Tampa Comedy Night
Friday, May 8, 2009
Pre-Reception: 6:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Dessert Reception: 10:00pm

You're invited to a night of laughs! Join the Tampa Alumni Chapter for a night of fun and laughs at Side Splitters Comedy Club! Enjoy the comedic stylings of Mark Klein, who has appeared on A&E's Comedy on the Road, CBS, NBC, and Showtime's Comedy Club Network. Bring your family, friends, and colleagues for a night of unforgettable fun and laughs!

Price per person: $25 Price includes hors d'oeuvres, two drinks, show, and dessert.
RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations at http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html or
at 954-262-2118.

Spring into Networking
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
5:30 – 8:00pm
Riverside Hotel
620 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Join us for our 3rd Annual Tri-County Area Networking Event at the Riverside Hotel. Hosted by the NSU Law, MIBA, and MBA Alumni Chapters. Join your fellow NSU Alumni from Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties for an evening of networking and camaraderie. We will honor Dean Randy Pohlman from the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship and Dean Athornia Steele from the Shepard Broad Law School for their service and dedication to Nova Southeastern University.

Bring plenty of business cards to this excellent networking opportunity. Cost is $10 per person and includes two drinks and hors d'oeuvres. RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations at http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html or 954-262-2118 by May 11th.

Detroit Happy Hour
Friday, May 15, 2009
6:00pm
Post Bar, Novi

Sharks…Start your engines! Join the Motor City Alumni Chapter for its 2nd Annual Networking Happy Hour at the legendary Post Bar, Novi! Eat, drink, and exchange business cards with your fellow NSU alumni. Bring your family, friends, and colleagues for a night of unforgettable fun! Bring an extra business card for the chance to win an NSU prize!

Cost is $5 per person. Price includes drinks and appetizers. To RSVP, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-541-6682 ext 22118 or visit http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html and register online.

NSU Night at the Florida Marlins
Friday, May 22, 2009
Dolphins Stadium
Game starts at 7:00 p.m.
Pre-game reception at 5:30 p.m.

Join the NSU Alumni Association at NSU Night with the Florida Marlins and watch the Florida Marlins take on the Tampa Bay Rays! Tickets: $15 per person; includes a tailgate food voucher (redeemable for one hot dog, one bag of chips, and one bottle of soda or water) and an NSU commemorative baseball cap; cash bar available. Seats are located in the Bullpen (section 103–107).

To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html. For more information, please call the Office of Alumni Relations at (954) 262-2118.

• Student Success Webinar Series
• Second Annual Free Genealogy Fair
• Annual Issues in Autism Conference
• Free Gospel Conference to be Held at NSU
• International Child Health Forum
• Fore the Kids: Saving Lives Charity Golf Classic
• Celebration of Kente Cloth
• Free CPR Training Day
• Huizenga School to Host Free Situational Leadership® Executive Briefing

NSU Athletics Hall of Fame
Nominate for the Class of 2009

Nominations for the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2009 are currently being accepted. Please visit http://nsuathletics.nova.edu/halloffame to view criteria or if you would like to nominate a deserving individual(s). Nominations will be accepted until May 15, 2009.

An Evening at the Sugar Bar in NYC

On Saturday, March 21, the Eastern New York Alumni Chapter of Nova Southeastern University hosted An Evening at the Sugar Bar featuring Dena Robins (Lady Bird Sunshine), Ed.D., '06 performing a tribute to various female vocalists and song writers, from Billie to Badu and beyond.

On Saturday, March 21, the Eastern New York Alumni Chapter of Nova Southeastern University hosted An Evening at the Sugar Bar featuring Dena Robins (Lady Bird Sunshine), Ed.D., '06 performing a tribute to various female vocalists and song writers, from Billie to Badu and beyond.

NSU Alumni Night at the Florida Panthers

Two hundred members of the NSU community gathered on Friday, April 3 to watch the Panthers take on the Atlanta Thrashers. Attendees enjoyed a night of food, drinks and fellowship while cheering on their favorite team.

Bill Maher LIVE from NSU

On Saturday, April 11, NSU friends, family, and colleagues met for a truly entertaining evening.

For the last 15 years, Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on Politically Incorrect (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last six years on HBO's Real Time, Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 21 Emmy nominations.

• CPS Professor Chairs National Conference
• Farquhar College Professor Presents Research
• Allied Health and Nursing Faculty, Alumnae Present at Conference
• CPS Professor Opens National Association of School Psychologists Convention
• GSCIS Professor Co-Chairs and Presents at Conferences
• Article by SHSS Student and Faculty Accepted for Publication
• ICHP Director Elected as Chair of American Academy of Pediatrics Council
• Audiology Faculty and Student Present at Convention
• CPS Professor Appointed to DOE Committee
• SHSS Students are Principals in Association of Conflict Resolution Professionals
• CPS Professor and Alumna Coauthor Articles

Gregory Chambers D.B.A., '09 currently serves as a lead project engineer in the United States Marine Corps command.

Ricardo P. Deveaux M.S., '92 On Saturday, May 9, 2009, Mr. Deveaux will give Bethune-Cookman University's 2009 commencement address. Mr. Deveaux will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. Mr. Deveaux is an official with the government of The Bahamas, serving as senior assistant secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture, where he manages a $1 million dollar grant program that assists young Bahamian entrepreneurs in establishing or expanding their small businesses. He also is the president and CEO of the Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Foundation, a non-profit foundation established to recognize outstanding primary school students. The Foundation has presented over $250,000 in scholarships and prizes to outstanding primary school students since 2005.

Thomas W. MacFarland Ed.D., ’86 presented at the Florida Association for Media in Education conference, on the topic of Media Matters:  Outcomes from the 2006-2007 SUNLINK Data Collection Project.

Frances McMllian M.A., ’06 retired from teaching public high school foreign language in May 2008. Ms. McMillian states, “Because of getting my M.A. in education with an emphasis in computer technology integration from Nova, I was able to obtain a dream job at a small, Christian college. My degree from Nova has prepared me well for this job.”

Mary T McCullagh M.S., ’98 Ms. McCullagh attended the Fulbright Germany Spring Teacher Exchange and Seminar in June 2008 as well as the Gilder-Lehrman Institute Summer Seminar "Interpreting the Constitution" at Stanford University. She is an Alumni Council member for the Vladka and Ben Meed Teachers' Institute for Teaching the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance in Poland and Israel, and has been a member of the Florida State Education Commissioner's Task Force on Holocaust Education, since 2006. This year, she has presented at the International Studies Schools Association Conference in Tampa and at the Advanced Placement National Conference in San Antonio. Recently, Ms. McCullagh was appointed to Our Elder Brothers and Sisters Foundation as an Advisory Board member.

Please share your recent accomplishments with your fellow NSU alumni including new positions and assignments, honors, professional affiliations, marriage, or births. Please send your member news to alumweb@nova.edu. Your news will be featured in the next NSU e-newsletter. Thank you!