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Get the Latest NSU Coverage on Mako TV News

Mako TV reporter Madison Kasper recently covered historical romance novelist Julia Quinn’s visit to the NSU Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center and the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center.

Mako TV News covers student reactions to the new preferred name/preferred pronouns policy on campus. Reporter Madison Kasper covers the visit by romance novelist Julia Quinn, the writer behind the Bridgerton book series that was turned into a Netflix show. Professor Aarti Raja provides a health tip to prevent infections. And Mako TV gives its latest updates on NSU sports.

SEE IT ALL IN THE LATEST MAKO TV NEWS REPORT!

Posted 09/24/23

Halmos DCRS to Host Storytelling Festival in Conflict Resolution

The Conflict Resolution Community of Practice Working Group (CRCPWG) in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) will host a Storytelling Festival in Conflict Resolution Zoom session on Friday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m. during Residential Institute.

Linda Cole

The event will be facilitated by Lizyvette Ramos, CRCPWG President and doctoral candidate in DCRS. Alexia Georgakopoulos, Ph.D., is the faculty director of CRCPWG. The featured speakers will be Linda Cole and David Noganosh and they will share their stories.

Linda Cole is a founding board member and former president of Mediators Beyond Borders. She also has served as a Special Master, an SEC receiver, a neutral evaluator, and a Special Magistrate and settlement Counsel. She has served internationally in Bulgaria, Jordan, Kosovo, and Sri Lanka as an ADR and Mediation Specialist with USAID and teaches internationally. Cole is the President and CEO of BRDGES Academy, an online educational platform for training dispute resolution practitioners.

David Noganosh

David Noganosh, whose spirit name Spotted Hawk, is a mediator, negotiator, and trainer from Anissinabek Nation, Wolf Clan. He is the Principal and Founder of Red Wolf Mediation, a company he founded in 2012. It is the only First Nations-owned and operated Mediation Firm in Ontario (Canada). He has actively facilitated violence prevention, conflict resolution, and anger management programs in Aboriginal and African Canadian communities for many years. He joined St. Stephen’s Conflict Resolution & Training in 2008, where he was an Associate Mediator and Trainer until 2013. Zoom: https://nova.zoom.us/s/99763420345 Meeting ID: 997 6342 034

Posted 09/15/23

BEDI Council Members Visit Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum

BEDI Advisory Council members visit the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, home to a collection of items related to the Seminole Indians.

On Saturday, August 26, 2023, seven members of Nova Southeastern University’s Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (BEDI) Advisory Council toured the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation.

NSU staff and faculty members Arkene Levy, Eileen Petzold-Bradley, Jessica Valenzuela, Jennifer Berne, Lisa Quinn, Sarena Williams, Laura Ramirez, and Arnetta Pierce were guided by Seminole Tribe Member Van V. Samuels, the museum educator, through the museum and a mile-long walk along a boardwalk through the Everglades

BEDI Advisory Council members gather on the Seminole Tribe’s “Ceremonial Grounds Kitchen,” an open-sided structure made from palmetto and cypress.

All the council members expressed their gratitude to learn more about the Seminole people and experience their rich cultural and historical ties to the Southeast and Florida.

Members of the NSU’s BEDI Advisory Council are taking steps to foster outreach initiatives and building an authentic process of establishing a land acknowledgment dialogue with the various indigenous communities in the locations of each NSU campus. This includes being a “Tree Island” corporate sponsor, where NSU will be listed on their website and be able to attend other events such as the upcoming American Indigenous Arts Celebration (AIAC) in November.

Future initiatives will include inviting representatives from the Seminole Tribe of Florida to visit NSU and attend special educational events at NSU including Native American Heritage Month and the annual Diversity Summit planned for April 2024.

Find out more about upcoming BEDI Events here.

Posted 09/10/23

University School Network Classes Off to a Great Start

What a FINtastic year ahead for USchool students interested in broadcast journalism and TV production. All of our studios have been revamped and students are utilizing new equipment to get coverage beyond the classroom. 

Students in all divisions are developing on-air presentation skills, including the fundamentals of shooting and editing videos to be live streamed on our daily morning shows. Students are also working with the different aspects of a TV studio, such as lighting, sound, and floor management.

Learn more about NSU University School’s college preparatory program for students in Preschool – Grade 12 at www.uschool.nova.edu.

Posted 09/10/23

USchool Students’ Community Service Targets Caribbean

Upper School Students and New2U Ambassadors started off the year participating in an impactful community service event. Students filled about 2,000 backpacks with school supplies to be sent to vulnerable children through Food For The Poor.

Each backpack contained notebooks, folders, a pencil case, ruler, colored pencils, crayons, pencils and sharpeners, erasers, highlighters, and pens. The backpacks are being sent to schools in Jamaica, Haiti, and other islands of the Caribbean through Food for The Poor’s Angels of Hope program.

Learn more about NSU University School’s college preparatory program for students in Preschool – Grade 12 at www.uschool.nova.edu.

Posted 09/10/23

Physician Assistant Grad Continues to Grow Her Business

Karli Plunkett and her staff

When Karli Plunkett – a 2017 alum and graduate of the NSU physician assistant program – graduated, she started the Orlando business Nectar Aesthetics, a medical spa specializing in tailored aesthetic treatments. Now, Plunkett is planning to open a second location in downtown Orlando in November.

