PERSPECTIVES 25th Anniversary - Fall-Winter 2018

4 Nova Southeastern University of the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences By Cheryl J. Hill, Ph.D., D.P.T., PT, Physical Therapy Professor and Editor in Chief, Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY ONCE UPON A TIME… Nova Southeastern University (NSU) began in 1964 as Nova University of Advanced Technology. Initially located on East Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale, it subsequently moved to the former site of Forman Field in Davie—an auxiliary airfield during World War II. Over the next three decades, Nova University added programs in business, computing, education, engineering, law, oceanography, and psychology. Pictured: The first building of Nova University on Las Olas Boulevard