NSU Horizons Spring/Summer 2008

features 14 Theory Meets Practice at Huizenga School 16 Nursing Department Makes Huge Strides in Short Time 20 Society’s Problems Find Solutions Here 24 Medical Missions: Serving the Underserved 26 A True University Experience, Far from Main Campus 32 NSU Broadcasts the First Voice in Law School Radio departments 2 Letter from the President 3 Academic Notes • New Beginnings for Our Treasured Reefs • International Coral Reef Symposium • $500,000 Donated to Scholarships for High-Achieving Transfer Students • Graduate Program Catches the Information Technology Wave • Master’s Degree Program Responds to Multiculturalism in the Classroom • University Center Gets the Ball Rolling for Intramural Sports 6 Around Campus • Genealogical Society Gifts Private Collection to NSU • Sharks Baseball Team Participates in Miracle League World Series • History in the Making: Time Capsule Buried in University Center • Black Box Theater Plays a Leading Role on Campus • University School Unveils Site Plans on the Horizon • Alvin Sherman Library Takes to the Stage • MSI Toddlers, Preschoolers Learn How to Go Green 10 Spotlight • College of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor Makes a Difference • Dean Harbaugh Resigns, Professor Harbaugh Enters the Classroom 28 Verbatim • Fighting Smart: An Educator’s Mission to Prevent Bullying 30 Alumni Journal • Kenneth and Josh Rader—The Cereal Bowl • Gregory M. Vecchi, Ph.D.—Class of 2006 34 Scoreboard • Sharks Athletics Receives Support and Achieves Success contents page 14 page 16 paGE 6 page 34 Correction In the fall 2007 issue of Horizons , in the article “OC Researchers Study Coral Reef Recovery After Removal of Waste Tire Impact,” Robin Sherman, Ph.D., was incorrectly listed as a professor at the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. Sherman is an associate professor and assistant director of Math, Science, and Technology at the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences at Nova Southeastern University.