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Talented Trio Receives Dean’s Awards of Excellence

On July 29, during her virtual dean’s address to the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine’s faculty and staff members, Elaine M. Wallace, D.O., M.S.s, presented her annual Dean’s Awards of Excellence to three colleagues who showcased exceptional qualities in the staff, director/manager, and faculty categories. The Faculty Member of the Year honor went to Farzanna Haffizulla, M.D., FACP, FAMWA, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. The Director/Manager of the Year accolade went to Odessa Pemberton, M.B.A., employee services consultant II. The Staff Member of the Year honor went to Angela DiPalermo, B.S., instructional technology specialist I.

NSU Plans to Host Special 9/11 Memorial Ceremony via Campus/Zoom

Nova Southeastern University will host a 20th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Ceremony on Saturday, September 11, starting promptly at 9 a.m. on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus and streaming live via Zoom.

The memorial ceremony will pay tribute to the victims and their families, as well as honor the sacrifices and rescue efforts made by first responders, police, firefighters, sanitation workers, military, and citizens whose lives were forever changed that day.

For more information.

Storytelling Workshop Features Author Corey Rosen, Sept. 18

Learn the art of telling stories and make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress a date. Corey Rosen is an Emmy-award winning writer and actor with years of experience as a skilled storytelling coach. His book, “Your Story, Well Told,” is jam-packed with some of the best storytelling strategies out there.

Rosen will be holding a Zoom workshop on Saturday, September 18, from 2-3 p.m.

Rosen is an actor, writer, and visual effects producer who lives in San Francisco. He is a regular host of The Moth StorySlam series in the Bay Area, and his stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour. Corey began his career writing for Jim Henson Productions, Comedy Central, and Lucasfilm. Corey performs at BATS Improv in San Francisco. His film credits (as a VFX Artist) include Iron Man, Grindhouse, Ted, and several Star Wars movies. His first book is called “Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience.” www.coreyrosen.com.

Registration is required for this Zoom workshop.

The video will be available for on-demand viewing September 19 – October 1, 2021.

3 Grants Target Students with Innovative Oceanic Solutions

Ocean Exchange™ is looking for undergraduate and graduate students who are adept in developing innovative solutions that have a beneficial impact on the ocean. The organization – which is affiliated with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation – is offering three monetary awards this year.

The Ocean Exchange Collegiate Award 2021 will give a $25,000 grant to a solution that advances the decarbonization of the maritime shipping industry, either while underway or while in port. The solution should be globally scalable and applicable to any segment, including commercial ocean carriers, ferries, and coastal transportation, large recreational yachts, towing and barge vessels, the cruise industry, and defense/security maritime sectors.

The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation Award 2021 will give a $10,000 grant to a solution that advances our understanding of the ocean and that helps minimize our impact on these resources, resulting in more resilient bodies of water including healthy marine life and coastlines.

The Broward College Innovation Award 2021 will give a $10,000 grant to a solution that advances our understanding of the ocean and that helps minimize our impact on these resources, resulting in more resilient bodies of water including healthy marine life and coastlines.

Eligibility requirements

  • Teams or individual innovators are invited to register
  • Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate student with active student status within one year
  • Solution must be student-led.
  • Teams must pitch in person
  • Delegates representing business, academia, government, and non-profits will select winners at the event in Fort Lauderdale

Important Dates

  • Submit registrations by 11:59 p.m. GMT Monday September 20, 2021
  • Finalists will be selected by our Solutions Review Team to travel to Fort Lauderdale (expenses paid) to present at Ocean Exchange Oct 24-26, 2021
  • Collegiate pitches will be conducted Sunday, Oct 24 and Monday Oct 25

Ocean Exchange™ is an international platform for accelerating the adoption of and the transfer of solutions across industries that positively impact environments, economies and health while respecting cultures around the world.

Students can register their solutions here.

GRAMMY-nominated Kids’ Musicians in Concert Sept. 1-30

Sing, dance and celebrate libraries and National Literacy Month with GRAMMY-nominated hipster kids’ musicians, The Pop Ups, in a special concert filmed exclusively for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library, available on-demand September 1 – September 30 on the library’s Facebook (lib.nova.edu/facebook) and YouTube (lib.nova.edu/youtube).

A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, three-time GRAMMY nominees The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s media since 2010. A celebration of making, building, and learning, their album ‘Appetite for Construction’ received a 2014 GRAMMY nomination for Best Children’s Album, alongside a National Parenting Publications Award, Parents’ Choice Award and praise from NPR’s All Things Considered, The Huffington Post, and USA Today among others. They co-created and tour with the Wow In The World LIVE show and produce the daily podcast Two What’s And A Wow on NPR for Tinkercast.The boys have toured with Yo Gabba Gabba Live and continue to perform their rock and roll puppet musical live show to sold out audiences across the U.S. Learn more about The Pop Ups: thepopups.com

This program is made possible with the generous support of the Erwin and Barbara Mautner Charitable Foundation.

Professor Chosen as Federal Advisory Committee Member

Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD, FACP

Nova Southeastern University faculty member Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD, FACP, has been selected as a member of the federal Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-based Linkages (ACICBL), which advises the United States Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS)  on policy and program development.

Pandya is Professor and the chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Project Director of the NSU South Florida Workforce Enhancement Program, and Geriatrics Fellowship Program Director at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center

Pandya underwent clearance from the Office of the White House Liaison and HHS to be appointed to this committee.  The ACICBL focuses on such areas as allied health, geriatrics, rural health, social work, and podiatric medicine.

