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Anything that Floats Raft Race Made a Splash on Nov. 9

The Anything that Floats Raft Race, an NSU Homecoming tradition,  was on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Gold Circle Lake. During this event, students, faculty, and staff came out to cheer Razor’s Edge Leadership students and registered student clubs and organizations. Teams competed for cash prizes for their respective organizations. First place will win $3,000, second place will win $2,000, and third place will win $1000.

Each organization was entitled to a reimbursement of up to $200 after raft design approval.

Posted 10/26/21

Sharks Open at No. 6 in NCAA.com DII Men’s Power 10 Rankings

Eddie Puisis is one of two seniors on the NSU roster in 2021-22.

For the fourth time in as many seasons, head coach Jim Crutchfield and the Nova Southeastern men’s basketball team has earned a preseason nod as one of the nation’s Top-10 programs, as the Sharks opened at No. 6 in the newly released 2021-22 DII Men’s Basketball Power 10 Rankings by NCAA.com.
Prior to Crutchfield’s arrival back in 2017, the program had never crept inside the Top-25 at any point, yet the national attention has since become routine after the Sharks were pegged No. 8 in the preseason by DII Bulletin in 2018-19 prior to their run to the Elite Eight, No. 2 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in 2019-20 on their way to another trip to the NCAA Tournament, and then No. 6 again by the NABC prior to their 2020-21 campaign being cancelled.
In their first bit of competitive action since March of 2020, the Sharks showed plenty of potential, pushing the University of Miami in Wednesday’s preseason opener. Despite shooting just 41.1% from the field and 30.8% from beyond the arc, NSU trailed the Hurricanes by only four with 4:30 to play before eventually falling 106-95. The Sharks forced UM into 18 turnovers in the contest and won the battle of the boards by a 48-41 margin, including 18-2 on the offensive glass.
Defending national champion Northwest Missouri State captured the top spot in the rankings. Flagler followed at No. 2, with West Texas A&M slotted at No. 3. Colorado Mesa and Hillsdale rounded out the Top-5.

Posted 10/26/21

Sharks Hang With Hurricanes in Preseason Opener

NSU guard Nick Smith recorded eight assists and no turnovers in the Sharks’ preseason opener at UM.

Back on the court competitively for the first time since March 8, 2020, Nova Southeastern showed plenty of promise, as the Sharks handed the Miami Hurricanes a legitimate test in a 106-95 defeat in their preseason opener down in Coral Gables on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Head coach Jim Crutchfield‘s club trailed by just four with 4:18 remaining, yet ran out of steam down the stretch against its Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) counterpart.

STATS OF THE NIGHT:

  • Newcomer Sekou Syllamade quite the first impression with the Sharks, racking up a team-high 26 points on 12-of-20 from the field, to go along with 14 rebounds, five assists and three steals.
  • Demonstrating an improved, all-around game, Eddie Puisisregistered 20 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in 31 minutes.
  • Off the bench, Mike Moore and Dallas Graziani added 13 and 11 points, respectively. Together, the two combined to shoot 6-of-9 from beyond the arc.
  • Nick Smithtallied eight points and eight assists without issuing a single turnover.
  • Collectively, the Sharks outrebounded the Hurricanes by a 48-41 margin.
  • NSU forced Miami into 18 turnovers.

Posted 10/26/21

Four Sharks Named to SSC All-Decade Teams

The Sunshine State Conference announced its 2010-11 to 2019-20 Men’s Swimming All-Decade honors October 19, 2021. Voters named 16 student-athletes from five programs as All-Decade members. All-Decade voting took place among the league’s administrators and swimming coaches.

The SSC All-Decade awards include 11 SSC Swimmer of the Year honorees and all six individual NCAA National Champions from the league from 2010-11 to 2019-20.

Anton Lobanov (2014-17), Franco Lupoli (16-18), and Thiago Sickert (14-17), represented Nova Southeastern on the First-Team, while Oskar Nordstrand (11-13) was named to the Second-Team.

“It’s an honor for NSU Men’s Swimming to have these young men as representative on the All-Decade team. They are first class human beings, who excelled at such high levels here in the pool and classroom,” said Head Coach Ben Hewitt. “You still see their footprint on our program and their efforts continue to set the tone for future generations of Shark swimmers. I was fortunate enough to coach all four; however, I also want to share that each of them worked with Hollie Bonewit-Cron, and I know that she is extremely proud of them and their accomplishments.”

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Posted 10/26/21

Homecoming Celebration is Around the Corner: Nov. 8-14

Homecoming is the time to celebrate tradition and instill pride in all members of the Nova Southeastern University family through active engagement of students, alumni, faculty, and staff across the community.

The Homecoming celebration will begin on Monday, November 8, 2021, and will end on Sunday, November 14, 2021. You don’t want to miss out on all the awesome activities taking place, including a couple of surprises!

See the list of scheduled events.

https://www.nova.edu/homecoming/

Follow the Office of Campus Life and Student Engagement on Instagram (@nsucampuslife) to stay updated.

For disability-related accommodations for any of the events, please e-mail disabilityservices@nova.edu.

