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International Relations Association Gets Several Awards

The Nova International Relations Association (NIRA) housed in the Department of Humanities and Politics (DHP) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) participated in the 17th Annual Florida Model United Nations Conference (FMUN) in Gainesville, FL.  NSU received eight awards, the highest they have ever won at this conference.

Eighteen undergraduates (16 members of the POLS 2400 class and two returning members including NIRA President Mohammed Husain). At the conference they competed against other universities from across Florida and Georgia. Despite being the smallest group of returning delegates, just 2, and the rest being first time participants, they won 8 awards!

NSU swept the highest award category – Outstanding Delegation for Meroshah Khan and Alexis Lass (Australia) and Paula Rey and Ivanna Cortez (Colombia).  Rey also won an Outstanding Delegate award for her work marking her as the best delegate in her committee.

Hailee Delgado and Olivia Jones won a third-place award (Honorable Award) for their representation of New Zealand. There were also numerous individual awards: Jordan Parris, Kiara Colman, and Emily Velazquez won awards for their position papers, and Alexander Trofimov won the award for most improved delegate in his committee.

For more information, please contact advisor, G. Nelson Bass, Ph.D. at nbass@nova.edu

Posted 12/11/22

Halmos Biological Sciences Team Shares STEM Innovations

From left, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D.; Alexander Lavin; Valentina Ramirez; Sophia Nguyen; Carol Manikkuttiyil; and Thuy Pham.

The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) Department of Biological Sciences Team shared innovations in undergraduate STEM education at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2022 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference,  https://www.aacu.org/event/2022-stem

The presentation highlighted STEM education outreach work that is a partnership between NSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, Broward County Public Schools, and the non-profit, Science Alive www.sciencealivefl.org.  Additional funding came from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (https://www.sigmaxi.org/) . The team included students and faculty from NSU, University of Central Florida (UCF), and Nova Blanche Forman Elementary School, Broward County Public Schools. The work presented was by: Emily Schmitt Lavin, Carol Manikkuttiyil, Alina Poothurail, Alexander Lavin, Philopatier Ibrahim, Aleessa Celestin, Michele Parsons, and Aarti Raja and was titled, Science Buddies: A sustainable, scalable, and relatable afterschool STEM program led by college students.

Current and alumni team members were able to share experiences through the meeting of the NSU Biology Alumni and Community Advisory Group while at the conference in D.C. Specifically, current undergraduate students were able to collaborate with our alumni (BS Biology Class of 2018) Valentina Ramirez, M.D., Uniformed Services University (Class of 2022) and currently a Navy Orthopedic Surgeon in Training and Sophia Nguyen, soon to be D.O. from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia (Class of 2023).

Posted 12/11/22

Halmos Faculty, Alumna Present at Conflict Resolution Conference

McKay

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., director of the doctoral program and 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 Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference held in Orlando and virtually. She invited DCRS alumna, Michelle Cromwell, Ph.D., to co-present. The theme of the conference was Evolving Horizons in Conflict Resolution. McKay and Cromwell’s presentation was titled, Holistic Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Prevention and Intervention.

In addition, McKay is the faculty adviser to the Social Justice Roundtable and works with students in the community through Community Resolution Services (CRS), a practicum and volunteer site for DCRS. CRS hosts Story Café, We Love our Families series, The Women’s Roundtable, and is involved in offering workshops for the county’s Crisis Intervention Teams, and other events for community groups and organizations. She is also the Co-director of the NSU Council for Dialogue and Democracy (CDD).

Cromwell

McKay’s scholarly interests include conflict coaching, strategic community planning, violence prevention and intervention in family, neighborhood, and organizational conflicts.  For more information about Community Resolution Services and the CDD please contact McKay at mckayj@nova.edu.

Michelle Cromwell, Ph.D., is an M.S. and Ph.D. graduate of DCRS. She is currently the inaugural Vice-President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging at Sonoran University of Health Sciences in Tempe, AZ.  Previously she was named the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the State University of N.Y. at Plattsburgh and the Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, and as the Chief Diversity Officer at The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont.

