Sharks Rx Spring 2018 | NSU College of Pharmacy

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 6 IN APRIL 1987, Robert Colosimo, Pharm.D. (’91), had just graduated from Florida Atlantic University. He wanted to pursue a pharmacy degree, but he was sure it was too late to think about either of Florida’s two pharmacy colleges—the University of Florida or Florida A&M University. Then he heard about a fledgling program beginning that fall at Southeastern College of Pharmacy in North Miami Beach, Florida. Still, he figured, it was too late to apply for the same year. But he gave it a shot. “I interviewed, By Arnie Rosenberg Celebrating Years of Excellence filled out the application, and paid my fees on a Monday,” he recalled. “I went home and got my letter of acceptance on Wednesday.” It was that easy to become one of the 49 members of the charter class of what was to become the Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy (NSU COP). Now, as the college marks its 30th anniversary, Colosimo is a manager of a Walmart pharmacy in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and his classmates are established in pharmacy positions in South Florida and across the country.