NSU Fall 2012 Horizons Magazine

10 HORIZONS 11 HORIZONS The Global Path to NSU International Students Find a New Home and Friendships While Pursuing Their Degrees. By John Dolen T here are many ways that international students discover Nova Southeastern University. Dragana Ilic—one of 1,231 students from abroad—was attracted by NSU’s academic reputation in her field of study: marriage and family therapy. Ilic, recruited from Serbia as an undergraduate to play on another college’s tennis team, chose NSU to pursue her Ph.D. at the university’s Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. “I met people who told great stories about the program,” she said. “I was accepted at two other schools, but I chose this one.” So how does that NSU reputation stand now, two years into her program? “I love it; the professors are tops in my field, and it’s a privilege to work with them,” said Ilic, 33, who recalls fondly her days on Belgrade courts with the likes of Novak Djokovic (“a nice guy”) and other Serbians at the top of the tennis world today.