NSU to test emergency notification systems
On Dec. 2, at 2 p.m., the NSU Emergency Notification System will be tested. This includes: mass email; SMS text messages; indoor and outdoor public address systems, including two-way classroom intercoms and emergency blue light phones; “Sharktube” displays throughout campus buildings; digital signage; and NSU’s emergency hotline. Students should have their campus emergency alert number updated and can do so by logging into WebSTAR and registering their correct phone number(s).
Actor Taye Diggs at the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale
On Nov. 20, actor Taye Diggs, from the movie “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” and the TV show “Private Practice,” conducted a free signing of his book “Chocolate Me!” at Books & Books, located in the lobby of the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale. His book is based on the experiences of children feeling different and trying to fit in.
Two men survive after being stranded at sea
Mike Ayres of Michigan and his shipmate, Steffon Moore, were released from the Boca Raton Regional hospital on Nov. 15 after being treated for fatigue and dehydration from being stranded at sea for three days. The two made it to shore near 750 S. Ocean Blvd. on a dingy after their boat began to sink near The Bahamas.
Broward County appoints new mayor
County commissioners welcomed new Mayor John Rodstrom and Vice Mayor Kristin Jacobs on Nov. 16. Rodstrom replaces former Mayor Sue Gunzberger. Every year the commissioners vote two of their peers into the leadership position.
Shooting at UC Berkeley
On Nov. 15, shots were fired on the UC Berkeley campus by a male shooter. Officials suspect that the shooting was related to the Occupy Cal movement, another version of Occupy Wall Street, but the actual motive is still unknown. The armed man was shot by police and rushed to the hospital where he later died. The shooter was indentified only as an undergraduate, in his early 30s, at the university’s Haas Business School.
Fall Faculty Lecture Series ends
The final talk in the Fall 2011 Faculty Lecture Series, hosted by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, will be held in the Alvin Sherman Library, second floor Gallery, Dec. 1 from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Charles Zelden, Ph.D., professor in the FCAS Division of Humanities, will present a talk titled, “The Strategy of Using Truth to Combat Power: Thurgood Marshall’s and the NAACP’s Legal Strategy in the Fight for Racial Justice.” The event is free and open to the public.
