CHCS - Perspectives Winter/Spring 2016

COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES • 3 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY George L. Hanbury II , Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION Frederick Lippman , R.Ph. , Ed.D. HPD Chancellor COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES Stanley Wilson , Ed.D., PT, CEAS Dean EXECUTIVE EDITOR Scott Colton , B.A., APR HPD Director of Medical Communications and Public Relations MANAGING EDITOR Brenda Van Hoose Assistant Director of Student Affairs ART DIRECTOR Susan Tischenkel-Hayward , Senior Designer/ Associate Director, Office of Publications OFFICE OF PUBLICATIONS Ron Ryan , Director Sheryl Koral , University Editor Carol Reynolds-Srot , Associate Editor/Copywriter Roberta Harris , Graphic Production Manager Nova Southeastern University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s, educational specialist, doctorate, and professional degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679- 4500 for questions about the accreditation of Nova Southeastern University. Nova Southeastern University admits students of any race, color, sex, age, nondisqualifying disability, religion or creed, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school, and does not discriminate in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholar- ship and loan programs, and athletic and other school- administered programs. 12-026-15SAT When we merged with Nova University in 1994 and came to the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, there were about 1,900 full-time students in the various Health Professions Division (HPD) programs. Today, that number has grown to approximately 9,500 full-time students. The wonderment of walking around our hallways and seeing the rainbow of white-coat patches and scrubs unmistakably indicates the diversity of our programs. It’s a scenario that will only continue to increase with the recent approval of the NSU Board of Trustees to establish the College of Allopathic Medicine, which will exist alongside our esteemed College of Osteopathic Medicine. As a result, the HPD will consist of eight colleges in the not-too-distant future. Because NSU has always endeavored to be at the forefront of educa- tional innovation, the university took the bold step earlier this year to realign many of its colleges and programs. As part of this realignment, a number of the university’s undergraduate programs were relocated to other NSU colleges, including the HPD’s College of Health Care Sciences. This was a wise move in my opinion, because I believe it will serve as a catalyst to increase the number of dual-admission opportunities for our students. During the past several months, five academic degree programs that were formerly housed at other NSU colleges were repositioned into the College of Health Care Sciences. These include the B.S. in Speech- Language and Communication Disorders, the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, the SLP.D. in Speech-Language Pathology, the B.S. in Athletic Training, and the B.S. in Exercise and Sport Science. This realignment also brings tremendous efficiency to presenting education to our undergraduate students, because it creates an atmo- sphere of mentorship and collegiality between the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students. As a result, we’re helping to set the educational paradigm for the rest of the nation. Frederick Lippman, R.Ph. , Ed.D. Chancellor, Health Professions Division Nova Southeastern University Chancellor’s Communiqué Perspectives Winter-Spring 2016 • Volume 4, Number 1