Month: April 2021

Osteopathic College Earns Top 20 Ranking in U.S. News & World Report

Dr. Noel Alonso with Patient

The Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine earned a top 20 ranking in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best Medical Schools report in the most graduates practicing primary care category. Osteopathic medicine is rooted in primary care, and osteopathic medical students are taught through this lens, equipping them to care for patients as whole people.

Nine osteopathic colleges ranked in the top 10, and 12 in the top 20, for most graduates practicing primary care.

  • #1 Midwestern University
  • #2 Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
  • #3 Western University of Health Sciences
  • #4 Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • #5 Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine at University of Pikeville
  • #6 T. Still University of Health Sciences-Kirksville
  • #7 Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • #8 Touro University California
  • #9 Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
  • #14 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • #15 T. Still University of Health Sciences-Mesa
  • #20 Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

 

NSU Holocaust Reflection Contest Awards Ceremony

NSU is proud to announce the winning students for this year’s Holocaust Reflection Contest – and you’re receiving this email as one of the students is from your area!

For the past 7 years, NSU has hosted the statewide Holocaust Reflection Contest. Middle and high school students from across Florida would submit entries and there would be an awards ceremony to honor the top entries. But like the rest of the world, COVID-19 put a halt to the 2020 awards ceremony. Fast-forward to 2021, and the ceremony is BACK ON, albeit virtually.

This year saw a record number of entries (more than 2,000) from students in 23 of Florida’s 67 counties. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, April 18 via ZOOM.

 You can read the full Media Advisory, including the list of winning students in each category, ONLINE.

 

NSU Associate Professor Publishes Article in Journal of Bioeconomics

Florence Neymotin, Ph.D, an Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship recently had a journal acceptance at the Journal of Bioeconomics for a very timely and critical piece of research. Her work, entitled “Risky Behavior and Non-Vaccination” examines the multiple risky behaviors that individuals choose to engage in, and how they are related to an individual’s vaccination status. Neymotin found that greater sun exposure, poor oral hygiene, smoking, and poor diet are all predictive of reduced vaccination rates, both in the current year and over a person’s lifetime. While the Canadian data for this analysis focuses on seasonal influenza, reasons for non-vaccination tend to be similar across types of vaccinations. For this reason, Neymotin’s work has crucial implications for our ongoing and future efforts to improve vaccination rates against Covid-19 and achieve herd immunity status in the United States and globally.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-021-09312-0

Virtual Event: Surrealism in Mexico, Annual Goodman Lecture on Latin American Art

 

 

Surrealism in Mexico
Live Virtual Lecture by Jennifer Field, Ph.D.

Thursday, April 15
6:30 PM
Free to attend
(Suggested Donation $10)

This live virtual talk will examine the robust artistic period in Mexico between 1940 and 1955 that emerged from liberal ideas about collaboration, immigration, and gender roles. As European artists and writers sought refuge from World War II, some fled to the United States; others sought refuge south of the border. European Surrealists had long harbored notions of Mexico as a land deeply connected to the vestiges of a mythical, pre-modern utopia. Soon after their arrival, a core group of artist émigrés deepened their engagement with local histories and customs in ways that changed the development of their own work and of Surrealist thought. Artists Leonora Carrington, Esteban Francés, José and Kati Horna, Gordon Onslow Ford, Wolfgang Paalen, Alice Rahon, and Remedios Varo were among those who made Mexico their long-term or permanent home.

Jennifer Field is Executive Director of the Estate of David Smith. She has held curatorial and research positions at Di Donna Galleries, the Willem de Kooning Foundation, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Her projects have included the exhibitions Surrealism in Mexico at Di Donna Galleries and Martin Puryear, Manet and the Execution of Maximilian, and De Kooning: A Retrospective at MoMA. Dr. Field received her M.A. from Hunter College and her Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

For additional assistance or questions, please contact Justine Scerbo via email
or 954-262-0249

HCAS Doctoral Alumna is Named First Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University

 

 

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, J.D., Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) has been named the first Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University. Font-Guzmán started this new position on April 1, 2021. Her responsibilities include serving as chair of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, sitting on the President’s Cabinet and the Provost’s Council, leading and supporting faculty, students, and staff in long-term strategic initiatives, and building networks and relationships across the university and the greater community.

