The Alvin Sherman Library to host Summer Reading Rewards
Summer Reading rewards for everyone from ages 0-100! Register beginning June 1 and get reading.
For more information: https://browardlibrary.beanstack.com/reader365
Author: Abimbola Elizabeth Eminowa
Veterans Wellness Day – Hosted by NSU and MISSION UNITED
NSU is hosting a Veterans Wellness Day with United Way of Broward County’s MISSION UNITED on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus on Saturday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will take place in the UC Spine of the Don Taft University Center and invites veterans and their families to participate in a day full of events focusing on health and wellness education.
We will have over 20 NSU and community partners hosting education tables, 10 day-of screening exams from NSU’s physical and behavioral health clinics, nine presentations from professionals in the medical, legal, financial, nutrition, and behavioral health fields, yoga classes, free food and refreshments, service and therapy animals, yard games, and activities fun for the whole family.
Tickets are free and can be found on Eventbrite.com
For more information, find us on Facebook , or if you have any questions, please contact Nova Southeastern Universities’ Veterans Resource Center at VRC@Nova.edu, or call us at 954-262-3524.
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NSU Physician Assistant (PA) Fort Lauderdale Wins Ethics Bowl 2019 Competition
From left, Watfa Krayssa, MMS, PA-C, coach, and PA class of 2020 students, Alexandrea Rekas, Bonnie Chappell, Jessa Richards, Hannah Patterson, Amanda Lange, Nicole Sultan, and Lucia Lopez MMS,PA-C, assistant coach.
The ethics bowl competition of 2019, which was held on March 27, was a thrilling event. Over eleven ethics bowl teams from the NSU Health Professions Division competed. Two opposing teams were challenged with provocative questions about medical scenarios with ethical dilemmas. There was a volley of articulate responses while the audience watched with great anticipation. After a simulated drum roll, the winners were announced, and the exciting match was over. The win was often by only a small margin.
After the first match, students, faculty, moderators, and judges all joined together in an auditorium, which was overflowing with people. A contest was then held between programs in the HPD to see which one could show the most support for their ethics bowl team. The coveted prize was an ice cream social. As each program was called, there was flashing of signs accompanied by exuberant cheering and clapping. Some students even donned shark costumes. A good time was shared by all.
As the evening wore on, the teams grew tired, but continued to fight hard. Victory came to PA Fort Lauderdale, while AA Fort Lauderdale finished second, and PT Fort Lauderdale finished third.
PA Fort Lauderdale Ethics Bowl Team hard at work during competition.
From left, PA class of 2020 students, Amanda Lange, Nicole Sultan, Hannah Patterson, Alexandrea Rekas, and Jessa Richards.
Department of Family Therapy Faculty Publishes book chapter, “Embodied Conversations: Partnering with Horses in Clinical Supervision” in book co-edited by CAHSS Alumna
Shelley Green, Ph.D.
Shelley Green, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), has authored a chapter in the book, Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings: Illustrations of Systemic Approaches in Everyday Clinical Work, edited by Laurie L Charlés, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., and Thorana S. Nelson, Ph.D., and published by Routledge. Charlés is an alumna of the doctoral program in Family Therapy in CAHSS. Green authored the chapter entitled, “Embodied Conversations: Partnering with Horses in Clinical Supervision.”
Green received the 2016-17 President’s Distinguished Professor Award of Excellence. Several years ago, she initiated a course, Equine Assisted Family Therapy, which was the first of its kind to be housed in a nationally accredited family therapy program. Subsequently she initiated a second equine assisted therapy course. Green has presented at national and international conferences on equine assisted therapy as well as other family therapy topics.
Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Faculty Presents on African Art and Peacebuilding, Meaning and Representation at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), gave a guest presentation at the NSU Art Museum Ft Lauderdale on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Muvingi’ s topic: African Art and Peacebuilding, Meaning and Representation the event was well attended.
Muvingi presented an overview of the place of art in the African universe. Several of the themes he explored included, the vastness of Africa and diversity of its art forms which range from realist depiction to pure abstract, the integration of the aesthetic and the functional in the art forms, and the range of representations African art serves to portray. Muvingi explained that African art forms often mediate between the present world and the spiritual world, fostering communication and harmony between the two universes. The art also serves as a medium for telling stories, for expressing trauma too deep to articulate in words, and for facilitating reconciliation following the agony and destruction of violence. For many in the audience, this was a first encounter with African art forms. Attendees learned about the size and diversity of the African continent, the transportation of African art forms to other continents influencing such art icons as Picasso, and the complexity of African art. Muvingi brought his own artifact to pass around to attendees. The presentation was part of the NSU Art Museum lecture series.
