Month: May 2019

NSU’s Online Health Science Program Named Among the Best In Nation

 

Nova Southeastern University recently announced it has been recognized as one of the 2019 Best Online Bachelor’s in Health Science programs in the nation by BestColleges, a leading provider of independent college rankings, college planning resources, and higher education research. The annual ranking highlights accredited, not-for-profit institutions who have developed quality online undergraduate-level health science programs that focus on student outcomes.

The BestColleges ranking methodology focuses on academics and learner support, affordability, and online programming with schools evaluated on several noteworthy data points aggregated from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and College Navigator, both of which are hosted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Additionally, BestColleges compiled institutional and program-level question responses from a proprietary survey circulated to schools offering online bachelor’s programs. From these responses, six additional ranking factors were incorporated into this year’s ranking methodology. These updated ranking factors are meant to further emphasize schools who strongly support their students while also offering a strong return on investment.

“After researching hundreds of health science programs, BestColleges identified 25 schools who rank among the Best Online Bachelor’s in Health Science programs in the nation. These programs reflect the best academic opportunities for students wishing to further their career goals,” says Stephanie Snider, Director of BestColleges. “We’re thrilled to have Nova Southeastern University be a part of this list, and we commend them for establishing this exceptional online program that focuses on academic success while remaining affordable and flexible.”

NSU Physician Assistant (PA) Fort Lauderdale Wins Ethics Bowl 2019 Competition

From left, Watfa Krayssa, MMS, PA-C, coach, and PA class of 2020 students, Alexandrea Rekas, Bonnie Chappell, Jessa Richards, Hannah Patterson, Amanda Lange, Nicole Sultan, and Lucia Lopez MMS,PA-C, assistant coach.

The ethics bowl competition of 2019, which was held on March 27, was a thrilling event.  Over eleven ethics bowl teams from the NSU Health Professions Division competed. Two opposing teams were challenged with provocative questions about medical scenarios with ethical dilemmas. There was a volley of articulate responses while the audience watched with great anticipation. After a simulated drum roll, the winners were announced, and the exciting match was over. The win was often by only a small margin.

After the first match, students, faculty, moderators, and judges all joined together in an auditorium, which was overflowing with people. A contest was then held between programs in the HPD to see which one could show the most support for their ethics bowl team. The coveted prize was an ice cream social. As each program was called, there was flashing of signs accompanied by exuberant cheering and clapping. Some students even donned shark costumes.  A good time was shared by all.

As the evening wore on, the teams grew tired, but continued to fight hard. Victory came to PA Fort Lauderdale, while AA Fort Lauderdale finished second, and PT Fort Lauderdale finished third.

PA Fort Lauderdale Ethics Bowl Team hard at work during competition.
From left, PA class of 2020 students, Amanda Lange, Nicole Sultan, Hannah Patterson, Alexandrea Rekas, and Jessa Richards.

Department of Family Therapy Faculty Publishes book chapter, “Embodied Conversations: Partnering with Horses in Clinical Supervision” in book co-edited by CAHSS Alumna

Shelley Green, Ph.D.

Shelley Green, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), has authored a chapter in the book, Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings: Illustrations of Systemic Approaches in Everyday Clinical Work, edited by Laurie L Charlés, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., and Thorana S. Nelson, Ph.D., and published by Routledge. Charlés is an alumna of the doctoral program in Family Therapy in CAHSS. Green authored the chapter entitled, “Embodied Conversations: Partnering with Horses in Clinical Supervision.”

Green received the 2016-17 President’s Distinguished Professor Award of Excellence. Several years ago, she initiated a course, Equine Assisted Family Therapy, which was the first of its kind to be housed in a nationally accredited family therapy program. Subsequently she initiated a second equine assisted therapy course. Green has presented at national and international conferences on equine assisted therapy as well as other family therapy topics.

 

 

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Faculty Presents on African Art and Peacebuilding, Meaning and Representation at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), gave a guest presentation at the NSU Art Museum Ft Lauderdale on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Muvingi’ s topic: African Art and Peacebuilding, Meaning and Representation the event was well attended.

