Author: Abimbola Elizabeth Eminowa

2019 Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit: Art Expression of France and Argentina

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the NSU Alvin Sherman Library will host a free art exhibit and film series. The exhibit entitled “Art Expression of France and Argentina” features the collection of the LELIA MORDACH GALLERY and artists including Miss Tic, Franck Loret, Patrick Girard, Julio Le Parc, Horacio Garcia Rossi; The Portrait- The engraving- The photography of Lujan Candria, Laurent Dareau and Liliana Gerad and a TRIBUTE TO THE EQUATORIAL GUINEA ACADEMY: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, TEXTS AND PHOTOS.  The exhibit is curated by Adriana Bianco. For more information: https://sherman.library.nova.edu/sites/spotlight/series/cine-argentino/

Alumni Spotlight: College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences – Michelle Cromwell, M.S.

Michelle Cromwell, M.S. (’01), Ph.D. (’08), is an associate vice president for inclusive excellence and the chief diversity officer at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. As a member of the college’s President’s Cabinet, Cromwell counsels the president and administrative council on matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Previously at Regis College, Cromwell was an associate professor of politics and social justice, as well as director of the Honors Program from 2010 to 2016. She has also served as the chief diversity officer at The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Describing herself as a pracademic, Cromwell says she is a scholar-practitioner who has “one foot in the academe and the other in the community, as a practitioner.”

She was the cofounding executive director at the Massachusetts Peacemaking and Talking Circle Initiative, a nonprofit organization designed to foster conversations about discrimination and racism in schools, nonprofits, and organizations. In addition, Cromwell serves as an independent consultant working with nonprofits, higher-education institutions, corporations, and government entities with an emphasis on conflict resolution, crisis management, and diversity and inclusion.

At Nova Southeastern University, Cromwell earned an M.S. in Dispute Resolution and a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution specializing in ethnic conflicts. She earned a B.S. degree in social work at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago in 1998.

Grand Opening Celebration for Three Razor’s Edge Shark Cage Student Businesses

Ready to enjoy a delicious acai bowl, a snow cone, or pop some candy into your mouth while you are gearing up for fall semester?  Visit the new Razor’s Edge Shark Cage on the first level of Mako Hall for the Grand Openings of three new student-run businesses owned and operated by Rockefeller Class of 2021 Razor’s Edge Shark Cage Scholars Program students who will celebrate their Grand Openings from August 26-28.  This is an enormous accomplishment for these students and we would like to invite you to come and participate and enjoy some of their great new products and services. Cash or credit cards are accepted.

Each Razor’s Edge Shark Cage Scholars Program student opens an on-campus, student-run business in order to fulfill their scholarships. Each business aims to engage all members of the NSU community including students, faculty, and staff.  Students went through specifically designed courses to aid them in getting their businesses started. From making Shark Pitches and Shark Funding Pitches to faculty members and entrepreneurs, students gained confidence in starting their on-campus businesses. On August 26-28, we have three businesses from the Rockefeller Class opening their businesses and joining six returning Shark Cage student-run businesses from last year, Mako Me Fit (protein shakes), The Lemonade Stand, Shark MGT, Shark Market, Shark Vault, and Simple Servings.  Watch your messages because there are additional 10 Shark Cage student-run businesses opening between August 26 and September 5. We invite you to ENGAGE with them and support their businesses.

Grand Opening Events:

Natural Bowl, Monday, August 26 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Location: Shark Cage, 1st floor, Mako Hall
  • Operating Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:00 am –1:00 pm
  • For a great start to the day, enjoy a delicious homemade acai bowl with a variety of toppings!

Shark Bait Candy Shop, Tuesday, August 27 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

  • Location:  Shark Cage, 1st floor, Mako Hall
  • Operating Hours:  Tuesdays to Fridays from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Do you have a sweet tooth and no way to get to the store?  Candy, candy, candy!  All kinds of candy available on the Shark Bait candy cart!

Mako Ice, Monday, August 28 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Location: Shark Cage, 1st floor, Mako Hall
  • Operating Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Have fun and enjoy a delicious treat to beat the heat!

Natural Bowl

You may think you are still dreaming when you stop in at Natural Bowl and start your day with a delicious acai bowl that looks like ice cream, kind of tastes like ice cream, and makes you feel good about going to class with this breakfast choice that will keep you feeling pleasantly full for hours.  Located in the Shark Cage on the ground floor of Mako Hall, come to the Grand Opening on Monday, August 26 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Natural Bowl, owned and operated by Anjali Gill, a junior from Westminster, Colorado, is a Dual Admit Osteopathic Medicine student majoring in Biology and minoring in Entrepreneurship.  Anjali encourages you to top off your acai bowl with a variety of different fruits and berries, nuts, and granola fixings of your choice.  A great way to start the day.  Regular hours of operation are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.  Natural Bowl will operate in Fall 2019-Winter 2020.

