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NSU Receives Two Milestone Accreditations

When Nova Southeastern University President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., unveiled NSU’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values, he challenged all the deans to work with their faculty and staff to obtain recognition from their respective accrediting bodies.

 That challenge was not only accepted, but today, we can announce that it has been met, as NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine both earned the highest level of accreditation in their disciplines.

In the case of the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, NSU earned accreditation from AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) – the world’s largest business education alliance. With the accreditation, NSU joins the ranks of less than six percent of the world’s schools offering business degree programs. Currently, 980 institutions in 60 countries and territories have earned this prestigious accreditation, which requires a rigorous approval process. READ MORE.

As for the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, it has been granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)—the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs in the United States and Canada. Achieving this final, essential approval involved a three-step accreditation journey, which included numerous site visits spanning more than six years. The accreditation grants NSU MD the privilege of officially conferring the Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.) and state licensure upon its student graduates. READ MORE.

Posted 02/22/23

Halmos College Professor Publishes Article in Cultural Analytics

Amanda Furiasse, Ph.D.

Amanda Furiasse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities & Politics published “Sailing on Encrypted Seas: The Archive and Digital Memory in African and Diasporic Futurism” in the Journal of Cultural Analytics January Issue.

The article offers valuable insight into African religions’ varying approaches to consciousness, memory, and identity and how African and Latin American artists are reworking these ideas to reimagine the constitutive elements of AI and machine learning devices.

According to Professor Furiasse, “Working on this article allowed me to meet with artists and gain valuable insight into the varying ways in which artists are thinking about AI and digital technologies. The arts have always been a crucial resource for technological innovation. This article brings attention to the possible ways that the arts can help solve pressing technological challenges and develop more ecologically and culturally conscious AI models.”

Posted 02/19/23

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Week Features Several Events

NSU College of Dental Medicine; the University Advisory Council Member for Belonging, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; and Humanism and Diversity Committee, honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday during their Third Annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness Week January 17-20. The week emphasized the importance of maintaining and enhancing humanism, diversity, equity, and inclusion and a sense of belonging and providing informative and educational information and opportunity for students, faculty, and staff.

Below were the highlights of the event:

CDM BEDI Speakers Series Presentations

  • Topic: “Building Belonging: How Do We Do It, and Why is It Important”
    • Speaker: Robin Cooper, Ph.D. Cooper is the assistant dean/ professor of Conflict Resolution and Ethnic Studies with NSU’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
  • Topic: “The Impact of Implicit Bias and Cultural Humility in Patient-Centered Care”
    • Speakers: Archana Vatwani PT, DPT, Ed.D., MBA & Diana Cherkiss, MMS, MPH, PA-C. Vatwani is an associate professor with NSU’s Physical Therapy Department at Nova Southeastern University. Diana Cherkiss is an associate professor and the Academic Director of the Physician Assistant program at Nova Southeastern University

The Student “Diversity” Essay Competition was intended to increase awareness, promote understanding, and engage students in a discussion to help foster diversity and inclusion within our Dental Community. Danny Minh Nguyen, a D4 Dental Student, received the 2023 Diversity Essay competition First Place. He received the Dean’s Coin Award and a check for $500 presented by Dr. Steven Kaltman, dean of College of Dental Medicine, Dr. Hal Lippman, Executive Associate Dean of Operations, Dr. Aryia Amini, Director of CDM BEDI

CDM BEDI, SGA and Student Clubs presented Sock Drive to Benefit Local Homeless Shelters in our community

Posted 02/19/23

Psychology Professor Presents at Law Society of Ireland

NSU College of Psychology adjunct professor Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren will be presenting to the Law Society of Ireland’s annual human rights lecture. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 2023 and will be conducted via Zoom.

Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, who teaches in the College’s Forensic Psychology M.S. program, is currently the presiding County Court Judge of the Misdemeanor Mental Health Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County. She pioneered the nation’s first therapeutic Mental Health Court in 1997 which has been dedicated to the decriminalization of persons with mental illnesses and neurological disorders.

