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Circle of Friends Holds Annual Meeting to Celebrate Achievements

The Circle of Friends, the advisory board and fundraising partners of the NSU Alvin Sherman Library held its Annual Meeting on May 19 online to celebrate the achievements of the past year and installation of incoming Board and Officers.

Douglas Ford was installed as the newest board member, Chuck Morton as president, Barbara Grosz as vice president, and Peter Woolf as past president, while Rona Levitt and Daniel Fleischer will continue to serve in their roles as secretary and treasurer, respectively. Also serving on the Board of Directors are Stephanie Brown, Adolfo J. Cotilla Jr., Tony DuBose, Peter Garcia, Bonnie Lippman, Vilma Lopez, Greg McDermott, Luis A. Muriel, Ronnie Oller, Ann Porterfield, Janet Speth and ex-officios Diane Klein, Laura Sturaitis, and Jim Hutchens.

During his address, outgoing President Peter Woolf thanked the board for supporting the following three initiatives:

  • Two years ago, Circle of Friends’ funding enabled the library to upgrade the its digital signage to include large touchscreen displays on the first and second floors. This year, this important project was completed, and today, digital signs are located throughout the building.
  • This year the Circle of Friends also invested in the ASL/OCL staff by funding the library’s professional development budget. Although the pandemic led to the cancellation of several opportunities, many more online offerings became available.
  • Circle of Friends is especially proud to have funded the Alvin Sherman Library’s contract with the consulting firm Library Strategies. This contract provides for three-year strategic plans for both the library and the Circle of Friends.

John Wensveen, Ph.D., chief innovation officer of the Nova Southeastern University’s Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation was the keynote speaker at this year’s annual meeting. He spoke about the development of the innovation center and its impressive cutting edge, world-class features and presented a virtual tour of this state-of-the-art center.

To join or renew your membership with Circle of Friends, click here.

Humanities Hosted 3rd Annual Crossroads Student Conference

On April 10, 2021, NSU’s Center for the Humanities hosted its 3rd Annual Crossroads Humanities Student Conference, under the direction of center director Aileen Farrar, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences (HCAS) and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center. Preparations for the conference included a series of pre-conference events, including a Digital Humanities Workshop, led by Sarah Stanley, M.A., the Digital Humanities Librarian of Florida State University; a Style Us “Conference Conventions & Etiquette Workshop,” part of the Department of Humanities and Politics Style Us: Writing and Professionalization Series; and a “Humanities to a Career in Tech” talk with Iris Nevins and Jasmine Haugabrook of the email marketing company, Mailchimp. Each event served as additional opportunities to connect students with the academic and professional applications of the humanities in our increasingly digital cultures.

This year’s conference theme, “Networks,” invited participants to explore diverse and interdisciplinary issues of networks and networking, from the social, political, and cultural to the technological, environmental, and biological. More than 150 members joined panels and events during this one-day virtual conference, including presenters and attendees from Greece, Indonesia, India, the UK, and all over the U.S., including Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Undergraduate and graduate presenters represented a distinguished range of disciplinary studies from medicine and law to English, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, and more. The Center for Humanities was especially pleased to welcome peers from the “Making Diversity Meaningful in the Humanities: MDC-FIU Pathway Partnership.”

Adding to the day, two special guest speakers—Jessica Harvey, Project Manager of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, and Nina Schick, a political commentator and broadcaster who specializes in disinformation and technology and the author of Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse —delighted audiences with expansive perspectives on the growing need for humanities scholarship and skills in areas of conservation and politics, especially in an age of rapid technological advancement. Nina Schick’s talk, titled “Deepfakes and the Age of Synthetic Media,” was sponsored by the Department of Humanities and Politics’ Stolzenberg Doan International Studies Lecture Series.

At the end of the day, conference members gathered for the closing ceremonies. Three lucky winners of the Virtual Mural Raffle were awarded special Crossroads Conference grab bags. The pictures posted by Rachel Northrop from the University of Miami, Kate Poppenhagen from the University of Colorado Denver, and Greter Camacho Melian from Nova Southeastern University along with conference pictures posted by many other participants throughout the day can be viewed in the conference gallery: https://nsudhp.wixsite.com/crossroadsconference/gallery

The Crossroads Conference is also proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Digital Humanities Contest:

  • 1st Place – “A Different Image, Another Sound: Resistant Rhetoric and Black Identity” by Nhadya Lawes (U of Miami)
  • 2nd place – “A Meta-Analytic Review: The Implications of Virtual Reality with Immersion on Secondary Language Acquisition” by Dylan Darling and Greter Camacho Melian (NSU)
  • 3rd Place – “Griot to DJ: Remixing and Blending Globalizing Culture” by Sarah Djos-Raph (U of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Each project represents exemplary studies of impactful issues in digital humanities and will be posted to the Humanities Center website over the summer: https://hcas.nova.edu/humanities/.

The next Call-For-Papers for the Crossroads Humanities Student Conference (2022) will be released in Fall 2021. Ask to be added to our listserv for more updates by emailing humanities@nova.edu or follow us on Instagram @nsu_humanities.

Student Wins Marine Industries Memorial Scholarship

This May, first-year marine science graduate student Megan McGrath – from the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences – was awarded the 6th annual Frank Herhold Memorial Scholarship from the Marine Industries of South Florida (MIASF). The award was recognized in the MIASF 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on May 20.

Megan McGrath

Megan’s research is on the presence of UV-filters in ambient seawater and tissue of Acropora cervicornis, and the possible impacts UV-filters have on coral fecundity, or fertility. With major advisor D. Abigail Renegar, Ph.D., Megan will be taking samples of A. cervicornis (Staghorn coral) from Nova Southeastern University’s offshore coral nursery, two locations managed by the Coral Restoration Foundation in the Florida Keys, as well as The Florida Aquarium. This is the first-time tests for UV-filters on coral reefs will be completed in mainland USA, and the first time ever UV-filters will be compared to A. cervicornis ability to reproduce.

