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2002
The board of trustees approved a name change from
the Farquhar Center for Undergraduate Studies to the
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences.
The undergraduate business majors were moved to
the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and
Entrepreneurship.
Construction began for new facilities for the Orlando
Student Educational Center in the new Mall at Millenia.
NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine received a grant
from the U.S. Public Health Service that supports the
establishment of the first pediatric residency in Broward
and Palm Beach counties.
NSU was approved for active membership as part of
the National Collegiate Athletic Association effective
September 1, 2002, as announced by the NCAA
Division II Membership Committee.
Nova Southeastern University accepted an invitation
to join the Sunshine State Conference of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (Division II) beginning
with the 2002–03 academic year.
In fall 2002, the university had the largest annual
increase in student head count (13 percent) since it
merged with Southeastern University of the Health
Sciences in 1994.
2003
The new 110,000-square-foot Jim & Jan Moran Family
Center Village housing the Mailman Segal Institute for
Early Childhood Studies was dedicated.
The new 261,000-square-foot Carl DeSantis Building
housing the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and
Entrepreneurship and the Graduate School of Computer
and Information Sciences was dedicated.
In honor of his generosity, NSU’s library was renamed
the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information
Technology Center after developer Alvin Sherman.
2004
Ground was broken for construction of the new
366,000-
square-foot University Center. Planned features
include a sports arena, fitness facilities, The Student
Union and Resource Center, food and beverage
services, and a performing arts facility.
The Shepard Broad Law Center celebrated its
30
th anniversary.
The University School’s Middle School was dedicated as
the Joanne and Edward Dauer Middle School Building
in honor of the Dauer family’s lasting support and
contributions to the University School.
NSU hosted a visit and conferred an honorary Doctorate
of Humane Letters on His Holiness the 14th Dalai
Lama of Tibet. During the visit, His Holiness blessed a
Buddhist Prayer Wheel, donated by Albert Miniaci, that
will be on permanent display in the Sherman Library.
2005
NSU was designated a National Center of Academic
Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the
U.S. National Security Agency and the Department of
Homeland Security.
The U.S. Public Health Services’ Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a three-
year, $4.2-million grant to a consortium spearheaded by
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic
Medicine (NSU-COM), in partnership with Broward
Community College. NSU’s Center for Bioterrorism
and Weapons of Mass Destruction Preparedness will
prepare the local health care workforce to react
efficiently and skillfully.
2006
The new, state-of-the-art, 366,000-square-foot University
Center was dedicated. The facility features three
NCAA competition courts in the main arena, as well
as two intramural courts, group fitness and instruction
rooms, cardio and weight training areas, squash courts,
a rock climbing wall, and The Flight Deck.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) signed an
agreement with Nova Southeastern University, Florida
Atlantic University, and the University of Florida,
creating the South Florida Science Consortium.
The consortium will facilitate collaboration among
the four research facilities of the Greater Everglades
Restoration—the largest environmental restoration
in the world and the largest public works project in
U.S. history.