Horizons Fall 2013

1998 Ray Ferrero, Jr., J.D., is named president and CEO, a position he holds until 2010. A longtime member of the board of trustees and its chairman from 1988–1995, Ferrero sparks NSU’s technological advances and ensures that almost two million square feet of facilities were built, including buildings that house the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Alvin Sherman Library, two student housing complexes, and the Don Taft University Center. He also initiates numerous partnerships for the university with organizations such as the United Way and the Urban League. He was named chancellor of the university in 2011. 1990s 1992 Leo Goodwin Sr. Residence Hall is dedicated as NSU’s fifth student dormitory. This residence hall houses up to 320 students and is now the primary residence facility for freshmen. Leo Goodwin Sr. Residence Hall is among several housing options now available on NSU’s main campus for undergraduate and graduate students, completing the college experience. NSU’s residence halls offer students an array of benefits including academic and social opportunities and the chance to become more involved with campus activities. Some floors in the residence halls are “theme communities,” designed for specific majors or leadership skills. The Leo Goodwin Sr. Residence Hall and the Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall, which houses the Shepard Broad Law Center, are named in honor of an entrepreneur who was committed to the advancement of education and research. 1989 The Center for the Study of Law is renamed the Shepard Broad Law Center in honor of attorney Shepard Broad’s extensive support. The Law Center returned to the main campus in 1992 and is housed in the Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall. NSU’s Law Center installed the first wireless system in a law school in 1996 and was the first U.S. law school to provide totally wireless access to its students, and faculty and staff members. The Law Center continues to advance the use of technology in legal education. 1994 Nova University merges with Southeastern University of the Health Sciences to form Nova Southeastern University. This is one of the most important milestones in the school’s history. The new arrangement brings a medical school, pharmacy school, optometry school, the College of Allied Health, and the College of Medical Sciences to the campus. One of the people behind the merger is the late Morton Terry, a doctor of osteopathy. 1997 The College of Dental Medicine becomes the first new school of dental medicine to open in the United States in 24 years. The College of Osteopathic Medicine wins the 1997 American Medical Association’s Paul R. Wright Excel- lence in Medical Education Award, the first osteopathic medical school in the United States to be selected. The Health Professions Division moves to its new facilities on the main campus. The new complex encompasses 365,000 square feet of classroom, laboratory, clinic, and office space.