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Welcome
Nova Southeastern University welcomes graduating candidates, their
families, and friends to its Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus for the 2015
Commencement ceremonies.
This guide offers important information regarding NSU commencement,
academic regalia, recognition events, and accommodations for your
visiting family and guests.
Let the countdown begin!
DOOR OPENINGS, SEATING, & TICKETS
Families, friends, and the general public are cordially invited to attend 2015 NSU
Commencement ceremonies. Tickets are not required but seating in th
e NSU 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 your ceremony.
PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the size of the NSU Arena and as a courtesy to all candidates and
their guests, the
saving of seats is strictly prohibited.
SIMULCAST LOCATIONS
Guests will have the opportunity to view a live telecast of the ceremony via closed circuit
television at three on-campus locations: the
Flight Deck Pub and the Performing and
Visual Arts Theater in the Don Taft University Center. Seating is available on a first-come,
first-seated basis. The sign language interpreter is visible on the live telecast screen. The
simulcast viewing is not closed captioned.
All NSU Commencement ceremonies are also video streamed in real time. Visit th
e NSU Commencement website and click on the “Commencement Ceremony Live” icon. All
commencement video streams are archived on the NSU Commencement Web site
approximately one week after the ceremony.
SCHEDULE OF CEREMONIES
All commencement ceremonies take place in
The Arena at the Don Taft University Center
on the NSU main campus
MAY 2015
SHEPARD BROAD LAW CENTER
Thursday, May 7, 2015 • 1:00 p.m.
UNDERGRADUATE
Friday, May 8, 2015
Morning Ceremony: 10:00 a.m.
Traditional day students (PALS) from the Abraham S.
Fischler School of Education, Farquhar College of Arts
and Sciences, and H. Wayne Huizenga School of
Business and Entrepreneurship
Afternoon Ceremony: 4:00 p.m.
College of Health Care Sciences; College of Nursing;
Institute for the Study of Human Service, Health, and
Justice; and Career students from the Abraham S.
Fischler School of Education; Farquhar College of Arts
and Sciences; and H. Wayne Huizenga School of
Business and Entrepreneurship
HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION
Friday, May 15, 2015
Morning Ceremony: 10:00 a.m.
Colleges of Dental Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine
Afternoon Ceremony: 4:00 p.m.
College of Health Care Sciences’ Physical Therapy
program, and Colleges of Optometry, Pharmacy, and
Medical Sciences
JUNE 2015
GRADUATE
Friday, June 5, 2015
Morning Ceremony: 10:00 a.m.
MBA and MIBA from H. Wayne Huizenga School of
Business and Entrepreneurship
Afternoon Ceremony: 4:00 p.m.
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, H. Wayne
Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship
(except MBA and MIBA), Graduate School of Computer
& Information Sciences, and Oceanographic Center
GRADUATE
Friday, June 12, 2015
Morning Ceremony: 10:00 a.m.
Center for Psychological Studies; Graduate School of
Humanities and Social Sciences; and Institute for the
Study of Human Service, Health, and Justice
Afternoon Ceremony: 4:00 p.m.
Abraham S. Fischler School of Education
AUGUST 2015
HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION
Friday, August 21, 2015 • 2:30 p.m.
College of Health Care Sciences (except Physical
Therapy) and College of Nursing
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