NSU Horizons Spring 2017

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, nondisqualifying dis- ability, religion or creed, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, 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. 01-040-17SAT 26 12 3 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS HORIZONS • SPRING 2017 Features Fins Up! 3 NSU University School’s Noël P. Brown Sports Center 7 A Week in Cuba 8 Abraham S. Fischler: A Visionary of Education 12 Solving Real Threats 14 Program Assesses M.B.A. Students’ Skills 18 Miramar Campus 20 Sing Out 22 At Home with Captain 26 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards 30 Realizing Potential: New Funds of Note 44 NSU’s Campaign Reaches a Milestone 48 Taking Root 52 Departments Message from the President 2 Alumni Profile 2 Scott Parker, Jr. 34 Rebecca and Jonathan Bratter 36 Alumni Notes 38 Faculty Profile 2 Steven P. Kurtz 40 Sarah Valley-Gray 42 Student Profile 2 Sergio Butuem 46 Athletics 2 Basketball Player Makes an Impact on and off the Court 50 ON THE COVER: Freshman Esha Parikh, who is working on her bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience at NSU’s College of Psychology and is a member of Razor’s Edge, shows her NSU and Dolphins support. F O L L O W N S U