Author: Abimbola Elizabeth Eminowa

NSU Hosts the Southern Strike Command Leadership and Staff

Left to right: NSU Director, Veteran Affairs Matthew Chenworth, Associate Dean, Ed.D. Jamie Manburg, Director, Nicholas Pascucci, Dean, Kimberly Durham, Psy.D. Lieutenant Colonel Heath Papkov, Captain Martin Johnson, Sergeant First Class Samuel Gomez- Velez

On August 12, 2019, NSU had the pleasure of hosting the new Professor of Military Science Lieutenant Colonel Heath Papkov and the Southern Strike Command Staff Lieutenant Colonel Heath Papkov, Captain Martin Johnson, Sergeant First Class Samuel Gomez-Velez

The Southern Strike Command leadership and staff visited the Ft. Lauderdale campus to finalize the implementation of the inaugural Army Reserve Officers’ Training Crops (ROTC) Cohort for this Fall 2019.  The ROTC is a college elective that enables students to succeed in their desired career, whether civilian or military. Students who complete all ROTC requirements may be commissioned as Second Lieutenants and serve in the Active Duty Army, Army Reserves, or the Army National Guard. The courses at NSU, will be housed in the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice.

NSU, the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice, and the Department of Veterans Affairs is extremely excited to be a partner and collaborate with the Army ROTC.

For more information, on NSU’s ROTC program please contact, Nicholas Pascucci at npascucci@nova.edu.

NSU’s College of Pharmacy Provides Health Screenings to the Underserved

Students pose while visiting the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society Community Health Fair

NSU’s Palm Beach Campus College of Pharmacy students and faculty members participated in the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society Community Health Fair at the Max M. Fisher Boys & Girls Club in Riviera Beach, FL. The team worked in collaboration with the Diabetes Coalition of Palm Beach County to provide free diabetes risk assessments and HbA1c (Hemoglobin A1c) screenings to attendees. This annual back-to-school health fair provided the underserved, uninsured, and at-risk members of the community access to free healthcare services and health education. “We were excited to be a part of this event and to provide educational materials and knowledge about healthy living strategies to the community,” said Rochelle Nappi, Ed.D., assistant dean for the College of Pharmacy in Palm Beach. Link for more pictures Click here

CAHSS Alum is Director of Orientation Programs at Purdue University

Craig Johnson, M.S.Craig Johnson, M.S., 2015 graduate of the College Student Affairs master’s program in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) currently serves as the Director of Orientation Programs at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. As Director, he oversees the development and execution of online and on-campus welcome programs for incoming undergraduate students. For the fall of 2018, orientation programs at Purdue University welcomed over 8,600 students, the largest in Purdue’s 150-year history.

Outside of Purdue, he is an active member of the Association for Orientation, Transition and Retention in Higher Education (NODA) at the national and regional levels. In 2018, Johnson was recognized as the NODA Outstanding New Professional for Region VII (Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and the province of Ontario), and next spring, he will serve as host for NODA’s 2020 Region VII Conference held at Purdue.  Johnson also serves as a member of the Leadership Operations Projects Team (LOPT) for the Barbershop Harmony Society, a music organization with 22,000 members across North America and affiliated men’s and women’s organizations in more than a dozen countries. As a member of the LOPT, he works closely with a group of Leadership Facilitators who help active BHS chapters align organizational goals to their program and community impacts through a series of active facilitation practices.  Inside and outside of work, conflict analysis and facilitation strategies are critical to the success of his teams and others. “I often reflect back on strategies learned in my time at NSU, and see myself opening doors for others into the conflict, mediation, and facilitation communities.”   Prior to earning his M.S. from NSU, Johnson earned a B.A.A. in Organizational Communication from Central Michigan University. He has been at Purdue University since July 2015.

Halmos Faculty and Master’s Students Present at International Conference

MS Students Breanna Vanderplow and Georgia Parks with Halmos Faculty Alexander Soloviev

From July 8 – 18, 2019, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) held its 27th General Assembly in Montreal, Canada. Celebrating IUGG’s centennial, the scientific program was composed of Union, Inter-Association, and Association symposia, workshops, panels and special events.

During this prestigious event, Halmos College students and faculty presented three lectures. The first one was by Marine Science master’s student Breanna Vanderplow presented a talk on the “Effect of Surfactants on Generation of Sea Spray During Tropical Cyclones”. The second one was by Marine Science master’s student Georgia Parks entitled, “Analysis of Bacteria in the Sea Surface Microlayer in the Florida Keys”.

Halmos College’s final presentation was by faculty member and researcher Alexander Soloviev, Ph.D.. His presentation was entitled, “Freshwater Lenses in the Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean Due to River Runoff or Convective Rains Spreading as Gravity Currents”. Dr. Soloviev’s presentation discussed modelling results that have several practical applications including pollution propagation in coastal waters (e.g., oil spills).

