Month: April 2020

Congratulations to the 2020 STUEYs Winners

NSU’s Division of Student Affairs proudly introduces the winners of the 22nd Annual Student Life Achievement Awards (most commonly referred to as the STUEYs). The first-ever, virtual ceremony was held on the night of Thursday, April 23, 2020 on the Campus Life and Student Engagement STUEYs website. The STUEYs virtual ceremony recognized students, faculty, staff, corporate partners and alumni who have contributed to building a greater sense of community and campus life.

 

Please join us to congratulate this year’s winners and they are:

Administrator of the Year

Stefanie Carter, Ed.D. – Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Alumni of the Year

Dorinda Segovia, Pharm.D. – College of Pharmacy

 Athletic Team of the Year

2019 NSU Women’s Soccer Team

 Co-Curricular Adviser of the Year

Megan F. Chaney, Esq. – Shepard Broad College of Law

Corporate Partner of the Year

Zimmerman Advertising – Public Relations and Marketing Communications

Executive of the Year

Daniel Alfonso, M.S. – Facilities Management

 Graduate Organization of the Year

CAHSS African Working Group – College of Arts, Humanities, and Social   Sciences
Professor of the Year

Bindu S. Mayi, Ph.D. – Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Regional Campus Student of the Year

Jaime L. Rodriquez, M.S. – NSU Orlando Campus

 Staff Person of the Year

John LaSota – Enrollment and Student Services

 Student Government of the Year

College of Psychology Student Government Association – College of Psychology

 Student of the Year

  • Ariadna Brecheisen – Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice
  • Nicole Chavannes – College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
  • Katrina Fins, B.S. – College of Dental Medicine
  • Nicole Staley – College of Engineering and Computing
  • Kyra Dorvall – College of Optometry
  • William E. Rodriguez – College of Pharmacy
  • Kayla Shires, M.S. – College of Psychology
  • Nasir Siddique – Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
  • Regina Zambrano – Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Joy Oni – Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
  • Michelle Bauer – Farquhar Honors College
  • Juan “JC” Gonzalez – H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Deepesh Tourani, M.S. – Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
  • Chloe Hollands – Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing
  • Alexsandra Litowsky – Shepard Broad College of Law
  • Ronnie Shashoua – NSU University School

 

NSU Overall Student of the Year

Joy Oni – Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences

Undergraduate Organization of the Year

Freedom Sharks – Division of Student Affairs

Juan Pablo Correa Memorial Scholarship

Erdem Arslan

Be ALL IN for #GivingTuesdayNow

We are ALL IN this together.

The NSU community has adapted to the “new normal” in the past few months.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created an unparalleled time for everyone, the spirit and resiliency shown by NSU students, alumni, faculty, and staff are inspiring. Despite being socially distanced, we are truly ALL IN this together.

In light of the global pandemic, NSU will participate in #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of unity and support in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, NSU is asking members of the community to come together to support NSU students, programs, and initiatives.

Learn more or make a gift now >>

NSU Athletics Hosts Virtual Sharky’s Award Show

On Sunday, April 26, the Nova Southeastern University Athletics department held its 2nd-Annual Sharky’s Awards Show, celebrating the 2019-20 season and commending student-athletes for their academic and athletic prowess in an entirely virtual awards show broadcasted live on YouTube, and presented by Academy Bus, Geico, Kovac Automotive, and Courtyard Marriott, Fort Lauderdale-Plantation.

The “ESPYs” style event was emceed by volleyball player Alex Boone and men’s track and field athlete Justin Jackson. To view the full online event, and to read more click on the link.

NSU University School Students Excel in Prestigious National Math Competition

NSU University School is proud to congratulate Upper School students Sofia and Justin for their successful competition in the 2020 MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge. They competed alongside 760 teams from across the nation and were selected among the top 19% of teams to advance to the second round of judging. The M3 Challenge is a prestigious national competition that demonstrates the importance of math in everyday life. Students gain the experience of working as a team to tackle a real-world problem under time and resource constraints.

For this year’s challenge, students used mathematical modeling to predict what percentage of semi-trucks will be electric in the next few years and decades, determine the number of locations of charging stations along major U.S. trucking routes that are needed for an all-electric trucking industry, and prioritize which routes should be developed with electric charging infrastructure first. We are proud of our students for their hard work.

Webinar on Mental Health Tips for Children and Families, April 28

WHO:

Dr. Scott Poland, Licensed Psychologist; Nationally Certified School Psychologist; Professor, Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology; Past President, National Association of School Psychologists

WHAT:

Coping with COVID-19: Mental Health Tips for Children and Families Online FREE Webinar

WHERE:

Those interested are encouraged to register

WHEN:           

Noon, Tuesday, April 28

WHY:

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a stressful time for our society. Many families are struggling to manage their own stress and maintain a positive outlook during this pandemic. Parents are unsure how to communicate with their children, while children may not know how to act. This webinar will discuss:

  • Family communication in a time of crisis
  • Developing and maintaining a positive family structure
  • Balancing work and family life

Halmos Mathematics Student Accepted into Ph.D. Program

Halmos College Mathematics and Chemistry double major, Nikhil Nagabandi will head this fall to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has been accepted with funding to pursue his Ph.D. in mathematics at one of the top graduate programs in the nation.

Nikhil has worked under the mentorship of Mathematics faculty member Ricardo Carrera, Ph.D. (first as Razor’s mentor and now as the Honors in Major mentor). He is graduating this May. He was accepted to Ph.D. programs at Louisiana State University and the University of Pittsburgh. Halmos College is always proud of our graduates and we feel we have prepared them well for a successful future.

Education Student Selected as a Fulbright Scholar

 

Re’Nyqua Farrington, student at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar.

