Community Outreach
Nova Southeastern University goes beyond its primary mission of providing school and university curricula by reaching out to the community with diverse 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
The college improves dental care for underserved and indigent patients by offering training programs in community settings with diverse populations.
College of Pharmacy
The college 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 programs
- Interdisciplinary international medical missions
- Medicare Part D education series
College of Optometry
The college provides 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 for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences
- Lifelong Learning Institute
- Office of New Student Services (community involvement, service, leadership)
- Distinguished Speaker Series
- NSU Theater productions and facilities
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
University School supports STEPS, an after-school skill development and enrichment program for children ages 5–14. 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
