Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a not-for-profit, fully accredited, coeducational institution. It was founded in 1964 as Nova University of Advanced Technology. In 1974, the board of trustees changed the university’s name to Nova University. In 1994, Nova University merged with Southeastern University of the Health Sciences to form Nova Southeastern University.

NSU is well known for innovation and quality in both traditional and distance education. The university serves large numbers of adult students and a growing population of traditional undergraduates. To date, the institution has produced approximately 90,000 alumni.

Using 2005 fall-term enrollment as a measure, Nova Southeastern University is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast and the sixth largest not-for-profit independent institution nationally. NSU is one of 163 colleges and universities statewide, and one of 91 independent four-year institutions in Florida.

The university awards associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences. Nova Southeastern University has the only college of optometry in Florida, and one of only two colleges of pharmacy in South Florida. The institution also enjoys an excellent reputation for its programs for families offered through the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies and the University School. These include innovative parenting, preschool, primary, and secondary education programs.

The university’s programs are administered through academic centers that offer courses at the Fort Lauderdale campuses as well as at locations throughout Florida, across the nation, and at selected international sites in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Mexico, Korea, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

Despite the geographic diversity of sites where classes are offered, 85 percent of the student body attends classes in Florida. Seventy-six percent of all students enrolled attend classes in the tricounty area (i.e., Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties). Nova Southeastern University is a major provider of educational programs for Florida residents. Through its undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs, NSU educated more than 23,000 Florida students in calendar year 2006. With annual expenditures of approximately $396 million, Nova Southeastern University also has a significant economic impact on the surrounding community. A recent NSU study revealed that the university and its students and employees contributed more than $1.04 billion to the Florida economy during fiscal year 2004.

University Libraries

The university library system is composed of the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center, Health Professions Division Library, Law Library, North Miami Branch Library, the William S. Richardson Ocean Sciences Library, and four school libraries. The 325,000-square-foot Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center is a joint-use facility with the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. It serves students and faculty and staff members of NSU, as well as residents of Broward County. The five-story structure is a high-tech facility using both wireline and wireless technology. Electronic classrooms and group-study rooms are popular areas in the new facility. Using compact shelving, it has a book capacity of 1.4 million volumes. Within the facility is the 500-seat Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, enhancing university curricular support and the improvement of the quality of life in South Florida. Overall, the current university’s libraries house approximately 720,000 volumes. Agreements have been signed with several libraries throughout the world to provide library support for NSU programs offered in specific geographical areas. The catalogs of all libraries are accessible to local users, distance education students, and faculty members wherever they may be located, via computers using the electronic library. Online databases complement the paper-based holdings and provide full-text resources. Interlibrary agreements through organizations such as the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), the Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN), the Consortium of Southeastern Law Libraries (COSELL), and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) provide broad access to a wide range of materials.

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University Facilities

The university offers degree programs and continuing education opportunities on four campuses in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

• The Main Campus
  The main campus in Davie consists of 300 acres with general-purpose athletic fields and NCAA-qualifying soccer and baseball fields. Facilities house the central administration offices; the Health Professions Division; the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences; the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences; the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences; the Shepard Broad Law Center; the Center for Psychological Studies; the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship; the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies; the University School (grades pre-k–12); the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center; the Miami Dolphins Training Facility; and University Park Plaza.
  
  The state-of-the-art, 366,000-square-foot University Center features three NCAA competition courts in the main arena, as well as two intramural courts, group fitness and instruction rooms, cardio and weight training areas, squash courts, a rock climbing wall, and The Flight Deck. In addition, five residence halls on the main campus serve undergraduate, graduate, health professions, and law students, with a capacity for housing up to 720 students in approximately 207,000 square feet of living space. The Commons, a new,
  522-bed residence hall, is under construction.
  
  University Park Plaza, just to the south of the Health Professions Division (HPD) complex has 173,000 square feet of space with, 60,000 square feet devoted to university office and classroom space. This includes the Lifelong Learning Institute, a 100-station microcomputer laboratory, a videoconferencing room, and the NSU Bookstore.
  
