2017 Fact Book

In addition, seven residence halls on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus serve undergraduate, graduate, health professions, and law students, with a capacity for housing nearly 1,500 students in approximately 207,000 square feet of living space. The Commons, a 525-bed residence hall, opened its doors to students in August 2007. There are also housing facilities specifically for graduate students. The Rolling Hills Graduate Apartment Complex can accommodate up to 373 graduate students in fully furnished single and quad rooms. The Cultural Living Center has 135 furnished single and double apartments for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. University Park Plaza, just to the south of the Health Professions Division (HPD) complex, has 173,000 square feet of space with 137,000 square feet devoted to university office and classroom space. This includes the Lifelong Learning Institute, a 100-station microcomputer laboratory, a videoconferencing room, a state-of-the-art nursing simulation lab, and the NSU Bookstore. NSU’s Health Professions Division complex is located at the northwest corner of the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus. The complex includes eight buildings totaling more than 540,000 square feet of space for administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, the Health Professions Division Library, and a patient- services clinic. Also, there is a 600,000-square-foot parking structure with space for approximately 2,000 vehicles. In addition to the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, the university has permanent facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and North Miami Beach. These locations are all within 20 miles of the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus. East Campus The East Campus is located in Fort Lauderdale, six miles from the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. The East Campus is located on 10 acres and has 8 buildings that provide 104,000 square feet of office and classroom space. Facilities house the university’s financial operations; the regional campuses administration; human resources; the university call center; and Alumni Hall, a multipurpose auditorium. North Miami Beach Campus The 18-acre North Miami Beach Campus is home to dental medicine, family medicine, and optometry clinics operated by the Health Professions Division. Overall, the facility includes three buildings totaling approximately 230,000 square feet. Oceanographic Campus The Oceanographic Campus, which houses the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, occupies 10 acres within the Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park at Port Everglades in Hollywood. The facilities are composed of three original buildings and a modular encompassing 27,000 square feet. It also boasts the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center—a state- of-the-art, 86,000-square-foot research facility. Space exists for offices, classrooms, a library, and research laboratories. The campus’s marina and proximity to the ocean is ideal for field studies. Partially funded by a $15-million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Center of Excellence is the only facility in the country dedicated to the study, research, and preservation of coral reefs. It was completed in September 2012. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale was founded in 1958, and has been housed since 1986 in a distinguished modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. The museum building encompasses 94,500 square feet on three levels, of which 35,000 square feet is exhibition space used for the display of art. The adjacent Horvitz auditorium, which contains 256 seats, is used for a variety of presentations and performances, including lectures, films, concerts, and theatrical events. NSU also maintains space in the Museum Tower. The Museum Tower is the home of the Office of Advancement and Community Relations as well as a satellite office for the President. 4