2016 Fact Book

48 in artistic and academic creativity, scholarship, exhibition, performance, research, and outreach. The department aspires to provide leadership and serve as a major cultural resource for the university and a collaborative community. PVA builds pathways to creative careers through its dynamic Bachelor of Arts programs in Art and Design, Arts Administration, Dance, Music, and Theatre. Productions and exhibitions showcase the unique and diverse work of our students, faculty members, alumni, and guest artists. The entire university and local community are encouraged to attend, engage in, and support these events, which are held in the Performing and Visual Arts Wing of the Don Taft University Center at NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. CAHSS offers several graduate certificates and concentration programs including advanced conflict resolution practice, family systems health care, paralegal studies, peace studies, college student personnel administration, qualitative research, family studies, solution-focused coaching, and national security affairs. Graduate certificate programs provide knowledge, methods, and skills leading to career advancement and life enlightenment in the fields of study. As a concentration, the area of interest allows students to specialize while studying in their field. The Family Therapy Clinic at the Brief Therapy Institute provides individuals, couples, and families with a variety of consultation, therapy, and outreach services. The team of professionals can assist clients with couple’s difficulties, parenting problems, divorce adjustment, family conflicts, chronic illness or stress management, depression, anxiety, and other troubling issues. By enlisting the clients’ strengths to empower productive change, BTI provides quality therapeutic services beyond typical mental health care. SUPERB (Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying) offers an all-age, preventive program designed to meet the specific needs of an individual school or a district to resolve bullying in their educational environment, thanks to Senator Jeremy Ring’s generous gift and enduring support.