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The Celebration of Excellence (COE) is NSU’s annual signature event hosted by the university president. It provides the president with an opportunity to showcase the university, share NSU achievements with the community, and discuss the future vision of the university.

This event also provides the university with an opportunity to present the President’s Award for Excellence in Community Service, which recognizes superior professional engagement activities in the community. The award encourages the ongoing pursuit of community service and represents Nova Southeastern University’s “community” core value.

Through this award, NSU proclaims its pride in the accomplishments and personal dedication of its constituents (alumni, community leaders, faculty, staff, and students) in the community. The award is conferred upon individuals who demonstrate significant contributions to the community while exemplifying all eight of NSU’s core values. NSU proudly bestows the 2020 Excellence in Community Service Award to James and Cathy Donnelly.

 

Twenty-one years ago, women’s reactions to Eve Ensler’s THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES launched V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and gender non-conforming). Today, the movement is more active than ever, with the worldwide V-Day activists at its core, producing art for social change, activating communities & colleges, raising crucial funds for rape crisis centers & domestic violence shelters, local programs for transgender youth at risk of sexual violence, for immigrant women and girls, and so for many more causes that reflect the needs of their communities.

Nova Southeastern University will present a benefit production of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES on Friday, February 28, 2020. Individuals from all identities are welcome to choose a role and bring in their individual identities and experiences to their performance.

To sign up to participate: Click here for Casting Call Interest Form 

Deadline to sign up: February 1, 2020

Event date:

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

February 28, 2020

Performing and Visual Arts Black Box Theatre

Don Taft University Center (North Entrance)

NSU Fort Lauderdale Campus

V-Day NSU 2020 is a collaboration between the NSU Title IX Office, Office of Residential Life and Housing, and NSU AAUW (American Association of University Women).

For more information, please contact Ruth Augustin (raugusti@nova.edu)

Patricia Linoz, Bachelor of Science undergraduate student in the College of Psychology, and NSU Writing & Communication Center (WCC) consultant, performed in Dance Works, at the Performance Theatre, Don Taft University Center, November 8-9, 2019.

Each year, the Department of Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences presents outstanding visual arts exhibitions and theatrical, musical, and dance productions. This year, Dance Works featured members of the NSU Dance ensemble performing new original work by dance faculty and guest choreographers. This performance featured a diverse range of styles and showcased the incredible talent of the NSU Dance Ensemble.

“Dance Works was an amazing experience for me because I was not only able to improve my skills as a dancer, but I also met amazing people that I will stay in touch with for the rest of my life,” Linoz explains. She notes that she “worked with choreographers that impacted me greatly and was able to find a group of individuals that I identify with in a lot of aspects. It was also great that I was able to help some of them with their papers in the WCC and that I fellowed some of their comp classes as well!”

To see photos and videos from past performances, click here.

To learn and more events from the Department of Performing and Visual Arts, visit https://cahss.nova.edu/departments/pva/perf-exhib.html

 

 

Recently, NSU proudly participated in United Way of Broward County’s 27th Annual Day of Caring event by packing 300,000 meals alongside 500 fellow volunteers from various organizations. The packaged meals were delivered to 25 food banks across the county, to help to offset the need among food insecure families. In commemoration of UWBC’s 80th Anniversary participants also engaged in a t-shirt contest where the team with the best design was recognized at the event.  We are proud to announce that NSU’s t-shirt designed by the Office of Publications and Creative Services brought home the winning prize. For more information on upcoming community events with United Way of Broward County, please click here.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale kicked off Miami Art Week with singer and producer Pharrell Williams and the artists collaborative FriendsWithYou, who talked to 200 Broward County middle school students about spreading kindness through art. The talk was presented on December 3, in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Happy!, which explores the pursuit of happiness in contemporary art and features works by FriendsWithYou and 39 additional artists.

The students, from Sunrise Middle School in Sunrise and Saint Gregory School in Plantation, sang Williams’ hit song Happy, toured the Happy! exhibition and wrote wishes to hang on Wish Trees by artist Yoko Ono that are on view at the Museum. Their participation was made possible through Museum on the Move, NSU Art Museum’s free education outreach program that serves over 4,000 Broward students each year. NSU Art Museum is also a partner of Sunrise Middle School’s Wise Minds Project, an initiative that empowers youth and communities to realize potentials, mental well-being and happiness.

“Art and music are among our most powerful mediums for bringing people and communities together, and the positive messages shared by Pharrell Williams and FriendsWithYou carry special resonance as we approach this holiday season,” said Bonnie Clearwater, NSU Art Museum director and chief curator. “

Pharrell Williams is one of the most creative and influential figures in music, entertainment and design. He has redefined the role of the contemporary recording artist, blazing a trail for other musicians and prominent cultural figures. Williams has earned 10 Grammy Awards and his multimedia creative movement, I Am Other, includes innovative music, fashion, film, television and art endeavors that have global reach and impact.