NSU’s Department of Writing and Communication Faculty Co-Edit Special Section of Journal of Faculty Development
Two faculty from NSU’s Department of Writing and Communication (DWC) in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) served as guest co-editors of a special section of the May 2019 issue of the Journal of Faculty Development. Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., professor and executive director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC), and Molly Scanlon, Ph.D., associate professor and first-year experience faculty coordinator, co-edited a special section that focused on faculty development for First-Year Experience (FYE) programs. The section included a co-authored article by Scanlon and Dvorak entitled, “The Importance of Faculty Development Programs for Teaching First-Year Seminar Courses.”
The special issue provides evidence-based approaches that collectively balance scholarship of teaching and learning with the pragmatics of operationalizing a successful faculty development program. The article highlights challenges First-Year Seminar (FYS) instructors face and shows why and how FYE programs should provide ongoing opportunities that help them to offer quality instruction. Among the other topics and techniques addressed in this issue are inclusive teaching methods, establishing classrooms as learning communities, and adapting professional development opportunities for faculty with varying levels of teaching experience.
The journal typically focuses on general professional development taking place in higher education and encourages a student-centered approach to teaching. In providing this context, Scanlon and Dvorak hope to illustrate why this special section of the Journal of Faculty Development is so needed.
Spring/Summer 2019 Dollar$ and $ense Newsletter
Enrollment and Student Services (ESS) has published the Spring/Summer 2019 Dollar$ and $ense Newsletter. This issue provides students with important information about the new student health insurance requirement, online payment plans, parking permits, veteran education benefits, tips from the NSU Debt Squad, and more. The newsletter is available on the financial aid website at nova.edu/financialaid. In your conversations, please feel free to use the information provided here and direct them to the newsletter.
NSU Hosts Quality of Life (QOL) Awards Ceremony and President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG)
The 17th Annual Quality of Life Award Ceremony and 20th Annual President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) was held on May 7th in the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/ Davie campus.
NSU President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., and Gary Margules, Sc.D., vice president of the Office of Research and Technology Transfer, recognized 29 research projects that received PFRDG awards up to $15,000 each for fiscal year 2020. The 29 PFRDG awards represent 12 academic units involving 74 faculty and 56 students for a total of $346,476. Overall a total of 40 PFRDG proposals was submitted.
Five Quality of Life Community-Based Applied Research Grant awards of up to $15,000 were awarded for fiscal year 2020. Nicholas Pascucci, QOL Director presented the awards.
The President thanked faculty members, researchers, as well as Palm Beach, Broward and Dade County Community Partners, who represented the Quality of Life project submissions, including the Outstanding Community Partner of the Year – Broward Sheriff’s Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services – which was accepted by Assistant Chief Terrence Davis, Major Munib Ahmed, Assistant Chief Todd Leduc, Chief of Staff Chantelle Read, Sheriff Gregory Tony.
PFRDG: Saad Alobid, B.S.,Priya Dondapati, M.S., Arkene Levy, Ph.D., Dean Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D., College of Medical Sciences, Interim Dean Michelle A. Clark, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy, University Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs, Ralph Rogers, Ph.D., Appu Rathinavelu, Ph.D., Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Ph.D., Theodore L. Mathuram, Ph.D., Paramjot Kaur, M.D.
Education Alumna Recognized for Peer Inclusion Program
Heidi Gomez
Heidi Gomez, graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, was recognized for her Peer Inclusion Program at Chamberlain High School (Tampa) at the Excellence in Action Awards ceremony.
The Peer Inclusion Program at Chamberlain High School was implemented at the start of the 2018-2019 school year with 30 peers. The peers are 10th – 12th grade students who are assigned to Heidi for one period, and earn credit and community hours. After an interview, they are assigned a specific classroom, and work in a variety of settings supporting students with disabilities. The peers engage in each lesson, and work with students in the areas of independent functioning skills, social emotional needs, and academics. The program has also changed the school culture. Peers and their students have become friends and feel included in ways they hadn’t before the program was implemented. They sit together at lunch, attend extracurricular events, and act as mentors.
Heidi has been recognized for numerous awards in her 12 years of teaching. She’s been named Teacher of the Year at Adams Middle School, Council for Exception Children (CEC) ESE Teacher of the year for Hillsborough County, the ESE Preceptor of the Year for her work with exceptional students, and the Ida S. Baker Distinguished Educator at Chamberlain High School.
She earned both her Bachelors and Master’s degree at the Abraham S. Fischler college of Education and School of Criminal Justice.
ACON Associate Dean Honored by the Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation
The Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation (MFRF) offers scholarships to nursing students interested in the care of pediatric patients. MFRF also provides speakers who offer their experience with nurses caregiving for children with life threatening genetic disease. These speakers inform nursing students of their opportunity to select home care once they become a nurse and their impact on the patients, and family’s needs. Jo Ann Kleier, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research and Compliance, of the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing (ACON) was honored by the MFRF for her dedication and assistance in ensuring our students have these continued opportunities. Each year she works diligently with their foundation to connect, plan, and execute educational presentations twice a year. Additionally, she ensures their scholarship funding is distributed among nursing students with a passion for pediatrics. Her continued commitment to the MFRF has made a difference in the ACON student experience.
