2018 NSU Fact Book

13 Department of Athletics The NSU Department of Athletics, its student- athletes, staff members, and administrators participate and partner with various community groups to provide support to those in need, fulfilling the philosophy of being an NCAA Division II member institution as well as one of the fundamental core values of the university. Below is only a partial list of the many community activities NSU athletics is involved in. • Broward County Special Olympics • H.A.N.D.Y. (Helping Abused, Neglected, and Disadvantage Youth) • International Coastal Cleanup • Jack & Jill Children’s Center Toy Drive • Make-A-Wish Foundation • Miracle League World Series • Sallarulo’s Race for Champions Division of Student Affairs Student organizations have worked with 125 various community affiliates throughout the region. • Days of Service with local community affiliates • Service-based student organizations • Service Trips (opportunities for student development outside of the South Florida region) Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine • A Day for Children • Afterschool recreation program • Angel Tree • Area Health Education Centers/Tobacco Cessation Program • Beach Clean Up • Big Brothers/Big Sisters • Camp Boggy Creek • CANstruction Event for Hunger • Day of Dignity • Doctor’s Bag • D.O. Day on the Hill • Fight for Air Climb • Florida Rural Medical Outreach (Glades REACH Fair, Hendry/Glades Health Fair) • Gilda’s Club • Habitat for Humanity • Hands on Broward • Health Careers Camp • Heart Walk • High school counselors/mentors • HIV partnership for community • Homeless outreach • Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness • International outreach medical • Kids In Distress • Lifelong Learning Institute • Light of the World Clinc • Medical Explorers • Participation in health fairs • Peds-Pals • Peer mentors • Reading Pals • Read-on Early Literacy Program • Rural medicine training program • Special Olympics • St. Baldrick’s Foundation • Women In Distress Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences • Aural rehabilitation for the hearing impaired • Autism Speaks • Bilingual SLP evaluations and treatment • Broward County Voice Resonance Clinic • Broward Summer Institute (two-day training on ASD-related topics) • Communication and Autism Network (professional learning community for speech- language pathologists who serve children with ASD and severe communication impairments) • Community SLP services to area charter schools (Charter Schools of Excellence and Somerset Charter School—Davie) • Creative A.G.E. (for parents of adult children with ASD) • Employment Boot Camp for adults with ASD • Foundation for Fighting Blindness • Health Care Fair: Boomers and Beyond • Healthy Communities Services for Special Olympic Athletes • Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness (IDEA) Initiative • Issues in Autism annual conference • Lunch and Learn Seminars • Parent annual workshops on a variety of ASD- related topics • Parkinson Support Group • Physician Assistant Outreach Missions