2021 - 2022 COM Student Handbook

70 Nova Southeastern University Student Handbook Shark Dining Services An integral feature to campus life undoubtedly lies within the dining services. The passion and pride of Shark Dining is undeniable as the team has the sole objective of delivering an unforgettable dining experience through the highest quality, menu ingenuity, and value. The team also strives to build community through its culinary expertise. The team embraces cooking from scratch, menuing seasonally, and resourcing responsibly. Shark Dining offers 15 distinctive dining venues, 3 convenience locations, and a hybrid space that converts 7 retail dining brands in the Razor’s Reef into a one-price dining experience. Dining on campus hosts popular national brands such as Starbucks, Subway, Einstein Bros. Bagels, and illy Coffee. Shark Dining also provides a range of internal concepts to include extended options for vegetarians and vegans. Shark Dining has an acute focus on health and wellness, nutritional labeling, and accommodating special dietary requests, ensuring no student will go hungry. The flavor and variety will satisfy any craving at Nova Southeastern University’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. Shark Dining has amazing partnerships with departments such as RecWell, which brings a monthly Teaching Kitchen experience, focused on getting students comfortable with cooking nutritional and manageable meals. Shark Dining also hosts a monthly dining forum to target feedback from the campus community and maintain an open line of communication with on-site senior management team. Menus, hours, dining venues, events, and more can be accessed any time at dineoncampus.com/nsu or through the smart phone app, Dine On Campus. Students are able to “GET” connected to their dining funds and SharkCard by downloading the GET mobile app. Within the app, Sharks can add funds at any time to their SharkCard, and it allows for food ordering for on-campus pickup or delivery. A comprehensive how-to guide can be found online at dineoncampus.com/nsu/get-mobile-howtoguide . University Health Care Centers The Division of Clinical Operations oversees the administration and oversight of the university’s health care centers in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The centers offer health care services to the community, some not available elsewhere, and community outreach programs in the form of free health care education and assessments for vision, medical, speech, behavioral health, physical and occupational therapy, and dental services. Specific information about the clinics and services available to enrolled students are included on the Health Care Centers website . University Libraries The university library system is composed of the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center , the Martin and Gail Press Health Professions Division Library , the Panza Maurer Law Library , the Oceanographic Campus Library , and the Tampa Bay Regional Campus Library . The 325,000-square-foot Alvin Sherman Library is a joint-use facility with the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. It serves students and faculty and staff members of NSU, as well as residents of Broward County. The five-story structure encompasses electronic classrooms, group-study rooms, a café, Ann Porterfield digital media lab and creative makerspace, and service desks with staff trained and ready to serve library users. Collections of electronic resources support the research of students and faculty and staff members. A large spacious atrium houses educational art pieces. The second-