Julio Gonzalez filed HB 401, a bill that allows health care providers to refuse to treat or medicate a patient if it opposes their religious or moral beliefs, on Oct. 21. If passed, nursing homes and assisted living centers, hospice facilities owned by religious institutions, surgery centers and individual doctors could refuse to provide medical care, unless the patient is at risk of dying or is seriously injured, based on the doctor’s beliefs. The bill has not received support from a member of the Florida Senate.
Library takes over SEA Thursday
NSU Libraries will host the “Fall in Love with your Library” fair as part of SEA Thursday on Nov. 5 to teach the NSU community about library resources and services. Tables will be set up to showcase different information, and at each table, students can win gift cards for coffee and books. There will be carnival games, photo booths, popcorn and other snacks, as well as music provided by Radio X. For more information, contact the Alvin Sherman Library Reference Desk at 954-262-4613.
Learn about Ireland through film
The eighth annual Irish Film Festival will include three films, which will be screened between Nov. 9 and Nov. 15. Films include “Out of Here” on Nov. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m., “Good Vibrations” on Nov. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. and “Gold” on Nov. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. The first two screenings will be in Room 4009 of the Alvin Sherman Library, and the final film will be in the Cotilla Gallery on the second floor of the library. All films are free and open to the public. For more information, contact David Kilroy at dkilroy@nova.edu or Kimberli Kidd at 954-262-5477.
Learn about the field of multimedia
NSU will host the Florida Scholastic Press Association District 7 high school multimedia conference on Nov. 7 from 7:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to educate students on multimedia journalism. Sessions include Powerful Images: Photojournalism Depicting the Rawness of Humanity, Photoshop 101, ENG News Gathering Network Style, Alternative Sports Careers, RadioX Marks the Spot, How to Lead Your Peers and more. District 7 consists of private and public high schools in the Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties. It was created in 1946 to provide more information to students enrolled in courses such as journalism, broadcasting, literary magazine, newspaper, yearbook, web design and graphics. For more information, contact Michelle Manley, director of student media, at mmichell@nova.edu.
College of Law receives $1 million for student scholarships
NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law received $1 million from a local law firm to be used for student scholarships, and in honor of this donation, it renamed the law library as the Panza Maurer Law Library. The donation was made by Thomas Panza and Susan Horowitz Maurer from Panza, Maurer and Maynard law firm in Ft. Lauderdale. Both Panza and Maurer graduated from NSU, Panza with a master’s degree in criminal justice and Maurer with a law degree. The College of Law was previously designated as a top Florida school for bar exam preparation by National Jurist Magazine and ranked fifth nationally as one of the best law schools for diversity practices for Hispanics in HispanicBusiness.com’s Annual Diversity Report.