The Law Society is the educational, representative and regulatory body of the solicitors’ profession in the Republic of Ireland. It offers legal education and training as well as encouraging and supporting the highest professional standards in the profession.

Posted 02/19/23

Featured Speakers at Upcoming Diversity Summit, March 15-16

NSU’s Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Council is hosting its inaugural diversity summit at all NSU locations from March 15-16. The summit’s theme is “The Power Of Belonging: Connect, Collaborate, and Thrive.” Here’s a sneak peek at some of the featured speakers and topics.

“The Science to Supporting Underrepresented Minority (URM) and English Language Learners, ELL, students in STEM Courses” with Melinda Contreras, Ph.D.

Contreras

Melinda L. Contreras, Ph.D., has 20 years of experience in education and has managed hundreds of educational programs within medical education. She is an assistant professor in the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. Contreras also serves as a sensitivity and bias evaluator for COGNIA, where she has reviewed and revised assessments for the Common Core Standards for 39 U.S. states, and is currently assisting in the revamping of Boston Public Schools assessments to make them more racially and culturally sensitive.

“I Bet You Didn’t Know” with Elaine Lenon, M.A., NAD, NIC

Elaine Lenon, M.A., NAD, NIC, is a leading advocate for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community and has dedicated over 20 years of service to the South Florida community.

Lenon

A public servant by nature, her passion for the Deaf community was cultivated during her time as a Denver resident. Diving into the fabric of the Deaf community, she witnessed the acts of discrimination and maltreatment imposed upon the Deaf. Lenon is dedicated to decreasing the multiple barriers and lack of resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. She also founded Community Outreach for the Deaf, Inc., a nonprofit organization.

For more information on the BEDI Advisory Council and the summit, visit www.nova.edu/bedi.

Posted 02/14/23

NSU Community Garden Holds Grand Opening March 6

The NSU Community Garden will hold its Grand Opening on March 6 at 11:30 a.m. and stand as a monument for NSU’s commitment to sustainability. The community garden was made possible through efforts from multiple teams across NSU brought together by the Facilities Management Department’s Student Sustainability Coordinators (SSC) working within the Physical Plant Department (PPD).

SSC Tatum Hedrick, Caleb Siguenza and Aylen De Simone worked with PPD Grounds Supervisor Jeff Heard to develop the land along with volunteers from other NSU organizations including Presidential Scholars, Green Sharks, and the Nature Club. Support for this project was provided by the Facilities Management Department, Office of Student Success, University Advancement Office, and all who donated through our annual giving campaign.

NSU recently received a silver ranking from the Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). Continuing with our sustainability initiatives the community garden provides users with 26 assigned plots of varying sizes, and an open green space to meet, relax, or enjoy in the way they see fit. In addition to serving the NSU community the garden also provides NSU with additional STARS points and certifies our standings with both Tree Campus USA (upcoming event on April 24) and Bee Campus USA, further solidifying our sustainability goals.

Posted 02/19/23

Honors Student Participates in Graduate Research

Corinne Renshaw and Alexander Rayburn with a lancetfish.

Farquhar Honors College sophomore Corinne Renshaw is participating in graduate-level research as an undergraduate student. The research is part of graduate student Alexander Rayburn’s master’s thesis, which focuses on marine parasitology among large deep-water fishes.

Renshaw’s role includes dissecting the fish, identifying the marine parasites, and classifying them via genetic analysis.

“My favorite part of the project is using a microscope to classify new parasites,” said Renshaw, a marine biology and environmental science major. “I was always fascinated with larger megafauna, but after working on this research, the more minute aspects of marine life are fascinating.”

Renshaw received this research opportunity through David Kerstetter, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, who offered her the position after she took his honors Invasive Species Ecology and Management course.

“Corinne showed lots of motivation and participation in class and dedication to a volunteering opportunity when offered,” said Kerstetter. “[She] has already gained a better understanding of how an active research lab works—the coordination between lab members regarding space and scheduling, the amount of work that goes on in actual wildlife research, and some of the process involved from collecting specimens in the wild through the peer-reviewed publication of the results.”

