Blues on the Greens

Friday, June 5th, 7pm
Grande Oaks Golf Club

Join your fellow South Florida alumni for an evening of live blues music, food and fun at the famous Grande Oaks Golf Club. Attire is cocktail chic. Tickets are extremely limited for this event. Please RSVP by to Casey Elise Zagaria at elise@nova.edu.

Eastern New York’s Summer Luncheon

Saturday, June 6th, 12pm-3pm
LaGuardia Airport Hotel

Please join us for lunch and camaraderie with your fellow NSU alumni and friends from the Eastern New York Chapter. Chapter President, Dr. Kathy Corbett will be passing her presidential torch along to Dr. Gail Reed Barnett. We will also be welcoming all of the new Eastern New York Chapter Officers and giving Dr. Corbett a rousing send off! Cost is $30 per person and includes a luncheon buffet.

Please RSVP to Jamie Rosenberg at 954-262-2132 or online at http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html by June 3rd.

New Jersey’s Annual Down the Shore Brunch

Sunday, June 7th, 12pm
Marina Grille Restaurant

Enjoy a delicious brunch buffet spread and cocktail as we welcome in the summer with all of our NSU alumni family & friends! Cost is $20 per person and includes buffet. RSVP by Wednesday, June 3rd by calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 954-262-2132 or online at http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html.

Atlanta Chapter’s “Screen on the Green”

Thursday, June 11th— “Field of Dreams”
Thursday, June 25th— “Viewer’s Choice”
6-11PM (movie begins at sunset)
Centennial Olympic Park

Join the NSU Atlanta Alumni Chapter for the 10th Annual Screen on the Green 2009! Bring your family & friends and network with your fellow alumni as we watch classicHollywood movies! Admission to Screen on the Green is free. A $5 donation to the NSU Annual Fund is suggested. RSVP at http://www.nova.edu/alumni/events.index.html or call Jamie at 954-262-2132.  For more information on Screen on the Green 2009, please visit http://www.peachtreetv.com/specials/sotg2009.jsp

NSU Las Vegas Alumni Chapter Kick-Off Event

Saturday, June 27th, 7 pm to 9 pm
Encore

The NSU Alumni Association proudly invites you to attend the NSU Las Vegas Alumni Chapter Kick-Off! Celebrate, Relax, and Network with your fellow NSU Alumni. Cost is $20 per person and includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres. RSVP online by June 17th at www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html.

Tampa Luncheon Cruise

Saturday, July 18th, Noon–2:00 p.m.
Clearwater Beach Marina

Join your fellow Tampa Chapter alumni on a Luncheon Cruise on board the StarLite Majesty Yacht. Cost is $35/person. RSVP online by July 10th at www.nova.edu/alumni/events/index.html.

• Virtual School Education Summit Provides Forum for Educators Trying to Meet Florida's New "Virtual Instruction" Mandate - May 29
• NSU's Mailman Segal Institute Partners with Whole Foods Market to Provide Parenting Workshops
• SHSS Faculty to Present Workshops on Workplace Communication -May 17 & 31

• Business School to Host MBA Day

National Champions! NSU Wins NCAA Division II Women's Golf National Championship

Sharks Defeat Grand Valley State by 15 Strokes to Win 1st National Championship in NSU Athletics History.

Congratulations Lady Sharks! Read the full article here

Alumni Show Their Shark Spirit at Annual Men’s Soccer Match

More than 25 alumni were in attendance on April 4th for the annual event. Held at the NSU Soccer Complex, and hosted by the Men’s Soccer Program, the Sharks soccer team took on the alumni. The score finished 6-3 to the current squad, their first win in 5 years. There was an after-party hosted by alumnus Christian Goffi, where even more alumni mixed and mingled with their former teammates. Next year’s date is tentatively scheduled save the date for April 10th, 2010, so pencil it in!

