Month: April 2020

NSU Psychology Experts Providing Free, Online Mental Health Workshops for COVID-19, April 27

Many People Are Having Challenges While Self-Isolating –
We’re Here to Help

WHO:
Experts from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Psychology

WHAT:
Live, online discussions on various mental health issues, with a focus on COVID-19 impacts

WHERE:
Wherever people have a computer and an Internet connection
URL: nova.edu/sharkchats

WHEN:
There are several online discussions scheduled, with more  on the horizon, based on need. Scheduled so far are:

 

  • Join us for ‘Yappy Hour!’ BYOP (Bring Your Own Pet): The Benefits of the Human-Animal Bond During COVID-19 with Ariann Robino, Ph.D., LPC, NCC  5:30 p.m. Monday, April 27

WHY:
As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, there is a lot of uncertainty facing many members of our community. Many are stressed having to take on additional roles at home, including helping their children succeed with the transition to online instruction. In addition, many have already lost their jobs or been furloughed, which can compound the stress they are already feeling.

Unfortunately we are starting to see reports of the toll the self-isolation is having on members of our community. Realizing that people may need to hear from and talk with experts who can address such issues, NSU’s College of Psychology is organizing a series of Shark Chats specifically focused on the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The online Shark Chats are free, however, there is limited space in each. Interested parties are urged to register online at nova.edu/sharkchats

NSU’s Lifelong Learning Institute Serves the Needs of Older Adults

Courtesy Ashley Trentrock – Mary and Pete Faines FaceTime with their son to celebrate Mary’s birthday.

According to the CDC, older adults are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. As a result, older adults have been advised to take extra precautions, such as limiting contact with others outside of their immediate household.

A recent news article published by ABC News examines how physical distancing may be causing isolation and loneliness in this population, whose families can no longer visit them. The article highlights the work of Linda E. Maurice, director at NSU’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI). The programs offered at the LLI offer older adults the opportunity to continue learning and enrich their minds, as though they were still in the university. These programs also help older adults keep to a routine, which is cited as an important factor in maintaining good health.

Click here to read the full article

Click here for more information about NSU’s Lifelong Learning Institute

NSU Physical Therapy Department Donates Much Needed PPE to Cleveland Clinic

Earlier this month, the Physical Therapy department within the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences donated much needed personal protective equipment (PPE) to the staff at Cleveland Clinic.  The PPE donation included 12 boxes of various size gloves, 5 boxes of sterile gloves, 3 bags of isolation gowns, and 1 box of ear loop surgical masks.

A big thank you to NSU Physical Therapy alumni and clinical instructors working at Cleveland Clinic Acute Care Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic. NSU Fort Lauderdale alumni include Susan Varghese ’08, Megan Kim ’13, Lauren (Weisberg) Bellinder ’15, Carolina (Herrera) McGrath ’16, Jamie Simanek ’16, Kyle Magley ’17, and Deanna Siroonian ’19. NSU Tampa alumni include Jonathan Romero ’19.  You make us proud!

Halmos Researcher Chimes In On Field Research and Social Distancing

Summer is the field research season. This year, CONVID 19 has stopped the season in its tracks. For more senior academic researchers, this cancellation is disappointing, summer is the main time they get to do it. For graduate students who may only get one or two field seasons to collect all the data they need for their thesis research, the loss of a summer field season can be a disaster, adding even more trouble to an incredibly stressful time.

This month, the American Scientist published an article discussing the subject. Entitled “Data Collection During Social Distancing”, Halmos College faculty member David Kerstetter, Ph.D. was interviewed. If graduate students aren’t able to collect or analyze data, one of the main goals of graduate school isn’t achieved.

“Especially in fisheries biology, there’s a strong component of professional training that goes beyond the required graduate-level coursework, including field techniques and data analysis,” said Kerstetter. “Not having data means fewer publications, the currency of academia, which also affects future placement into doctoral programs. Not having field data collection experience would be a caution flag for any potential employee or prospective doctoral student in a position that would involve extensive fieldwork, even if that lack was due to something beyond everyone’s control.”

The article continues with giving potential solutions.

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Hosts Facebook Live with Missing Person Podcast Unfound

On May 7, at 6:00 p.m., NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice will host a Facebook Live with Ed Dentzel, host of Unfound, a podcast and YouTube series focusing on tragic missing person cases. The Facebook Live broadcast will focus on the missing person case of Dori Ann Myers, who was last seen on January 10, 2006 at a bar in Vero Beach where witnesses say she left with two men. Later that night, a fire gutted her house, her car was also burned and found 80 miles away in Glades County.  No one has seen or heard from her since.

Ed Dentzel is an ethical investigative journalist, screenwriter and actor who has dedicated his career to investigating these missing person cases.

To join, please visit, FCE&SCJ’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/FischlerEdu

CAHSS Doctoral Candidates featured in Forbes article “13 Doctoral Women of Color: Thriving Amid Missing Graduation Due to Covid-19”

 

Porshia Cunningham and Stephane Louis, doctoral candidates in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) were featured in Forbes in an article entitled, “13 Doctoral Women of Color: Thriving Amid Missing Graduation Due to Covid-19. ” The article focuses on the significant contributions to research made by a number of women of color during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cunningham’s dissertation is entitled, An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of White Marriage and Family Therapy Students’ Experiences in Diversity Courses.