In 2018, Cromwell was named as one of NSU’s Distinguished Alumni. In addition to Cromwell’s NSU graduate degrees, she received a B.Sc. in Social Work from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad where she was born.

Posted 12/11/22

USchool Seniors Are Nominated For Silver Knight Awards

Front row from left: Gabriella Egozi (Speech/Debate), Madeline Musso (Dance), Joey Goldstein (Science) Back row from left: Dana Wrubel (Digital Media), Arie Perczek (Math), Sofia Aronsky (General Scholarship), Tomer Shaked (Vocational), Lila Meltzer (Social Science), Shayna Soffer (Drama)

We are proud to announce the nominees for the 2022-23 Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards, one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs that recognizes outstanding students for their community service and academic achievements. Congratulations to these seniors (pictured above) for demonstrating excellence in their respective categories!

All nominees from Miami-Dade and Broward County schools will appear on a designated day to be interviewed by a panel of independent judges who will select one Silver Knight and three Honorable Mentions in various categories. Winners will be revealed at the Silver Knight Awards ceremony in the spring.

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

Posted 12/11/22

Honors Course Immerses Students in Korean Cuisine

Honors students enjoy Korean lunch.

On Monday, November 28, 2022, students in the Farquhar Honors College reading seminar enjoyed authentic Korean cuisine in honor of their course text—Grace M. Cho’s Tastes Like War. Funded by the Honors College, the meal allowed students to experience firsthand some of the dishes Cho writes about in her powerful memoir about food and family.

Course instructors Leanne Boucher, Ph.D., professor in the College of Psychology (COP), Kelly Anne Concannon, Ph.D., associate professor in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, and William Collins, Ph.D., professor in COP, planned and hosted the lunch for students in their section of the reading seminar.

The honors reading seminar is offered every semester and allows students to engage with and lead discussions on a chosen text that changes each semester. Tastes Like War, the selected text for the second term of the fall semester, documents Cho’s relationship with her schizophrenic mother, her familial and cultural history, and the importance of food to both of those relationships.

Posted 12/11/22

SLP Department Chair Featured for Community Service

The Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Department is proud to announce that our department chair, Melissa Edrich, Ed.D. CCC-SLP, was featured in the Virtual Connections November 2022 newsletter.

Virtual Connections is a national network of providers and facilitators who offer online support groups to individuals with aphasia, a language disability that is a result of stroke or other brain injury. Edrich has been facilitating Virtual Connections groups since 2020. Individuals from around the world participate in these groups, seeking information and support. Virtual Connections is a service of an aphasia-focused technology company, Lingraphica, in partnership with an aphasia advocacy organization, Aphasia Recovery Connection.

Virtual Connections has been a source of education for NSU SLP students, who learn about the experience of living with a communication disability in many different locations and situations.

Free groups are provided thanks to the service of facilitators like Edrich, other NSU SLP faculty, and many others around the United States.

Posted 12/11/22

NSU Academic Diving Program Receives Awards from PADI

From left: Bill Conrad, Assistant Director for Scuba Diving Instruction; Kimmy Schmutz, Coordinator for Scuba Diving Instruction; and Tec Clark, Associate Director for Scuba Diving and Outdoor Recreation, receive two awards of excellence from Drew Richardson, President and CEO of PADI. (photo by Karl Shreeves)

The Nova Southeastern University Academic Diving Program (NSUADP) received two awards from the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). This year marks the 10th anniversary of the of the NSU Academic Diving Program. And during the diving industry’s largest trade show, the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) Show in Orlando, Florida, PADI held a special event to recognize the NSU Academic Diving Program’s outstanding contribution to diver training.

The program received an Award of Excellence in Education from PADI. Drew Richardson, President and CEO of PADI, spoke at the event, expressing how the NSU Academic Diving Program is a flagship PADI Educational Institution that produces outstanding divers and diving professionals. Tec Clark, NSU’s Associate Director of Scuba Diving and Outdoor Recreation, also received a Leadership Excellence award from PADI for his fostering of excellence and professionalism in dive education.

