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USchool Students Celebrate Black History Month

Throughout the month of February, students across various grade levels celebrated Black History Month through a range of insightful activities. Below are just a few of the activities that took place:

  • In the Upper School, students had the opportunity to hear from several influential guests, including Marquise Francis, senior national reporter and producer for Yahoo News, and RaShauna Hamilton, Miami Dolphins senior director of community relations and youth programs, who shared their career journey and expertise. The Black Student Alliance hosted an event to unify the school and celebrate Black music and culture.
  • Both Middle and Upper School students visited the Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight exhibit in the Alvin Sherman Library at NSU where they connected the stories of African American achievements, overcoming adversity, and challenges to their classroom discussions.
  • Middle School students researched different Black figures and designed infographics highlighting each individual’s impact. QR codes were also displayed in the hallway to introduce students to Black biographies and music.
  • In the Lower School, students made posters highlighting impactful, historical Black figures as part of an interactive Black History Month display, learned about African culture, observed artifacts, and enjoyed a performance by Positivity Africa, an African fusion band.

Posted 03/12/23

College Sponsors 2023 BCPS Caliber Awards

NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) served as one of the sponsors for the 2023 Broward County Public School Caliber Awards.

The event, which took place on Feb. 3, recognizes, and celebrates outstanding teachers, principals, assistant principals, and school-related employees in the Broward County School District.

FCE&SCJ served as a platinum sponsor for the event and provided a $5,000 scholarship to the four respective winners of the Teacher, Principal, Assistant Principal and School-Related Employee of the Year.

At the event, the college was represented by Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Kenneth Rockensies, Ed.D, and Director of Graduate Admissions, Leonard Jacobskind, Ed.D.

Rockensies was given the opportunity to deliver a two-minute speech to voice the mission of the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. He also thanked the Broward County Public Schools for their continued partnership with the college.

This is not the first time the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice has served as a Platinum Sponsor for the Caliber Awards. The college has previously served as a sponsor going back to as early as 2018.

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Halmos Faculty Presents at African Studies Conference

Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D., second from right, and other presenters at 2022 African Studies Association

Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) presented at the 2022 African Studies Association conference held in Philadelphia.

Muvingi’ s presentation was part of a panel on Urban Africa and the COVID-19 pandemic. His presentation addressed the paradox that global health forums including the World Health Organization predicted that due to poor health infrastructure and limited resources, Africa would suffer catastrophic impacts from COVID-19.

In fact, Africa had the lowest infection and fatality rates from COVID-19 and the scientific world remains mystified as to why. Muvingi’ s presentation was an analysis that attributed the low impacts to the collectivist nature of most African communities and experience dealing with epidemics; factors largely ignored and even contested by the scientific world.

Muvingi is the faculty adviser to the African Working Group. His academic interests include human rights, African politics, and transitional justice with a special focus on Africa.

Posted 03/12/23

NSU Receives Funding to Address Nursing Shortage

Nova Southeastern University has been awarded more than $3.5 million in funding from the State of Florida ($1.75 million) as well as three healthcare partners ($1.75 million) – HCA/East Florida, Baptist Health/South Florida, and Memorial Healthcare System – to address our state’s critical nursing shortage. NSU will use this funding to provide dozens, if not hundreds, of student scholarships, mentorship opportunities, clinical faculty appointments and equipment upgrades that will continue to put NSU at the forefront of nursing education.

In 2022, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 2524, creating the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (“LINE”) funding program. The LINE Fund was created to incentivize collaboration between nursing education programs and health care partners to combat the growing nursing shortage in the state. The Legislature allocated $19 million for LINE funding and of that amount, $4.6 million was earmarked for private colleges and universities, via a competitive grant process. Nursing programs seeking funding are required to partner with, and obtain funding from, a healthcare provider. The State – through the Florida Department of Education – then matches the healthcare partner funding on a dollar-to-dollar basis.