  NSU’s Health Professions Division complex is located at the northwest corner of the main campus. The complex includes eight buildings totaling more than 540,000 square feet of space for administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, the Health Professions Division Library, and a patient-services clinic. Also, there is a 600,000-square-foot parking structure with space for 2,000 vehicles.
  
  

  In addition to the main campus, the university has permanent facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, and North Miami Beach. These locations are all within 20 miles of the main campus in Davie.

• East Campus
  The east campus is located in Fort Lauderdale, six miles from the main campus. The campus is located on 10 acres and has 8 buildings that provide 104,000 square feet of office and classroom space. Facilities house the U.S. Geological Survey offices, the Florida Integrated Science Center for Water and Restoration Studies at NSU, and Alumni Hall.
  
  
• North Miami Beach Campus
  The 18-acre North Miami Beach campus is home to the Fischler School of Education and Human Services; dental medicine, family medicine, and optometry clinics operated by the Health Professions Division; Crayons to Computers, a free store for teachers; and the South Florida Family Resource Center. Overall, the facility includes four buildings totaling 266,500 square feet.
  
  
• Oceanographic Center Campus
  The Oceanographic Center is located on a 10-acre site on the ocean side of Port Everglades, adjacent to the port's entrance. The center has a one-acre boat basin. Its location affords immediate access to the Gulf Stream, the Florida Straits, and the Bahama Banks.
  
  The center is composed of three buildings, and several modulars. The main two-story building houses seven laboratories, conference rooms, workroom, and 13 offices. A second building contains a large two-story warehouse and staging area, classroom, biology laboratory, electron microscopy laboratory, darkroom, machine shop, carpentry shop, electronics laboratory, the library, student computer lab, computing center, and 15 offices. A one-story building contains a wetlab/classroom, coral workshop, and an X-ray facility. A modular laboratory is used for aquaculture studies.

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Technology Facilities

The university maintains an extensive information technology network for teaching and learning, research, and administrative computing. Comprehensive fiber-optic and wireless networks provide connectivity for user access. A dedicated wide area network (WAN) supports high-speed access to central computing resources from all campuses. NSU WINGS, the university’s wireless networking system, provides students with mobile network connectivity in more than 30 buildings and exterior locations covering all of the university’s campuses and student educational centers throughout Florida and in Las Vegas, Nevada. High-speed Internet access is provided to both on-campus and remote sites.

NSU is an equity member of the Florida LambdaRail (FLR), a not-for-profit limited liability corporation currently composed of 10 public and private not-for-profit Florida universities. The FLR operates a statewide high-performance fiber-optic network infrastructure that utilizes next-generation network technologies, protocols, and services. The FLR provides NSU with high-speed commercial Internet services and connectivity to advanced regional and national networks, such as the National LambdaRail (NLR) and the Abilene Internet2 backbone. The FLR has significantly enhanced university research and distance-education capabilities and allows NSU faculty and staff members, researchers, and students to collaborate with colleagues around the world on leading-edge research projects.

Students, faculty and staff members, and administrators have access to university computing resources from desktop and laptop computers, while numerous microcomputer labs are conveniently located throughout university facilities for student use. Administrative computing resources consist of multiple Sun Microsystems Enterprise servers and numerous other application-specific Linux and Microsoft Windows servers. The university’s administrative operations are supported by the SunGard SCT Banner system. Additional administrative systems include imaging systems; campus card systems; facilities systems; and medical, dental, optometry, and mental health clinic systems. Multiple Sun Microsystems servers support academic applications, World Wide Web-based tools, and the university’s email system. Synchronous and asynchronous Web tools are used for the delivery of distance education. Electronic classrooms and microcomputer labs provide hands-on technology support for students and faculty members. Multimedia technology training labs support technology-training opportunities for faculty and staff members.

Videoconferencing using Internet Protocol (IP) and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is provided for distance education. Through a videoconferencing bridge located on campus, 32 sites can be linked to form a global classroom. Ninety-six videoconferencing rooms are located at NSU’s student educational centers and other sites throughout Florida. Also, one videoconferencing room is located at the Las Vegas Student Educational Center, and four are located in Puerto Rico. Fifty student desktop videoconferencing units are located at clinical and internship sites and in the homes of students enrolled in the speech-language pathology and audiology doctoral programs.