The NSUADP is an award-winning university dive training program in the diving capital of the U.S. The NSUADP is the second-largest academic diving program in the nation and offers a full variety of courses from Freediver through Scuba Instructor. Courses are taught for both academic credit and non-academic recreational courses to students, faculty, staff and alumni. The NSUADP is a PADI Educational Institution as well as a Divers Alert Network (DAN) Training Facility.  The NSUADP trains up and hires Divemasters and Scuba Instructors to staff all diving courses as well as the NSU Scuba Club dives – making these one of the best student jobs on campus.

Posted 12/11/22

Library Holds Inaugural Donor Recognition Breakfast

On Friday, December 2, 2022, NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library hosted its inaugural Donor Recognition Breakfast. The event was part of the library’s continuing celebration of its 20th year of service to the NSU and the local community.

“The breakfast will be a recurring event held the first week of December going forward,” said James Hutchens, the Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian.

James Hutchens, the Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, addresses the breakfast attendees.

The breakfast was held in the library’s Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery, a “beautiful space used to showcase engaging exhibits celebrating themes of belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion,” Hutchens said.

Piya Chayanuwat, Ph.D., Associate University Librarian of Collections and Library Information Systems, addressed the gathering on the never-ending importance of libraries and their bountiful resources.

“Libraries are critical to the fabric of our society,” he said. “The American Library Association cites several examples of the societal role of libraries, showing their positive impact on their local communities, quality of life, and civic engagement.”

Posted 12/11/22

NSU Unveils Interprofessional Simulation Complex

NSU President George L. Hanbury II speaks to the media during the groundbreaking of NSU Health’s Interprofessional Simulation Complex.

On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, Nova Southeastern University unveiled NSU Health’s Interprofessional Simulation Complex on the site of the Miami Dolphins former football training facility. The special groundbreaking ceremony was attended by more than 100 NSU stakeholders, key officials, students, and supporters.

Dr. Harry K. Moon, NSU’s Executive Vice President and COO, speaks to reporters.

Speakers at the event were NSU President George L. Hanbury II; Dr. Harry K. Moon, NSU’s Executive Vice President and COO; Terry J. Mularkey, NSU’s Vice President of Advancement and Chief of Staff; and Charles Palmer, NSU’s Board Chair and President and CEO of North American Company LLC in Fort Lauderdale.

At NSU Health SimCom, the combination of teamwork and technology will augment the educational experience, enrich clinical training, and accelerate medical innovations. The $56 million, 107,000-square-foot interprofessional complex will be used by NSU students, community groups, health care corporations, and practicing physicians for advanced training exercises, research, equipment demonstrations, and surgical scenarios.

From the mid-1990s until the summer of 2021, the Miami Dolphins NFL franchise honed their skills for the gridiron on Nova Southeastern University’s Davie campus in what was then a state-of-art football training facility. It seems only fitting that with the Dolphins’ relocation to a new facility adjoining their stadium that their former digs would continue its legacy in training: This time in the form of educating dynamic health care leaders.

NSU Health’s Interprofessional Simulation Complex will provide cutting-edge technology and advanced training for students across all health care disciplines. Open 24/7, this facility will help train people in multiple fields, including health care, law, technology and business.

“There’s not another one like it in the state of Florida,” said NSU President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, adding that the center should open in spring 2024.

The NSU Health SimCom will offer more than 105 simulation spaces, including:

  • 3-D modeling/animation
  • Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality
  • Holograms
  • 16 human and fresh tissue stations
  • Operating rooms
  • Team-scenario venues
  • Inpatient skills labs
  • Outpatient exam rooms

For more information, check out the website.

Posted 11/29/22

Halmos Faculty Member Quoted in Nautilus Journal Article

Matthew Hoch, Ph.D.

Matthew Hoch, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), has been quoted in the article entitled, The Hermaphrodite at the Bottom of the Sea, in the journal, Nautilus.

Hoch’s current work concerns ecological effects of the restoration of the Everglades. In the past he has worked on sex allocation and reproductive dynamics of barnacles, including the functional morphology of their penises. Other projects have included soft-sediment community ecology in salt marshes, the effects of the restoration of Cadmium pollution in Foundry Cove and the dynamics of sex change in slipper snails.

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Posted 11/22/22

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