NSU Donor Connection – April 8, 2020 Update

April 8, 2020

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an official stay-at-home order last week, and we are grateful to all our students, staff and faculty members who worked so hard over the past month to ensure a seamless transition to our online efforts. After listening to health experts and community leaders, NSU anticipated this order and had already determined that spring and summer courses would be delivered fully online. We ask everyone in our community to do their part, stay home if their job allows them to do so, and flatten the curve.

New fund created to support students during pandemic

To help students negatively affected by the impact of the current economic downturn, NSU has created a COVID-19 Student Support Fund. Please listen to Dr. Hanbury introduce the initiative and share stories from students.

To donate to this fund, click here ...

Tips for talking to children about

the virus

Dr. Scott Poland, a professor in NSU's College of Psychology, provides tips for parents on how to talk to children about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland also offers suggestions for behaviors to model to keep children (and ourselves) optimistic about the future.

View the short clip here ...

How does the CARES Act affect charitable contributions?

The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president on March 27, 2020. This act is designed to rescue the economy from the effects of COVID-19. NSU has created a user-friendly document to highlights the provisions applicable to charitable giving by individuals. For more information, contact Andrea Darlow , S enior Director of Development, Legacy Gifts.

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

Racing to stop a coral killer

Researchers at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography are on a medical mission to save coral off of the Florida Keys from Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Providing treatment is a hands-on, labor intensive job, but without that intervention, the coral would not survive. The treatment applied by researchers at NSU has saved over 2,000 coral so far.

Learn more here...