To further augment the libraries’ print materials and online databases, the Office of Educational Technologies and Media Services has an extensive collection of more than 1,200 items of nonprint materials (principally videotapes and DVDs). A multimedia production studio houses tools for the creation of instructional, informational, and marketing videos, CDs, and DVDs.

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Clinical Facilities

In addition to clinical facilities on the main campus, the university provides clinical services to the surrounding community through owned and leased off-campus facilities. The Health Professions Division has outpatient facilities that provide medical, dental, optometry, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy services, as well as audiology and hearing and balance services. The Center for Psychological Studies provides mental health services. The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences provides family therapy services through the Brief Therapy Institute. The Clinic for Speech-Language Pathology and Communication Disorders provides testing and rehabilitation services for schools and individuals. Clinic locations are as follows:

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Institutional Accreditation

Nova Southeastern University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097: Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees. Nova Southeastern University was first accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) as Nova University in 1971.

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Professional Accreditations

• Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is accredited by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (321 North Clark Street, 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60610-4714: Telephone number: (312) 988-6738).

• The College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the Bureau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Association and is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.

• The Doctor of Pharmacy Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 311 West Superior Street, Suite 512, Chicago, IL 60610 (telephone number: (312) 664-3575, 800-533-3606; fax: (312) 664-4652.) The College of Pharmacy is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

• The College of Optometry is accredited by the Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association (243 North Lindbergh Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri; telephone number: 800-365-2219) and is a member of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry.

• The Occupational Therapy Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.

• College of Dental Medicine programs in dentistry, advanced general dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, and prosthodontics are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. (211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611; telephone number: (312) 440-4653).

• The Physical Therapy Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association.

• The Physician Assistant Program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission (ARC-PA).

• The Vascular Sonography course of study has applied for accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

• The Anesthesiologist Assistant course of study has applied for accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

• The baccalaureate nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (NLNAC) 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10006, 800-669-1656. The bachelor of science in nursing and master of science in nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036-1120, telephone number (202) 887-6791.

• The Center for Psychological Studies clinical psychology doctoral programs and predoctoral internship program are accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). The APA and the Florida Department of Health have approved the awarding of continuing education credits by the center.

• The Master of Public Health Program is accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH).

• The Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies’ preschool is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
  
  
• The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Master of Science and Ph.D. Degree Programs in Family Therapy are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

• The Master’s Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology, offered through the Fischler School of Education and Human Services, is approved by the Florida Department of Education and accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The audiology doctorate (Au.D.) offered through the Health Professions Division is also accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of ASHA.

• Bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs offered in a variety of fields of business and administration by the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. The Bachelor of Science in Professional Management, the Master of Business Administration, the Master of Science in Human Resource Management, and the Master of Science and Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Distance Education are accredited by the University Council of Jamaica.

• University School of Nova Southeastern University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, by the Florida Council of Independent Schools, by the Florida Kindergarten Council, and by the Association of Independent Schools of Florida. University School is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.

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Community Outreach Services

Nova Southeastern University goes beyond its primary mission of providing school and university curricula by reaching out to the community with diverse community service programs and resources. Nova Southeastern University ranks third among all private colleges nationally in the percentage of federal work-study dollars that it devotes to community service according to researchers at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

The following is a partial list of some of the community service programs and facilities provided.

Center for Psychological Studies
The Psychology Services Center offers services to residents of the tricounty area, including adults, children, adolescents, and elderly clients.

Specialized clinical training programs provide service to the community through the following:

• ADHD Assessment and Consultation Treatment Program
• Adolescent Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program
• Child and Adolescent Traumatic Stress Program
• Clinical Health and Biofeedback Program
• Family Violence Program
• Guided Self-change Program
• Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program
• Neuropsychology Assessment Center
• Nova Southeastern University Counseling Center for Older Adults (NCCOA)
• Program for the Seriously Emotionally Disturbed
• Psychology Assessment Center
• School Psychology Assessment and Consultation Center
• Trauma Resolution Integration Program

College of Allied Health and Nursing

• The Physician Assistant Program hosts outreach activities in rural and urban communities in Florida, as well as in Peru and Guatemala.
• Physical therapy and occupational therapy students treat developmentally challenged children.
• The Audiology Clinic provides hearing and balance services to the community.

