2018 NSU Fact Book

than 200 research projects are underway at the university, including studies on cardiovascular disease, anticancer therapies, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism, coral reef restoration, stem cells, and wildlife DNA forensics, among other subjects. The Noël P. Brown Sports Center is a 75,000-square- foot gymnasium facility located next to NSU’s Aquatics Complex. The building contains state-of- the-art training and fitness rooms for student-athletes participating in 15 different sports; a gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, and other activities; a general- purpose activity room for use by students as young as junior kindergarten; offices for athletic department staff; locker room facilities for aquatics and visiting athletes; and an office suite for Special Olympics Broward County. To complement the project, the original Sports Center facility received refurbishments to enhance classroom and programming areas. The Don Taft University Center is a 366,000-square- foot facility featuring 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 Pub. The Performing and Visual Arts Wing of the Don Taft University Center includes state-of-the-art classrooms and facilities that support the art, dance, music, and theatre majors of the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). The Performing and Visual Arts Wing features • a 230-seat performance theater with full staging capacity for recitals, concerts, plays, films, and lectures • a 100-seat black box theater with flexible seating arrangements for multiple staging • academic support facilities for the performing arts, including professional-caliber scene and costume shops; a scenic design lab; dance studios; choral and instrumental rehearsal rooms; music practice studios; and acoustic, percussion, and keyboard technology • visual arts classrooms that support painting, drawing, ceramics, and graphic design • a gallery for the display of private art collections, photography, and student artwork There is also an outdoor aquatic center with an Olympic-sized swimming pool and integrated dive well, as well as a dryland training facility. 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 at the Rolling Hills Complex that can accommodate up to 373 students in fully furnished single and quad rooms. The Cultural Living Center has 135 furnished single and double apartments for upper-level students. University Park Plaza, just to the south of the Health Professions Division (HPD) complex, has 173,000 square feet of space and will be the location of a new hospital built by HCA East Florida, which will replace Plantation General Hospital. 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 4