The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) is the international organization dedicated to advancing, promoting, and communicating knowledge of the Earth’s system, its space environment, and the dynamical processes causing change. Through its constituent Associations, Commissions, and services, IUGG convenes international assemblies and workshops, undertakes research, assembles observations, gains insights, coordinates activities, liaises with other scientific bodies, plays an advocacy role, contributes to education, and works to expand capabilities and participation worldwide.

For more information:http://iugg2019montreal.com/

Mailman Segal Center for Human Development’s Autism Institute Staff Members Provide Support at Camp Yofi

Sue Kabot, Executive Director of the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development’s Autism Institute took five former Baudhuin Preschool employees and current NSU graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology, Mental Health Counseling, and Clinical Psychology to Camp Yofi, a family camp for families of children with autism spectrum disorder. Each of the NSU students led a group of five counselors who were assigned a camper with autism through the day’s activities including swimming, climbing a high tower, nature, music and dancing, and arts and crafts. Siblings had their own groups and schedule of activities including a sibling lunch where they had the opportunity to share feelings about their brother or sister. Parents had their own choices of recreational, spiritual, and educational activities. This was the 15th year of the partnership between Nova Southeastern University and Ramah Darom, an overnight camp located in North Georgia.

Halmos Alumna Featured by Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

At the beginning of August 2019, Halmos M.S. alumna Nina Pruzinsky and her research were featured by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). As a master’s student in marine biology, Ms. Pruzinsky examined the abundance, distribution, and morphological characteristics of larval and juvenile tunas (family Scombridae) and identified primary drivers of their distribution to help fill this gap and inform future management and conservation efforts.

The research took place in the research laboratory of Halmos faculty member Tracey Sutton, Ph.D. who leads the DEEPEND Consortium, which is assessing how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have damaged the Gulf of Mexico’s little-explored deep-sea ecosystems.

GoMRI’s mission is to investigate the impacts of the oil, dispersed oil, and dispersant on the ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico and affected coastal States in a broad context of improving fundamental understanding of the dynamics of such events and their environmental stresses and public health implications.

For more information:http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/grad-student-pruzinsky-uses-morphological-patterns-to-id-young-tuna-for-population-assessments/

NSU University School Students Kick Off a New School Year

It’s the start of a new school year for NSU University School’s Sharks! Students in junior kindergarten through 12th grade have headed back to school for the 2019-20 school year.

Students kicked off the school year by participating in team-building and getting-to-know you activities while connecting with teachers, staff, and friends. Our New2U organization and school buddies helped welcome our new USchool students and helped them feel like part of our family.

NSU University School parents were also excited about the new school year and joined our University Family Organization (UFO) after drop off at a Back-to-School Coffee. Parents had the opportunity to reminisce with other USchool parents and talk about all the exciting events and activities planned for the upcoming year — one that is sure to be filled with innovative classroom lessons, engaging student activities, and lasting friendships.

If you have any questions about NSU University School, please call 954-262-4506 or email uschooladmissions@nova.edu. As a reminder, NSU employees receive a 35 percent tuition discount at NSU University School and may also qualify for financial aid.

 

Experts Share Knowledge about Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

In early August, experts from around the Caribbean region met at the Eco-Discovery Centre in Key West to share information on an emerging and unprecedented threat to Caribbean coral reefs posed by a coral disease first documented in Florida and now being reported at sites across the region.

Since 2014, the Florida Reef Tract has been severely impacted by a newly documented coral disease which scientists are calling “Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease” (SCTLD) because it affects only hard stony corals and is characterized by the rapid loss of live coral tissue. The disease has rapidly spread across coral reefs from Palm Beach to the lower Florida Keys and in the last year has been reported elsewhere in the Caribbean, including in Mexico, Jamaica, Sint Maarten, the Dominican Republic, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Belize. Scientists from NOAA and the state of Florida, sanctuary managers and academic partners, including Halmos College researchers Brian Walker, Ph.D. and Karen Neely, Ph.D, have been working to document the outbreak, identify causes and contributing factors, and develop treatments and interventions

The meeting is an initiative of the MPAConnect Network which comprises marine protected area managers in 10 Caribbean countries and territories, working in partnership with the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, with funding from NOAA CRCP and the NFWF Coral Reef Conservation Fund.

CAHSS Faculty was the Plenary Speaker at United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice

Anne Rambo, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) was the plenary speaker at the United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice held in Bath. Rambo’s presentation addressed social justice and solution focused therapy. She also presented a workshop on working with anger. While in the UK, Rambo presented a one-day workshop entitled, “Solution Focused Therapy and Family Therapy- Looking both ways,” for the Cornwall and Plymouth Family Therapy Branch.

Rambo also directs DFT’s master’s and graduate certificate programs and has extensive experience working with at-risk children and families. She has written three books for professionals, and one for parents, as well as numerous book chapters and articles and presents internationally on social justice and family therapy.

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