Month: February 2023

StoryFest Offers Free Community Event March 5 on NSU Campus

Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Alvin Sherman Library will host its annual StoryFest! on Sunday, March 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests will enjoy a fun-filled day of storytelling, live shows, crafts and more during this FREE community event. The theme for StoryFest 2023 is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM). We’ll be exploring science, technology, engineering, arts and math with storytelling, theatre shows, music, storybook characters, arts & crafts, interactive science activities, and more!

“We are excited to once again host this family-focused event to benefit the local community,” said Jim Hutchens, NSU’s vice president for information services and university librarian. “Caregivers and children will have the opportunity to read, explore and learn, while also spending quality time together.”

Over the past 10 years, nearly 35,000 residents have attended the event, and more than 18,000 books have been distributed to children in our community as part of StoryFest! As part of the library’s efforts to encourage reading, each child who attends the event will receive a free book, while supplies last. Attendees are kindly asked to RSVP at lib.nova.edu/storyfest

Pre-registration is not required but it will allow guests to be eligible for a prize. Parking will be free throughout the entire event. Children can get their faces painted, design crafts, play sports, explore science, enjoy theatre shows and take photos with Curious George, Llama Llama and Splat the Cat.

Our community’s food insecurity poses an extreme threat to the wellbeing of children and their families. The good news is Feeding South Florida will be distributing food at this year’s event. Free pizza and hot dogs also will be served courtesy of Hungry Howies. In addition, families who pre-register for StoryFest are eligible to win a gift card!

Student-Run Businesses Prepare for Biz Bash on March 13

The Huizenga Business Innovation Academy presents Biz Bash on Monday, March 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Alvin Sherman Library walkway on Nova Southeastern University’s Davie Campus.

Biz Bash – the largest showcase of student-run businesses at NSU – provides students the chance to impact the NSU community by operating their businesses in unison. About 15 student businesses will be on hand offering such things as Asian cuisine, milkshakes, smoothies, coffee, care boxes, sneakers, graphic designing, and social media marketing services.

Cultivating future business leaders is a priority at NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. For undergraduate students at the college’s Huizenga Business Innovation Academy, launching and operating a business is a fundamental part of their educational experience. The academy focuses on the practice of experiential learning to assist in the development of the competencies portrayed in the academy’s Entrepreneurship Competence Framework.

Posted 02/27/23

Quarterfinal Basketball Action Has Something for Everyone

The Quarterfinals for the Sunshine State Conference Championship for our women’s and men’s team will take place Tuesday, February 28 at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. respectively in the Rick Case Arena.

The highest seeds to advance will host the following rounds which include the SSC Semifinals on Thursday, March 2 and the SSC Finals on Sunday, March 5.

All Faculty and Staff with a valid Shark card receive free entry into every NSU Athletic event. Kids 12 and under get in free. Come support your Sharks as they start their run into the postseason.

Additionally, for SSC playoffs, the first 30 faculty and staff members who register using the link below will gain access to the Club Room for exclusive seating, gameday bites, and a cash bar.

To stay up to date on NSU Athletics, be sure to follow @NSUSharks on Instagram and Twitter or visit NSUSharks.com

Posted 02/24/23

NSU Receives Two Milestone Accreditations

When Nova Southeastern University President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., unveiled NSU’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values, he challenged all the deans to work with their faculty and staff to obtain recognition from their respective accrediting bodies.

 That challenge was not only accepted, but today, we can announce that it has been met, as NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine both earned the highest level of accreditation in their disciplines.

In the case of the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, NSU earned accreditation from AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) – the world’s largest business education alliance. With the accreditation, NSU joins the ranks of less than six percent of the world’s schools offering business degree programs. Currently, 980 institutions in 60 countries and territories have earned this prestigious accreditation, which requires a rigorous approval process. READ MORE.

As for the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, it has been granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)—the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs in the United States and Canada. Achieving this final, essential approval involved a three-step accreditation journey, which included numerous site visits spanning more than six years. The accreditation grants NSU MD the privilege of officially conferring the Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.) and state licensure upon its student graduates. READ MORE.

Posted 02/22/23

Halmos College Professor Publishes Article in Cultural Analytics

Amanda Furiasse, Ph.D.

Amanda Furiasse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities & Politics published “Sailing on Encrypted Seas: The Archive and Digital Memory in African and Diasporic Futurism” in the Journal of Cultural Analytics January Issue.

The article offers valuable insight into African religions’ varying approaches to consciousness, memory, and identity and how African and Latin American artists are reworking these ideas to reimagine the constitutive elements of AI and machine learning devices.

According to Professor Furiasse, “Working on this article allowed me to meet with artists and gain valuable insight into the varying ways in which artists are thinking about AI and digital technologies. The arts have always been a crucial resource for technological innovation. This article brings attention to the possible ways that the arts can help solve pressing technological challenges and develop more ecologically and culturally conscious AI models.”

Posted 02/19/23

Psychology Professor Presents at Law Society of Ireland

NSU College of Psychology adjunct professor Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren will be presenting to the Law Society of Ireland’s annual human rights lecture. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 2023 and will be conducted via Zoom.

Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, who teaches in the College’s Forensic Psychology M.S. program, is currently the presiding County Court Judge of the Misdemeanor Mental Health Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County. She pioneered the nation’s first therapeutic Mental Health Court in 1997 which has been dedicated to the decriminalization of persons with mental illnesses and neurological disorders.

