Faculty & Staff News
NSU University School congratulates our Robotics teams who competed in their first Robotics tournament of the year bringing home multiple awards including Tournament Champions! USchool Robotics team 4154X also brought home the VEX Robotics Excellence Award and Team 4154Z earned the Amaze Award. Great work, Sharks! We look forward to watching these students continue to succeed and make us proud.
Posted 10/31/21
Genesis Alvarez, above, and Janay Joseph, below.
Genesis Alvarez and Janay Joseph, NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) undergraduate consultants, competed in the Southern Regional Model United Nations (SRMUN) competition, hosted virtually March 26-29, 2021. Both won Distinguished Delegation awards at SRMUN 2021. Alvarez is a History and International Studies major in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences (HCAS) and Farquhar Honors College, and Joseph is a History and International Studies major in HCAS.
NSU’s Model United Nations team, sponsored by HCAS, participated in the conference under the Nova International Relations Association (NIRA). Alvarez and Joseph were delegates for the nation of Columbia and served on three committees: the General Assembly Plenary, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). Topics discussed during the conference included mental health, illicit drug use by at-risk youth, and disaster response measures.
Joseph and Alvarez, among other team members Luke Dombroski, Jacqueline Chavez, and Angelica (Alu) Lopez Uscamaita, represented NSU as an entire delegation for the Republic of Colombia at SRMUN. The NIRA team was awarded Distinguished Delegation awards for SRMUN 2021 and scored 95/100 for their position papers submitted to the conference. Additionally, their team received a Distinguished Delegation award in the WHO committee for admirable participation and praiseworthy cooperation.
Both Alvarez and Joseph credit the WCC for building essential writing and communication skills that helped their participation in the conference.
“Working at the WCC has sharpened both my writing and conversation skills,” Joseph said. “Not only was I able to communicate my ideas effectively during the formal session, but I was able to contribute policy language for each of the working papers.”
Alvarez had a similar experience, saying that her writing skills “are essential to developing the comprehensive and well-written resolutions we draft during the committee sessions.”
Learn more about the NSU Model United Nations Team.
Learn more about the NSU Writing & Communication Center.
Posted 10/31/21
The Out of the Darkness Walk is hosted annually by The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Broward County, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., and NSU. This 5K walk is hosted to provide awareness and fundraise to create a safe environment for those who are currently struggling with suicidal thoughts, survivors, and family and friends who have lost some to suicide.
Date: Sunday, November 7, 2021
Time: 8 -11 a.m.
Location: Between Carl DeSantis building and Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center
Register or donate for the walk!
All roads within NSU that follow the Walk route will close about 10 to 15 minutes before the starting time.
Vehicles coming to the Maltz Psychology Building, Carl DeSantis Building, or Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall can still park at the surface lots and Library parking garage.
Roads will reopen as the last walker/runner clears each area. For information regarding parking and traffic, contact facilities@nova.edu and parkingservcies@nova.edu
For questions or additional information, contact Alú Lopez at al.gd.line20@gmail.com.
Posted 10/29/21
Jazzy Ash introduces children to the musical stylings of zydeco, jazz, blues and swing and draws out the roots of West African song traditions, rhythms and games in an energetic and engaging concert!
Ashli St. Armant, better known as Jazzy Ash, is a celebrated vocalist, writer, arts educator, and founder of Leaping Lizards Music, a music and theater education program for students. Her 30-minute pre-recorded concert debuts simultaneously on the library’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Arts Alive! is generously funded by the Rockley Family Foundation.
Posted 10/28/21
Geography is so much more than the study of places.
Geography studies the relationships between people (and other living beings) and their environments. Join the Alvin Sherman Library in the celebration of geography and GIS (geographic information systems). This event series will include a diverse array of online presentations hosted by librarians. Expert speakers will help you tackle and understand skills, tools, research, and resources.
Topics: Digital humanities, community planning, writing, information visualization, data discovery, geo-literacy, geospatial education, story mapping, cartography, ArcGIS, EndNote, and more!