In October 2022, NSU’s Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing submitted its LINE Program application for $1,762,621. This amount was to match a commitment of funds from private donors:   $500,000 from HCA, $1,062,619 from Baptist, and $200,000 from Memorial Healthcare System. On December 16, 2022, the Department of Education issued Prioritized Funding List, scoring the 26 applications from private colleges and universities that applied for funding. NSU tied for the second-highest score among 26 private colleges and universities and received the third-highest award amount of $3,525,242 as a result of the match.

On February 9, 2023, the Department formally issued its award notification to NSU for the State’s matching funds. The College of Nursing is working diligently to implement its clinical adjunct faculty recruitment measures, purchase and integrate new equipment, and – most importantly – to identify and begin issuing scholarships to eligible NSU students in partnership with HCA, Baptist, and Memorial.

Posted 03/12/23

Student Dietitians Explore Grow2Heal Garden in Homestead

For the graduate student dietitian, a culminating experience in the “Culinary lab” course included a visit to Baptist Hospitals’ Grow2Heal Garden in Homestead, FL. The KPCOM, Department of Nutrition established a relationship with Baptist Health and Garden Manager, Thi Squire four years ago. The garden opened in 2014 with the goal to reach members of the community, improve their health, and prevent future disease. You can read more about the garden at https://baptisthealth.net/baptist-health-news/grow2heal-homestead-hospitals-community-garden .

The nutrition students were given a list of vegetables, herbs, and spices that were currently growing in the garden and would be available for their use. On the list was green papaya, rainbow chard, kale, yellow cauliflower, and tomatoes. Upon arrival, items such as ramen noodles, couscous, chickpeas, and chicken were added to the list. The students were challenged with creating a “Farm to Table” experience and then serving this meal to the Garden Manager, her assistants, their professor, and each other.

Quickly the students divided into three groups, devised their menu, and went to work. This challenge brought together the various concepts that they had learned from Food Service Management, Culinary Nutrition, Medical Nutrition Therapy, World Culture, Wellness, and other courses. The items created were: Green Papaya Slaw with a homemade Chili-Garlic dressing, Fresh Garden Vegetable Stir Fry, and Crispy Chickpea, Cauliflower, & Couscous salad with a Lemon-turmeric Herb dressing. The meal was enjoyed by all. Following lunch, students toured the garden, identifying various vegetables and herbs that grow well in the South Florida climate.

Student Dietitian, Sarah Jarrett commented that the garden was “a space to learn, nourish, and heal both yourself and others.” Cara Gonnello added, “Spending time at the Grow2Heal garden in Homestead was a fantastic hands-on experience for our cohort.”

Posted 03/12/23

DCMA Faculty and Students Present at SWCA Conference

This year, writing faculty and students in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts (DCMA) had the pleasure of delivering multiple presentations at the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) conference in Memphis, TN From February 9-11.

The SWCA Conference is an annual event held to advance literacy and further the theoretical, practical, and political concerns of writing center professionals. The conference also serves as a forum for writing concerns among students, faculty, staff, and writing professionals from both academic and nonacademic communities in the southeastern United States.

Janine Morris, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Writing in DCMA said, “After a 3-year hiatus, it was great to be back in person at the conference again. Our students did a great job representing NSU and talking about the work taking place at the NSU Writing and Communication Center.”

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Art + Design Alum Featured at Visual Arts Festival

Art + Design alumna, Annie Nugget, painted a mural live during the first-ever Avenue of the Arts Festival (AOTA) in Fort Lauderdale.

“It was the first opportunity I had to collaborate with another artist (its_tryphonas) and be involved in a community mural fest. Connecting with other artists and walks of life through the event was insightful and reassuring in my own journey beyond my brush against the wall in my part of the event,” Nugget said.

Born and raised in the U.S., Nugget shared her experience as a first-generation Vietnamese American through multidisciplinary art. Her work is best described as the inspiration of contrasting concepts combining subjects and materials to convey a new vision of reinterpreted thoughts.

Learn more about NSU’s B.A. in Art + Design here.

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Students Design Campaign for Ice Cream Business

Communication students in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts had a “sweet” semester collaborating with Sweet Aloha Ice Cream in Davie, Florida. The B.A. in Communication course, COMM 4300: Social Media Theory and Practice, is offered every other winter semester and provides students hands-on experience designing a social media campaign for a client. The course previously partnered with NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute.

