Month: October 2019

Halmos College Inducts Students into the 2019 Clinical Exploration Program

This September, the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography inducted their new cohort of Clinical Exploration Program (CEP) students. CEP offers students the opportunity to shadow medical professionals on the job in many of NSU’s medical and health clinics. Program participants gain a broad perspective that shows how various medical fields work together and a practical, up-close review of several medical career options.

Led by CEP Program Director and associate professor Deanne Roopnarine, D.P.M., Department of Biological Sciences, Chair Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D., and associate professor Mark Jaffe, D.P.M., students were presented their blue coats of membership. Robert Oller, D.O., Chief Medical Advisor for the Division of Clinical Operations at KPCOM, gave an inspirational talk about the symbolism of the white coat, and the first step into the medical professions after Halmos College dean Richard Dodge, Ph.D. welcomed the students. Also present was Farquhar Honors College Dean Don Rosenblum, Ph.D.

Founded in 2006, CEP is free to join and voluntary.

Join us for a 1 Hour Webinar: The Magical Force of Major Gift Donors

Nova Southeastern University recently partnered with The Sanford Institute of Philanthropy (SIP) to help nonprofits in South Florida significantly increase their fundraising capabilities and impact through a proven, contemporary curriculum curated by SIP.

This curriculum includes a monthly 1-hour webinar series focused on a variety of topics related to nonprofit administration, fundraising, and development. Best of all, participants are invited to attend these CFRE-credit-bearing webinars at no cost!

Attached is a flyer for this month’s online webinar titled “The Magical Force of Major Gift Donors” as well as a 2019 Webinar Schedule outlining future webinar dates and topics.

Click here to sign-up and enter to win a brand new laptop! – (Details Below)

Laptop Giveaway Details:

  • The Sanford Institute at NSU will be giving away a free 14” HP Laptop Bundle to one lucky NSU viewer each month until the end of 2019, for a total of 4 winners!
  • To enter the giveaway, simply sign up for the monthly webinars as follows:
    • Nova Southeastern University for “Organization”
    • Student, Faculty, or Staff Position for “Job Title”
    • Nova Southeastern University for “How Did You Hear About This Webinar?”
  • The Sanford Institute at NSU will pick a winner each month by randomizing the list of VIEWERS (not sign-ups).
    • Winners must pick up the laptop bundle on-campus in the Desantis Building.
    • Winners will be announced via email and contacted directly.

For more information about the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy, visit https://www.sanfordinstituteofphilanthropy.org/about/

I invite you all to ask any questions you may have related to the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy and I encourage each of you to forward this email or my contact to anyone who may be interested in attending SIP’s free monthly webinar series.

Halmos Faculty and Students Co-Publish New Journal Article

Robert Smith

This summer, Halmos faculty members Louis Nemzer, Ph.D. and Robert Smith, Ph.D. with Halmos undergraduate and graduate students published a journal article entitled, “The public and private benefit of an impure public good determines the sensitivity of bacteria to population collapse in a snowdrift game.”

Published in Environmental Microbiology, the paper identifies the conditions that facilitate the survival of cooperative microbial populations and has implications in understanding the stability of both beneficial (soils, sediments, gut microbiome) and detrimental (infectious) microbial communities.

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“One goal of this research is to better understand the conditions that are most likely to lead to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria” said Dr. Nemzer. “This work helps shed light on when mixed populations of resistant and normal bacteria are most sensitive to treatment with antibiotic medications.”

The Halmos students, who are also co-authors, are from both the undergraduate and graduate programs. The biology undergraduate student authors are Aimee Doiron, Rodrigo Muzquiz, Marla C. Fortoul,

Aimee Doiron Student

Meghan Haas, Tom Abraham, and Khadija Chowdhury.  The biology graduate student authors are Rebecca Quinn and Ivana Barraza.

For more information: doi:10.1111/1462‐2920.14796

NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and NSU’s Book Club Host the Semester’s First Story Booth

The Department of Literature and Modern Languages in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) partnered with NSU’s Book Club, Wyrd, to host the semester’s first story booth. At Story Booth, participants share their experiences and thoughts on all things literature. The theme this time: the good, the bad, and the ugly of not only book-to-film adaptions but also elusive film-to-book adaptions!

We all have much to learn from each other during these short, conversational interviews. Join us at our next Story Booth on November 5, 2019, from 11:00am-1:00pm outside the Alvin Sherman Library.

Halmos College Promotes Coral Education Through Coral Adoption

Corals are in crisis. Students of all ages need to be educated about stony corals impact in ocean ecology. On June 30, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrived at the Oceanographic Center (OC) in two 18-wheel trucks and donated 29 pallets of seized Pacific coral. Richard Dodge, Ph.D., OC dean, welcomed the donation. “The stony coral skeleton specimens will be useful for research, education, outreach, and display to provide information for understanding about economically important and biologically and ecologically valuable corals and coral reefs,” said Dodge.

