Horatio Alger Huizenga Business School Scholarship deadline approaching
The Horatio Alger Association’s $10,000 Horatio Alger Huizenga Business School Scholarship deadline has been extended to Nov. 1. The scholarship, open to students of the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, provides financial assistance to students in their last two years of school, who have exhibited integrity and perseverance in overcoming personal adversity. Applicants must be residents of Florida. For scholarship details, visit: www.huizenga.nova.edu/CurrentStudents/Scholarships.cfm
Life 101 … Personally Speaking
Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross will speak with the NSU community on Oct. 23, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., as part of the Division of Student Affairs’ “Life 101 … Personally Speaking” series. She is one of the most decorated female track and field athletes of all time, with a total of five Olympic medals. Doors to the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Art Center will open at 5:30 p.m. and seats are first-come, first-serve. Show your SharkCard to Office of Student Activities in the Don Taft University Center for two free tickets. For more information, call (954) 262-7494 or e-mail specialprojects@nova.edu.
Internship opportunity
A representative from The Washington Center, which offers internships and academic seminars for undergraduates and graduates in Washington D.C. and London, will visit NSU at 11 a.m. on Oct. 26 in The Carl DeSantis Building, room 2082. The Center offers a variety of professional programs, including ones in law, medicine, and business. For more information, visit TWC.edu.
Missing University of Florida student found
On Oct. 12, hunters discovered the remains of University of Florida student Christian Aguilar, who had been missing since Sept. 20. His friend Pedro Bravo has been charged with first-degree murder. The hunters found the body wearing blue Vans shoes, blue jeans, and duct tape, in a wooden area about six miles off of State Road 24 in Levy County, Fla — about an hour away from UF’s Gainesville campus. Gainesville police confirmed that the body was Aguilar’s on Oct. 15 through dental records.
On campus debate
On Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., the James Madison Institute will host a debate on the role of government in economic growth and job creation led by Michael Grunwald, senior national correspondent for TIME Magazine, and Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of FreedomWorks, in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. After the debate, both speakers will hold a book signing of their recent releases: Grunwald’s “The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era” and Kibbe’s New York Times bestseller, “Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto.”