When asked about her education at NSU, Font-Guzmán said, “As I take on my new role at Eastern Mennonite University, I am certain that the conflict engagement skills that I learned during my studies at NSU will be instrumental in successfully advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

Prior to starting her new position, Font-Guzmán was the Director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program and faculty at Creighton University. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Carlos III University School of Law in Spain and was an NSU Distinguished Alumna. She has been a Visiting Professor at Southern Methodist University and the University of Puerto Rico Law School.

In addition to her NSU degree, she has a law degree from the Interamericana University in Puerto Rico, a Master of Health Care Administration from St. Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Coe College.

HCAS Faculty is Presenter for NSU’s Learning and Education Center

Bertha Amisi, Ph.D.

Bertha Amisi, Ph.D., faculty in the in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) was a presenter for NSU’s Learning and Education Center on March 26, 2021. Amisi’s presentation was entitled, “Using Case Studies to Enhance Instructional Approaches and Students’ Learning Experience.”

Amisi’s research and teaching interests include political conflict, globalization, state-society relations in Africa, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Amisi teaches courses such as Theories of Conflict, Research Design, and Gender and Conflict.

Vaccines, Videos, and Voyaging…. Oh My!

 

Vaccines at NSU Davie Campus

Thanks to a partnership with the Department of Health in Broward County and our amazing volunteers, NSU has had exceptional success completing vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine.   Starting Monday, April 5th, vaccines at the NSU vaccination location at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus will be open to all NSU students and employees age 18 and up. Vaccinations are by appointment only, so visit https://nsuclinics.nova.edu/cv19vaccine/ to make yours today.  Let’s applaud the faculty, staff, and students from NSU’s College of Pharmacy, Office of Innovation and Information Technology (OIIT), the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, the NSU senior leadership team, and many others who worked so hard to make this happen.  NOTE: Continued vigilance is a must as Florida is experiencing very high positivity rates.  We are not discontinuing our COVID-19 practices at NSU sites.  Masks remain mandatory along with distancing requirements, regardless of vaccination status.

Videos for Vigilance

The Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) has produced this excellent video to increase awareness during COVID-19.  We applaud their efforts to help maintain vigilance as we strive to end the pandemic. Enjoy this short video!

Additionally, our talented and creative undergraduate students have been participating in the #TurnTheTide video awareness competition sponsored by Environmental Health and Safety and Campus Life and Student Engagement.  Visit the Diversity Student Council Instagram page to see the work of our students and vote for the winner! Be sure to follow the page, and the video with the most likes will win a prize. Please continue to be a Smart Shark and help us #TurnTheTide.

Voyaging

Are you considering a trip?  Have you recently traveled?  Be sure to follow CDC Travel Guidance.

If you are not yet fully vaccinated per the CDC criteria (2 weeks post final dose), then it is recommended you get PCR tested within 3-5 days after travel AND stay home and self-quarantine for a full 7 days after travel.

All University-sponsored international travel continues to be suspended, and no international travel should be planned or scheduled.

  • University-related domestic travel is limited to only essential travel, after all other options are exhausted, for NSU business that cannot be conducted remotely and requires prior approval by NSU’s Chief Operating Officer or Provost.  Travel for conferences and academic meetings is not considered essential travel.
  • Any travel to and from NSU’s Regional Campuses must be conducted via car rental.
  • Essential Travel: travel that is required to preserve a university program or interest (such as an ongoing research program) and cannot be postponed without risking certain harm to or loss of the program or interest.

 

HCAS Faculty Presents at the Third Annual Broward Youth Climate Summit

Elena Bastidas, Ph.D.

Elena Bastidas, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) gave a presentation at the Third Annual Broward Youth Climate Summit, a Virtual 3-Day Conference Led by Youth and Environmental Experts for BCPS Students in Grades 5-12.

Bastidas’ presentation was entitled, “Climate Change and Indigenous People.” The presentation explored how indigenous peoples constantly track changes in their surrounding environment by making comparisons between historic and present events. And how learning from them can help us to adopt resilient strategies for climate change.

Bastidas teaches courses in Sustainable Development, Environmental Conflict, and Research Methods. Her research and community-based projects include developing conflict resolution capacity-building strategies for governments, NGOs, and local communities in Ecuador, Colombia, and Suriname.

 

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