The Faculty Resources page serves as a centralized hub for tools, services, and support available to faculty across Nova Southeastern University. These resources are designed to enhance teaching, research, and professional development while supporting day-to-day academic responsibilities.
Learning and Educational Center (LEC)
The Learning and Educational Center (LEC) is NSU’s flagship hub for faculty development, dedicated to enhancing teaching and learning across the university. It provides comprehensive support through programs, resources, and services that promote student-centered teaching, innovative course design, research competence, and faculty mentoring. As the primary source of faculty development initiatives, the LEC fosters a collaborative community where instructors connect, share best practices, and advance the scholarship of teaching and learning. Its mission centers on promoting excellence in teaching by offering evidence-based professional development, recurring workshops, certifications, and pedagogical innovation initiatives. Ultimately, the LEC serves as the central driver of teaching excellence and continuous improvement at NSU.
NSU Libraries
The NSU Libraries provide faculty with embedded librarianship services that bring librarians directly into academic departments, classrooms, and research environments to deliver tailored instruction and research support. Through this proactive, collaborative model, liaison librarians curate discipline-specific resources, assist with accreditation-aligned research needs, and offer customized guidance for courses and programs. Faculty benefit from specialized research assistance, instructional consultations, and resource integration that strengthen teaching, scholarship, and student learning. This approach transforms librarians from traditional resource providers into active partners in curriculum development and academic success.
Division of Research and Economic Development (DoR)
The NSU Libraries provide faculty with embedded librarianship services that bring librarians directly into academic departments, classrooms, and research environments to deliver tailored instruction and research support. Through this proactive, collaborative model, liaison librarians curate discipline-specific resources, assist with accreditation-aligned research needs, and offer customized guidance for courses and programs. Faculty benefit from specialized research assistance, instructional consultations, and resource integration that strengthen teaching, scholarship, and student learning. This approach transforms librarians from traditional resource providers into active partners in curriculum development and academic success.
Writing and Communication Center (WCC)
The NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) provides faculty with a range of workshops and events designed to support strong writing and communication practices across the university. These offerings include skill-based workshops, discussions on writing pedagogy, and specialized sessions tailored to course or program needs. Faculty can also collaborate with the WCC to strengthen assignment design, assessment strategies, and discipline-specific writing instruction. In addition, the center hosts campuswide events that promote engagement with writing, communication, and instructional innovation.
NSU Educator Dashboard
The NSU Educator Dashboard, accessible through the SharkLink faculty resources page, is a centralized and customizable digital hub designed to support faculty in managing their teaching and academic responsibilities. By combining course management, communication tools, institutional data, and faculty-specific resources into one unified interface, it enhances efficiency and supports day-to-day operations across NSU’s colleges.
NSU AI Idea Intake Portal
The NSU AI Idea Intake Portal is a centralized platform where faculty, staff, and students can submit innovative ideas for how artificial intelligence can enhance teaching, learning, research, or university operations. It serves as NSU’s formal mechanism for collecting, evaluating, and prioritizing AI-related proposals across the institution. The portal streamlines communication between idea submitters and the university teams responsible for AI strategy and implementation.
