NSU Horizons Spring 2014

Pharmacy program About 200 students at the Palm Beach campus are working toward a doctorate in pharmacy, with about 50 pharmacy doctorates awarded each year. The four-year program includes one year of advanced pharmacy experience, supervised by doctors and pharmacists. NSU students with the purple pharmacy school patch on their white coats intern at hospi- tals and pharmacies throughout Florida. The students’ classes at the Palm Beach campus are taught via live video broadcast, attended simultaneously by students at NSU’s main campus in Fort Lauderdale and at the campus in Puerto Rico. “This is the center of a heavily populated area and we are able to attract students to the north and the south of Palm Beach Gardens,” said Nile Khanfar, Ph.D., M.B.A., assistant dean for the College of Pharmacy, who runs the pharmacy program at the Palm Beach campus. “We also have excellent, nationally recognized hospitals where our students work.” Pharmacy students participate in community service projects, one of which is teaching a course at Jupiter High School on the dangers of pre- scription drug abuse. This is one of the leading causes of death in Palm Beach County, said Julie Kincaid, M.S., coordinator of student services and student recruitment for pharmacy at the Palm Beach campus. “They take a leadership class in their first year, and service to the community gets instilled there,” said Kincaid. “Then they continue to serve throughout their enrollment here at NSU. In a professional program, the students are groomed to be professional leaders within the community.” Programs include • Business Administration • Cross-disciplinary programs in the humanities • Education • Interdisciplinary Arts • Leadership/Business • Leadership/Education • Management • Mental Health Counseling • Pharmacy • Respiratory Therapy • School Counseling • School Psychology • Speech-Language Pathology After several years in temporary quarters, the Palm Beach campus moved into its 75,000-square-foot campus, located on Military Trail just north of Interstate 95, in 2011. In addition to state-of-the-art facili- ties for clinical training in respiratory therapy and pharmacy studies, the campus includes a fully equipped gym and computer labs for students. The Palm Beach campus also pro- vides space for continuing education classes and community meetings. About 200 students at the Palm Beach campus are working toward a doctorate in pharmacy. Palm Beach NSU CAMPUS