Muvingi presented an overview of the place of art in the African universe. Several of the themes he explored included, the vastness of Africa and diversity of its art forms which range from realist depiction to pure abstract, the integration of the aesthetic and the functional in the art forms, and the range of representations African art serves to portray. Muvingi explained that African art forms often mediate between the present world and the spiritual world, fostering communication and harmony between the two universes. The art also serves as a medium for telling stories, for expressing trauma too deep to articulate in words, and for facilitating reconciliation following the agony and destruction of violence. For many in the audience, this was a first encounter with African art forms. Attendees learned about the size and diversity of the African continent, the transportation of African art forms to other continents influencing such art icons as Picasso, and the complexity of African art. Muvingi brought his own artifact to pass around to attendees. The presentation was part of the NSU Art Museum lecture series.

NSU’s Department of Writing and Communication Faculty Co-Edit Special Section of Journal of Faculty Development

Two faculty from NSU’s Department of Writing and Communication (DWC) in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) served as guest co-editors of a special section of the May 2019 issue of the Journal of Faculty Development. Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., professor and executive director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC), and Molly Scanlon, Ph.D., associate professor and first-year experience faculty coordinator, co-edited a special section that focused on faculty development for First-Year Experience (FYE) programs. The section included a co-authored article by Scanlon and Dvorak entitled, “The Importance of Faculty Development Programs for Teaching First-Year Seminar Courses.”

The special issue provides evidence-based approaches that collectively balance scholarship of teaching and learning with the pragmatics of operationalizing a successful faculty development program. The article highlights challenges First-Year Seminar (FYS) instructors face and shows why and how FYE programs should provide ongoing opportunities that help them to offer quality instruction. Among the other topics and techniques addressed in this issue are inclusive teaching methods, establishing classrooms as learning communities, and adapting professional development opportunities for faculty with varying levels of teaching experience.

The journal typically focuses on general professional development taking place in higher education and encourages a student-centered approach to teaching. In providing this context, Scanlon and Dvorak hope to illustrate why this special section of the Journal of Faculty Development is so needed.

Spring/Summer 2019 Dollar$ and $ense Newsletter

Enrollment and Student Services (ESS) has published the Spring/Summer 2019 Dollar$ and $ense Newsletter. This issue provides students with important information about the new student health insurance requirement, online payment plans, parking permits, veteran education benefits, tips from the NSU Debt Squad, and more. The newsletter is available on the financial aid website at nova.edu/financialaid. In your conversations, please feel free to use the information provided here and direct them to the newsletter.

NSU Hosts Quality of Life (QOL) Awards Ceremony and President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG)

The 17th Annual Quality of Life Award Ceremony and 20th Annual President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) was held on May 7th in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/ Davie campus.

NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., and Gary Margules, Sc.D., vice president of the Office of Research and Technology Transfer, recognized 29 research projects that received PFRDG awards up to $15,000 each for fiscal year 2020. The 29 PFRDG awards represent 12 academic units involving 74 faculty and 56 students for a total of $346,476.  Overall a total of 40 PFRDG proposals was submitted.

Five Quality of Life Community-Based Applied Research Grant awards of up to $15,000 were awarded for fiscal year 2020.  Nicholas Pascucci, QOL Director presented the awards.

The President thanked faculty members, researchers, as well as Palm Beach, Broward and Dade County Community Partners, who represented the Quality of Life project submissions, including the Outstanding Community Partner of the Year – Broward Sheriff’s Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services – which was accepted by Assistant Chief Terrence Davis, Major Munib Ahmed, Assistant Chief Todd Leduc, Chief of Staff Chantelle Read, Sheriff Gregory Tony.

 

PFRDG: Saad Alobid, B.S.,Priya Dondapati, M.S., Arkene Levy, Ph.D., Dean Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D., College of Medical Sciences, Interim Dean Michelle A. Clark, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy, University Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs, Ralph Rogers, Ph.D., Appu Rathinavelu, Ph.D., Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Ph.D., Theodore L. Mathuram, Ph.D., Paramjot Kaur, M.D.

NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development Receives $500,000 Gift from the Kapila Family Foundation

Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Mailman Segal Center (MSC) has received a $500,000 gift from the Kapila Family Foundation. The gift will name both the Kapila Family Foundation Feeding Disorders Clinic and the Kapila Family Foundation Challenging Behaviors Clinic.

“We are honored and grateful to be the recipient of this endowed funding,” said Roni Cohen Leiderman, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development. “This generous donation allows us to offer scholarships to families who would otherwise not be able to receive evidence-based clinical treatments that positively impact children’s health and well-being.”

The Kapila Family Foundation Feeding Disorders Clinic, one of a handful of its kind in the U.S., works with an inter-professional team that treats children who refuse to eat an adequate volume of food or for those who eat an insufficient and limited variety of food. Without appropriate clinical treatment, many of these children may experience numerous hospital stays, life-threatening medical crises and surgically implanted feeding tubes to support their nutritional intake. With a professional team of behavioral psychologists, nutritionists and speech pathologists focusing on oral-motor concerns, the clinic provides comprehensive evaluation and intervention services with a 94% success rate.

Engaging in significant problem behaviors isolates children from peers, decreases children’s ability to learn, leads to elevated levels of stress in school, home and community settings and may develop into long term psycho-social challenges. The Kapila Family Foundation Challenging Behaviors Clinic addresses these concerns through individual therapeutic sessions for children and offers vitally important continuous trainings for caregivers and support for the professionals who work with the children in school settings.

This gift follows a $150,000 donation from the Kapila Family Foundation in 2014 that named MSC’s Starting Right Program.

Both intensive and outpatient services are available to best match each child’s specific concerns. For more information, please call 954-262-CARE.

NSU’s Respiratory Therapy Program Receives Accreditation Award

The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (COARC) has recognized the First Professional Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy (BSRT) program as the recipient of the Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award. This award is designated to programs that have at or above 90% RRT credentialing success. Graduates must pass a minimum of two sets of board exams to become a Registered Respiratory Therapist. Success on the first board exams designates the graduate as a Certified Respiratory Therapist.  COARC views the RRT credential as a measure of a program’s success in inspiring its graduates to achieve their highest educational and professional aspirations. NSU’s Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences will receive the Award at the American Association Respiratory Care Summer Forum in July. The Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences is honored to receive this Award.

 

Save the Date: NSU to Host Free 2-Day Autism Workshop

The UM-NSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (UM-NSU CARD) invites you to a free 2-day workshop (June 13-14) on teaching learners with autism, intellectual disabilities, developmental delay, and related conditions.  Paula Kluth is a well-regarded and engaging speaker and her workshops are known for high-quality, practical content, and positive approaches.  The workshops will be offered at the Fort Lauderdale-Davie Campus and will not be streamed or recorded.  All are welcome.

  • June 13 (Day 1): You’re Going to Love this Kid!
  • June 14 (Day 2): From Text Maps to Memory Caps: Differentiating Instruction in K-12 Classrooms

For more information or to register online, visit http://bit.ly/ASDSummerInstitute2019

About UM-NSU CARD:  CARD stands for the Center for Autism & Related Disabilities. Our center, based at the University of Miami and Nova Southeastern University, is one of seven state-funded, university-based outreach and support centers in Florida dedicated to optimizing the potential of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), dual sensory impairment, sensory impairments with other disabling conditions, and related disabilities. In addition to ASD, CARD also serves a variety of related disabilities including deaf-blindness, sensory impairments with other disabling conditions, developmental delays in children under 5 who also present with autistic-like behaviors, and genetic disorders that may co-exist with autism symptoms (e.g., Fragile X Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis, Angelman Syndrome, among others). Over the years, CARD’s constituency has grown from 88 families in 1993 to nearly 12,000 families today in Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

CARD services are designed to build on the capacities of state and local resources, not to duplicate or replace them. CARD provides families with resources specific to their needs. Some of the services that CARD provides include:

  • Individualized Client and Family Support
    • Family and Professional Training
    • Public Education and Awareness and Community Outreach
    • Programmatic Consultation and Technical Assistance

 

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