2016 Fact Book

25 The Shepard Broad Law Center celebrated its 30th anniversary. The NSU 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 NSUUniversity 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. 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.