Fast forward to 2019 and these dried specimens of scleractinian (“stony”) corals from the Solomon Islands confiscated by U.S. Customs and donated to Nova Southeastern University are being made available for research and education purposes only, on long-term loan. As of September 2019, 84 coral colonies have been loaned out to schools and educational institutions from the Tri-County area.

If interested in obtaining a loan for education or research, please contact Melissa Dore, Ed.D. at missy@nova.edu to see if you qualify.

CAHSS Alum Publishes Book- It’s Within You: A Detailed Road Map to Igniting, Deeper Self-Worth, Richer Relationships, and Greater Personal Freedom

Ilene Cohen, Ph.D., graduate of the master’s and doctoral programs in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), has published her latest book, It’s Within You: A Detailed Road Map to Igniting, Deeper Self-Worth, Richer Relationships, and Greater Personal Freedom. The book, co-authored with Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein, invites the reader to make an important shift to working on changing oneself, rather than expecting others to change. This is Cohen’s second book. Her first book, published in 2017, is When It’s Never About You: The People-Pleaser’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Health, Happiness and Personal Freedom. 

Cohen is a psychotherapist in South Florida, a blogger, and an adjunct professor at Barry University. In addition to her degrees from NSU, Cohen received her B.A. from the University of Tampa.

CAHSS Faculty Participates in Communicating Sciences Module in College of Pharmacy

Eric Mason, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Writing and Communication in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), presented to graduate students as part of the Communicating Sciences module in the course, “Bioethics: Principles of Life Science Research,” in NSU’s College of Pharmacy, taught by Robert Speth, Ph.D. His presentation covered the connection between rhetoric, science, and ethics, challenging students to become better communicators and advocates for public literacy about science.

Mason’s presentation was an extension of his work as Faculty Coordinator with the NSU Writing and Communication Center, where he works with NSU faculty to design and implement pedagogies that help students improve their writing and communication skills. Mason’s areas of academic interest include critical theory and pedagogy, visual rhetoric, computers and composition, cultural studies, and service learning. His scholarly work focuses on how the various modalities of composition—textual, visual, aural, and digital—intersect with cultural practices.

CAHSS Invites you to the Screening and Discussion of “Lift the Mask: Portraits of Life with Mental Illness”, Oct. 16

NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (CAHSS), and The Quell Foundation are pleased to extend an invitation for you to join us for a screening of the documentary, “Lift the Mask: Portraits of Life with Mental Illness.” The mission of The Quell Foundation is to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness in order to reduce the number of suicides, overdoses, and incarcerations of people with mental illness. The Quell Foundation developed and produced the documentary and will provide a panel discussion with participants from the foundation in an effort to eliminate stigma by promoting an open dialogue about these challenges. The event is free, but please RSVP.

The screening and discussion will be held in the Knight Auditorium in the DeSantis Building on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 from 6:00-9:00pm.  Please visit http://thequellfoundation.org/ to view the trailer.  We hope to see you all there, please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com.

NSU University School Students Visit and Explore NSU’s Office of Student Media

NSU University School 1st grade students got a hands-on look at NSU’s student-run media operations when they took an on-campus field trip to NSU’s Office of Student Media as a part of their unit on community. The students learned more about the entire NSU Shark community and how Student Media plays an important role in the educational and cultural life of students at NSU. The Lower School students had the opportunity to visit the Sharks United Television studio, Radio X, and The Current where they interacted with and learned from NSU students about hosting a radio show, creating a newspaper (and reading one), and producing a television show. The USchool students also visited the Alvin Sherman Library where they participated in a storytelling session and located their own library books.

New Conference Brings Together Neuroscience and Exercise Science

A new conference created by faculty members from NSU’s College of Psychology and Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences will focus on the intersection between neuroscience and exercise/sport science. The inaugural Society for NeuroSports Conference will take place Nov. 15-16 at The Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort, 2096 NE 2nd Street, Deerfield Beach, FL, 33441.

“There’s no academic society for people to present their research,” said Professor Jaime Tartar, Ph.D., of the College of Psychology. “We hope to have people from all these fields who are doing similar work come together and share ideas.”

Associate Professor Jose Antonio, Ph.D., of the College of Health Care Sciences, said he is excited about the collaboration between the two fields. “We’re hoping for those who attend that they’ll learn information in terms of how the brain is impacted or affected by exercise, and also how it might be negatively impacted by participation in contact sports,” he said.

To register, visit https://www.neurosports.net/ConferencesDetails.php?IDconf=109

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