FriendsWithYou is the artist collaborative comprised of Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III. Influenced by the simple happiness found in everyday life, and with the purpose of spreading the positive message of Magic, Luck, and Friendship™. They work in mediums including painting, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, live performances, and virtual reality and animation with a mission of cultivating moments of joyous interactions. Forging their own brand of post-pop visual language FriendsWithYou uses mediums like design and limited edition products from a fine art perspective. Their most important artistic tactic to foster interpersonal relationships is the use of play. Sculptures. paintings, inflatables, and objects are meant to trigger neglected yearnings, playfulness, laughter and inquisitiveness, with an end result of feeling connected.

Museum on the Move is an education initiative of NSU Art Museum that serves students throughout Broward County. The program promotes learning and increases engagement with the arts through interactive tours of exhibitions and hands-on art activities that engage students in analytical and independent thinking and incorporate principles of STEAM (science, technology, art, engineering, math) and 21^st Century learning skills.  Museum on the Move is made possible through the generosity of The Jerry Taylor & Nancy Bryant Foundation, The Amaturo Family Foundation, Inc., Lillian S. Wells Foundation Inc., David and Susan Samrick Foundation, Wege Foundation, Beaux Arts and Friends of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.

Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education, today announced that Arthur Falcone, CEO and chairman of the Falcone Group, and co-founder and managing principal of Encore Capital Management, has been selected for membership in this prestigious organization. Mr. Falcone joins 13 other exceptional business, civic and cultural leaders from across North America in receiving 2020 honors. For more than 70 years, the Horatio Alger Award has been annually bestowed upon esteemed individuals who have succeeded despite facing adversities, and who have remained committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their communities.

Mr. Falcone was born in Queens, New York. His parents were first-generation Italian immigrants and who worked long hours to support their three children. Although they didn’t have much, Mr. Falcone was taught the importance of giving back at a young age. His father, a police officer, who was one of the first appointed officers to run the Police Boy’s Club and began mentoring at-risk and disadvantaged youth in their neighborhood. Although he took a few classes at Nassau Community College, Mr. Falcone never graduated and instead decided to join the workforce. After completing the McDonald’s Management Training Program, he became the company’s youngest franchisee at just 22. Due to his success in this role, he met Dave Thomas, founder and CEO of Wendy’s, who offered him territorial rights for 40 Wendy’s restaurants in South Florida.

As Mr. Falcone continued to build his franchise portfolio, he realized that he would much rather build his own restaurants than pay a construction company and then pay them rent. This sparked his interest in real estate and in 1988, he founded Transeastern Properties, which later become the largest homebuilder in Florida and the one of the top 25 homebuilders in the United States. Mr. Falcone sold Transeastern Properties for $1.6 billion. Since 2004, he has served as CEO and chairman of Falcone Group, a real estate company specializing in residential, retail and apartment assets. He is also the co-founder and managing principal of Encore Capital Management, which encompasses two private equity funds, a private multifamily REIT, and numerous other investments valued at $2 billion in capital and $10 billion in portfolio development value.

“For decades, Art Falcone has been living out the Horatio Alger mission in his own life,” said Terrence J. Giroux, executive director, Horatio Alger Association. “He embodies the values of hard work and integrity. His corporate achievements are to be admired and his charitable giving has impacted the lives of thousands – particularly those who need it most in his own community in South Florida. We are honored to present Art with the Horatio Alger Award in 2020.”

 Mr. Falcone has harnessed his entrepreneurial spirit to empower young people to improve their lives through the free-enterprise system. Inspired by the late H. Wayne Huizenga, past president of the Horatio Alger Association, he became involved in Junior Achievement of South Florida. Mr. Falcone funded Junior Achievement BizTown, an engaging, hands-on program that introduces fifth graders to business, finance and economics. Mr. Falcone serves on the board of trustees for Nova Southeastern University, where, in 2006, he was inducted into the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.

“Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have been inspired by those who are both great entrepreneurs and outstanding philanthropists, like Wayne Huizenga, who have shaped me into the person I am today,” said Mr. Falcone. “Wayne’s civic-minded approach to life and his belief that we must use our good fortune to help others set an incredible example for me and so many others.”

Thanks to the generosity of its Members, the Association awards need-based scholarships to outstanding high school students who are committed to pursuing higher education and giving back to their communities. The Association also educates young people about the limitless opportunities afforded to them by the free-enterprise system through hard work, honesty and determination. Like Association Members, Horatio Alger Scholars have faced significant adversities, but have also displayed unmatched resilience in overcoming their challenges. Since the scholarship program was established in 1984, the Horatio Alger Association has provided more than $180 million to 27,000 students in need, all of which has been funded solely through the generosity of Association Members and friends.

Mr. Falcone and the Member Class of 2020 will be formally inducted into the Association on April 2-4, 2020, during the Association’s 73^rd Horatio Alger Award Induction Ceremonies in Washington, D.C. The annual three-day event honors the achievements of both Members and National Scholars, affording both groups the opportunity to meet and interact as well as exchange stories of hardships and triumphs.