Plunkett attributes her drive and success to the lessons learned at NSU. Surrounding herself with other passionate PAs from NSU also has been her recipe. Two of Plunkett’s practitioners are Jenni Jagers and Rheema Islam, 2022 and 2023 graduates.

“I remember when NSU accepted me I felt so lucky, and then once didactic started I transitioned straight into feeling overwhelmed,” she said. “Fortunately, I was surrounded by great people.”

Plunkett says the relations she formed in school meant a lot. She credits the student acceptance screening with making NSU’s program “an overall great experience.”

“I think this is often underappreciated, but NSU’s screening for students is excellent, and surrounded me with wonderful classmates to encourage and be encouraged by,” she said. “PA school was one of my greatest challenges, but the rewards have been undeniable.”

Posted 09/10/23

Shark Cage Event Showcases Latest Student-Run Businesses

On Friday, Sept. 1, the Huizenga Business Innovation Academy held its Shark Cage Grand Opening event at the Shark Cage and Mako Hall Lawn. The event provided an opportunity for students to showcase NSU’s newest student-run businesses.

The businesses offered delicious food, amazing products, and beneficial services. You can expect to see these business circulating around campus this semester.

Posted 09/10/23

Education Alum Named Dean of Students at Lynn University

Sholondo Campbell

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice alum Sholondo Campbell, Ed.D. has been named the Dean of Students at Lynn University.

Campbell earned his Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from NSU. However, in addition to being an NSU alum, he also served nine years at NSU managing student affairs for the university’s regional campuses across Florida and in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Campbell is no stranger to leadership in higher education.

“A lot of it is relationship building across the university and ensuring collaboration on anything that kind of impacts students’ success and overall experience,” he said.

As the Dean of Students, Campbell works with a small group of people to ensure the students at Lynn are succeeding and doing well.

“I have the opportunity to supervise two assistant deans and an Executive Director of Health and Wellness. So, I essentially work with the VP and assist in the development and implementation of various key projects that support the division’s mission and vision to support student success and retention.”

Some of the areas that fall under Campbell’s office include campus student involvement, case management, Student Conduct, the Student Health Center, counseling services, the fitness and recreation center, and more.

Campbell didn’t initially expect to end up in higher education at the start of his career. But when he considered a fulfilling profession that would allow him to make a living, his mind came to student affairs.

“I really kept coming back to the experiences I had on a college campus, I was a student athlete, I was involved in Student Activities,” he said.

The interactions Campbell had with administrators during those times kind of spurred him to enter the field himself, and he has been helping students ever since.

Campbell said he hopes to really drive student success while he is in his current role.

“If I’m meeting all of my objectives and it’s still fueling student success, and having students stay here and feel a strong sense of belonging and strong sense of satisfaction on their way to graduating, then that’s a win for me.”

Congratulations on the role, Sholondo Campbell! Fins up to you!

Posted 09/10/23

Couple Establish Community Engagement Scholarship

From left, Mark Schweizer and Robert Voelker

Mark Schweizer and his husband Robert Voelker have established the Dr. Mark S. Schweizer and Robert M. Voelker Community Engagement Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship will be given yearly to the senior dental students who demonstrates an exceptional commitment, compassion, initiative, and engagement that embraces the NSU College of Dental Medicine’s mission to local, national, and community oral health outreach.

With more than one half of the population that does not have the ability to access oral healthcare, engaging in programs that support access oral healthcare is an important portion of Schweizer’s and Voelker’s commitment to community service.

Schweizer is the Assistant Dean of Community Programs and Public health and has developed an extensive program of community service across the globe. Voelker, a licensed architect, is the principal of DM Visualization, LLC, which provides global training on innovative software for architectural interior visualization.

Together, they support many charities that support food insufficiency, animals’ rights, increasing access to oral health care, and LBGTQ+ rights. Schweizer and Voelker encourage all to each day to give at least one random act of kindness.

Posted 09/10/23

Dental Medicine Faculty Gets Special Recognition

From left, Katherine Bridges, Dental Executive Director at Florida Department of Health, and Elias Moron

Elías Morón, received a recognition from Katherine Bridges, Dental Executive Director at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), on July 25, 2023, during the FDOH Statewide Dental Performance Meeting “Entering a New Era in Dentistry” in Jacksonville, Florida.

Morón presented “An Interprofessional School-Based Initiative to Increase Access to Oral Health Care in Underserved Florida Counties.”

In light of the unmet oral health care needs for children in rural counties, the FDOH and Nova Southeastern University’s College of Dental Medicine developed and implemented an interprofessional school-based oral health initiative to provide an educational training program for school-based nurses working in public elementary schools located in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas.

This interprofessional school-based oral health initiative is funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and administered by the FDOH. Richard Singer, Associate Professor at the Department of Oral Science and Translational Research, is the Principal Investigator of this oral health initiative.

Moron, D.D.S., M.P.H., M.H.L.  is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Oral Science and Translational Research at the NSU College of Dental Medicine.

Richard Singer, D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D.  is an Executive Director for Master of Science Program, Associate Professor in Department of Oral Science and Translational research.

Posted 09/10/23

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