2021 NSU Fact Book

2021 FACT BOOK 39 programs. The $2.7-million grant will support the devel- opment of programs in the Fischler School of Education and Human Services that enhance graduate student engagement, retention, and success. 2010 • Ray Ferrero, Jr., who was then president, became uni- versity chancellor and CEO, and George Hanbury, who was then executive vice president and COO, became university president and COO. • The Division of Applied Interdisciplinary Studies was created. This new division encompasses the Center for Psychological Studies, the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies, and the Criminal Justice Institute. • A new, state-of-the-art research facility was approved to be built on the Oceanographic Center campus at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in Dania Beach, Florida. Partially funded by a $15-million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the facility will be the only one in the country dedicated to the study, research, and preservation of coral reefs. The new Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Science was opened in September 2012. • The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching awarded Nova Southeastern University the Community Engagement Classification, which acknowl- edges significant commitment to and demonstration of community engagement. NSU was 1 of 15 colleges and universities in the U.S. selected for the award in 2010, and 1 of only 311 colleges and universities nationally to receive the award since inception of the classification. • NSU University School opened its new “Campus within a Campus,” which included a new building for the Lower School, a Center for the Arts, an aquatics center, and athletic fields. 2011 • George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., took office as the sixth president and CEO of Nova Southeastern University. He began the creative process for implementing NSU’s Vision 2020. • NSU was elevated from Doctoral Research University to Research University—High Research Activity, reflecting two of NSU’s core values: scholarship and research. At the time, NSU was 1 of only 37 universities in the nation with both the Carnegie classification of high research activity and community engagement. • The Susie and Alan B. Levan NSU Ambassadors Board, a premier C-Suite organization of approximately 200 members, was created to increase NSU awareness and support in the South Florida community. • The Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery, on the second floor of the Alvin Sherman Library, is named. 2012 • The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) granted accreditation without qualifications to all degree programs in NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler School of Education and to education- related programs within the university’s Center for Psychological Studies. This means the university’s edu- cation programs have been vetted at the highest levels for quality and the ability to produce effective, high- achieving educators. Including NSU, NCATE currently accredits more than 650 colleges of education. NCATE also represents more than three million teachers, teacher educators, content specialists, and local and state policy makers committed to quality teaching. • In September, the Oceanographic Center used a $15-million federal stimulus grant to open the nation’s largest dedicated coral reef research center—the 86,000-square-foot NSU Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Research. The completed center cost $50 million and serves as a global hub for learning from the ocean’s diverse ecosystem of coral reefs and myriad fish and other marine life. The grand opening celebration included a keynote speech by former Vice President of the United States Al Gore. The building is Silver Leadership in Energy, and Environmental Design certified.