I vividly remember the day my mother was diagnosed, because that was the moment all of our lives changed. All at once, I had this indescribable feeling of panic, anger, and shock. Why was this happening? Why was it happening to my mother?
Category: Features
Diary of… a global leader
Edwina Ward is a graduate student seeking her masters in cross disciplinary studies. One day she hopes to be an ambassador on a global level. With her trip to a United Nations assembly in January, she “hopes to see what options that will bring” for her long term career goals.
Faculty Spotlight: Kristine Johnson
Since August of 2011, Kristine Johnson has been an adjunct professor for Communications Studies in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. Her experience in this field has made her a reliable and helpful source for her students.
Holiday Happenings in South Florida
There’s no place like home for the holidays, right? For one reason or another, going home during winter break is not an option for some residential NSU students. Luckily, the main campus is only a short distance away from much of South Florida’s thriving culture, which comes alive during the holiday season. Students stuck at […]
Tackling Turkey Day: Ideas for less stress during the Thanksgiving Break
The Thanksgiving break presents a unique challenge to college students who have only a few days to travel and relax before they return to school and complete the fall semester. Here are some tips for students who need to balance the pressures of young adult life with their trip back home.
Faculty Spotlight: Allison Brimmer
For seven years, Allison Brimmer has been an assistant professor for the Division of Humanities in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. Her love of literature and writing, combined with her desire to help students realize their full potential, made her want to become an educator.
Diary of… a zookeeper
When most people think of a zookeeper, they typically assume that zookeepers play with animals all day. More often than not, they think of the “dangerous” animals like elephants and tigers. In reality, a zookeeper’s job is very different from these assumptions.
Diary of… an ethusiastic student
As a student on NSU’s campus, it is hard to say that there are not opportunities to get involved, and from day one, I knew that I was going to do just that. The summer before my freshman year, I visited the campus to audition for the Performing and Visual Arts department as an incoming […]
Young Americans empowered to vote
Written By: Saily Regueiro & Amanda Hudon A national poll was conducted by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) to investigate the likelihood of young Americans voting in the this year’s presidential election. In June and July 2012, CIRCLE, an independent academic research center that studies and presents […]
What is string theory anyway?
To unify, or reconcile, these two theories, string theory was introduced as a proposed “theory of everything”. Since both quantum physics and general relativity have been proven true for the most part, we seem to just be missing the central piece of the proverbial physics puzzle. String theory is a bold attempt to fill in the blanks on what we don’t know about the universe, and though it may seem bizarre, famous wheelchair-bound physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking is on the record for stating that string theory is “the only candidate for a complete theory of the universe.”.