January 27, 2003

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Journalist Bob Woodward to Speak at NSU
Event to Celebrate Renaming of Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward will be the guest speaker at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Renaming Celebration for the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, February 10 in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. This event, which is free and open to the public, will celebrate the renaming of the Farquhar Center for Undergraduate Studies to the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences.

Woodward, who was named one of the best investigative reporters in America by the New York Times, is the assistant managing editor for investigative news for the Washington Post. During the early 1970’s, the Post teamed him with Carl Bernstein to investigate the burglary at the Watergate office building during the Nixon administration. Their efforts resulted in the Pulitzer Prize awarded for investigative reporting.

Woodward, who will be signing his books after he speaks, is the only contemporary American writer to author or co-author seven number one best-selling non-fiction books. His most recent, Bush at War, is the current #1 best selling book on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction list. His other books include: All the President's Men and The Final Days, both co-authored by Bernstein; and The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, co-authored by former staff writer Scott Armstrong. Other books include Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, a book about comedian John Belushi and drugs in Hollywood; Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA; The Commanders; The Man Who Would Be President: Dan Quayle; and The Agenda: Inside The Clinton White House. In 1996, Woodward gave us one of the first inside accounts of the presidential campaigns of President Clinton and Senator Bob Dole in The Choice. Newsweek magazine has excerpted five of Woodward's books, including, The Choice. Three of his books have been made into movies.

Under the leadership of Norma M. Goonen, Ed.D., Dean of the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, the college offers 15 undergraduate majors, including dual admissions programs with NSU’s graduate schools. More than 4,700 undergraduate students study in on-campus, off-campus, and online formats. For more information about the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences or the renaming celebration, please call (954)-262-8079.