Nova Southeastern University
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Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a not-for-profit, independent university, founded in 1964 in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, USA. Originally named Nova University, the school was renamed Nova Southeastern University after its merger with Southeastern University for Health Sciences in 1994. The university serves large numbers of adult students and a growing population of traditional undergraduates. To date, the institution has produced approximately 79,000 alumni. Nova Southeastern University is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast and the eighth largest not-for-profit independent institution nationally. NSU is one of 161 colleges and universities statewide, and one of 87 independent four-year institutions in Florida.
Departments
The university awards associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences. Nova Southeastern University has the only college of optometry in Florida, and the only colleges of pharmacy and dental medicine in South Florida. It also has one of the only two doctoral programs for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in the United States. The institution enjoys an excellent reputation for its programs for families offered through the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies and the University School of Nova Southeastern University. These include innovative parenting, preschool, primary education, and secondary education programs.
Campuses
The university's programs are administered through academic centers that offer courses at the Fort Lauderdale campuses as well as at locations throughout Florida, across the nation, and at selected international sites in the Caribbean, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. Despite the geographic diversity of sites where classes are offered, 82 percent of the student body attends classes in Florida. Seventy three percent of all students enrolled attend classes in the tricounty area (i.e., Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties). Nova Southeastern University is a major provider of educational programs for Florida residents. Through its undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs, NSU educated approximately 22,000 Florida residents in calendar year 2004. With an annual budget of approximately $355 million, Nova Southeastern University also has a significant economic impact on the surrounding community. A recent NSU study revealed that the university and its students and employees are expected to contribute more than $1.6 billion to the Florida economy by 2010 when a new Academical Village is fully implemented.
Athletics
The NSU Department of Athletics competes in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Sunshine State Conference. Nova Southeastern University offers 13 intercollegiate athletic programs with eight women's and five men's teams. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball, while men can participate in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf and soccer.
NSU Athletics has produced several SSC Players of the Year, NCAA All-Region selections and NCAA All-Americans, and have been nationally ranked in numerous sports since joining the NCAA beginning with the 2002-03 school-year. The Sunshine State Conference has been dubbed the Division II "Conference of National Champions", as member institutions have won 61 national championships since the SSC was founded in 1975.
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