Faculty & Staff News
For the fourth time in a little over a month, Nova Southeastern forward Mark Matthews has been recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week, announced by the league office. FULL RELEASE
Already well known for his on-court abilities, Nova Southeastern point guard David Dennis has recently been recognized for his dedication in the classroom as well after landing on the Google Cloud Academic All-District 5 First Team. FULL RELEASE
By no way did it come easy, but after needing five extra minutes to finally fend off Tampa, third-ranked Nova Southeastern is headed back to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. as the Sunshine State Conference regular season champions for the first time in program history. FULL RELEASE
Head coach Brian Rosen and the Nova Southeastern volleyball team are thrilled to announce the signing of six more future Sharks, as Jess Barrett, Aleyna Kennel, Emily Krachenfels, Brittany Landrum, Emily Sippel and McKenna Tucek will join the NSU volleyball squad this upcoming fall, bringing the 2019 recruiting class to 10. FULL RELEASE
NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE), School of Criminal Justice hosted The Child Protection Conference: Building Resilience in Changing Times on Friday, February 22nd. The college welcomed attendees from various areas including, Child Protection Services, Law Enforcement and School Counselors to NSU’s Don Taft university Center Performance Theater for an informative and insightful day featuring an array of experts.
Ronald Book, Chairman of the Lauren’s Kids Foundation, served as the keynote speaker, and was introduced by his daughter, Senator Lauren Book. Additionally, the conference featured a special presentation from Assistant Professor Grace Telesco, Ph.D., and NSU’s sociodrama club. Other speakers included Co-Commander of the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children, Sgt. Thomas McInerney, and Tony Sparks, a retired military patriot and co-founder of the nonprofit, Phantom Rescue.
For questions or more information on the conference, please contact Denise Crammer at crammerd@nova.edu
Rita Case, Rob Kornahrens and Arlene Pecora
NSU H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship is proud to announce three well-known business leaders who will be inducted April 11 into the 2019 class of the Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame, the Huizenga Business College’s highest honor: Rita Case, Rob Kornahrens and Arlene Pecora.
“I congratulate these exemplary business leaders who will be joining the ranks of an elite group of world-class entrepreneurs in our Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame,” said Dr. George Hanbury, President of NSU. “Each honoree’s story is exceptional and it will be my privilege to share their accomplishments at our awards ceremony in April in the hopes that they will inspire the next generation of business leaders.”
The H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Hall of Fame program is celebrating its 29th year in 2019. The event is being chaired this year by three former honorees and well-known South Florida entrepreneurs: Rick Case, Keith Koenig and Alan B. Levan.
To learn more about this event and the honorees please CLICK HERE.
Enjoy a four FREE programs about Alexander Hamilton being conducted in conjunction with the Alexander Hamilton: Immigrant, Patriot, Visionary Exhibit. The Exhibit features a collection of books, newspapers, art and acts of Congress that tell the Hamilton’s story as well as a traveling exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Alexander Hamilton’s Legacy – Sunday, March 17 | 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Adam Levinson, Esq. explores Hamilton’s extraordinary legal legacy, including Hamilton’s reports to Congress as the nation’s first Secretary of Treasury.
2nd Floor, Cotilla Gallery, Light refreshments will be served
Isaiah Thomas: Revolutionary War Patriot and Publisher – Sunday, March 24 | 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
David Wells Roth, an American figurative painter, was commissioned by the Union Oyster House in Boston, to paint a series on Isaiah Thomas’s activities in Boston relating to the developments of the American
Revolutionary War. He’ll talk about Isaiah Thomas and his work.
2nd Floor, Cotilla Gallery, Refreshments will be served.
Alexander Hamilton: A Heroic Life – Tuesday, April 2 | 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
A talk by Timothy Dixon, J.D., Associate Professor, NSU College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History and Political Science.
2nd Floor, Conference Room 2053
Refreshments will be served.
Alexander Hamilton: The Man vs. The Musical – Sunday, April 14 | 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Rand Scholet, compares and ranks Hamilton’s contributions with seven other Founding Fathers. The speaker has a number of photos and personal anecdotes from his five-year relationship with the musical and its
creative genius, Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as Hamilton author Ron Chernow that inspired the musical.” And singing may be heard…
2nd Floor, Cotilla Gallery
Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to lib.nova.edu/AH or call 954-262-4613
Oh no! We lose an hour of sleep this weekend!
