As we turn our calendars to the month of November, this season reminds us to reflect on what we are thankful for.

The Office of Alumni Relations is privileged and thankful to work with an amazing group of alumni volunteers who have dedicated themselves to the NSU Alumni Association. Our regional and professional alumni chapters help us further the professional and intellectual growth of NSU graduates. At the core of these alumni chapters are leadership teams who tirelessly plan events, recruit new members, and communicate the excellence of NSU. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our alumni chapter presidents and members who continuously support the ongoing work of the university.

We encourage all NSU alumni to become involved with these dynamic alumni chapters.  Visit http://www.nova.edu/alumni/chapter-list.html to find the closet NSU alumni chapter near you.

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming alumni event!

Sara DuCuennois
Director of Alumni Relations

Deborah Perlicz
Coordinator of Alumni Programs

NSU Alumni Homecoming Weekend, February 22-23, 2008

Mark your calendars for NSU’s Alumni Homecoming Weekend, February 22-23, 2008! This year’s theme is “Let the FIN Begin.” This year’s homecoming celebration will feature the 3rd Annual Blues and Bubbly Alumni Event featuring Dean Pohlman and the Bobby Nathan Band, Continuing Education Courses and Lectures, Community Fest, Tailgate, and of course, the NSU men’s basketball team versus Lynn University.

NSU’s Alumni Homecoming Weekend is the perfect place to reconnect with friends and rediscover the changing NSU campus. So mark your calendars now and be on the look out for your invitation in the mail!

Atlanta Alumni Chapter Community Event - Thursday, November 8, 2007
Join the Atlanta Alumni Chapter at their upcoming Community Event at the Atlanta Community Food Bank where they will be helping the local shelter prepare for Thanksgiving. Visit http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events.html for more information.

Tampa Bay Alumni Chapter - “Bowling for Bricks” on Saturday, November 17, 2007
Take a roll down memory lane with the Tampa Alumni Chapter on Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 2 pm to 4 pm. The event will be held at Splitsville, the premier bowling and dinner lounge in Tampa, located at 615 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602. Tickets are $10 per person and include a buffet, soft drinks, bowling pass, and bowling shoes. One dollar from every ticket sold will go towards the chapter’s purchase of an NSU commemorative brick outside the University Center at the main campus. Please RSVP by November 12th by emailing the Office of Alumni Relations alumweb@nsu.nova.edu or by calling 1-800-541-6682, ext. 2118.

New Jersey Alumni Chapter’s Fall Luncheon on Sunday, November 18, 2007
Join the New Jersey Alumni Chapter at their fall luncheon where the Dr. Cheryl Metrey Scholarship will be awarded. The chapter also extends this invitation to alumni who reside in the New York area. The luncheon will be held at Spain Restaurant, located at 419 Market Street, Newark, NJ 07105 (easily accessible from the NJ Turnpike, GSP, and I-280). Cost is $30 per person ($35 at the door) and includes lunch, drinks, and dessert. Plenty of free NSU giveaways! Bring your friends, family, and colleagues!

Please RSVP by November 9th by calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-541-6682, ext. 2118 or emailing alumweb@nsu.nova.edu.

Eastern New York Alumni Chapter’s Holiday Celebration on Saturday, December 1, 2007
Come enjoy the holiday season with fellow alumni. The celebration will include camaraderie with NSU family and friends, a raffle for great prizes, NSU giveaways, and music. The event will take place from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the home of chapter president, Dr. Kathy Corbett. Cost is $20 per person includes hors d’oeuvres and drinks. Payment is required at the time of reservation, via credit card or check.

Please RSVP by November 22nd to Deborah Perlicz at 1-800-541-6682, ext. 2118 or alumweb@nsu.nova.edu.

Chicago Alumni Chapter’s Holiday Dinner Party on December 8, 2007
Join the Chicago Alumni Chapter on December 8 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm as they celebrate recent graduates at their annual holiday dinner party. The event will take place at the Harambee House, located at 11901 Loomis Avenue, one block east of Christ Universal Temple. Dinner is $45 per person and includes membership dues. Free parking and free drinks are included.

For further information and to RSVP, please contact Dr. Curtis A. Smith, chapter president at (708) 474-3025.

NSU-COM 12th Annual Alumni Reunion and CME Program, February 8-10, 2008
Mark your calendars! The 12th Annual NSU-COM Alumni Reunion and CME Program will be held February 8-10, 2008. This year, we will be honoring the classes of 1988 and 1998. All social events, including the opening reception for alumni, family, and friends on Friday, February 8, 2008 from 7:00-9:30 p.m. and the banquet Saturday, February 9, 2008 from 7:00-11:00 p.m., will be held at the Renaissance Hotel-Plantation. Seven hours of free CME seminars will be held on the NSU Davie campus in the Health Professions Division (Terry Building) on Saturday and Sunday. Additional information will be mailed directly.

NSU-COM Florida Osteopathic Medical Association – FOMA, February 21-24, 2008
Hyatt Pier 66-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alumni Reception – Pier Top - 5:30-7:30 p.m.

NSU-COM American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians – ACOFP, March 12-16, 2008
Denver, CO
Alumni Reception (time and place TBA)

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Speaker Series - Thursday, November 1, 2007
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences presents Erin Brockovich at Nova Southeastern University. As part of the college’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Brockovich will speak on November 1, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. in the Miniaci Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. Members of the NSU community can pick up tickets starting Monday, October 22. Members of the public can pick up tickets starting Thursday, October 25.

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42nd Annual Snowflake Gala Luncheon - Friday, November 2, 2007
The Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies at Nova Southeastern University will honor the recipients of its 2007 Champions for Children Awards at its 42nd Annual Snowflake Gala Luncheon Nov. 2nd. Honorees include South Florida Regional Director for Autism Speaks Jaclyn Merens; Mailman Segal Institute Dean Emeritus Dr. Wendy Masi; Autism Speaks, the leading advocacy group for autism nationally; and the Miami Dolphins Foundation.

In addition to recognizing the 2007 Champions for Children, luncheon attendees will take part in a live auction, raffle drawing, and the annual J.R. Dunn Jewelers Champagne and Rolex Table. The luncheon, which will be held at the University Center on NSU’s main Davie campus, will begin at 11am. Tickets for the event are $100 per person. For information on tickets or sponsorship opportunities, contact the institute’s development team at (954) 262-7162 or snowflake@nova.edu.

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Performing Arts Program Launches Its Season
Continuing its valuable contribution to South Florida’s cultural life, the theatre program this season presents the drama The Women of Lockerbie, the musical Cinderella, and its annual festival of one-act plays. We invite you to enjoy the quality productions this ambitious program offers in its new home at the Black Box Theatre in the University Arts Center on main campus. Performances of The Women of Lockerbie take place November 9–17, 2007. For further information on the theatre season, go to www.undergrad.nova.edu/performingarts/nsutheatre/

South Florida International™ Blues Festival - November 9-11, 2007
On November 9 – 11, NSU will present the First Annual South Florida International™ Blues Festival. This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Nova Southeastern University’s main campus in Davie, Fla., in front of the Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center.

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Blues Festival Contest Winners Announced

The South Florida International Blues Festival Committee announced today that there will be two winners of the Blues Festival poster contest.

“We had such a great response and so many wonderful entries, that the decision was made to have two winners” announced Randolph Pohlman, Ph.D., dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship.

Jeremiah Chapman and Graham Rasanen will each receive the first place prize of $350.

Chapman, a graduate student in the MBA program is a member of the Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA). Rasanen is a graduate student in the College of Optometry.

Jeremiah’s art work will appear on posters featured around campus, future advertisements and the NSU web-site. Grahams’ whimsical figures will be featured on t-shirts during the 3 day festival.

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Lecture Series presents:
Truth and Power in Modern China
Tuesday, November 13, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Parker 240
As China has modernized, conflicts have arisen between the desire of the Communist Party to maintain strict political control of the Chinese people and that of increasing the global economic power of the nation. Government control of religion, family size, use of the Internet, and ethnic populations (notably in Tibet), and have all led to clashes and crackdowns. Chinese government explanations for its actions have been unconvincing to many in the West. As the date of the 2008 Olympic celebration nears, with the expected massive influx of Western press, many wonder what the Communist Party will do to maintain the façade of ‘democracy’ in the People’s Democratic Republic of China. Tim Dixon, J.D., associate professor in the Division of Humanities, will discuss these issues, as well as the growing international presence of China in global resource purchases, especially in Africa, and the influence in international affairs that China’s investments in Africa have created.

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Environmental Science Program Presents “Uruguay: The Hidden Adventure” Photographic Exhibit
The college's Division of Math, Science, and Technology will co-sponsor an upcoming photographic exhibit, in the Sherman Library, on Uruguay’s ecotourism industry. “Uruguay: The Hidden Adventure” will be on display in the Sherman Library Gallery on the second floor. The exhibit is from November 9-December 31, 2007.

NSU Idol and Hollywood Squares - November 29-30, 2007
Nova Southeastern University’s annual singing and dance contest NSU Idol is back again!! This event seeks to find the most talented students at NSU through a fun but spirited competition. The first round will be on Thursday, November 29, 2007 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the Athletic Student Affairs Building Patio. The final three will go on to perform at the 17th Annual Hollywood Squares where someone will be crowned the next NSU Idol.

