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New West Palm Beach campus opens in January |
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SU West Palm Beach (Summer 2009) Student, faculty are looking forward to moving in to the new campus located at 9801 Belvedere Road in Royal Palm Beach in December. Faculty and staff just toured the site and another tour is scheduled for October, so students may see what the new campus has to offer.
Initially, the new campus will occupy 1 three-story building totaling over 40,000 square feet. It will consist of 14 classrooms; 3 Labs: PTA, Nursing, and Health Sciences; 2 Labs for Graphic Design – Macintosh and drawing boards; 1 computer lab with more than 40 PCs; 1 tiered video conference classroom; Large student lounge with an outdoor patio; and the library is being built with room for additions to the collection.
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Professional Counseling takes a field trip |
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 SU West Palm Beach (Summer 2009) - The graduate students enrolled the Professional Counseling program took a field trip this spring, with Program Director Dr. Cecil-Van Den Heuvel, to experience Equine Therapy. The students were assigned different activities with the horses in order to process how they interact with human partners on problem solving, what they see in their personal lives that comes into play with the dynamics of working with horses, and experiencing a whole new field of therapy. The students responded:
“Equine therapy was unexpectedly insightful. It was fun and I’m seriously considering the field for my own future practice” -- Doug Drummond
“Equine Therapy was a remarkable opportunity to get outside of my comfort zone and experience a different approach to therapy” -- Jessie Hogg
“Equine Therapy is an eye opener and provides great insight into your ways of solving problems in a short time. It’s extremely valuable for self-awareness.” -- Jennifer Miller
“The experience was not what is expected because I currently work with horses and I thought that would hinder my experience. It, however, had no impact on the therapy. The horses are a tool but the focus is more on you and how you approach others and problems” -- Jessica Baum
“What really stood out for me was how right there, in the moment, I saw my behavior in action. It was so apparent. It brought the awareness of my perfectionism out of my head and ‘Yes, I know I’m a perfectionist’ to seeing myself do it and also see how it doesn’t always serve me in a positive way.” -- Andrea Fuentes
“I can see how Equine Therapy is a valuable tool in helping people learn about themselves through horses. I was amazed at how the interaction between the horse and myself relates to how I handle situations in my everyday life” – anonymous
“I was amazed at the observations that could be made watching the interactions of the clients and the horses. It was even more amazing participating. The way different people act and react to the tasks were very telling.” -- John Lachman
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Business Students compete with the best in the world! |
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SU West Palm Beach (Spring 2009) - Students in Dr. Neil Weiss's Business Simulation (capstone) class tied for the best overall game score performance of the week worldwide in GLO-BUS, an automated business simulation exercise used in the capstone Business Simulation class.
The South University-West Palm Beach students' company, Alliance Digital, is managed by students Jason Shearon and Tareque Ahmed. Alliance Digital's overall game score of 110 put them in first place among their peers globally. Alliance Digital moved into first place during the week of June 1 from the 26th best overall game-to-date score performance the week of May 4.
Their earnings per share of $16.88 was the 2nd best earnings per share performance, worldwide. Their stock price of $279.29 was the 2nd stock price performance, worldwide. And their return on average equity of 45.9% was the 14th best return on equity performance, worldwide!
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Criminal Justice students learn how to prevent and fight theft |
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 SU West Palm Beach (Spring 2009) - The criminal justice students at the West Palm Beach Campus learned the "how to's" when protecting personal property from a local expert. Detective Walter Robinson (photo left) of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department was a guest lecturer. He has over 20 years of expertise in the area of theft and theft prevention and is on the Florida Auto Theft Task Force.
He described how criminal organizations operate and turn auto theft into a revenue source. Understanding how these criminal organizations operate is a critical first step for the Florida Auto Theft Task Force, which is a collaborate effort that involves the cooperation of all police departments in the state of Florida. If a vehicle is reported stolen, the local agency will send the description of the vehicle to the Florida Auto Theft Task Force within minutes.
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