Florida's Largest Independent University to Hold Second Annual Alumni Awards Banquet.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998--On Friday, November 6, 1998, NSU will hold its Second Annual Alumni Awards Banquet, known as the Celebration of Excellence. The event promises to be an evening filled with pride, camaraderie, and good will. The Celebration of Excellence will highlight the outstanding achievements and contributions of NSU alumni and students. In addition, the Celebration of Excellence will include the investiture of Ray Ferrero, Jr. NSU's fifth president. The Investiture will serve as the official announcement of the new president to the local community. The evening will conclude with a presentation of the President's Community Award in memory of Leo Goodwin, Sr. This year NSU is pleased to have as part of its Celebration of Excellence the investiture of president Ray Ferrero, Jr. Ferrero's relationship with NSU spans two decades. A longtime member of NSU's Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. , he served as chairman of the board for more than eight years. He also served on the Shepard Broad Law Center's Board of Governors. A prominent trial attorney, a tireless civic activist, and a distinguished lecturer, president Ferrero is a graduate of the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. Law School a past president of the Florida Bar, the Broward County Bar Association, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and Broward County Trial Lawyers Association state delegate to the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law ; and a past member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) is a nonprofit organization that represents the interests of personal injury attorneys. The ATLA is the world's largest trial bar organization, with about 60,000 members worldwide. . His many leadership and state appointments have included being named a Champion of Higher Independent Education and serving on the Social Service Task Force Committee for the State of Florida. Civic roles and honors have included the Women in Distress Leadership Award, Broward County Bar Association Outstanding Service Award, the John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Leadership Award, and the Broward chair of the March of Dimes
President Ferrero will be leading NSU into the new millennium, now that the university has been reaffirmed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is a regional educational accreditation agency for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the southern United States. . In July, the university received word from the accreditation organization that "NSU is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of College and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, educational specialist and doctoral degrees through 2007." Building on the success of last year's alumni awards banquet, which attracted more than 700 people, the Celebration of Excellence should prove to be a celebration indeed. |
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