NSU’s 17th Annual Hollywood Squares will take place Friday, November 20, 2007 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. on the Athletic Student Affairs Building Patio. Student contestants get the chance to play tic-tac-toe to win many prizes. The catch is that they must rely on the wisdom, or lack there of, from faculty and staff members from the various schools and departments on campus to win. Do not miss out on these two entertaining nights with surprises around every corner.

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Lecture Series presents:
Truth, Power, and the Mexican Cult of Death: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Parker 240
Frida Kahlo spent most of her adult life reinventing herself in her art. The reality she painted, and created, reflects her personal search for identity and immortality. On this her biographers and critics agree. Overlooked, however, is that her life and work reflect the efforts of a people, the Mexican people, to create a collective identity, a national psyche, by which they, after a half millennium, might rediscover the path to truth and power. Barbara Brodman, Ph.D. professor in the Division of Humanities, will explore that aspect of the collective Mexican psyche with which Frida most identified, and through which she strove to discover her own truths and power—the Mexican cult of death.

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Speaker Series - Thursday, February 21, 2008
On February 21, 2008, the Division of Math, Science, and Technology will present the next Distinguished Speaker in the series, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, M.D. He won for his research in the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. A refugee from the Nazis as an Austrian Jew, Kandel studied in the United States. His interest in neuroscience led him to recognize, through experiments, that the physical storage of memory relied on synaptic connections between neurons. Connected with this research are investigations into the nature of learning.

Kandel describes memory as “a form of mental time travel [that] frees us from the constraints of time and space.” It is the brain’s amazing ability to store a seemingly infinite number of facts, figures and experiences, according to Kandel, which enables us to retrieve what we have learned before the present time.

NSU-COM Alumni Convene at USS Midway in San Diego
NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM) was well represented at the American Osteopathic Association’s 112th Annual Convention and Scientific Seminar, which was held September 30-October 4, 2007, in San Diego, California.

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NSU Palm Beach County Law School Alumni Chapter
Alumni from Palm Beach County attended a CLE Ethics Forum/Dinner Oct. 11 in West Palm Beach when four judges from diverse backgrounds participated in the program through the active Palm Beach County Law School Alumni Chapter.

Shown from left are: Attorney Manny Kushner, a member of the NSU Law School Board of Governors, Eunice Tall Baros, NSU chapter president in Palm Beach County, U.S. District Court/Southern District of Florida Judge Donald Middlebrooks, 15th Judicial Circuit County Court Judge Nancy Perez, 4th DCA Judge Fred Hazouri, and 15th Judicial Circuit/Juvenile Court Judge Moses Baker.

Business School Graduate Named Magazine’s HR Executive of the Year

Nadir Baksh, DR PSY, 1982 – co-authored a book In the Best Interest of the Child, A manual for Divorcing Parents, Hohm Press released on September 1, 2007. A guide to parenting and parenting before, during and after divorce, written in no-nonsense style with a hard look at putting the needs of the child first and foremost.

Richard Rosenbaum, JD, 1983, a partner with the Fort Lauderdale law firm Arnstein & Lehr and a nationally recognized criminal defense attorney spoke at the Mothers of Incarcerated Sons (MIS) 6th anniversary fundraiser event on October 6, 2007.

Marcia Powell Shew, JD, 1979, was recently a recipient of the 2007 Ellen Hines Smith Legal Services Lawyer of the Year awarded by the South Carolina Bar Association; Marcia is Senior Staff Attorney and State-wide Elder Law Unit Head for SC Legal Services. Criteria for the award includes dedication to providing legal services to the poor, their quality and creativity of legal services to the poor, successful litigation that has benefited a significant number of people and other public service for the Bar and the community. Marcia was recognized for her statewide work in Elder Law. Most recently, in August she was a presenter at the Lt. Gov’s School of Gerontology in Charleston and in October she attended the National Conference on Aging and the Law in Washington, DC.

Christopher Patterson, JD, 1985, was recently selected as a “Florida Super Lawyer” for 2007, in the area of Criminal law. He is also an on-air guest analyst for Court TV.

Did you know that the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences wants to connect with NSU alumni who work at high schools or colleges across the country?
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions would like to connect with NSU alumni who work at high schools or colleges across the country.

Do you work in a High School or College? Do you know an NSU grad who works at a school? We want to hear from you! The Office of Undergraduate Admissions would love to meet NSU graduates from any discipline as we travel about bringing the NSU message to schools in your area.

Please contact Regina Schawaroch in the Office of Admissions at (800) 338-4723, extension 8020, or email Regina at reginas@nova.edu.

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