View Photos from Past Events here:

A Global Celebration of the Arts

On Tuesday, April 28, Nova Southeastern University’s Alumni Association and the Fischler School of Education and Human Services presented A Global Celebration of the Arts - an exhibition and performances by students and alumni from the Fischler School’s interdisciplinary arts graduate program:  Melissa Axel, M.S., ’06—piano and vocals; Kailin Yong—violin; Nathan Markham—visual art. NSU friends and family gathered at the Performance Theater at the Don Taft University Center for a truly entertaining evening.

Tampa Comedy Night

More than 40 alumni joined the Tampa Alumni Chapter on Friday, May 8th, for a night of fun and laughs at Side Splitters Comedy Club. Guests enjoyed 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.

Spring into Networking

NSU’s Law, MIBA, and MBA Alumni Chapters hosted the 3rd Annual Tri-County Area Networking Event at the Riverside Hotel on May 13, 2009.  Over 200 NSU Alumni from Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties met for an evening of networking and camaraderie and honored 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.

Detroit Happy Hour

On Friday, May 15, the NSU Motor City Alumni Chapter met for its 2nd Annual Networking Happy Hour at the legendary Post Bar, Novi. Alumni and their guests enjoyed an evening of food, drinks and fun.

NSU Night at the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

NSU Alumni, family and friends met for this second annual sell-out event on Friday, May22 at Landshark Stadium. More than 700 attendees mixed and mingled at the pre-game tailgate reception and then cheered on the Florida Marlins as they took on last year’s World Series runner ups, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• Fischler Student Named Sarasota County’s Teacher of the Year
• SHSS Doctoral Student Awarded World Bank Scholarship
• GSCIS Professor Presents at American Educational Research Association
• Fischler School Professor Presents at Conference on Aging
• SHSS Faculty Authors Article in Family Business Review
• NSU Ranks No. 1 in Doctoral Degrees Awarded to Hispanics

Dr. Kenneth Caves, Ed.D. ’76, is celebrating 38 years of working in Labor Relations, the last 29 as owner of CAVES & ASSOCIATES representing school districts, cities, counties and special districts in labor relations.

Billie Jo Kaufman J.D.'90, associate dean for Library & Information Resources and professor of law at American University Washington College of Law, will be a guest speaker and moderator at the Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries in Beijing, China.  The Conference will be an opportunity for legal information professionals from both the U.S. and China to share experiences and exchange views in regard to legal information development and law library management.   Associate Dean Kaufman's presentation will be on Friday, May 29, and will be part of a session focusing on the digitization of legal information resources.  She will also moderate a panel on Saturday, May 30, on the challenges facing libraries in regard to the acquisition, distribution, and preservation of legal materials.

Robert McCormes-Ballou, M.S. ’06, Director, Supply Chain Diversity, Office Depot, is to be honored at the 12th Annual 40 Under Forty Achievement Awards Dinner, Thursday, June 18, 2009.This milestone event, Reaching for Higher Goals, will be hosted by Shon Gables and Randal D. Pinkett, Ph.D. 40 Under Forty began in 1997 to recognize the next generation of African-American leaders who, with a commitment to the development of their communities, are exceptional performers in their professions. For more information visit http://tnj.com/events/40-under-forty/dinner.html

Deborah Rubens, M.S. ’95, was elected to the Board of Directors of The Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI), during the Association’s Annual Conference in Atlanta in April. She will serve as At-Large Director from 2009-2010. Rubens has a 20+ year professional background in human resources, focused in the healthcare industry and is currently the Director of Human Resources for Shriners Hospitals for Children in Northern California and chairs the Corporate Training team.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from The Florida State University; Master of Science from Nova Southeastern University; and is certified as a Senior Human Resource Professional with California certification and is certified as a trainer/facilitator through Achieve Global, Center for Leadership Studies and DDI.

Erin Weston, O.D. ’07 will celebrate her one year anniversary in business this August. She practices full-scope optometry with an emphasis on contact lenses at her privately owned office and optical in Boca Raton, FL. She currently resides in Delray Beach with her husband of 6 years.