Commencement Event Guide 2020 | Nova Southeastern University of Florida

Welcome ENTRY TIMES, SEATING, & TICKETS Families, friends, and the general public are invited to attend NSU Commencement ceremonies. Tickets are not required but seating in th e Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft Center is limited and on a first-come, first-seated basis. Large groups of guests wishing to sit together should arrive when the arena doors first open, one hour prior to the published start time of the ceremony. Heightened security measures will be in effect, everyone will be screened through metal detectors, and all bags are subject to inspection upon entering the venue. Due to the size of the Rick Case Arena and as a courtesy to all candidates and their guests, the saving of seats is strictly prohibited. Be aware that the arena doors will temporarily close to guests during the opening processional and the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner. The doors will reopen afterwards on a space-available basis. SCHEDULE OF CEREMONIES All commencement ceremonies take place in The Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft University Center on the NSU main campus SHEPARD BROAD COLLEGE OF LAW TBD UNDERGRADUATE Traditional full-time day students Non-Traditional Main Campus Students except Nursing TBD Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, and all career and nontraditional (online and off-campus) students TBD HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION College of Dental Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, and Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine TBD Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences’ Athletic Training, Physical Therapy and Speech- Language Pathology candidates, College of Optometry, and College of Pharmacy TBD GRADUATE H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship TBD College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, College of Computing and Engineering, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, and College of Psychology TBD Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice TBD AUGUST 2020 HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION Friday, August 14, 2020 Morning Ceremony • 9:30 a.m. Graduate programs from the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (except Athletic Training, Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology) Afternoon Ceremony • 2:30 p.m. Graduate programs from the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Physician Assistant candidates and Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing 2020 NSU Commencement April 21, 2020 MESSAGE FROM NSU PRESIDENT DR. GEORGE HANBURY: One of my great joys as your President is to shake your hand as you walk across the Commencement stage. Unfortunately, that will not be feasible this May or June. Instead, I look forward to experiencing this important milestone with you when we can schedule various ceremonies at a later date or, for some of our professional degree recipients, via remote events. Please be assured that your degree will be officially conferred, as usual, based upon your satisfactory completion of all degree requirements, as sanctioned by NSU faculty, and as approved by NSU’s Board of Trustees. Even though we always have held commencement ceremonies to publicly witness and celebrate the hard work you perform to achieve your academic goals, our graduates receive their diplomas and degree credentials via FedEx to the address provided on your degree application form . As to the commencement ceremonies regularly scheduled for May or June, we are evaluating the best way to hold a live celebration of your academic achievements later this year when it is suitable to have groups assembled. Please stay tuned for updates from your dean. For those of you receiving professional degrees, your dean will reach out to you with further information as it may be required for you to attend a digital event in order to be given your oath.