A Message from President Hanbury on Recent Events

This past Sunday, a peaceful protest began, as all people in this country have a right to do. Although the protest began peacefully in the early afternoon, by evening the peaceful protest turned unruly in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Even though we experienced some property damage, everyone is safe. Since these protests occurred throughout the nation, it is clear that meaningful dialogue and justice reform needs to be implemented and not just discussed.

As we are all aware, Diversity stands as one of NSU’s eight Core Values. As a minority-majority university, I feel the pain of our united family. Violence is never the answer. While there is a lot of anger and frustration, there must also be compassion, understanding, and the desire to listen to each other with mutual respect.

We do need to unite, in the spirit of all of NSU’s Core Values, and find peaceful and substantive solutions.

Take care, be peaceful, and be safe.