Shark Bait Candy Shop

Candy is dandy! When you buy candy, you are quite possibly buying a little bit of joy and thinking about past happy times and events.  Stop by Shark Bait Candy Shop, located in the Shark Cage on the ground floor of Mako Hall on Grand Opening day, Tuesday, August 27 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm and see the countless selections, some classic, some old favorites, many varieties, colors, and of course, chocolate candy!

Shark Bait Candy Shop, owned and operated by Marcos Leite, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who is a Dual Admit MBA majoring in Business Management and minoring in Entrepreneurship.  Marcos has lollipops, ring pops, candy bars, gummy worms, Airheads, and so much more on his candy cart.  Regular hours of operations are Mondays to Thursdays from 5:00 – 8:00 pm.  Watch for Marcos around campus because he may be showing up with his cart at your building outside of his regular operating hours at Shark Cage in Mako Hall.  The Shark Bait Candy Shop will operate in Fall 2019-Winter 2020.

Mako Ice

Think of those great childhood memories when you enjoyed a delicious, refreshing snow cone.  Treat yourself and enjoy a classic snow cone at Mako Ice, located in the Shark Cage on the ground floor of Mako Hall on Grand Opening day, Wednesday, August 28 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Mako Ice, owned and operated by Max Broxterman, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, who is majoring in Finance and minoring in Entrepreneurship.  Max encourages you to take a well-deserved break and enjoy a few minutes of relaxation.  Regular hours of operation are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Mako Ice will operate in Fall 2019-Winter 2020.

For more information about this program, please contact:

Cheryl R. Babcock, CFE

Lecturer and Director

Razor’s Edge Shark Cage Scholars Program

Huizenga Business College

Nova Southeastern University

Phone number:  954-288-7435

Email:  babcockc@nova.edu

Nova Singers Holds Coral Summer Sing, Aug. 27

Come see what it’s like to sing with us and consider auditioning to become a member of Nova Singers! We will be singing some music planned for our 2019-2020 season. You’ll get a taste of what rehearsal is like and have the chance to meet fellow choristers. Auditions follow at noon. The summer sing will be held from 9:30 a.m. – noon at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 SE 15th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale.

To sign up for the Summer Sing, please go to our website, www.nova.edu/novasingers. You will find a short information form there to fill out. We look forward to singing with you! If you wish to audition and cannot make the summer sing, you are welcome to try out at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27 at St. Marks Episcopal Church, 1750 E Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale.

Nova Singers is Nova Southeastern University’s premier community chorus. Now in their 43rd concert season, the all-volunteer choir includes approximately 140 members—ranging from NSU undergraduate students to senior members of the local community. Nova Singers serves as musical ambassadors for the university as they sing around the country and abroad. The choir’s previous performance destinations include Carnegie Hall and Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Nova Singers’ repertoire ranges from the classics and Broadway hits to modern composers’ original works.

Inauguration and Installation of NSU’s Sigma XI Chapter – The Scientific Research Honor Society, Sept 19

WHO: Harry K. Moon, M.D., NSU Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer NSU President’s Council, Faculty, Staff, and Students

WHAT: Reception, Inauguration, and Installation of NSU’s Sigma XI Chapter (The Scientific Research Honor Society)

WHERE: NSU’s Carl DeSantis Bldg., 3rd Floor Sales Institute, 3300 S. University Drive. Fort Lauderdale

WHEN: 3 p.m. Thursday, September 19

WHY: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is more than 125 years old with chapters all over the world. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have been members. Sigma Xi has a long-standing history of service to the field of science and engineering. The organization is a source of scholarships/grants and conferences, publications and other resources.

NSU submitted a petition to Sigma Xi beginning two years ago and through an extensive review process has been granted the honor of having a Sigma Xi chapter installed. At this installation, we will also be inducting new members. Having the NSU chapter of Sigma Xi puts us among the ranks of more than 500 chapters in North America and around the world. Membership in this International organization has exceeded 100,000 members. NSU is becoming one of these noted chapter members.

NSU Alumni Sea Turtle Release at the Marine Environmental Education Center

NSU’s Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving hosted its annual Alumni Sea Turtle Release on August 8, 2019, at the Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC).

NSU alumni, family and friends came to the Carpenter House on Hollywood Beach to enjoy an evening filled with educational green sea turtle, Captain and discussed turtle conservation and marine debris – later meeting small sea turtles.

Support the MEEC and their work protecting the turtles that nest in Broward County, CLICK HERE!

If you are an alum of NSU, please remember to follow us on all social media platforms @NSUALUMNI and look out for any upcoming alumni events.

For any alumni relations questions or concerns, please contact Raphael Walters, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, at rwalters1@nova.edu or 954-262-2121

 

Alumni Spotlight: Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing – Deborah A. Tedder, M.B.A.

Deborah A. Tedder, M.B.A. (’00), M.S.N. (’09), is the chief nursing officer at Northwest Medical Center in Margate, Florida.

With 42 years of experience, Tedder has held nursing leadership positions at major health care systems, including Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, where she served as chief nursing officer. She also worked at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, before moving to Northwest Medical Center in 2016.

