2019 NSU Fact book

2019 FACT BOOK 33 in dispute resolution were added to existing programs in family therapy. 1992 • Stephen Feldman was selected as the third president of Nova University. • The Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall, new home of the Shepard Broad Law Center, opened on the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus. • The Leo Goodwin Sr. Residence Hall, the university’s fifth student dormitory, was dedicated. • Nova University’s first building, the Rosenthal Student Center, was expanded to include a dining hall, full kitchen, bookstore, and administrative offices. 1993 • Southeastern University of the Health Sciences added the College of Allied Health and admitted its charter class in the Physician Assistant Program. • The Dolphins Training Center, a new training facility for the Miami Dolphins, was completed on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. • A new wing housing the Bernice and Jack LaBonte Institute for Hearing, Language, and Speech was added to the Baudhuin Oral School. 1994 • Southeastern University of the Health Sciences merged with Nova University to form Nova Southeastern University (NSU). • Ovid C. Lewis was selected as the fourth president of NSU. • The William and Norma Horvitz Administration Building was dedicated. 1995 • Based on its fall 1995 enrollment, NSU became the largest independent university in the state of Florida. • The College of Allied Health started a Master of Public Health Program for students working in other health professions. • NSU acquired 10 acres of land contiguous with the southwest corner of the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus for future expansion. Initially, the site will be used for a nature trail in a park-like setting. 1996 • The Maxwell Maltz building, housing the Center for Psychological Studies and its Community Mental Health Center, was dedicated. • Planning began to move the Fischler Center for the Advancement of Education to university facilities in North Miami Beach. • The board of trustees approved addition of the College of Dental Medicine to HPD. • The NSU University School was selected as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. • The Oceanographic Center began a cooperative project with the town of Davie to convert a water treatment facility into an aquaculture research farm. • The Shepard Broad Law Center began a part-time evening division J.D. program. 1997 • The Health Professions Division (HPD) moved from facilities in North Miami Beach to new facilities on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. The new complex encompasses 365,000 square feet of classroom, labo- ratory, clinic, and office space along with a 470,000-square-foot parking structure. • The College of Osteopathic Medicine won the 1997 American Medical Student Association’s Paul R. Wright Excellence in Medical Education Award, the first osteo- pathic medical school in the U.S. to be selected. • The College of Dental Medicine admitted its charter class. • The Fischler Center for the Advancement of Education moved from leased facilities in Davie to newly renovated, university-owned facilities in North Miami Beach.