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COM Outlook . Spring 2015
NSU
OVERVIEW
U.S. News & World Report
Ranks NSU’s Criminal Justice
Graduate Program as one
of America’s Best
NSU’s criminal justice graduation program
ranked
in the top 25 of
U.S. News & World Report’s
inaugural review of
online graduate criminal justice programs in its annual survey of
the top educational programs in America, coming in at number 22.
According to the report, around 5.4 million students took
at least one distance-education course during the fall of 2012.
While online education is a fast-growing option for schools
around the country, at NSU it has been a component of the
university’s core mission for many years.
NSU’s criminal justice graduate program is offered entirely
online, which is a format that allows students to participate in
courses from anywhere in the world and provides flexibility in
completing a master’s degree while providing time for students
to continue their current careers.
Judy and Dr. Barry Silverman
Honored with NSU
President’s Award for
Excellence in Community Service
On January 31,
Judy and Barry Silverman, M.D.
,
received the NSU President’s Award for Excellence in Com-
munity Service at the annual Celebration of Excellence event.
Established in 1997, the President’s Excellence in Community
Service Award recognizes extraordinary professional and phil-
anthropic engagement activities by members of the South Flor-
ida community. The award encourages the ongoing pursuit of
service and exemplifies NSU’s community core value.
Dr. Frederick Lippman
Appointed to Florida TaxWatch’s
Advisory Board
Bob Martinez, a former Florida governor who currently
chairs the Florida TaxWatch’s Center for Florida Citizenship
(CFC), appointed
Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D.
,
chancellor of NSU’s Health Professions Division, to the orga-
nization’s advisory board. Dr. Lippman also serves as a board
member of Florida TaxWatch. The CFC Advisory Board is
comprised of business and community leaders that possess the
knowledge and experience to
provide Florida TaxWatch’s staff
members with ideas and guid-
ance in doing CFC research and
policy formulation. Members are
selected on the basis of the sig-
nificant leadership role they have
achieved in the areas of business,
politics, community service, and
charitable organizations.