Created in 1961, MIASF is a not-for-profit trade organization focused on the sound growth of the marine industry for the benefit of its members and their customers, local communities, and the environment. MIASF is comprised of more than 500 members in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties and is the owner of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Osteopathic Faculty, Staff Members Receive Golden Apples

Several of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty and staff members were honored with Golden Apple awards in May from the students in recognition of the dedication they exhibited in their respective programs.

Golden Apple Award (Osteopathic Medicine-Class of 2021)

Caitlin Arbos, M.S.

Golden Apple Award (Osteopathic Medicine-Class of 2023)

Yasmin Qureshi, D.P.T., Ed.D., M.P.T., M.S.

Golden Apple Award (Osteopathic Medicine-Class of 2024)

Hoang Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D.

Golden Apple Award (Master of Public Health)

Lucas Hollar, Ph.D.

Golden Apple Award (Biomedical Informatics)

Robin J. Jacobs, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S., M.P.H.

Golden Apple Award (Nutrition)

Stephanie Petrosky, M.H.A., RDN, LDN, FAND

Golden Apple Award (Certificate in Health Professions Preparation)

Bindu Mayi, Ph.D., M.Sc.

 

Halmos Researchers Delve into Oil Spill Impacts on Coral Species

D. Abigail Renegar

This past winter, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences marine science researcher D. Abigail Renegar, Ph.D. with college alumnus Nicholas Turner, Ph.D. published a research paper entitled, “Species Sensitivity Assessment of Five Atlantic Scleractinian Coral Species to 1‑Methylnaphthalene” in Nature’s scientific reports.

This is the first publication of results from the Coral-Tox project, which was funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. The central objective of this project was to provide a foundation for science-based decision-making regarding oil spill response in coral reef environments.

This paper includes the first published species sensitivity distribution for stony corals, which indicate that the Atlantic staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, was the most sensitive to hydrocarbon exposure of the five species tested. As staghorn coral is listed a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, this result is an important consideration in the oil spill response planning process. Future publications from this project will continue to transform our understanding of the impacts of spilled oil in coral reef environments.

Halmos Alumna Publishes on Everglades Marine Biology Research

From left, Kiersten Monahan, Dyane Oliva, and J. Matt Hoch

Kiersten Monahan

Kiersten Monahan, a 2019 alumna of the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences in marine biology, was published in the journal Florida Scientist this past winter for her research titled “Comparison of Phosphate Uptake by Epiphyton, Metaphyton, and eEpipelon in the Everglades.”

Monahan’s publication encompassed her Honors in Major thesis research with mentor and college faculty member J. Matthew Hoch, Ph.D. Her research took place in the Everglades, the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States and the results of her research could aid understanding effects of phosphorus pollution in nutrient-polluted waters.

The Honors in Major program is a university-wide program administered by the Farquhar Honors College. It is a unique opportunity for high-performing NSU undergraduate students in their senior year.

Speech-Language Pathology Student Presents at Annual Conference

Clarisse El-Khouri, the NSU Writing and Communication Center graduate consultant, presented at the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) annual conference, March 18-20. El-Khouri is a graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) master’s program in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.

El-Khouri presented alongside Associate Professor Jackie Hinckley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP ( Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences); Katie Strong, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Central Michigan University); and Nick Malendowski (Central Michigan University). Their presentation, “Why didn’t I think of this before? Perceptions of Stakeholder Engaged Research,” analyzed the perception of stakeholders (specifically aphasia researchers) on collaborating with people with aphasia, their family members, and clinicians involved in aphasia care (i.e., SLPs).

“This was an amazing opportunity to team up with top aphasia researchers in the country and learn more about how stakeholder-engaged research can have an immense impact on improving care and quality of life in people with aphasia as well as their families,” El-Khouri said. She added that from the researcher interviews, one of the participants stated,  “Living with aphasia is very different than writing about it or giving programs.”

Click here to watch a recording of their presentation.

Access El-Khouri et al.’s presentation handout here. 

To learn more about the MSHA annual conference, visit  https://www.michiganspeechhearing.org/annual_conference.php

 

 

Getting Funding From PCORI: New Directions, New Collaborations

Is your project a collaboration between clinicians, researchers, or policymakers/payers? Does your project include patient partners to help design, plan or conduct the research? Then the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) may be a source of funding for you. In this presentation we will discuss PCORI’s aims and history, types of funding mechanisms, and tips from funded projects. We look forward to seeing you at the event. Zoom link

Fernandez and Williams Selected for MLB Draft League Rosters

As 29 members of the Nova Southeastern baseball team embark this month toward their summer league destinations, a pair of Sharks have earned an unprecedented opportunity as roster selections to play in the inaugural MLB Draft League. Both junior outfielder Adan Fernandez and senior pitcher JP Williams will have the chance to increase their visibility while showcasing their skills with the Trenton Thunder.
Operating very much like the schedule Major League players work in, the MLB Draft League schedule will consist of six games per week after the opening stretch of 14 consecutive dates through June 7. In its entirety, there will be 68 games, 34 home and away, for each club. The championship game is scheduled to be played August 15.
Per the official site of the MLB Draft League: Draft League participants will receive unprecedented visibility to MLB Club scouts through both in-person observation and state-of-the-art scouting technology, and educational programming designed to prepare them for careers as professional athletes.
The NSU pair are members of a group of only 32 players nationwide from NCAA Division II selected for the inaugural season’s rosters in the league. The 2021 MLB draft is Sunday, July 11 and roughly a month behind its normal schedule.

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