“I am pleased that your knowledge, experience, and skills, have been recognized by the highest authority in this country to advise the U.S. Secretary for this vital Federal department,” said NSU President and CEO George L. Hanbury II. “I am sure that undergoing the rigor of background investigations by the White House to be appointed to this committee was not only grueling on your part, but its successful completion of such rigorous examination, support, enhance, and gave unquestionable credibility in you, your knowledge, your accomplishments, and your expertise. Congratulations! You are part of the faculty and staff of NSU that make me proud to say I’m its president.”

Criminal Justice Professor Invited to Brevard Sheriff’s Office

From left, Sheriff Wayne Ivey, Assistant Professor Grace Telesco, and alumni Joshua Enfinger and David Troxell.

Grace Telesco, Ph.D. and assistant professor at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice and criminal justice alumni Joshua Enfinger and David Troxell participated in a special firearms and tactical training simulation at the invitation of Sheriff Wayne Ivey from Brevard County, Florida.

Additionally, they met with the Career Development Director at Brevard County Sheriff’s Office to promote college’s undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programming in criminal justice. As a result, the college is looking forward to a continued partnership with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office as an educational affiliate and welcoming Sheriff Ivey to our upcoming Fall programming hosted by Dr. Telesco.

NSU Volunteers Dental Care Through Mission of Mercy Clinic

Dr. Mark Schweizer, Assistant Dean of Community Programs and Public Health. left, with other clinic volunteers.

Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine is pleased to announce its participation in the Florida Dental Association Mission of Mercy on July 30-31. Florida Mission of Mercy (FLA-MOM) is a large-scale, two-day, professional dental clinic that provides care to any patient at no cost to them, with the goal of serving the underserved and uninsured in Florida — those who would otherwise go without care.

Led by Dr. Mark Schweizer, assistant dean of Community Programs and Public Health, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine students, faculty, and alumni provided dental care at the community outreach clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. More than 1,000 patients were treated and more than a $1 million in donated dental services were provided.

Dr. Ana Maria Ospina, in front kneeling, takes a photo with student volunteers at the special clinic.

NSU Undergraduates Take on Chocolate Bark Challenge

During the Winter 2021 semester, eight undergraduate students from the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the H.Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship were selected to participate in a special topics communications course partnering with Hoffman’s Chocolates and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation. The eight-week online course, offered through the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, gave students the opportunity to work closely with leadership, chocolatiers, and marketing and design professionals from Hoffman’s Chocolates and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and develop a new chocolate bark product.

Now in its third year, the special topics course partnering with Hoffman’s Chocolates took on a new challenge by also partnering with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation to design a new chocolate bark and marketing campaign focused on conservation of Florida’s coastal and Everglades ecosystems. Selected students represented a variety of majors — Art + Design, Communication, Marine Biology and Marketing — and worked in two teams to develop their chocolate bark products, packaging and marketing campaigns featuring paintings by Guy Harvey.

“I’m especially proud of this year’s cohort of dedicated, ambitious students,” said Miriam Ahmed, Ph.D., assistant professor of graphic design for the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, who taught the course. “They weren’t afraid to push beyond their comfort zones, and they pursued avenues for achieving the tougher goal of centering sustainability within their communication strategies, marketing, and product packaging.”

An advantage of the course’s online format, Ahmed said, was that it allowed students the chance to collaborate remotely with team members from the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation who are located in the Cayman Islands.

On April 20, the student teams pitched their proposed flavor profiles to leadership and representatives from Hoffman’s Chocolates, the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, NSU and its Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts. During the final presentation, students showcased “Spiced Paradise” featuring a spiced-ginger rum and dark chocolate bark and “Citrus Coast” featuring a Key Lime Bay white chocolate bark. Both flavors were selected for upcoming production by Hoffman’s Chocolates.

The flavors will be paired with the 2020 Orange Blossom chocolate bark developed by students from last year’s special topics course. The product’s launch was postponed because of COVID-19, and the bark is now set to launch this summer along with this year’s winner.

“Hoffman’s and the GHOF were excellent partners, providing students with exciting interdisciplinary experiential learning opportunities,” said Shanti Bruce, Ph.D., chair and professor for the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts.

For more information about the special topics course and its “Battle of the Barks,” click here.

Competition to Open for Provost’s Research/Scholarship Award

Cristina Godoy DDS, MPH, CCRP, College of Dental Medicine, recipient of the 10th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award

Morey J. Kolber, right, with the College of Health Care Sciences, was a recipient of a 10th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award.

Nova Southeastern University Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D., is pleased to announce that starting August 30, 2021, nominations will be accepted for the annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award. The deadline to submit a nomination or to self-nominate is 5 p.m., EDT, September 24, 2021.

The purpose of the award is to recognize an NSU faculty member who has demonstrated significant achievement in support of NSU’s mission to foster scholarship, intellectual inquiry, and academic excellence. Research and scholarship are two of NSU’s core values, and excellence in these areas enhances education, patient care, and public service, and develops superior scholarship.

This annual award recognizes distinguished accomplishments in the pursuit of research and scholarly activities across the academic disciplines.  The winner of the Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award will be announced in October 2021.

Get information or make a nomination now!

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