NSU Undergraduate Viewbook

Recent Contributions of NSU Researchers Include: 13 If you are looking to gain a competitive advantage over other college graduates and be world-ready, the Career Development Office at NSU is here to assist you. Every student receives their own personal Career Advisor who will support you during your undergraduate college experience to reach your individual career goals. To support every student, the office provides: career coaching, internship/job search action plan, cutting edge career technology and resources. With every student’s career path being unique, NSU’s Career Development Office provides you with services to foster and develop the skills needed to reach your future career goals. CAREER DEVELOPMENT nova.edu/career EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING nova.edu/exel Gaining diverse, meaningful experiences as an NSU student might be the most valuable part of your college education. Through Experiential Education and Learning (ExEL) and the First-Year Experience at NSU, you will be exposed to a world of hands-on opportunities that enrich your academic life while helping you reach your professional and personal goals. As part of ExEL, you can choose to conduct research with a faculty mentor, enroll in courses that take you far beyond the classroom, test drive your future career with an internship, give back to your community as a volunteer, or earn credits while studying and exploring abroad. 1,000+ internship opportunities every year 12 STUDY ABROAD nova.edu/studyabroad The World is our Classroom Classrooms are great, but sometimes, you just have to get out into the real world and see things for yourself. NSU’s extensive, field based, travel-study opportunities offer an unparalleled exposure to the real world, all over the world. Students have recently documented the cultural geography and ecology of Madagascar, Belize, and Kenya; learned the law in Cambridge, England; explored ecotourism in East Africa; studied endangered species in Ecuador; lived on an island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef; and more. If traveling is what you are looking for, NSU’s Office of International Students and Scholars will help you coordinate your pathway to studying abroad. DID YOU KNOW? NSU is one of 50 universities in the nation with both the Carnegie classification of high research activity and community engagement. n the discovery of a molecule that can help battle breast, ovarian, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers n a revolutionary method to make pills tamper-proof so they cannot be crushed or liquefied n a patented fall prevention model that predicts the likelihood of a person falling based on medication dosage and other factors n underwater mapping that has redirected shipping patterns to avoid threatened coral reefs n new links between dietary supplements and behavior in children with autism n the longest tracked tiger shark on record to monitor migration patterns and prompt fisheries managers to re-evaluate how best to protect this near-threatened species