College of Dental Medicine

• Improves dental care to underserved and indigent patients by offering training programs in community settings with diverse populations

College of Pharmacy

• Holds forums that provide information on medications to area seniors, helping them better understand prescription drugs and their side effects

• Specialized clinical training programs, course requirements, and College of Pharmacy student organizations provide service to the community in partnership with the following agencies and various health educational opportunities and screenings:
  
  
  • Asthma 101
  • Broward County Mental Health Association
  • Broward and Palm Beach County schools
  • First Call for Help
  • Health and Wellness Education Speakers Bureau
  • Palm Beach County Mental Health Association
  • Women in Distress
  • Area Health Education Centers Rural Medicine Training Program
  • Cooperative Feeding Program
  • Immunization awareness programs for adults and children
  • Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • American Lung Association partnership for education, grades 3–5
  • Cholesterol screenings
  • Health screening activities on public health issues such as osteoporosis, diabetes, and asthma
  • HIV Education and Awareness
  • Interdisciplinary international medical missions
  • Medicare Part D education series

College of Optometry

• Vision screening for public school students

College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Area health education centers
• Rural medicine training program
• HIV partnership for community
• International medical missions
• Center on Bioterrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Preparedness

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

• Lifelong Learning Institute
• Office of New Student Services (community involvement service leadership)
• Distinguished Speaker Series
• NSU Theatre

Fischler School of Education and Human Services

• Cervantes Award for Hispanic Educators
• Education Express Bus Tour
• Florida Charter School Resource Center
• Institute for Public Policy in Higher Education Leadership
• Miami CARD Satellite Center
• National Career Academy Coalition
• National Institute for Educational Options
  
• National School Reform Institute
• SeniorNet
• Teacher Universe®/Crayons to Computers
• Tyler Institute

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Brief Therapy Institute (BTI)
• Community Nutrition Awareness Project (CNAP)
• Community Resolution Services (CRS)
• The Civility Project
• Project on Culture and Creativity in Conflict and Peace Building
• Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying (SUPERB)

Health Professions Division

• Women’s Resource Institute

H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship

• Hudson Institute of Entrepreneurship and Executive Education
• International Institute for Franchise Management
• Distinguished Lecture Series

Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies

• Adult Education and Training Programs
• The Baudhuin Preschool
• Family Center Village Preschool
• Infant and Toddler Program
• Moran Community Outreach Initiative
• Parenting Place
• Starting Right Program
• Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinic

Oceanographic Center

• Guy Harvey Research Institute
• National Coral Reef Institute

Shepard Broad Law Center

• Mediation Project
• Consumer Protection Internship
• Public Interest Law Center
• Street Law Program

University School

• STEPS, an after-school skill development and enrichment program for children ages 5–14 where students annually provide 30,000 volunteer hours for a variety of community service projects
• Systemic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) classes for adults with children

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Licensure and Certification

The university meets regulations that govern the delivery of distance education in Florida and the other states where it offers programs. Although states differ in regulations, the process through which the university obtains state licensure and certification typically involves review at three levels. At the state government level, Nova Southeastern University must qualify as a foreign corporation in order to do business in a specific state. At the higher-education authority level, NSU must complete an extensive application process and a rigorous review by each state. At the accrediting body level, the university must comply with specific requirements concerning distance education programs and general areas such as fiscal stability and student support services for each off-campus program offering. The purposes of this process are the safeguarding of consumer interests and the assurance of quality control. NSU currently has active distance education programs in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and in 23 states, including Florida, in full accordance with the regulations of each of those jurisdictions.

