Faculty & Staff News
Following two standout performances to lift No.6 Nova Southeastern to 9-0, redshirt-junior Connor Zinaich has been named the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week, announced by the league office . FULL RELEASE
On the heels of his Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week selection, Nova Southeastern standout Connor Zinaich has also been recognized as the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Zinaich becomes the first player from the SSC to be honored this season. FULL RELEASE
Fresh off a career-high 39 points in Nova Southeastern’s convincing win over No. 7 Florida Southern, Connor Zinaich has been selected as the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week, announced by the league office. The honor marks the second straight for Zinaich. FULL RELEASE
The Schooling Sharks Showcase is the culmination of the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE), Fischler Academy’s Schooling Sharks Project, in which the first year undergraduate students presented their original lesson plans to a team of panelists, including NSU University School’s Associate Head of Academic Affairs, Dr. Elizabeth Brennan, Head of School at North Broward Preparatory and Fischler College Alumna Elise Ecoff, and Kathleen Howard, Science Teacher at Tropical Elementary.
The Schooling Sharks Project is a co-curricular experiential learning project designed to connect aspiring educators to the art and science of teaching. Through this unique program, students had the opportunity to work closely with teacher mentors, develop positive relationships with fellow Fischler Academy teammates, and share their love of learning with students throughout South Florida.
In addition to partnering with Broward County Public Schools and NSU University School on the Schooling Sharks Project, The Fischler Academy’s students were able to spend additional time in the classroom through field placement. FCE’s special partnership with NSU University School allowed the Fischler Academy students the opportunity to work in an innovative JK-12 environment during their first semester as undergraduates. This partnership would not be possible without NSU’s University School commitment to developing meaningful experiential learning opportunities and the dedication of its faculty and Samantha Nelson, Director of Experiential Learning at the NSU University School.
The winner of the Schooling Sharks Showcase was team “LITerature”, and their teacher advisor was Ms. Elizabeth Scarborough of NSU University School. The members of the group are as follows: Vanessa Montes Castro, Tianna Harris, Akshitha Balachandar, Giselle Perez, Alexandra Hoffman, Bianca Oliveira. The team created a lesson plan featuring an escape room activity where students would need to unlock various types of figurative language in order to achieve their ultimate goal. The team will travel to San Diego and present their lesson plan at the Sanford Inspire Summit at National University in the Spring of 2019.
For more information on the Fischler Academy, please contact, Luke Williams at lw715@nova.edu.
On January 16, 2019, the students from the Pace Center for Girls participated in their fourth session in the “E-STEAM Project for Girls”. This was a particularly exciting session as the girls visited the Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC) and the NSU Oceanographic Campus. In the morning, they met with Meghan McGlone, MEEC Program Coordinator, who taught the girls about the sea turtle’s nesting behaviors, how to recognize their track patterns in the sand, and how the hatchlings find the ocean. The girls enjoyed a hands-on activity with a large shiny shell from a giant turtle. Winifred Verna, AAUW student chapter vice president, was also in attendance.
Dr. Maureen McDermott (AAUW/FCE) took the girls downstairs to the pool to see a presentation with MEEC’s permanent resident Captain, a green sea turtle who dives with the assistance of weight therapy. Captain captivated everyone when eating a lettuce lunch, first above the water and then swimming down to eat lettuce leaves anchored in a device on the pool’s floor.
After visiting the MEEC, AAUW member and Halmos College Director of Academic Support and Administration, Melissa Dore, Ed.D., took them around the Oceanographic Campus, where they examined a manatee’s skeleton and toured a lab with non-living coral. After visiting the outdoor coral nursery, they worked inside with MS student Dayna Hunn on sorting her small, but fascinating, crabs. It was a day they will truly never forget!
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Kenrick Roberts, M.S., J.D., graduate of the master’s program in College of Student Affairs in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), is an associate in the law firm, Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP, in Washington, DC. Roberts graduated from the CSA program in 2009 and began his career at The Catholic University of America as an Area Coordinator in the Office of Residential Life. He entered law school at the David A, Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia. While a law student at UDC, Roberts continued to use his CSA experience as the Coordinator of Student Organizations, Office of Student Life at Georgetown University Law School. After graduation, Roberts served as a judicial law clerk for the Maryland judiciary before joining the DC law firm of Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP.
Rita and Rick Case
NSU proudly bestow the 2019 President’s Award for Excellence in Community Service Award upon automotive magnates and philanthropists Rita and Rick Case at its 21st Annual Celebration of Excellence (COE) gala held on February 2nd.
They join an impressive list of honorees that includes The Miniaci Family, Winifred and Joseph C. Amaturo, Mike Jackson, David Horvitz & Francie Bishop Good, Lorraine Thomas and Guy Harvey, just to name a few.
“If you’re looking for a great example of what it means to give back to the community, look no further than our backyard,” said Dr. George Hanbury, President of NSU. “The impact from Rita and Rick Case can be felt here at NSU, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, American Heart Association, Cleveland Clinic, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Habitat for Humanity and many other organizations throughout South Florida.”
The event, which is invitation only, takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday, February 2, on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, 3300 S. University Drive. in the Don Taft University Center’s Rick Case Arena. The reception begins at 6 p.m., with the dinner program immediately following.
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NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is pleased to invite you to “The Theory of Creativity Art and Design Senior Exhibit,” held February 20-March 6, 2019. Each year, students enrolled in ARTS 4995 Senior Project within the Department of Performing and Visual Arts (DPVA) get to craft their own exhibition. As a group they collectively select a name and theme, design promotion materials, and market it. This exhibition serves as an annual opportunity for graduating students to curate a culmination of their work while at NSU in a gallery setting. This exposes their pieces on a public scale, and allows them to openly discuss their artistic intentions to viewers. The exhibit opens on Feb. 20th 2019 and runs through March 6, 2019, in Gallery 217, located on the 2nd floor on the north end of the Don Taft University Center.
The opening reception is on February 20 from 5:00-7:00pm in Gallery 217. Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 954-262-7620, and please visitwww.cahss.nova.edu/departments/pva.com for all of the upcoming events.
Students in the Department of Family Therapy’s class in Crisis Management in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) were given the assignment of reaching out to local community leaders and exploring how they manage crisis. The class is taught by Pei-Fen Li, Ph.D., faculty in DFT. Third year DMFT doctoral student Nicole Linardi and second year DMFT doctoral student Lauren Padron invited NBC6’s Morning News Anchor Sheli Muniz to address Crisis Management and what that looks like in her line of work—the news. She opening up the conversation on internal and external crises experienced and managed by her and her news team at NBC6. Other related issues such as the advocacy, self-care, and mental health were discussed in managing these crises. The importance of bridging the gap between the stigma of mental health and the public’s need in seeking services was also discussed during this talk. Doctoral student, Rachel Merlin, LMFT, had the opportunity to be interviewed by NBC6’s very own “Man in the Mix”, Brandon Lopez, who bravely discussed his own struggles with anxiety and depression in an effort to shed light on mental illness, reduce stigma, and provide resources for our local community during NBC6’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Merlin’s two-part interview can be found on the links below:
