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1992
Stephen Feldman was selected as the third president of
Nova University.
The Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall, new home of the Shepard
Broad Law Center, opened on the main campus.
The Leo Goodwin Sr. Residence Hall, the university’s
fifth student dormitory, was dedicated.
Nova University’s first building, the Rosenthal Student
Center, was expanded to include a dining hall, full
kitchen, bookstore, and administrative offices.
1993
Southeastern University of the Health Sciences added
the College of Allied Health and admitted its charter
class in the Physician Assistant Program.
The Dolphins Training Center, a new training facility for
the Miami Dolphins, was completed on the main campus.
A new wing housing the Bernice and Jack LaBonte
Institute for Hearing, Language, and Speech was added
to the Baudhuin Oral School.
1994
Southeastern University of the Health Sciences merged
with Nova University to form Nova Southeastern
University (NSU).
Ovid C. Lewis was selected as the fourth president
of NSU.
The William and Norma Horvitz Administration
Building was dedicated.
1995
Based on its fall 1995 headcount enrollment, NSU
became the largest independent university in the state
of Florida.
The College of Allied Health started a Master of
Public Health Program for students working in other
health professions.
NSU acquired 10 acres of land contiguous with
the southwest corner of the main campus for future
expansion. Initially, the site will be used for a nature trail
in a park-like setting.
1996
The Maxwell Maltz building, housing the Center for
Psychological Studies and its Community Mental Health
Center, was dedicated.
Planning began to move the Fischler Center for the
Advancement of Education to university facilities in
North Miami Beach.
The board of trustees approved addition of the College of
Dental Medicine to HPD.
The University School was selected as a National Blue
Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department
of Education.
The Oceanographic Center began a cooperative project
with the town of Davie to convert a water treatment
facility into an aquaculture research farm.
The Shepard Broad Law Center began a part-time
evening division J.D. program.
1997
The Health Professions Division (HPD) moved from
facilities in North Miami Beach to new facilities on the
main campus. The new complex encompasses 365,000
square feet of classroom, laboratory, clinic, and office
space along with a 470,000-square-foot parking structure.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine won the 1997
American Medical Student Association’s Paul R. Wright
Excellence in Medical Education Award, the first
osteopathic medical school in the U.S. to be selected.
The College of Dental Medicine admitted its charter class.
The Fischler Center for the Advancement of Education
moved from leased facilities in Davie to newly renovated
university-owned facilities in North Miami Beach.
Facilities opened in University Park Plaza adjacent to
the main campus. The facility houses classrooms, a
microcomputer laboratory, the Institute for Learning
in Retirement, and the Offices of Licensure and State
Relations, Grants and Contracts, and Continuing
Education.