Louis’ dissertation is entitled, The Conundrum of Both/And in a World of Either/Or: Resilience And Intersecting Identities In Queer Women Of Afro-Caribbean Descent.

To access the article, please go to https://www.forbes.com/sites/brittanychambers/2020/04/14/13-doctoral-women-of-color-thriving-amid-missing-graduation-due-to-covid-19/#5fc0451c79c6

CAHSS hosts Inclusive Campus Conversations, April 22

NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites you to participate in an Inclusive Campus Conversation on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. This month’s conversation is entitled, “Become a change you want to see!”

In this interactive session, we invite you to consider how one person or a small group can start a momentum of social change. Some of these change agents include “names behind the names,” meaning individuals whose courageous acts advanced and supported the well-known actions of people such as Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks. We will also look at the affect that the current pandemic has had on perceptions about Asian-Americans.

Facilitators will include graduate students in the Racism and Ethnic Relations in America class taught by Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies. The students are Oscar de Tuya, Damaris Hall, Meilin Jiang, Debbie Lawrence, Jeanette Noble, Shannon Parker, Lizyvette Ramos, and Zeev Zilber.

For more information about Inclusive Campus Conversations, please contact Stephen Levitt, LL.M., at levitts@nova.edu or Robin Cooper, Ph.D., at robicoop@nova.edu.

The Zoom link is https://nova.zoom.us/j/955961853?pwd=V3d6NVJlMlJYVzVqQUpFSDJkTHNPdz09

and the Meeting ID: 955 961 853 and Password: 381448

NSU Coronavirus Update: Commencement and Emergency Funding

In the latest update from NSU President Dr. George Hanbury, it was decided that NSU commencement ceremonies would be rescheduled for a later date or, for some professional degree recipients, via remote events. Dr. Hanbury assured the NSU community that degrees would be officially conferred, as usual, based on satisfactory completion of all degree requirements.

Dr. Hanbury also announced that NSU was recently informed that the university would receive $3.5 million intended solely for NSU students who are currently enrolled in the winter term and can document financial hardship due to the pandemic. In addition to government funding, NSU has created a university-based fund, the NSU COVID-19 Student Support Fund, that is being contributed to by alumni faculty, staff, fellow students, NSU donors, and friends.

More information on commencement or on how to apply and qualify for federal or NSU COVID-19 Student Support Fund financial assistance are available in the President’s full memo at nova.edu/coronavirus.

 

 

 

NSU University School Students Earn Several Top Awards in Statewide French Competition

NSU University School is proud to congratulate our Upper School French students for winning several awards and receiving state level recognition for their work after virtually competing in Le Congrès, an annual French competition held in Florida that convenes students from across the state.

  • Jessie Barfield won a Superior ribbon in Impromptu Speaking and was elected Présidente du Congrès for the 2020-21 year after delivering her candidacy speech to the voting members via Zoom.
  • Ella Farris won a Superior ribbon in Impromptu Speaking.
  • Maya Hyder won an Excellent ribbon for her recitation of Le Cancre by Jacques Prévert.
  • Bianca Renteria won a Superior ribbon for her recitation of Prière pour aller au paradis avec les ânes by Francis Jammes and was awarded the Teresita Bertot Scholarship for $500 after a rigorous selection process that included a detailed application, letters of recommendation, and a video conference interview in French.
  • Schaefer Grant and Marissa Tessier received recognition for successfully completing three years of service as treasurer on the board of Le Congrès de la Culture Française en Floride.

 Halmos Undergraduate Co-Author of Chronic Fatigue Journal Article

This spring, Halmos undergraduate biology major Mina Bekheit was a co-author of the publication with Dr. Lubov Nathanson from the Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine (Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine). The article is entitled “Unravelling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS” and was published in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. In addition to Mina Bekheit, who significantly assisted in the data analysis, other Halmos undergraduates worked on the project. Leah Orton and Anna Movila participated in the literature search and analysis, Kenza Schreiber and Angelica Darmenko helped with the data input and analysis. Leah, Anna, Kenza and Angelica are acknowledged in the publication.

The articles abstract states: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystem illness characterized by medically unexplained debilitating fatigue with suggested altered immunological state. Our study aimed to explore peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for microRNAs (miRNAs) expression in ME/CFS subjects under an exercise challenge. The findings highlight the immune response and inflammation links to differential miRNA expression in ME/CFS. The present study is particularly important in being the first to uncover the differences that exist in miRNA expression patterns in males and females with ME/CFS in response to exercise. This provides new evidence for the understanding of differential miRNA expression patterns and post‐exertional malaise in ME/CFS. We also report miRNA expression pattern differences associating with the nutritional status in individuals with ME/CFS, highlighting the effect of subjects’ metabolic state on molecular changes to be considered in clinical research within the NINDS/CDC ME/CFS Common Data Elements. The identification of gender‐based miRNAs importantly provides new insights into gender‐specific ME/CFS susceptibility and demands exploration of sex‐suited ME/CFS therapeutics.

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