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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

 

 

Distinguished Speakers Series

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences brings prominent leaders from various fields to campus through the Distinguished Speakers Series. Special supporting events often occur in conjunction with these visits.

Performing and Visual Arts

The Division of Performing and Visual Arts in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences presents theatre, dance, music, and other artistic productions to complement academic majors and courses.

Student Newsletter

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Student Newsletter informs students of important semester dates, college services, scholarship opportunities, and noteworthy events.

Student Newsletter - February 2009

Office of Academic Services - Open House

 

Thursday, March 19, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Parker Building, Suite 100

Did you know that the Office of
Academic Services
offers students:

Tutoring Sessions
Success Coaching
Study Areas
Rooms for Reserve
CDs for Check-Out
Solution Manuals
Handbooks and Handouts
EyeQ Speed Reading Software
Testing for Credit

Come learn how the Office of Academic Services can support your success. Light refreshments will be served. There will also be a raffle for prizes.

Distinguished Speakers Series

  Sister Helen

Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Miniaci Performing Arts Center
The Division of Humanities welcomes Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, a leading activists in the fight to abolish the death penalty in the United States. This event is free, but tickets are required. Ticket information will be announced soon.

Important Dates

March 2-8: Spring Break (No Classes)

Monday, March 9: Term II Classes Begin
Sunday, March 15:
Last Day to Withdraw (Semester Classes)
Last Day to Add Classes (Term II)

Graduating Seniors
Undergraduate Commencement is set for Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. This year’s Commencement Participation Forms will be mailed to all graduating seniors in March. Please make certain to return the completed form in the provided envelope as soon as you receive it.

Both parts of the form and the non-refundable fee to cover cap and gown expenses must be returned to the Registrar's Office, Horvitz Building, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-9918 by April 17, 2009. Faxed forms will not be accepted.

Note that the Commencement Participation Fee does not cover the degree (diploma) application fee. Final instructions regarding graduation will be mailed about two weeks prior to the ceremony to those graduating seniors who submit participation forms and payment.

College Links

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences
Student Newsletter Archives
NSU Undergraduate Student Catalog
NSU Student Handbook
Office of Academic Services
Travel Study Opportunities
Scholarship Opportunities
Undergraduate Honors Program

College Administration

Don Rosenblum, Ph.D.
Dean

Naomi D'Alessio, Ph.D.
Associate Dean

Jacqueline Jenkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Outcomes Assessment

Saul Sztam, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean for College Student Affairs

Marlisa Santos, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Humanities

Matthew He, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Math, Science, and Technology

Michael Caldwell, D.M.A.
Director
Division of Performing and Visual Arts

Michael Reiter, Ph.D.
Interim Director
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Message from The Dean

It has been an exciting winter 2009 semester thus far. On February 5, the college welcomed Jack Kevorkian, M.D., to Nova Southeastern University. Kevorkian, a former pathologist known for his advocacy of and involvement in physician-assisted suicide, spoke candidly about Constitutional rights, offered ideas for reforming the criminal-justice system, and answered questions from students and the community regarding assisted suicide.Don Rosenblum

I hope you had a chance to attend this thought-provoking Distinguished Speakers Series lecture hosted by the college's Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Kevorkian's talk and presentation elicited a range of emotions. It's important to remember that a university must serve as a forum for the exploration and expression of ideas, including those we may find troubling or with which we might disagree.

I look forward to seeing you at our next Distinguished Speakers Series lecture, featuring Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, on April 16. Sister Helen is a leading activist in the fight to abolish the death penalty in the United States. Her best-selling book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, was adapted into a 1996 motion picture written and directed by Tim Robbins and starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen and Sean Penn as a death-row inmate.

To our graduating seniors: although it's only February, it's time to start preparing for Commencement, which is set for Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.

To all of our students, I wish you continued success this semester. Enjoy your Spring Break.

Sincerely

Don Rosenblum, Ph.D.
Dean, Farquhar College of Arts and Science


Upcoming Events

February 13-22, 2009
The Division of Performing and Visual Arts Presents Baby: The Musical
7:30 p.m. (February 13-14, 19-21) | 2:00 p.m. (February 15,22)
Performance Theatre, Don Taft University Center
Baby: The Musical tells the story of three couples on a university campus as they deal with the painful, rewarding, and agonizingly funny consequences of this universal experience.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
African World Artists Collective Exhibit - Opening Celebration
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Don Taft University Center, Second Floor
Celebrate the opening of the African World Artists Exhibit, "Middle Passage and Beyond," with a small reception featuring vocal, theatrical, poetic, and spoken-word performances. The exhibit will be on display until March 12, 2009.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
An Evening with Annette Gordon-Reed, 2008 National Book Award Winner
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Alvin Sherman Library, Room 2053

Gordon-Reed is the author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, editor of Race On Trial: Law and Justice in American History, and co-author with Vernon Jordan of Vernon Can Read: A Memoir.

