NSU Horizons Fall 2018

Nova Southeastern University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s, educational specialist, doctorate, and professional degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Nova Southeastern University. Nova Southeastern University admits students of any race, color, sex, age, nondis- qualifying disability, religion or creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, military service, veteran status, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privi- leges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school, and does not discriminate in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school- administered programs. Any such acts are unacceptable and strictly prohibited by the university. 24 TABLE OF CONTENTS HORIZONS • WINTER 2018 F O L L O W N S U Message from the President 2 Features The Unseen Need 8 The State of the Union 12 Help Wanted 18 Ball and the Law 24 Departments Around NSU 3 Alumni Profile 28 Alexandra Zadak Alumni Profile 30 Tylia Hernandez Alumni Notes 32 Athletics 34 Faculty Profile 36 Kate Waites New Funds of Note 38 The Far Horizon 40 8 30 18