NSU Academic Diving Program Receives Awards from PADI

The Nova Southeastern University Academic Diving Program (NSUADP) received two awards from the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). This year marks the 10^th anniversary of the of the NSU Academic Diving Program. And during the diving industry’s largest trade show, the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) Show in Orlando, Florida, PADI held a special event to recognize the NSU Academic Diving Program’s outstanding contribution to diver training.

The program received an Award of Excellence in Education from PADI. Drew Richardson, President and CEO of PADI, spoke at the event, expressing how the NSU Academic Diving Program is a flagship PADI Educational Institution that produces outstanding divers and diving professionals. Tec Clark, NSU’s Associate Director of Scuba Diving and Outdoor Recreation, also received a Leadership Excellence award from PADI for his fostering of excellence and professionalism in dive education.

The NSUADP is an award-winning university dive training program in the diving capital of the U.S. The NSUADP is the second-largest academic diving program in the nation and offers a full variety of courses from Freediver through Scuba Instructor. Courses are taught for both academic credit and non-academic recreational courses to students, faculty, staff and alumni. The NSUADP is a PADI Educational Institution as well as a Divers Alert Network (DAN) Training Facility.  The NSUADP trains up and hires Divemasters and Scuba Instructors to staff all diving courses as well as the NSU Scuba Club dives – making these one of the best student jobs on campus.

Posted 12/11/22