Horizons Fall 2014

Nova Southeastern University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s, educational specialist, doctorate, and professional degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Nova Southeastern University. Nova Southeastern University admits students of any race, color, sex, age, nondisqualifying dis- ability, religion or creed, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school, and does not discriminate in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. 06-012-14sat 18 3 36 30 Features BSO Partners with NSU 3 Hear and Now 8 Continuing 40 Years of Legal Education 12 Keeping NSU Safe 14 At NSU, It’s Easy to Be Green 18 Regional Campuses Bring Needed Programs to Areas 30 Student-Inspired, Redesigned Flight Deck Takes Off 36 Donors Advance Goal to Increase Scholarship Support 44 Departments President’s Message 2 Faculty Profiles Jose Lopez 24 Greg Simco 26 Jeffrey Thompson 28 Alumni Profiles Marc P. Yanchura 32 Kathleen Kiley 34 Student Profile Arti Patel 42 Athletics Professionals Help Keep Student-Athletes Healthy 38 A Look at NSU Athletes Turned Professional 40 Table of Contents horizons • fall 2014 F o l l o w N S U On the cover: Oceanographic Center student Kate Correia helps keep the waterway clean at John U. Lloyd State Park. Story on page 18.