Nova Southeastern University

Private university in Fort Lauderdale-Davie

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January 2025 Harry Moon, MD, became the seventh president of Nova Southeastern University.
2023 Won the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship.
February 22 2023 Nova Southeastern University's College of Allopathic Medicine achieved full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
2021 The new 125,000 square-foot Baptist Health Training Complex was completed, marking the Dolphins' move from their previous training facility in Davie to this new location.
2021 HCA Florida University Hospital, a new medical office building, and a new parking structure opened adjacent to the main campus.
June 2021 The Miami Dolphins left the Nova Southeastern University training facility, ending their long-term use of the site.
July 2020 NSU announced the establishment of the Alan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation, a $20 million center scheduled to open on the fifth floor of the Alvin Sherman Library.
July 2020 The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found pay disparities affecting over 80 women, resulting in the university agreeing to pay $900,000 in back pay.
March 2020 NSU received criticism for hosting 150 visitors on campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, with six previously identified cases from a school-affiliated trip to Ireland.
2019 Women's rowing program was discontinued after the 2019-20 school year.
2019 NSU ranked 22nd in the number of professional doctoral degrees awarded to minorities in the US.
2019 After receiving a $50 million donation from the Kiran C Patel Foundation, NSU relocated its Tampa Bay campus to Clearwater and established its second DO degree program.
September 2019 In Fall 2019, Nova Southeastern University enrolled 20,576 students across undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, with a student demographic of 71% female and 29% male.
September 2019 Nova Southeastern University was designated as a Hispanic-serving institution, qualifying for federal grant programs due to having over 25% Hispanic/Latino student population (36% of students).
September 2019 Approximately 1,200 students registered for classes at the new Tampa Bay regional campus during the Fall 2019 semester, with plans to offer programs in osteopathic medicine, anesthesiologist assistant, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and nursing.
August 2019 Mako Hall was opened in August, offering apartment-style living accommodations with individual kitchens, bedrooms, and bathrooms for 606 students.
August 2019 Construction of the Tampa Bay regional campus was completed in Clearwater, Florida.
August 20 2019 The Miami Dolphins broke ground on a $135 million state-of-the-art training complex and sports performance clinic located next to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
January 2019 NSU opened the Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center in the Alvin Sherman Library on the main Davie campus.
2018 Hellas Construction installed Matrix Turf with Helix Technology and organic infill made of coconut and cork fibers, making the Dolphins the first professional football team to use organic infill in their training facility.
2018 J. D. Martinez won the World Series championship with the Boston Red Sox.
2018 Construction began on a 500-600 unit undergraduate residence with an additional parkade structure on campus.
July 30 2018 The inaugural class of 53 students began courses at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, becoming South Florida's fourth traditional medical school.
March 2018 Construction began on the new Tampa Bay regional campus in Clearwater, Florida, supported by a $200 million donation from the Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel Family Foundation.
October 10 2017 Nova Southeastern University's College of Allopathic Medicine received Preliminary Accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), becoming the eighth M.D. degree granting medical school in Florida.
2016 NSU baseball team won its first Division II National Championship in school history.
2016 NSU was selected as one of 20 global universities by the Times Higher Education and World University that could challenge the elite and become a world-renowned university by 2030.
2016 The Collaborative Research facility was opened on the campus.
2015 NSU was ranked 9th for diversity by U.S. News & World Report.
2015 NSU was ranked by The Economist at 290 out of 1,275 colleges based on graduate income potential compared to expected income.
April 2015 NSU announced a major restructuring of its schools and colleges, adopting an all-college framework to be implemented in July.
2014 NSU was again ranked 3rd for highest total student debt burden.
2014 Nova Southeastern University opened a new campus in Puerto Rico, offering master and doctoral programs.
2013 The Special Needs Dentistry Clinic relocated to the North Miami Beach campus of Nova Southeastern University.
2012 Esau Simpson represented Grenada as a swimmer in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2012 Completed construction of the Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Research at the Dania Beach campus, which became the largest coral reef research facility in the United States, built at a cost of US$50 million.
2011 Jillian Wunderlich is crowned Miss Indiana USA 2011 and places in the Top 16 at Miss USA 2011
January 2010 George L. Hanbury II became the sixth president of Nova Southeastern University.

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