Re’Nyqua started at NSU in 2016, majoring in Secondary English Education with a minor in Spanish, setting her sights on becoming a bilingual speaker and career educator. While studying at NSU, Re’Nyqua tapped into diverse educational opportunities inside and outside of the classroom. She has worked closely with the Farquhar Honors College as an Honors Advocate and Peer Coordinator, served twice as Peer Leader for the First Year Experience course,  worked as a Peer Writing Consultant and Fellow at NSU’s Writing Center, and volunteered as a reviewer for NSU’s literary journal Digressions.

Last winter, she studied abroad in Spain and learned about the opportunity to serve as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in the Fulbright program. After learning about the program, which perfectly merged her interests in education and Spanish, Re’Nyqua applied and received the news she was selected as a recipient of this honor in April. She is expected to begin her program in Honduras in January 2021.

Re’Nyqua was also a 2019 recipient of the U.S. Dept. of State Gilman Scholarship, as well as the 2016 Gates Millennium Scholarship.

Ocean Glider Found After Being Lost at Sea

The ocean circulation on the Southeast Florida shelf is complex due to the Gulf Stream. Oceanographic measurements have always been a challenge in this area. The currents can be so strong that even the National Data Buoy Center does not take a risk deploying their buoys in the Gulf Stream. As a result, the South Florida shelf is still a “desert” for oceanographic observations.  At the same time, this is the area of significant commercial and recreational activities. To address this situation, NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography has been developing observational capabilities in the Straits of Florida employing state-of-the-art technologies including robotic instrumentation.

This spring, Halmos College became a center of robotic oceanography. In cooperation with Teledyne Webb Research (TWR), the Halmos College Physical Oceanography Laboratory pioneered the application of the new family of ocean gliders that, for the first time, could operate in strong currents like the Gulf Stream. These robotic instruments provide an unprecedented spatial resolution and report data through a satellite.

The Halmos College is now operating two gliders on the Ft. Lauderdale-Miami coastal area. Physical Oceanography Lab Senior Ocean Engineer Geoffrey Morrison said, “Gliders operate in the area of intense ship traffic and small recreational and fishing boat activities. Gliders show up on the surface for a few minutes to transmit the data through satellite and then dive for the next mission. We have had a case where a glider surfaced near a fishing boat and good Samaritans tried to keep it on the surface thinking that the instrument was in distress. After reading the contact information on the glider, they called us. We asked them to release it and this robotic instrument then went underwater for the next mission.”

While out on a cruise last week, the glider had what appeared to be fishing line tangled around its propeller. “The fishing line was probably tangled around one of the subsurface buoys,” said Halmos College Ph.D. student John A. Kluge who facilitates this project. “After dropping the emergency ballast, the glider surfaced around 4 am on Monday, April 20 and started sending telemetry. The folks from Teledyne kept the glider on the surface and guided the researchers until they found it. This glider is OK and will continue operation. We are reading telemetry and we will soon have a better idea of what really happened.”

Halmos faculty member and primary investigator Alexander Soloviev, Ph.D. said, “An important function of the Physical Oceanography Lab is to prepare the new generation of oceanographers who are proficient with new ocean technologies. Student involvement in field projects is a way to achieve this goal.”

Nutrition Manual for NSU Student Athletes Published on NSUWorks Website


 

The Department of Nutrition is proud to announce the published results of a student-led writing project—the Nutrition Manual for NSU Student Athletes. The publication targets freshman athletes who are new to campus and provides helpful information with examples of energy requirements, macronutrients, meal timing and campus dining options, snack ideas, eating on a budget, and travel ideas.

From strength training to endurance running and everything in between, the manual can help students put good nutrition to work in sports performance and general wellness. Steve Orris, M.Ed., NSU assistant athletic director for sports performance, initially proposed the collaboration to help student athletes in strength and conditioning programs.

The nutrition manual group project was overseen by Marilyn Gordon, Ed.D., RDN, CSSD, LDN, KPCOM assistant professor and course director for Advanced Sports Nutrition. It was created by enthusiastic graduate nutrition students Kaitlin Flaskerud, RDN, LDN, lead editor; Katie Emerson, B.S.; Stephanie Fonseca, B.S., NASM-CPT; Angel Marquez, B.S.; and Alejandra Velandia, M.S.

Special thanks goes to NSU’s Writing and Communication Center, which helped shape the manual into a great resource. The nutrition manual is available to download on the NSUWorks website at https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_faculty_articles/1581/ .

 

NSU Doctoral Student Makes a Difference in the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis

Crystal Chavez, doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), has shown that one person can make a difference! After having selected and studied the Flint, Michigan, water crisis as a case study in a class taught by Robin Cooper, Ph.D., Chavez became determined to take action. She started with an education campaign and contacted organizations in Flint, including Trinity Baptist Church. She learned much from them about the situation, including about a donation of The Water Box from rap artist Jaden Smith. Delivered in June 2019, this allowed residents to fill up jugs of water from a portable filtered water system, but even more water was needed.

Chavez decided to launch a Go Fund Me page and was able to raise enough money to buy over 40,000 bottles of water to ship to Flint. She decided to travel to Flint to help hand out the water and meet the team from Trinity Baptist Church. On the day of distribution, there were lines of cars already wrapped around the church equal to ten long city blocks. She hopes to make a second trip to Flint with more water.

According to Chavez, “My studies at NSU have given me a greater purpose for the type of work I was born to do.  This will be a part of my legacy in this life.  I am grateful to Nova, Dr. Cooper, and the people of Flint for helping me realize that the gifts I want to give the world are the gifts of love, kindness, compassion, and generosity.”

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