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Distance Education at NSU

Nova Southeastern University is a pioneer in the area of distance education, having initiated distance education programs in 1972. It was the first university in the United States to offer graduate programs in an online format, with the creation of the electronic classroom. NSU has been offering online programs and programs with an online component since 1983. NSU was also the first to use the Unix system to host online courses, and one of the first to use the Internet to support instruction.

Yahoo! Internet Life ranked NSU among America’s 100 most wired universities for the year 2000. In 1998 and 2001, the National Jurist magazine ranked NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center at the top of its list of the most wired law schools in the nation. In 2005, the Law Center ranked number three in the National Jurist’s Technology Honor Roll. In 2001 and 2002, U.S. News & World Report ranked NSU’s graduate program in education as one of the best of the online programs.

At NSU, distance education is delivered using a variety of instructional delivery systems. Modes of delivery to students located at sites distant from the main campus include online course delivery systems, synchronous meetings in an electronic classroom, traditional classroom instruction with a live instructor on-site, compressed interactive video, and audio teleconferencing.

Some programs use a blended instructional approach with face-to-face instruction coupled with online resources or video distributed on compact disc. Others use an online course area exclusively. For example, some graduate programs require students to attend short intensive instructional units on campus (doctoral studies orientation, summer “institutes,” or a summer conference) as a part of their required program of study. Distance education students have access to educational support services such as the Electronic Library, technology support via a help desk, educational resources via electronic classrooms and the Internet, and computing resources on campus and through student educational centers located in Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, Florida; at three sites in Southwest Florida; in Las Vegas, Nevada; in the Bahamas; and in Jamaica.

NSU students can participate in online courses via the World Wide Web from any location in the world with an Internet connection. Online courses use a Web-based instructional platform as a centralized location for educational materials, course content and communication, both synchronous and asynchronous. The online course platform enables a wide range of online activities that facilitate frequent student-teacher and student-student interaction. Faculty members and students interact via real-time electronic classrooms, discussion forums via threaded bulletin boards, real-time electronic classrooms that support graphical presentations and audio, and online submission of assignments in multimedia formats. NSU provides an email address and a directory for publishing assignments and resources to the Web for all students and faculty members. The Electronic Library provides access to online databases, many of which contain full-text documents.

NSU offers a wide range of online programs. Forty of the university’s online undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and graduate certificate programs have been certified by the Southern Regional Education Board’s Electronic Campus, and are offered through this highly successful consortium. The SREB certifies that the online programs and courses it approves for this program are in full compliance with its comprehensive set of Principles of Good Practice.

A current list of SREB-approved programs can be found at www.nova.edu/srec. For a more comprehensive listing of online and distance education programs see www.nova.edu/cwis/disted/.

The development and implementation of distance education programs have become increasingly common as many colleges and universities have moved to the online venue. Nova Southeastern University has more than 30 years of experience in the development, delivery, and evaluation of distance education programs that have been used as models by other schools. NSU’s Graduate Education Programs that began in 1972 influenced programs at other schools. Distance education students attend classes at times and places that are convenient to the learner—reflecting the mission of NSU. The variety of distance education experiences, coupled with the use of appropriate instructional technologies, provide a successful learning environment.

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Off-Campus Student Educational Centers

Students do not have to be on campus to have a traditional college experience. If they live in Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, or Naples, Florida, or in Las Vegas, Nevada, attending NSU is easy because of off-campus student educational centers. These centers are serving students at a distance from the main campus with computer labs, videoconferencing equipment, and SMART classrooms. In addition, the centers are staffed with full-time employees to help with registration, enrollment, and financial aid. The student educational centers create an on-campus atmosphere for students by offering chances to develop friendships, form study groups, and use videoconferencing equipment to connect with the NSU main campus. These centers are convenient and accessible for many students. The student educational centers have established high-quality and efficient services that enable students to finish their degrees successfully as well as provide students with an experience that contributes to their personal and professional development.