“I am so proud of the professionalism and creativity that the 25 students in this course demonstrated while working with Sweet Aloha Ice Cream to deliver a strategic and successful social media campaign,” said Associate Professor of Communication Whitney Lehmann, Ph.D., APR, who teaches the course. “Sweet Aloha Ice Cream was such a fun client and community partner to work with and we enjoyed learning about its ‘Aloha’ organizational culture.”

Students worked with Sweet Aloha’s owner, Jimmy Anderson, to complete a social media audit, propose campaign objectives and complete deliverables, which included a social media channel strategy, a manual, a blog, a media relations toolbox, social media branding, professional imagery, audience-driven content, marketing materials and SWAG, and more.

The students presented the deliverables during a final showcase on Monday, Feb. 20, in the Teaching and Learning Studio in the Writing and Communication Center.

“My thanks to Jimmy and Sweet Aloha Ice Cream for providing this outstanding experiential learning opportunity for our communication students,” said Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts Shanti Bruce, Ph.D., “I was so impressed with the students’ presentations and creative efforts.”

For more information about DCMA’s community partners, click here.

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Dental Medicine Faculty Receives Dental Materials Honor

Sibel Antonson, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.B.A.

Sibel Antonson, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.B.A., was this year’s recipient of the Peyton-Skinner for Innovation in Dental Materials Science Award from the International Association for Dental Research, Dental Materials Group.

This award is dedicated to senior scientists who have made significant contribution to innovation throughout their dedicated life to dental materials.

Antonson was nominated by Dr. Jack Ferracane, Professor and Chair of Department of Restorative Dentistry at Oregon Health and Science University, and the recipient of the Wilmer Sauder Award.

“In 2001, Dr. Sibel Antonson challenged the physics of the centuries old principle of finishing and polishing procedures, and with a unique formula, found a way to eliminate polishing pastes from resin composite clinical procedures,” he said. “She was able to determine the perfect match of abrasive materials for finishing and polishing resin composites in a single step. Since the market introduction of PoGo in 2001, many one-step finishing and polishing products have been developed by other dental manufacturers. However, to date, none of them have matched the performance of PoGo. Since its launch, a large body of independent scientific data from many sources has been generated to validate the consistent and reliably successful performance of PoGo. Even 20 years later, unmatched performance has been shown under various conditions, with different resin composites, and by different operators.

“It is evident that her innovative nature and tremendous work ethic has resulted in a career full of definable achievements that have contributed greatly to the delivery of improved oral health care around the world. She has truly been a pioneer in the field of dental materials, similar to the namesakes of this award.”

Currently, Antonson serves as Assistant Dean for Research and Development at NSU College of Dental Medicine.

Posted 03/12/23

Educators Publish Article in Southern Discourse in the Center

Nikki Chasteen, M.A., NSU Writing & Communication Center (WCC) Assistant Director; Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D. NSU WCC Executive Director; and Kelly Concannon, Ph.D., Eric Mason, Ph.D., and Janine Morris, Ph.D, NSU WCC Faculty Coordinators, published “From Crisis to Habit: Re-Shaping Academic Conferences for Remote Communities” in the Fall 2022 issue of Southern Discourse in the Center. Dvorak, Concannon, Mason, and Morris are all faculty members in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts (DCMA) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences (HCAS). Chasteen is an alumna of the DCMA Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media master’s program.

“From Crisis to Habit” focuses on lessons learned while hosting the virtual 2022 Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) conference, February 2022. Chasteen et al. co-hosted the conference, with support from DCMA and the SWCA board. Of the experience, Chasteen et al. reflect, “Almost two years into the pandemic, and with all of this uncertainty in mind, we wondered what we could do to engage conference participants in needed conversations, how we could understand this period as an opportunity to maximize our most productive habits, and what lessons we had learned in the process” (11). The article provides advice for educators interested in hosting remote conferences.

To access “From Crisis to Habit: Re-Shaping Academic Conferences for Remote Communities,” click here.

To learn more about the WCC, visit www.nova.edu/wcc

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