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NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE) and the Office of International Affairs hosted a group of educators and a City Hall Member from São Sebastião, Brazil. São Sebastião is one of the 18 sister cities of Fort Lauderdale. The educators were met by Anthony DeNapoli, Ed.D., Interim Executive Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Dean of International Affairs and Vanaja Nethi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at FCE.
The group toured campus, visited the Fischer Academy Active Learning Center and learned about the Fischler College’s degree programs. Dual language presentations in Portuguese and English of the teacher preparation and graduate education programs were given by Lenny Jacokskind, Ed.D., Director of Graduate Admissions and Lucas Williams, Director of Fischler Academy, with the assistance of an FCE student proficient in Portuguese. Members of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities International organization accompanied the educators while on NSU’s campus.
To learn more about the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Sister Cities International Organization, please visit: (www.gflsci.org).
Sophie Madden
NCAA Division II women’s golf has a new No. 1 player, as Nova Southeastern senior Sophie Madden has officially taken over the top spot according to the latest Golfstat rankings.
A First Team All-American a year ago, Madden has already earned two wins this fall in just three tournament appearances. In addition to her victories at the Jacksonville Classic and Shark Invitational, she also collected a fourth-place finish at the Saint Leo Invitational, while bringing her adjusted scoring average down to 71.80.
“Sophie reaching number one in the rankings is a testament to the hard work she puts into her game on a daily basis, and I couldn’t be more proud,” said head coach Heather Wall. “Although it is still very early in the season, this is positive reinforcement and will only motivate her more. She has always been a very hard worker, but now she believes she is as good as anyone, which has been a game-changer for her. She is a great leader and all of her teammates look up to her.”
Madden and the Sharks will conclude the fall portion of their season next week at the Rollins Legends Invitational in Orlando, Fla. To stay up-to-date, follow the Sharks on Twitter @NSU_WGolf.
On November 1, Halmos College faculty member Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D. was interviewed by Telemundo for a series of segments called “Amenazas Escondidas” or Hidden Threats on the new show “Al Rojo Vivo”. On that episode, she investigated the amount and types of bacteria that can be found on the bottom of your shoes and whether or not you should take off your shoes before walking around inside your house.
Three more episodes are scheduled for the next 3 Thursdays (Nov. 8, 15, and 22) and will discuss household mold, the importance of wearing socks when trying on shoes at the store and facts and myths about bathroom germs (i.e. can you get an STD from sitting on the toilet?). The show airs across the US and Latin America.
For more information https://www.telemundo.com/shows/2018/11/01/zapatos-acumulan-peligrosas-bacterias-que-danan-la-salud
This fall, Halmos faculty member Christopher Blanar, Ph.D. co-authored a paper entitled, “Validity of the Diplostomoidea and Diplostomida (Digenea, Platyhelminthes) upheld in phylogenomic analysis”. The group studied the parasite ordered Diplostomida. These includes schistosomes, that are parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group of infections in humans termed schistosomiasis, which is considered by the World Health Organization as the second-most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease (after malaria), with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.
The family tree of this order has been hard to sort out- many of the taxa are difficult to distinguish morphologically, so you need to use molecular phylogeny instead. “The molecular wasn’t straightforward either, as there was discord between the results generated by nuclear vs mitochondrial DNA.”, says Blanar. While answering questions about the phylogeny of the Diplostomida, the group had the added bonus of describing a whole new species. Lead author Sean Locke, Ph.D. from the University of Puerto Rico has named it Cotylurus marcogliesei in honor of Dr. David Marcogliese who supervised both Locke and Blanar’s post-docs at Environment Canada. “It’s the first time I’ve ever had the privilege of participating in the description of a new species”, said Blanar.
For more information https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.07.001
Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education (FCE ) has been named Vice President for Higher Education, Florida Council of Teachers and Mathematics (FCTM).
Dr. Su recently presented at the FCTM Conference in Daytona Beach, Florida, together with one of her former doctoral students, Dr. Nadine Anderson. She also presented to approximately 500 mathematics teachers regarding the Florida Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (FAMTE).
Dr. Su was named the 2017-2018 Abraham S. Fischler college of Education Professor of the Year.
To learn more about the Florida Council of Teacher and Mathematics, please visit: https://fctm.net/
Following another solid weekend of competition, Emma Sundstedt has earned her second Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Week award of the 2018-19 season, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Sundstedt has received two of the three awards handed out so far this season, and this serves as the fourth recognition of her career. FULL RELEASE
Third-year Nova Southeastern women’s tennis coach Doug Neagle announced on Tuesday the addition of mid-year transfer Chantal Nosievici, who will join the Sharks’ 2018-19 squad in January. With NSU proving to be a deep squad through the fall slate so, Nosievici’s addition provides another experienced weapon for the Sharks. FULL RELEASE
In the midst of a breakout season, the Nova Southeastern men’s soccer team had two players honored as All-Sunshine State Conference performers on Wednesday, as forward Sebastian Loibl was named to the All-SSC First Team while midfielder Bradley Fountain earned an All-SSC Second Team nod. FULL RELEASE
SLP students earning traumatic brain injuries in a classroom in the Griffin Building
The department of Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) has a long, successful history that sets it apart from other SLP programs in the country. Among these distinctions are some notable firsts. A major one is the provision of innovative delivery systems.
For example, the department was the first SLP program to offer an online delivery system. It was also the first to offer a professional doctorate. Another notable distinction is the size of the student body, with a current enrollment of approximately 750 students in three different degree programs.
The department began in 1983 as the brainchild of Jack Mills, Sc.D., Au.D., CCC-SLP. He was a speech-language pathologist and audiologist working with the deaf/hearing-impaired population. He had the foresight to know South Florida would benefit from an SLP master’s degree program, and he worked to make it happen. Mills ultimately became the program dean and served until 1997.
The first class consisted of speech clinicians employed in the Miami-Dade County and Broward County schools, so it was determined the first classes would be offered in the evening to accommodate them. This practice prevails today in the master’s degree program, with most classes held in the evenings or on weekends. This plan met the mission of the university at the time: to provide education for adults who work during the day.
An SLP clinic was created to offer services to individuals with communication disorders and provide students with clinical experiences necessary to meet degree requirements. Shelley Victor, Ed.D., was the first clinic director. Barbara Packer-Muti, Ed.D., Au.D., CCC-SLP, joined the faculty to teach audiology courses and provide supervision of the clinical experiences in audiology.
You may read more of the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP’s) long, successful history by visiting the 2018 Perspectives Summer/Fall issue on page 54 and 55by visiting healthsciences.nova.edu/studentaffairs/messenger.html.