In an effort to continue to receive student satisfaction, the following services are offered at all student educational centers:

• convenient evening and weekend classes
• full degree online programs
• outstanding on-site faculty members who are practicing professionals in their field
• computer lab access to all students with full-time IT and media assistance on-site
• full-time staff to assist students with financial aid, registration, applications, or general program questions
• multiple compressed video suites for videoconferencing
• audiovisual tools (multimedia projector and VCR/DVD)
• Internet connectivity, wireless network
• notification of important events through the use of mail, email, videos, and Web sites
• student government associations
• student activities such as professional development workshops and graduation recognition receptions.
• promotion and support of regional alumni organizations
• convenient parking
• office hours:
  Monday–Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  Plus NSU staff coverage continues during all class sessions.
  

The Jacksonville Student Educational Center is conveniently located by I-95. The facility serves northeast Florida and much of southeast Georgia. Georgia students comprise approximately 30 percent of the student population and come from as far north as Savannah to attend classes.

The Las Vegas Student Educational Center, located on the west side of Las Vegas, is the newest NSU educational center. It is located close to a fast-growing residential and commercial area. The center is approximately 40,000 square feet with computer labs and technological resources for students and the community.

The Miami Student Educational Center is located on the northwest corner of Kendall Drive and Florida’s Turnpike. It serves the area of Miami-Dade County with some overlap into South Broward. The facility is a four-floor building with 70,000 square feet. This center is equipped with three computer labs, 12 compressed video suites, and Internet access in all rooms.

The Orlando Student Educational Center is located in a new, 60,000-square-foot facility off I-4 on Millenia Boulevard. The center’s location provides the perfect venue for community meetings and seminars. The center is fully staffed to accommodate the needs of diverse educational programs. It offers many degree and continuing education programs to the community.

Southwest Florida is another area where NSU has reached out to serve the community. Naples, Fort Myers, and Cape Coral are all cities in which NSU is providing academic resources in convenient, local settings to meet community needs.

The Tampa Student Educational Center is located near I-75. All programs are offered in accessible formats to accommodate a student’s demanding schedule. The Mailman Segal Institute of Tampa Bay, located at NSU’s Tampa center, provides family resources to the Tampa Bay area community.

The West Palm Beach Student Educational Center is located off of PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens. The center contains approximately 45,000 square feet of meeting space. The West Palm Beach Student Educational Center supports many area organizations and provides a great meeting place in its spacious auditorium.

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Grants and Contracts

Nova Southeastern University supports administrators and faculty and staff members in their pursuit of sponsored funding from a variety of government and private sources. In FY 2005–2006, the university’s sponsored funding totaled in excess of $38 million. This represents approximately a 12-percent increase in sponsored funding over the previous fiscal year (2004–05).

The university is receiving sponsored funding from 77 different funding entities, with the largest amount, 41 percent, coming from the federal government. State and local government represented 13 and 24 percent of total funding, respectively.

Of the FY 2005–06 total, 60 percent, or $23.5 million, is to support research activities. This represents a 2 percent increase over the previous fiscal year. In addition, the university funds faculty research through the President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant. Under this program, university faculty members compete for awards of up to $10,000 for the support of their scholarly inquiry and research. Over the past seven years, 128 awards have been given to 343 faculty members for a total of $1,153,970.

The Oceanographic Center is receiving the largest amount of total sponsored funding to support research, followed by the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is the leader in funding to support community service and teaching/training projects. Many of the institution’s schools, colleges, and centers, particularly the Mailman Segal Institute and the Fischler School of Education and Human Services, also receive sponsored funding to support community service and teaching/training projects.

In spite of an increasingly competitive funding environment, sponsored funding received by the university includes support for both new and continuing programs. Some of these programs are the Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program, the U.S. Geological Survey South Florida Science Center, the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program, Project SUCCEED, AHEC Programs, the Marine Biological Monitoring, and several NIH awards, including HIV and Hispanic Men: Impact of Drugs and Culture and the Biocompatibility Screening of Restorative Treatment. Moreover, many of these, as well as other sponsored projects, include collaboration with other universities, hospitals, and community organizations.

With respect to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), the Cooperative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), which was designed to train all individuals involved with research on human subjects, reached a milestone of 4,000 completions by individuals from NSU. In 2005, NSU was ninth among the top 10 institutions in the country in completing the basic CITI training course.

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