The Law Society is the educational, representative and regulatory body of the solicitors’ profession in the Republic of Ireland. It offers legal education and training as well as encouraging and supporting the highest professional standards in the profession.

Posted 02/19/23

Featured Speakers at Upcoming Diversity Summit, March 15-16

NSU’s Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Council is hosting its inaugural diversity summit at all NSU locations from March 15-16. The summit’s theme is “The Power Of Belonging: Connect, Collaborate, and Thrive.” Here’s a sneak peek at some of the featured speakers and topics.

“The Science to Supporting Underrepresented Minority (URM) and English Language Learners, ELL, students in STEM Courses” with Melinda Contreras, Ph.D.

Contreras

Melinda L. Contreras, Ph.D., has 20 years of experience in education and has managed hundreds of educational programs within medical education. She is an assistant professor in the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. Contreras also serves as a sensitivity and bias evaluator for COGNIA, where she has reviewed and revised assessments for the Common Core Standards for 39 U.S. states, and is currently assisting in the revamping of Boston Public Schools assessments to make them more racially and culturally sensitive.

“I Bet You Didn’t Know” with Elaine Lenon, M.A., NAD, NIC

Elaine Lenon, M.A., NAD, NIC, is a leading advocate for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community and has dedicated over 20 years of service to the South Florida community.

Lenon

A public servant by nature, her passion for the Deaf community was cultivated during her time as a Denver resident. Diving into the fabric of the Deaf community, she witnessed the acts of discrimination and maltreatment imposed upon the Deaf. Lenon is dedicated to decreasing the multiple barriers and lack of resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. She also founded Community Outreach for the Deaf, Inc., a nonprofit organization.

For more information on the BEDI Advisory Council and the summit, visit www.nova.edu/bedi.

Posted 02/14/23

NSU Community Garden Holds Grand Opening March 6

The NSU Community Garden will hold its Grand Opening on March 6 at 11:30 a.m. and stand as a monument for NSU’s commitment to sustainability. The community garden was made possible through efforts from multiple teams across NSU brought together by the Facilities Management Department’s Student Sustainability Coordinators (SSC) working within the Physical Plant Department (PPD).

SSC Tatum Hedrick, Caleb Siguenza and Aylen De Simone worked with PPD Grounds Supervisor Jeff Heard to develop the land along with volunteers from other NSU organizations including Presidential Scholars, Green Sharks, and the Nature Club. Support for this project was provided by the Facilities Management Department, Office of Student Success, University Advancement Office, and all who donated through our annual giving campaign.

NSU recently received a silver ranking from the Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). Continuing with our sustainability initiatives the community garden provides users with 26 assigned plots of varying sizes, and an open green space to meet, relax, or enjoy in the way they see fit. In addition to serving the NSU community the garden also provides NSU with additional STARS points and certifies our standings with both Tree Campus USA (upcoming event on April 24) and Bee Campus USA, further solidifying our sustainability goals.

Posted 02/19/23

Honors Student Participates in Graduate Research

Corinne Renshaw and Alexander Rayburn with a lancetfish.

Farquhar Honors College sophomore Corinne Renshaw is participating in graduate-level research as an undergraduate student. The research is part of graduate student Alexander Rayburn’s master’s thesis, which focuses on marine parasitology among large deep-water fishes.

Renshaw’s role includes dissecting the fish, identifying the marine parasites, and classifying them via genetic analysis.

“My favorite part of the project is using a microscope to classify new parasites,” said Renshaw, a marine biology and environmental science major. “I was always fascinated with larger megafauna, but after working on this research, the more minute aspects of marine life are fascinating.”

Renshaw received this research opportunity through David Kerstetter, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, who offered her the position after she took his honors Invasive Species Ecology and Management course.

“Corinne showed lots of motivation and participation in class and dedication to a volunteering opportunity when offered,” said Kerstetter. “[She] has already gained a better understanding of how an active research lab works—the coordination between lab members regarding space and scheduling, the amount of work that goes on in actual wildlife research, and some of the process involved from collecting specimens in the wild through the peer-reviewed publication of the results.”

Along with aiding in research, she serves as the community service chair of Epsilon Eta, NSU’s environmental honors society. She has worked on wildflower garden restoration and invasive species clean-up initiatives through this organization. After graduating, Renshaw hopes to pursue a master’s and doctoral degree in marine ecology to gain more research opportunities in coastal conservation.

Posted 02/19/23

Halmos Faculty Interviewed on World War I Podcast

David Kilroy, Ph.D.

David Kilroy, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was recently interviewed about his book, For Race and Country: The Life and Career of Colonel Charles Young, for the World War I Podcast presented by the MacArthur Memorial.

In 2022, Col. Young was posthumously promoted by the Biden administration to brigadier general – a rank he likely would have advanced to during World War I.  Born into slavery at the close of the U.S. Civil War, in 1917 Charles Young was the highest ranking African American officer in the U.S. Army.

A veteran of the 1916 Mexican Expedition, his name appeared on a list of that campaign’s officers that General John J. Pershing recommended for future brigade command.  Then, just as the U.S. entered World War I, he was controversially sidelined after failing a routine medical exam.  The podcast, linked below, explores the controversy of his forced retirement and other aspects of Charles Young’s extraordinary career.

Charles Young: For Race and Country (buzzsprout.com)

For information about Kilroy’s book, please see:

https://www.amazon.com/Race-Country-Career-Colonel-Charles/dp/0275980057

Posted 02/19/23

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