2016 Fact Book

24 1998 The board of trustees named Ray Ferrero, Jr., as the university’s fifth president. George Hanbury, Ph.D., was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer by Ray Ferrero, Jr., J.D., NSU president. NSU’s regional accreditation was reaffirmed by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Schools for another 10 years. The Fischler Center for the Advancement of Education changed its name to the Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Management Council elected NSU to provisional membership effective September 1, 1998. The board of trustees approved construction of the 325,000-square-foot Library, Research, and Information Technology Center on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. 1999 Nova Southeastern University celebrated its 35th anniversary. Construction began for the new Library, Research, and Information Technology Center on the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus. (A joint-use facility with Broward County, it includes a full-service library open to the public, electronic classrooms, an auditorium, and exhibit areas. It represents a unique concept of public/private use with the NSU Board of Trustees and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners each paying half of its costs.) The School of Business and Entrepreneurship was renamed the H. Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship and the board of trustees approved construction of a new building for the school at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. The School of Social and Systemic Studies began the first Ph.D. program in dispute resolution offered nationally by distance education. The College of Osteopathic Medicine was ranked 38th out of 144 medical schools nationally in the category of primary care medical schools by U.S. News & World Report . 2000 President Ferrero received the American Psychological Association’s Presidential Citation Award for his efforts to expand and improve mental health services in South Florida. The American Psychological Association reaffirmed the Center for Psychological Studies doctoral program accreditation for another seven years. The 5,000-square-foot Health Professions Division Assembly Building that contains a 310-seat auditorium, computer laboratory, and seminar room was completed. Centralized university call centers were established at University Park Plaza, in the Health Professions Division Clinic, and at the Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services. Six shuttle buses were added to NSU’s fleet to provide transportation throughout the 300-acre Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus for students and faculty and staff members. 2001 The 325,000-square-foot Library, Research, and Information Technology Center was dedicated. It is a joint-use facility that resulted from an innovative agreement between NSU and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. The new facility is the largest library in Florida. The United States Army selected NSU to be an educational partner in eArmyU , a consortium designed to deliver online degree programs to soldiers. The Family Center was renamed the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies. Ground was broken for the Jim & Jan Moran Family Center Village and a $6 million challenge grant to the center was announced by JM Family Enterprises, Inc. The School of Social and Systemic Studies changed its name to the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Shepard Broad Law Center launched the first online master’s degree in health law for non-lawyers offered by an accredited law school.