NSU's Overall Case Statement | Realizing Potential Campaign

31 21st-Century Education | $50 Million NSU graduates enter into an increasingly complex global society where virtually every career requires a multidisciplinary perspective, grounded in deep and relevant experiences within the student’s chosen profession. DID YOU KNOW ? • NSU’s multi-specialty health clinics record approximately 250,000 visits annually. • NSU’s College of Dental Medicine runs the largest community dental clinics in Florida. • NSU’s dental clinics for individuals with special needs treat 35-40 patients daily. • NSU’s Speech Language Pathology Clinic averages 200 visits per week. • NSU’s Eye Care Clinic is one of the only clinics in Florida that uses an AdaptDx ® for early detection of age-related macular degeneration, helping slow the disease’s acceleration. • NSU’s collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to offering services for children and adults on the autism spectrum aligns centers across the university, including NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinic; NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education; NSU’s Mailman Segal Center; and NSU programs for optometry, school psychology, and occupational therapy. • Approximately 75 percent of preschool students entering NSU’s Baudhuin Preschool are nonverbal when they enter but verbal by the time they leave. • The NSU Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center building houses three preeminent research institutes: NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute, the Save Our Seas Shark Center, and NSU’s National Coral Reef Institute. It is also the hub of Broward County’s sea turtle renesting program, which is run by NSU.