Month: September 2021

Kappa Delta Pi Chapter Launching Haiti Bags of Love Project

NSU’s Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) Omega Theta Chapter 584 in collaboration with Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais solicit your assistance in their Haiti Bags of Love Project. Children and pregnant women airlifted from the earthquake-stricken zone in Haiti to the University hospital in Mirebalais need your help.

The project goal is to distribute at least 100 adult care packages, 50 care packages, and children’s books to the pediatric unit and maternity unit.

Items needed: small backpacks, children’s books (creole) and/or picture books, soft toys, coloring books, and crayons, hand sanitizers, wipes, sanitary pads, toothbrushes and toothpastes, soaps, bath towels, washcloth, deodorants, lotions

Drop off: Donations may be left at the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice breakroom on the 4th Floor of the DeSantis Building or at the Miami-Kendall Campus Student Lounge. You may also make a monetary donation by entering the following site as a NSU affiliate or as a guest here. Donations will be accepted until December 3, 2021.

The KDP Omega Theta chapter, a gold award winning chapter, received recognition for excellence in education through its 2020-2021 community service and literacy projects. Kappa Delta Pi is an International Honor Society in Education. The chapter will be recognized for its achievement at the KDP’s first-ever Virtual Convo on November 5 at 2 p.m.

For additional Information, please contact faculty adviser, Sandra Trotman at trotman@nova.edu

Halmos Faculty Examines Latin Music at Virtual Event Oct. 2

Jessica Muñiz-Collado, M.F.A., faculty in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, in the Halmos College of Art and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), will be the featured virtual presenter on Saturday, October 2, 2021, from 2 to 3 p.m. for the Broward County Library. Muñiz-Collado’ s presentation, “Same Yet Different,” will explore the similarities and differences in Latin Music.

Jessica Muñiz-Collado

Muñiz-Collado has performed and recorded with numerous musicians and artists including Grammy-nominated saxophonist Steve Elson, jazz vibraphonist Arthur Lipner, Cookie “Conga” Lopez, Anders Astrand, Jean Geoffroy, Ney Rosauro, and trumpet all-star John Walsh. She has also performed throughout North and South America, toured with the FROST Percussion Sextet in Japan, and was a guest lecturer and performer at the international music conference LeRock & L’Amour held at the Universite Paul-Valery in Montpellier, France.

At NSU, she has taught courses in composition, music production, and percussion. In addition, she directed the Mako Band, NSU Pep Band, and managed NSU Mako Records.

Learn to Disseminate Scholarly Contributions, Oct. 19, 21

An upcoming two-day workshop will help faculty curate their scholarly content for global dissemination.

NSUWorks, NSU’s institutional repository, and SelectedWorks, the online professional profile system, work together to curate content for the Digital Commons network of repositories for dissemination of your scholarly output to the world at large. Digital Measures is NSU’s internal review and tracking system for faculty to keep track of their professional activities.

Part one of the series will discuss how these three systems work at NSU, explain your college process for adding your scholarly contributions into these systems, and provide think-tank opportunities for the creation of new scholarly work for yourself and your students.  Part two will be a hands-on workshop experience to show you how to manage your SelectedWorks profile effectively on your own.

Part one will be held on October 19 from noon to 1 p.m. and part two on October 21 from noon to 1 p.m.

Register now!

Health Care Sciences Students Seek Hurricane Ida Relief Funds

The Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Student Government Association programs are asking for your help to raise money to assist individuals affected by Hurricane Ida.

By making a contribution, you will support experiential learning and advance our philanthropic efforts as future health care providers. We are looking at building mission trip opportunities and lead an alternative spring break trip to New Orleans depending on travel restrictions. We will proudly work with other charitable organizations in the Greater New Orleans area.

The fund-raiser will be until November 1. For more information go to https://www.givecampus.com/schools/NovaSoutheasternUniversity/fins-up-for-louisiana

For any questions, contact Julia Beattie jb3683@mynsu.nova.edu.

NSU Network Chat on Collaboration, October 22

Dean Holly Baumgartner

NSU Network Chats will present “Forming Interdisciplinary Collaborations at NSU,” featuring Holly Baumgartner, dean of the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. The event, sponsored by Translational Research and Economic Development, will be held Friday, October 22, from noon to 12:45 p.m. via Zoom.

Multicultural Affairs Committee Holds Roundtable Discussions

The Multicultural Affairs Committee will present a Diversity Roundtable Discussion on the first Monday of the month through December from 12:05 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. The discussion will be on Zoom with social time beginning at noon. All students and employees are invited, as well as silent observers.

