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Dean’s Welcome
Welcome to NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences!
SHSS has distinguished itself through its academic programs
and outreach initiatives for over a quarter century. We are
passionate about Vision 2020, learner-centeredness,
inclusive excellence, and reflective practice.
As a proud academic unit at a majority-minority university,
SHSS is committed to furthering collaborative opportunities
for cross-disciplinary learning, research, and practice in the
new academic year as NSU is celebrating the major
milestone of its 50th Anniversary (1964-2014). Over recent
years NSU has been recognized for “high research activity” by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and is one of the 37 universities in the
country also awarded with Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification.
Understanding and betterment of human interrelations are a central theme of our
multidisciplinary, multi-professional, and multicultural endeavors at SHSS. Our
vigorous curricula have deep interdisciplinary roots. Our vibrant programs employ a
variety of innovative technologies. In the course of addressing emergent challenges
and complex social issues as an inclusive learning community, we are building up a
creative bridge over theory, research, and practice drawn from different social
sciences, humanities, arts, and helping professions. The SHSS successes are a
tribute to our faculty, students, alumni, staff, and community partners in Florida
and elsewhere. We are looking forward to working with you closely on campus,
online, and in the communities.
Good luck with your intellectual life and career pathway!
Honggang Yang, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
