NSU Horizons Spring/Summer 2009

features 8 East Meets West 16 Shark Spirit Reaches New Heights 18 A New Home for the Arts, Bigger Dreams for NSU Talent 24 Abe Fischler: Educational Visionary departments 2 Letter from the President 3 Academic Notes • New Degree Offers Real Solutions for Real Estate Development • NSU’s First Class of Anesthesiologist Assistants Graduates • NSU’s New Dental Clinic Gives Special-Needs Children Reason to Smile • Mapping Coral Reefs in the Red Sea • NSU Expands Educational Sites Throughout Florida • Raising Success Rates for Low-Income Youth • Student-Athletes Earn Points in the Classroom and on the Court • Tech-Savvy Couple Develops Online Resource for Test-Takers • New Degree Program Teaches Health Professionals How to Teach 12 Around Campus • Taking a Step Forward • Exploring Religious Diversity and Understanding on Campus • NSU Sings, and Celebrates, the Blues • University School Alumni Reunite on Stage • Excellence on Display at Annual Celebration 22 Verbatim • A Friend in Pain Leads to a Career Treating Others in Need 28 Spotlight • Helping Students Juggle Life’s Challenges • Lessons from the Field: Making the Grade in Iraq • NSU’s Dermatology Team Treats Patients Like Family 32 Alumni Journal • What Could Not Destroy Her Made Her Stronger • This Law Firm Means Business 34 Scoreboard • 2008–2009: A Banner Year contents page 18 page 24 paGE 13 page 30 CORRECTION In the Winter 2008–2009 issue of Horizons , in the article “Fischler School’s Doctoral Degree Licensed in New Jersey,” it was incorrectly stated that Doctor of Education classes would commence in Trenton, New Jersey, in fall 2009. The first doctoral cohort actually began there in fall 2008, followed by a second cohort in winter 2009. Photo on cover: NSU students Nova Lishon-Savarino and Bertram White