The objectives of this roundtable are three-fold:

  • To provide an open roundtable interprofessional discussion to listen while withholding judgment about new or unfamiliar topics.
  • Interact with colleagues respectfully and appropriately in a variety of cultural contexts.
  • Reassess one’s own perspective when appropriate, a process that frequently requires courage and humility.

The 2021 schedule are as follows:

  • October 4: Equity vs Equality
  • November 1: Respect and Religion
  • December 6: The B in DEIB, Belonging

Join the Zoom Meeting.

Flu Vaccinations Offered on Campus This Year

Here are the 2021 Nova Southeastern University flu vaccination clinics and times.

Date Time Location Room
October 1, 2021 1PM to 5PM University School Wolf Family Grand Lobby

(Center for the Arts)
October 4, 2021 9AM to 12PM

2PM to 4PM

 Rick Case Arena Don Taft University Center
October 6, 2021 12PM to 4PM Alvin Sherman Library Room 4009
October 8, 2021 9AM to 12PM

2PM to 4PM

 NSU Pharmacy NSU Pharmacy – Ziff Building
October 13, 2021 9AM to 12PM

2PM to 4PM

 NSU Pharmacy NSU Pharmacy – Ziff Building

 

Nominations for the 24th Annual STUEYs Now Open

Nominations for the 24th Annual Student Life Achievement Awards, affectionately known as the STUEYs, are now open!

Nominate a current NSU student, staff, faculty member and/or group that best represents NSU’S Core Values:

  • Academic Excellence
  • Student Centered
  • Integrity
  • Innovation
  • Opportunity
  • Scholarship/Research
  • Diversity
  • Community

Visit the STUEYs website at nova.edu/campuslife/stueys to submit your nomination.

Nominations are accepted now through January 10, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

In order to nominate an individual or group, the nominator must also be a current student, staff, or faculty member. Let’s celebrate and recognize those who further a sense of campus community!

For more information, please call (954) 262-7283 or email stueys@nova.edu.

Center for the Humanities Honors Hispanic Heritage Month

The Center for the Humanities presents Barrios of America, a series celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the immigrant stories that impact the landscape of South Florida’s diverse communities.

Here’s the lineup:

Foodways & the Immigrant Journey, with Chef Douglas Rodriguez

September 23, 7 p.m.

An evening with globally acclaimed chef and restaurateur Douglas Rodriguez. The Top Chef Master and “Godfather of Nuevo Latino Cuisine” will share food, stories, and insights about food experiences in social and cultural contexts.

Testimonio: Creative Writing Workshop

September 30 5 p.m.

NSU’s Dr. Yvette Fuentes and Professor Emeritus Kate Waites lead a creative writing workshop focusing on authentic memoirs based on immigrant and migrant stories, informed by the Latin American narrative tradition of witnessing.

The Post-Pandemic Futures of Latin Nations

October 7, 7 p.m.

An open forum, led by NSU faculty Drs. G. Nelson Bass and Ransford Edwards, along with Drs. Sallie Hughes and Calla Hummel, researchers with the University of Miami’s COVID Observatorio Project, in constructive dialogue on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latin American politics and economies.

All events are free and open to the public.  Sponsored by Florida Humanities and the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Register here.

Mock-Injury Workshop Connects Theatre, Healthcare

During the Winter 2021 semester, B.A. in Theatre Technical Director and Adjunct Faculty Member Alexandra “Calypso” Hernandez taught an interdisciplinary workshop for students in THEA 2500: Healthcare Theatre, offered through the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, that brought together elements of medicine, theatre and humanity. The workshop offered students the opportunity to learn the art of moulage – the use of makeup to create mock injuries such as bruises, scars, and other skin abrasions for use in the training of healthcare professionals.

“The moulage workshop is not only fun and interactive but it integrates arts and sciences helping the college accomplish its mission,” said Bill Adams, professor and program director for the music and theatre programs.

Moulage provides a realistic instructional environment for students studying to become standardized patients (SP) in healthcare simulations. Students in the workshop learned how to provide essential feedback to the healthcare student rather than needing to imagine the pathology being examined in the simulation. This innovative approach using applied theatre is foundational in current healthcare training methodologies. Student standardized patients develop empathy for the patients they portray, and healthcare students benefit from the analytical focus on critical thinking skills observable in simulations.

For more information about THEA 2500: Healthcare Theatre and other courses offered through the B.A. in Theatre program, click here.

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