Please remember to turn your clock ahead one hour when you go to bed on Saturday night. Daylight Savings time begins Sunday, March 10.
Austin Harris, Assistant Director of Aquatics
Nova Southeastern’s Assistant Director of Aquatics, Austin Harris, talks on overcoming the challenges in managing one of the countries largest academic SCUBA Diving programs, first responder aquatics training, and more.
NSU Aquatics is the leading program area for the Office of Recreation and Wellness and operates 3 large and distinctively different pools on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus The aquatic center boasts the largest competition pool by volume in the state of Florida holding 1.2 million gallons and ranging from depths of 5 to 16.5 feet. It is the home of the Sharks for the university’s NCAA division 2 swim teams, high school, and middle school. The Don Taft University Center Recplex leisure pool is a 213,000 gallon salt pool that serves as a recreation pool for the student population, camp Nova, and a myriad of programs and events. Our Rolling Hills Graduate Residence pool is a resort-style facility exclusive for graduate students and features a waterfall cave, barbeque pavilion area, and clubhouse.
So what’s our challenges? Like many other collegiate aquatic programs, we are not immune to the pitfalls that other universities face with staff shortages, scheduling, pool space, and budget cuts. Our facilities are highly sought after and it’s always a delicate balancing act to meet the needs of not only our own internal programs, but also serving NSU athletics and University School. In addition, some of our more prominent external user groups include swim club, water polo, and springboard diving teams. We also partner with various fire rescue and police organizations for different types of training.
At Nova Southeastern University we employ an unprecedented 5 highly credentialed full-time aquatic professional staff members, including an associate director, two assistant directors, facilities manager, and coordinator. The emergence of our NSU Aquatics Institute has prompted a massive expansion of our aquatic program offerings. Like most aquatic programs we offer courses in American Red Cross Lifeguarding, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, Administering Emergency Oxygen, Lifeguard Instructor, Water Safety Instructor, and swim lessons. In the last 5 years we’ve added on Pump Room Operations training, Advance Service Technician certification, First Responder Aquatics Training, and one of the largest Academic SCUBA Diving programs in the country.
It’s never an easy task managing over 60 lifeguards, swim instructors, dive masters, and SCUBA instructors. However, one of the greatest benefits to our success is having 90% of our operations and programming controlled in-house. NSU Aquatics has adopted a model of training with excellence for the advancement of our own student employees through mentorship, professional development, and leadership. Our staff is groomed through our programs to exceed industry standards, in which the skills they acquire are transferable to their chosen career paths. It is for these reasons NSU Aquatics is revered as a premier institution for aquatic education.
For more information: blog.pooloperatorcourse.com/nova-southeastern-university/
Nova Southeastern University researchers recently discovered that by testing the level of NER (nucleotide excision repair) gene expression, pediatric oncologists can determine the likelihood of early relapse (less than three years) in their acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients. This is a critical finding because NER gene expression levels can now help guide doctors in their rationale for appropriate treatment targeted to each patient’s disease.
ALL is the most common childhood cancer. Treatment has improved dramatically due to evolving methods of determining risk factors and genetic analysis. Five-year survival rates have increased substantially from 57% in 1975 – ’77 to 92% in 2006 – ’12. Yet, the current genotoxic chemotherapy regimens are still extremely debilitating.
“Our research found a correlation between high NER expression levels and early relapse of ALL among relapsing patients,” said Jean Latimer, Ph.D., director of the NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast and Solid Tumor Cancer Research and associate professor and cancer research scientist, College of Pharmacy. “Being able to identify patients with the highest risk of early recurrence who are not detectable using present clinical measures and then treating them with a more targeted therapy is crucial to overcoming the cancer.”
This is critical, according to the research recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, BMC Medical Genomics, because while ALL is much more treatable than in the past, the survival rate after relapse is poor.
“By being able to accurately predict if a child’s cancer is likely to recur early or not, we may also spare many children who have low NER levels from the most toxic chemo regimens,” said Latimer.
The AutoNation research team also included Stephen Grant, Ph.D., project director and associate professor, Public Health, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine; Homood As Sobeai, Ph.D., assistant professor, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, and Omar Ibrahim, post-doctoral fellow.
Their complete findings can be found in an article titled, “Nucleotide excision repair is a predictor of early relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia” in BMC Medical Genomics. This work was supported by funding from AutoNation and the Children’s Leukemia Research Association.