Posted 10/28/21
Join us for the virtual NSU Irish Film Festival led by NSU Professor David Kilroy, a native of Ireland and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Kilroy will showcase independent contemporary Irish films not widely released in the U.S., representing the work of some of Ireland most exciting filmmakers. This festival is sponsored by the Alvin Sherman Library, NSU Center for the Humanities and the South Florida Irish Studies Consortium.
RSVP for the opening session on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Posted 10/28/21
The Anything that Floats Raft Race, an NSU Homecoming tradition, was on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Gold Circle Lake. During this event, students, faculty, and staff came out to cheer Razor’s Edge Leadership students and registered student clubs and organizations. Teams competed for cash prizes for their respective organizations. First place will win $3,000, second place will win $2,000, and third place will win $1000.
Each organization was entitled to a reimbursement of up to $200 after raft design approval.
Posted 10/26/21
Eddie Puisis is one of two seniors on the NSU roster in 2021-22.
For the fourth time in as many seasons, head coach Jim Crutchfield and the Nova Southeastern men’s basketball team has earned a preseason nod as one of the nation’s Top-10 programs, as the Sharks opened at No. 6 in the newly released 2021-22 DII Men’s Basketball Power 10 Rankings by NCAA.com.
Prior to Crutchfield’s arrival back in 2017, the program had never crept inside the Top-25 at any point, yet the national attention has since become routine after the Sharks were pegged No. 8 in the preseason by DII Bulletin in 2018-19 prior to their run to the Elite Eight, No. 2 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in 2019-20 on their way to another trip to the NCAA Tournament, and then No. 6 again by the NABC prior to their 2020-21 campaign being cancelled.
In their first bit of competitive action since March of 2020, the Sharks showed plenty of potential, pushing the University of Miami in Wednesday’s preseason opener. Despite shooting just 41.1% from the field and 30.8% from beyond the arc, NSU trailed the Hurricanes by only four with 4:30 to play before eventually falling 106-95. The Sharks forced UM into 18 turnovers in the contest and won the battle of the boards by a 48-41 margin, including 18-2 on the offensive glass.
Defending national champion Northwest Missouri State captured the top spot in the rankings. Flagler followed at No. 2, with West Texas A&M slotted at No. 3. Colorado Mesa and Hillsdale rounded out the Top-5.
Posted 10/26/21
NSU guard Nick Smith recorded eight assists and no turnovers in the Sharks’ preseason opener at UM.
Back on the court competitively for the first time since March 8, 2020, Nova Southeastern showed plenty of promise, as the Sharks handed the Miami Hurricanes a legitimate test in a 106-95 defeat in their preseason opener down in Coral Gables on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Head coach Jim Crutchfield‘s club trailed by just four with 4:18 remaining, yet ran out of steam down the stretch against its Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) counterpart.
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Posted 10/26/21
The Sunshine State Conference announced its 2010-11 to 2019-20 Men’s Swimming All-Decade honors October 19, 2021. Voters named 16 student-athletes from five programs as All-Decade members. All-Decade voting took place among the league’s administrators and swimming coaches.
The SSC All-Decade awards include 11 SSC Swimmer of the Year honorees and all six individual NCAA National Champions from the league from 2010-11 to 2019-20.
Anton Lobanov (2014-17), Franco Lupoli (16-18), and Thiago Sickert (14-17), represented Nova Southeastern on the First-Team, while Oskar Nordstrand (11-13) was named to the Second-Team.
“It’s an honor for NSU Men’s Swimming to have these young men as representative on the All-Decade team. They are first class human beings, who excelled at such high levels here in the pool and classroom,” said Head Coach Ben Hewitt. “You still see their footprint on our program and their efforts continue to set the tone for future generations of Shark swimmers. I was fortunate enough to coach all four; however, I also want to share that each of them worked with Hollie Bonewit-Cron, and I know that she is extremely proud of them and their accomplishments.”
Posted 10/26/21