“Achieving an M.B.A. at NSU provided me with the financial and business knowledge to fiscally manage and oversee nursing,” said Tedder, whose early nursing career focused on medical-surgical intensive care. “Obtaining an M.S.N. degree-also at NSU-allowed me to combine nursing leadership knowledge with the business skills needed to successfully lead the nursing division of these major health care systems.”

In 2016, Tedder was elected to the Board of Nursing Consortium of South Florida. She serves on the boards at Mercy Hospital and Mercy Care Hospice and the advisory board at Florida Atlantic University. She belongs to the Florida Nurses Association, National League for Nursing, and South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives. Tedder is the 2017 recipient of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Patient Leaders Fellowship and the 2011 recipient of AHA McKesson Quest for Quality Prize award.

CAHSS in Collaboration with Alvin Sherman Library Hosted “We Love our Families”

 

NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) in collaboration with the Alvin Sherman Library hosted the workshop “We Love our Family: Fun tips for Resolving Conflict and Getting Along!” on July 7, 2019. Community Resolution Services/Peace Place in CAHSS hosted the event in collaboration with the Alvin Sherman Library. The lead facilitator was Shannon Maurice, M.B.A., doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in CAHSS.

This was the third year for “We Love our Family,” featuring new information and activities. Peace Place, a part of Community Resolution Services (CRS) in CAHSS is a practicum and volunteer site for students to collaborate and engage the community. For more information, please contact Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., faculty in DCRS at mckayj@nova.edu.

 

CAHSS Sociology Alum Awarded a Bloomberg Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University

Christopher Carita BS

Christopher Carita, B.S., 2019 graduate of the sociology program in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) received a prestigious Bloomberg Fellowship. Carita was one of the names announced by The Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as a member of the 2019 cohort of Bloomberg Fellows. Fellows are drawn from an organization working on one of five health challenges facing the nation: addiction and overdose, environmental challenges, obesity and the food system, risks to adolescent health, and violence.

The 2019 Bloomberg Fellows Cohort is the third and the largest to date and includes fellows and organizations spanning twenty-four states and the District of Columbia. Fellows receive full scholarships to pursue a Master of Public Health or Doctor of Public Health. Carita starts the MPH program this fall.

Carita, a Dean’s List student, brought his wide array of skills and experiences to the table throughout his years of study at NSU.  “I found that the writing-centered curriculum in the Sociology program at Nova helped me tremendously in understanding the importance of clear communication in messaging.  That focus is essential in implementing effective change in our society.”

Carita joined the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in 2009, where he has earned 14 Department Commendations and 6 Public Commendations for exemplary police work. He has served in various roles, from patrol, to street narcotics, to burglary/robbery investigations, and currently serves as a Detective with the Special Investigations Threat Response Unit. Carita investigates mass casualty threats (schools, churches, workplace, etc.), political violence, and extremist groups. He has initiated numerous investigations, identifying pattern offenders and threats to public safety, compiling strong criminal cases in cooperation with the State Attorney’s Office.

For more information about the Bloomberg Fellows, see https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2019/bloomberg-school-announces-2019-bloomberg-fellows-cohort.html

Department of Writing and Communication hosts Opening Reception for ‘Critical Making: A CRDM Exhibit’

On Tuesday, July 2nd, the Department of Writing and Communication (DWC), within NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), held the inaugural gallery opening for “Critical Making: A CRDM Exhibit” in PVA Gallery 217. The event brought together graduate students in the M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) program, other interested students, alumni, and faculty from across CAHSS for an evening of celebration and critical making.

The exhibit included a wide range of CRDM students’ physical projects (board games, print pamphlets, printed posters, fabric bags, etc.) intermingled with several interactive digital projects (websites, audio recordings, etc.) presented on tablets and computers throughout the gallery. Every project in the exhibit had a placard along with a quick response (QR) code. The code linked attendees to a digital version of the gallery that curated and contextualized the projects by the classes for which they were created.

In addition to learning about the different multimodal and digital projects graduate students create in CRDM courses, attendees were introduced to the concept of critical making and the DWC’s Production and Preservation Project (P3)—a new initiative the department is undertaking to digitally archive and showcase student works. Attendees were also invited to practice critical making during the event by collaboratively contributing pages to a zine memorializing the exhibit’s opening.

“Our CRDM students produce amazing works throughout their M.A. that challenge traditional notions of humanities scholarship,” said Melissa Bianchi, Ph.D., assistant professor of writing in the Department of Writing and Communication.  Several M.A. in CRDM students attended the event and had their works highlighted, including Nikki Chasteen and Veronica Diaz, who began the program in 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Mario D’Agostino, visiting assistant professor of writing, Bianchi, and Kaitlin Armstrong, a current CRDM student, curated the exhibit. “After seeing the work being produced in individual CRDM classes, we felt that it was important that the wider NSU community experience these incredible projects,” said D’Agostino.  The exhibit will run through August 12, 2019 in the PVA Gallery 217 in the Don Taft University Center.

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