Nova Southeastern University and the Office of Military Affairs are planning a special Veterans Day Celebration on Friday, November 11, 2022, on the courtyard fronting the William and Norma Horvitz Administration Building on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus.
The occasion will also serve as dedication ceremony for the new Forman Field at the NSU Armed Forces Service Flag Plaza outside the Horvitz Administration Building. The plaza will be renamed the “U.S. Military Service Plaza at Forman Field,” paying tribute to the family responsible for the land on which NSU now sits.
The Forman family owned a significant plot of land in Broward County for farming decades ago, well before Nova Southeastern University was a vision. During World War II, the U.S. government bought a swath of the land to construct an airfield for military training. When the war was over, the government sold the land back to the Forman family. The Forman family then used the land to create an “Education Corridor,” which now encompasses NSU, Broward College, and the Florida Atlantic University campuses. The connection entangles the family land, the military base that was once here, and their gift of the land for the education corridor.
The event will run from 10 to 11:30 a.m., with Mission Barbecue providing lunch on site and a VIP luncheon and tours being held at the Alan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation on the fifth floor of NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library.
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