Horizons Fall 2015

NSU COLLEGES • Abraham S. Fischler College of Education • College of Allopathic Medicine • College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences • College of Dental Medicine • College of Engineering and Computing • College of Health Care Sciences • College of Medical Sciences • College of Nursing • College of Optometry • College of Osteopathic Medicine • College of Pharmacy • College of Psychology • Farquhar Honors College • H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship • Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography • Shepard Broad College of Law OTHER ACADEMIC UNITS • Mailman Segal Center for Human Development • NSU University School 27 NSU HORIZONS NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. program), which is already a nationally rec- ognized premier medical school. NSU’s College of Allopathic Medicine will be South Florida’s fourth traditional medical school and is slated to accept its first students in 2017. The new College of Engineering and Computing combines the Ph.D. and master’s degree programs— formerly housed in the Graduate School of Computer and Informa- tion Sciences—and bachelor’s degree programs across computer science, engineering, and information sci- ences from the former Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. The college is offering a new Bachelor of Science in General Engineering beginning fall 2016 (pending ap- proval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges). The undergraduate Farquhar Honors College will spotlight students who meet high academic standards, including those who are also part of certain highly competi- tive scholarship programs. These students will receive special acknowledgement at commencement ceremonies, on their diplo- mas, and on their transcripts. With the Center for Collaborative Research (CCR), a 215,000-square-foot, $80-million facility slated to open in spring 2016, students at every level of their academic career will have the resources and access to pursue research experience. From its beginnings 51 years ago in a Fort Lauderdale storefront, NSU’s founders envisioned a world-class, graduate teaching institution. Today, NSU has grown to more than 24,000 undergradu- ate, graduate, and first-professional students and is the largest private, not-for-profit insti- tution of higher education in Florida. n NSU’s realignment benefits all students by attracting new talent at the undergraduate level and defining mentorship and research opportunities at the graduate levels. Below, center, is an artist’s rendering of NSU’s CCR, slated to open in 2016.