Author: iharrell

Nova Southeastern University is pleased to announce the appointment of three new college deans and a senior vice president for Translational Research and Economic Development (TRED) and associate provost.

Holly Baumgartner, Ph.D., is taking the helm as the dean of NSU’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center beginning Sept. 6, 2021. The Halmos College was formed from the 2020 merger of the former Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography and NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Baumgartner is currently dean of the Getty College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio Northern University (ONU) and was previously dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Lourdes University. At ONU, Baumgartner led a complex and diverse academic unit that she reorganized to foster interdisciplinary collaborations among the arts and sciences in its five schools (formerly 18 departments) and the Center for Teacher Education, which disciplines include nursing, health, and behavioral sciences; visual and performing arts; humanities; social sciences; STM; criminal justice; and education. She led about 200 faculty and staff with more than 50 majors and multiple professional accreditations while maintaining an active scholarly agenda. Through these and related efforts, Baumgartner created opportunities for students to participate in new internship, externship, and sponsored research activities; faculty to advance their funded research; and the college to achieve academic excellence.

Baumgartner earned her bachelor’s degree in the double majors of English Literature and Classical Studies from the University of Toledo, her master’s degree in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University, and her doctoral degree in Rhetorical Studies with a cognate in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University.

Andrea Nevins, Ph.D., will transition to become the dean of NSU’s Farquhar Honors College. Succeeding founding Farquhar Honors College Dean Don Rosenblum, Nevins currently serves as interim dean of the Halmos College. In this capacity, she managed the merger of the former College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. Nevins will begin her appointment as dean on Sept. 6, 2021.

During her yearlong service as interim dean, Nevins undertook initiatives that funded interdisciplinary teaching, research, and co-curricular activities; established the HCAS Undergraduate Student Ambassador Program, HCAS Faculty Advisory Council and the HCAS Faculty Fellowship. In her new role as dean of the Farquhar Honors College, Nevins will focus on expanding research opportunities for honors students, including community-oriented research experiences impacting the South Florida community and developing additional travel-study honors courses and funding for students who might not otherwise have access to travel experiences.

Nevins began her NSU career in 2005 as writing program coordinator in the Division of Humanities in the former Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. She succeeded to various leadership positions including assistant director of the Division of Humanities, chair of the Department of History and Political Science, interim chair of the Department of Literature and Modern Languages, and interim chair of the Department of Family Therapy. Immediately prior to her appointment as Halmos College interim dean, Nevins served as assistant dean for Academic Affairs and founding director of the Center for Humanities in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Nevins graduated from the University of Miami with a Ph.D. in English and from Florida International University with a B.B.A. in Marketing, M.A. in English, and M.F.A in Creative Writing.

Linda S. Rouse, O.D., M.B.A., will become the permanent dean of NSU’s College of Optometry. One year ago, Rouse was appointed interim dean, succeeding former Dean David Loshin. In that time, Rouse has assembled a strong administrative team committed to advancing the college programs to preeminence through enhancement of curriculum, specialty clinical experiences, research, scholarship opportunities and philanthropic gifts. Rouse’s effective leadership helped navigate the didactic and clinical programs through the COVID-19 pandemic, and the college has emerged stronger than ever. Rouse will begin her appointment as dean effective immediately.

Rouse joined the College of Optometry in 2003 as assistant professor and chief of optical services. She was promoted in 2005 to chief operations officer of The Eye Care Institute and then to assistant dean for finance and operations. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, Rouse is an active clinician, educator, researcher, and university and community service member. She developed an optical education curriculum for third and fourth-year students. Rouse’s interests range from optometric practice management and ophthalmic optics to a particular interest in neuro-eye and posterior segment diseases of the eye.

Rouse is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the American Optometric Association, Florida Optometric Association, and the Broward County Optometric Association. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry and actively participates in the clinical administrators and directors special interest group and on the financial affairs committee. Rouse served for more than six years on the National Board of Examiners in Optometry’s Basic Science, Examination Development and Applied Basic Science Committees, and the Applied Basic Science Council. She received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stetson University, a bachelor’s degree in visual science and O.D. from Illinois College of Optometry, and an M.B.A. from NSU. She served her Primary Optometric Care and Ocular Disease Residency and Clinical Education Fellowship at the Illinois College of Optometry and Illinois Eye Institute.

Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D., has been named senior vice-president for Translational Research and Economic Development (TRED) and associate provost at NSU beginning Sept. 1st, 2021. Dawson-Scully has served for the past three years as the head of institutional partnerships at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience with a joint appointment as associate vice president for STEM partnerships at Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Dawson-Scully has established translational research opportunities throughout his career, and he has produced several patents and spun-out two companies. He has served as the principal investigator for one of the first National Science Foundation (NSF) i-Corps grants in South Florida that helped accelerate more than 50 companies in the region. At FAU, Dawson-Scully was a tenured professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and fulfilled leadership positions as director of the Max Plank Honors Program; associate vice president for Strategic Initiatives; and associate director of the FAU Brain Institute.

Dawson-Scully received his Bachelor of Science (with Honors) and Master’s of Science from Queen’s University, a doctoral degree from University of Toronto College of Medicine and completed a post-doctoral fellowship (heart and stroke) in the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto.

Don Rosenblum, Ph.D., will be stepping down as dean of the Farquhar Honors College. After 23 years with NSU, 11 years as dean of the Undergraduate College, and six years as dean of the Farquhar Honors College, Rosenblum has indicated he would like to step down as Farquhar Honors College dean on Aug. 31, 2021, and begin a one-year sabbatical.

In 2015, Rosenblum was appointed as founding Farquhar Honors College dean because of his unique understanding of the NSU undergraduate student body, degree programs and the student life experience coupled with his ability to forge partnerships with his fellow deans and engage their faculty. Under his leadership, the NSU Honors community has grown from 75 students to more than 600 students today.

Through the efforts of Rosenbaum and others, many new degree programs and student initiatives have been developed including the Undergraduate Student Symposium, Faculty Symposia, Performing and Visual Arts, and the Distinguished Speaker Series (enabling thousands of students, faculty, staff, and community members to learn from outstanding – and sometimes critical – speakers including Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Salman Rushdie, Spencer Wells, Jack Kevorkian, Spike Lee, Richard Dreyfuss, Erin Brockovich, Edward Albee, and David Petraeus).

Rosenblum’s leadership skills were honed during his 11 years as dean of the former Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to his appointment as dean, He served as assistant and associate dean of the Farquhar Center for Undergraduate Studies and was instrumental in developing and launching the college’s successful honors program. Rosenblum has held diverse leadership positions with the National Collegiate Honors Council and has served as a peer reviewer for the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice for more than 20 years.

Before coming to NSU, Rosenblum held academic leadership positions at John Hopkins University, Delaware Valley College and George Mason University.  He earned a B.A. degree at the University of Maryland and M.A. and Ph.D. at The Ohio State University.