Posted 10/25/21

Guest Artist Jefreid Lotti Holds Exhibition in Davie

Come and enjoy a guest artist exhibition at the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s Davie Campus in Gallery 217. This exhibition features observational paintings Jefreid Lotti created at the mechanic shop where he works, making reference to the shop being open during the pandemic lockdown when most places were closed.

The exhibition, which is a free and sponsored by the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, will run through November 12, 2021. Call 954-262-7620 to schedule an in-person gallery visit.

For more information, contact Associate Professor of Art + Design Kandy Lopez at klopez1@nova.edu.

Posted 10/21/21

Face Covering Requirement Relaxed on Our Campuses

George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., President/CEO, Nova Southeastern University

I am pleased to announce that face coverings for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, as well as faculty and staff members and visitors, will no longer be required at any of our campuses or sites, with the exception that masks must still be worn by everyone in academic classrooms. This new policy does not apply to NSU University School. Additionally, faculty, staff, and students in Puerto Rico need to continue abiding by the governor’s mask requirements.

Additionally, university-sanctioned travel, which was suspended at the start of the pandemic, is now approved to resume according to university policy. And I am sure many of you will be happy to know that events (which include indoor dining) can now also resume at all our campuses, facilities, and sites.

Faculty and staff members, full- or part-time, with an approved medical or religious exemption from vaccinations, must continue to wear masks while indoors to protect themselves and others. Also, those students, faculty, and staff who must be in an environment where Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required to be worn, must continue to wear a mask. Finally, anyone who wishes to continue to wear a mask may do so. NSU’s faculty and staff are now 99.7% fully compliant with the mandatory vaccination policy—a great commitment to creating a safer environment in which to learn and work.

On the student front, there has been a positive reaction, though not as much as I had hoped, to voluntary reporting of vaccination statuses. Such actions have resulted in only two campuses surpassing the 70% vaccination rate for students. If all our campuses reach the 70% vaccination rate, we will be able to eliminate the face covering requirements in all classrooms and make them optional. We also continue to encourage students who attend classes at any NSU campus or facility, to voluntarily register in the Vax Max portal so that we may reach the 70% vaccination rate throughout the university.

As previously noted, only two campuses – Jacksonville and Orlando – have reached the 70% vaccination goal and therefore masks will now be optional in the classroom at those two locations. As other campuses reach this goal, they too, will be exempt from the mask requirement in the classroom.

Only two NSU Residence Halls on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus—The Commons and the Cultural Living Center (CLC)—are below the 70% vaccination rate. Residents of these halls must continue to wear a mask while indoors, in common spaces, and when visiting other NSU residence halls. As in the campus locations, once these two residence halls reach the 70% threshold, face coverings will become optional for them as well.

Although we are lifting most of the requirements, all restrictions may be lifted as we receive greater vaccination rates on all campuses. However, the pandemic is not over. I strongly recommend that if you have not been vaccinated, please get vaccinated today for your safety as well as the safety of your fellow students and associates, and voluntarily register in the Vax Max portal.

NSU will continue to monitor all our campuses and communities, and if there is a spike in new cases, we may have to revisit all safety measures once again.

Thank you for all you have done to keep the pandemic at bay in Shark Nation.

Fins Up!

George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D.
President/CEO
Nova Southeastern University

Halmos Faculty, Students Present on ADR Higher Education

Neil Katz, Ph.D.

Neil Katz, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) presented at the 2021 Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference held virtually in September. His co-presenters were DCRS doctoral candidates and students, Eileen Petzold‐Bradley, Peter Kent, and Brad Palmore. The conference theme was “Reflective Engagement,” and the presentation was titled “Beyond Brick & Mortar: Addressing the Challenges in ADR Higher Education, Theory, and Practice.”

Petzold-Bradley is a doctoral candidate and holds a Master of Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia. Kent is a doctoral candidate and holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Communication from California State University, Los Angeles. Palmore is a doctoral student and holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution from Abilene Christian University.

Katz’ areas of teaching and research interests include negotiation theory and practice, group dynamics, and organizational conflict.

Dean/Professor Emeritus Receives Distance Learning Award

Yang

Honggang Yang, Ph.D., dean and professor emeritus from the former NSU College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), was honored by the Florida Distance Learning Association. He received the award for Innovative Leadership in Distance Learning in Higher Education.

Yang designed and implemented the Residential Institute (RI) in 1999, still used by the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), RI brings distance learning students to campus twice a year to engage in on-campus learning, attend keynote lectures, and participate in working groups and social activities. In addition, he implemented other programs such as the Campus Diversity Dialogues.

Students Chosen as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

NSU University School is incredibly proud to congratulate four of our academically talented seniors — Madison Draizin, Zachary Hardgrave, Nikki Steinberg, and Brian Zhi — on being selected as 2022 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists! They are among 16,000 of the highest-scoring program entrants, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, who qualified as semifinalists for their exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

Semifinalists will have an opportunity to continue in the competition to attain finalist standing and qualify for winner recognition as well as National Merit Scholarships that will be awarded in spring 2022.

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