Student Film Festival Workshop Thursday, February 26, 2009
Undergraduate Student Film Festival Workshop: How To Edit Your Film
5:15 - 7:00 p.m.
Don Taft University Center, Room 209

Learn how to edit films with his informational workshop. Student-filmmakers are encouraged to enter their movies in the Undergraduate Student Film Festival, to be screened and judged at the Undergraduate Student Symposium in April.

Friday, February 27, 2009
Submission Deadline for Undergraduate Student Symposium
5:00 p.m.
The Undergraduate Student Symposium presents student projects and performances through oral presentations, paper submissions, and poster displays. Undergraduate students from all disciplines may participate.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Faculty Lecture Series - Madhavi Menon, Ph.D.
Indian Classical Dance: A Reflection of Indian Living
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Black Box Theatre, Don Taft University Center

India offers a number of classical dance forms that take their themes from the country's rich mythology and folk legends. This presentation will explore the historical context within which classical dances develop in India.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Winter 2009 Majors Fair
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Don Taft University Center, First-Floor Atrium

Discover more about the different undergraduate majors and minors offered at Nova Southeastern University, learn about curriculum requirements, speak to faculty members, and meet with academic advisors.

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Stolzenberg-Doan Winter 2009 Lecture featuring Jeffrey Dudgeon
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Knight Auditorium, Carl DeSantis Building
Dudgeon was the successful plaintiff in Dudgeon v. UK, a six-year struggle that ended at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg resulting in the passage of a 1982 law decriminalizing homosexual behavior in Northern Ireland.

Student Volunteers Needed

Second-Annual Interdisciplinary Geriatrics Symposium: “Addressing the Clinical Challenges of Elder Care”
 

The college invites students to volunteer their time and service at the second-annual Interdisciplinary Geriatrics Symposium on April 25 and 26, 2009. Student volunteers are needed to run registration and operations during the two-day conference to be held at NSU. All students who assist are eligible to sit in on all of the lectures and other activities at this symposium. For more information or to sign up, please contact Mark Jaffe, D.P.M., assistant professor in the college's Division of Math, Science, and Technology, at mjaffe@nova.edu or (954) 262-8083.

Fourth-Annual Boomers and Beyond Health Fair
 

The college also invites students to volunteer their time and service at the fourth-annual Boomers and Beyond Health Fair, taking place at NSU on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Student volunteers are needed to run registration, provide translators at the booths, and serve food and beverages. All students who volunteer will receive a T-shirt, food and beverage, ProjectServe hours for their clubs, and the opportunity to network with many graduate students, clinicians, faculty, and staff from the Health Professions Division, as well as other graduate programs here at NSU. For more information or to sign up, please contact Mark Jaffe, D.P.M., assistant professor in the college's Division of Math, Science, and Technology, at mjaffe@nova.edu or (954) 262-8083.

Travel Study Program

Travel to Ireland During the Summer 2009 Semester
 

Earn six credits toward your degree while spending time this summer in Ireland. Choose two of the following courses: Transatlantic Currents: Ireland and America in the Modern Era; Myth, Legend, and Folklore: Exploring Early Irish Literature; and Screening Ireland: Irish Film into the 21st Century. Ireland is your classroom! For more information, contact David Kilroy, Ph.D., associate professor in the college's Division of Humanities, at dkilroy@nova.edu or (954) 262-8021.

History of the Civil Rights Movement - Spend Summer 2009 in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama
 

With the election of America’s first African-American President, this is a great time to look back at the struggles for civil rights faced by Blacks in the 1950s and 1960s. Students will read about and discuss historic moments in the civil-rights struggle, and then visit the places where those events occurred. For more information and an application, contact Gary Gershman, Ph.D., J.D., associate professor in the college's Division of Humanities, at ggershma@nova.edu or (954) 262-8211.

Scholarship Opportunities

Three Memorial Scholarships Now Available; Apply by March 1, 2009
 

Students may apply for the Linda Gordon Memorial Scholarship, the Judith Shulimson Memorial Scholarship, or the Stolzenberg-Doan Scholarship. For more information, contact (954) 262-7918 or scholarships@nova.edu.

Three Scholarships Now Available for Professional and Liberal Studies (PALS) Students; Apply by April 1, 2009
 

PALS students may apply for a book scholarship, a scholarship for continuing PALS students, and a scholarship for international PALS students. For more information, contact (954) 262-7918 or scholarships@nova.edu.

Rotary's Ambassadorial Scholarship Program
 

Ambassadorial scholarships, offered through your local Rotary club, provide students the opportunity to study in one of the almost 200 countries and geographical regions where Rotary clubs are active. The purpose of the program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. For more information, please visit the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Program Web site.

Summer, Fall Internship Opportunities in Washington, D.C.

Looking for Change? Apply for Summer, Fall HACU Internships in Washington, D.C.
 

Earn a paid internship with a federal agency or private corporation based in Washington, D.C., or at a field office nationwide. The deadline to apply for summer is Sunday, February 22, 2009, and Sunday, June 14, 2009, for the fall.

There's Still Time to Apply for the Washington Center Summer Internships in D.C.
 

This also is a great opportunity to gain valuable, real-life experience while working in the nation's capital. Internships enable students to work and meet with professionals and build a network of contacts. Deadline is March 13, 2009.