2024 FACT BOOK 43 • In the fall, the university had the largest annual increase in student enrollment (13 percent) since it merged with Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in 1994. 2003 • The new, 110,000-square-foot Jim & Jan Moran Family Center Village housing the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies was dedicated. • The new, 261,000-square-foot Carl DeSantis Building, housing the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship and the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, was dedicated. • In honor of his generosity, NSU’s library was renamed the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center after developer Alvin Sherman. 2004 • Ground was broken for construction of the new 366,000-square-foot University Center. Planned features include a sports arena, fitness facilities, The Student Union and Resource Center, food and beverage services, and a performing arts facility. • The Shepard Broad Law Center celebrated its 30th anniversary. • The NSU University School’s Middle School building was dedicated as the Joanne and Edward Dauer Middle School Building in honor of the Dauer family’s lasting support and contributions to the NSU University School. • NSU hosted a visit and conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. During the visit, His Holiness blessed a Buddhist Prayer Wheel, donated by Albert Miniaci, that will be on permanent display in the Sherman Library. • Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., was installed as the new HPD chancellor after the passing of Morton Terry, D.O., founding chancellor of NSU’s Health Professions Division. 2005 • NSU was designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the U.S. National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. • The U.S. Public Health Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a three-year, $4.2-million grant to a consortium spearheaded by Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM), in partnership with Broward Community College. NSU’s Center for Bioterrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Preparedness will prepare the local healthcare workforce to react efficiently and skillfully. 2006 • The new, state-of-the-art, 366,000-square-foot University Center was dedicated. The facility features 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. • The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) signed an agreement with Nova Southeastern University, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of Florida, creating the South Florida Science Consortium. The consortium will facilitate collaboration among the four research facilities of the Greater Everglades Restoration—the largest environmental restoration in the world and the largest public works project in U.S. history. 2007 • NSU’s newest residence hall, The Commons, opened its doors to students on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. This new living and learning facility has a capacity of 525 beds, configured in single and double rooms. It also has 5 classrooms, 2 conference rooms, 16 community living rooms, and 16 study rooms. The Office of Residential Life and Housing is located at The Commons, as well. • The U.S. Department of Education awarded NSU a $2.8-million Title V—Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant for its Fischler School of Education and Human Services undergraduate program. The grant, paid over a five-year period, will provide support to develop research-based programs targeted at increasing Hispanic student engagement and leading to academic success.
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