Horizons Fall 2013

NSU’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: N ova Southeastern University, which has been firmly rooted in Broward County for more than five decades, will celebrate its golden anniversary during 2014. Its unprecedented growth has undoubtedly surpassed the founders’ dreams. Today, NSU is home to a 314-acre main campus, with nearly 27,000 students enrolled and more than 162,000 alumni across the globe. The story of how the university came to be is a tale with many roots—and one, like many good stories, which continues to be passed down from generation to genera- tion. During the university’s commencements—where nearly 8,000 degrees are conferred annually—there’s a feeling of accomplishment that spreads throughout the NSU community. There is also an underlying pride in the success story of how “the little university that could” became the nation’s ninth largest, not-for-profit, private, research university. BY MICHELLE F. SOLOMON