Along with aiding in research, she serves as the community service chair of Epsilon Eta, NSU’s environmental honors society. She has worked on wildflower garden restoration and invasive species clean-up initiatives through this organization. After graduating, Renshaw hopes to pursue a master’s and doctoral degree in marine ecology to gain more research opportunities in coastal conservation.

Posted 02/19/23

Halmos Faculty Interviewed on World War I Podcast

David Kilroy, Ph.D.

David Kilroy, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was recently interviewed about his book, For Race and Country: The Life and Career of Colonel Charles Young, for the World War I Podcast presented by the MacArthur Memorial.

In 2022, Col. Young was posthumously promoted by the Biden administration to brigadier general – a rank he likely would have advanced to during World War I.  Born into slavery at the close of the U.S. Civil War, in 1917 Charles Young was the highest ranking African American officer in the U.S. Army.

A veteran of the 1916 Mexican Expedition, his name appeared on a list of that campaign’s officers that General John J. Pershing recommended for future brigade command.  Then, just as the U.S. entered World War I, he was controversially sidelined after failing a routine medical exam.  The podcast, linked below, explores the controversy of his forced retirement and other aspects of Charles Young’s extraordinary career.

Charles Young: For Race and Country (buzzsprout.com)

For information about Kilroy’s book, please see:

https://www.amazon.com/Race-Country-Career-Colonel-Charles/dp/0275980057

Posted 02/19/23

Health Foundation of South Florida Gives NSU $1 Million Grant

The Health Foundation of South Florida recently announced that it is investing $2 million in two regional universities to advance health equity in underserved communities in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Nova Southeastern University and the University of Miami will each receive a $1 million grant to name and launch unique initiatives that will bring together multidisciplinary experts from across their respective institutions and the community to inform the development and implementation of innovative and community-based programs and collect and evaluate data – all aimed at identifying and address the root causes of health inequity across South Florida.

NSU’s Julie A. Jacko, Ph.D., is the Principal Investigator and Project Director for the grant and François Sainfort, Ph.D., is the Co-Principal Investigator.

As part of the investment the universities will forge partnerships and coordinate with regional health systems and community organizations to support the adoption of promising interventions.

The award was made to the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine and specifically, to its Department of Population Health Sciences. The grant will involve NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and clinical partners including NSU Health, Memorial Healthcare System, as well as value-based primary care provider Cano Health.

“We believe this is groundbreaking for our region, and an important step toward informing, shaping and implementing population health efforts that can ultimately help us achieve health equity,” said Loreen Chant, president and CEO of the Health Foundation of South Florida.

The investment aligns with all three of the Health Foundation’s three focus areas: working at a systems level to improve access to healthcare in uninsured and underserved communities, advance the integration of social needs and clinical care delivery, and foster economic stability and other community conditions that promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Posted 02/23/23

Health Care Sciences Faculty to Represent U.S. at International Meeting

Carole Zangari, Ph.D.

Carole Zangari, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA-F, BCS-CL, professor of Speech-Language Pathology, was elected to the Board of Directors for the U.S. Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC). She also will serve as the liaison to the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). Additionally, Zangari is the new Coordinator for ISAAC Region 1, which includes the U.S., Canada, Peru, and Brazil. These organizations work to improve the lives of children and adults with the most severe communication disabilities who are unable to meet their communication needs with speech alone.

For the past six years, Zangari has been actively involved with the USSAAC Disaster Relief efforts, helping nonspeaking people with ALS, autism, and developmental disabilities prepare for and recover from hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other major disasters. The group’s activities support disaster preparedness and recovery across the US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.

Zangari will represent the U.S. at the ISAAC biennial meeting in Mexico this summer. She has also been invited to present a pre-conference workshop entitled “Baby Steps: Fostering AAC and Language Development in Preschool Children.”

Posted 02/19/23

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