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USchool Robotics Teams Win Multiple Awards

Our Sharks Robotics teams are off to a strong start this season and swimming toward greatness! Join us in congratulating all 3 teams on qualifying to compete in the state championship and earning the following awards:

Team 4154X:

  • Tournament champions
  • Skills champion
  • Excellence Award

Team 4154V:

  • Tournament champions
  • Judges Award

Team 4154W:

  • Amaze Award

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

Posted 11/06/22

Halmos Student Picked for Panel on NextDoor Neighborhood Teams

Colina Cole, M.A.

Colina Cole, M.A., doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center, was invited to participate in a panel by Nextdoor Neighborhood Teams, the Nextdoor Leadership Summit, on challenging conversations. Nextdoor Neighborhood Teams work with many local neighborhoods to foster good neighbor relations.

Cole earned an M.A. in Conflict from UMASS Boston and a B.A. in French Studies from Beloit College. In addition to pursing her Ph.D., she is the president of the African Working Group in DCRS and serves as a graduate assistant.

Posted 11/06/22

NSU, Patel Family Celebrate International Dental Program

Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Dental Medicine on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, thanks to the continued support of Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel, unveiled its expanded International Dental Program at its Tampa Bay Regional Campus.

“Nova Southeastern University’s relationship with Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel continues to grow, with our students and communities being the biggest beneficiaries,” said Dr. George Hanbury, NSU’s President and CEO. “Expanding and basing our International Dental Program to the Tampa Bay/Clearwater area is just the latest example of that thriving partnership.”

The Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel International Dental Program at NSU Tampa Bay Regional Campus means the university is the only one in Florida with a “stand-alone” program.

To celebrate, NSU held a special dedication celebration has been planned with about 200 attendees, including Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel, NSU President and CEO Dr. George Hanbury as well as special invited guests, including local and statewide elected officials and business and community leaders.

 We’ve all heard stories of people moving to the United States who have advanced degrees but cannot get a job in their chosen profession because they lack degrees/licensing/certifications needed in our country.

NSU’s Dr. Kiran and Pallavi Patel International Dental Program is designed to address that very issue – many of these students are working in the dental field, but just not as dentists (they are working as dental assistants, etc.) This program is specifically designed to help these students obtain the needed degrees and certifications so they can begin practicing dentistry in the U.S.

“Providing a second opportunity for international dental students is something I’ve wanted to do for many, many years” said Dr. Kiran Patel.

NSU’s International Dental Program began in 1997 at its Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus. In the past, NSU, like other colleges and universities, found a spot for international students in their dental program when space became available.

Now, thanks to the financial support from the Patels, this program will be based at NSU’s Tampa Bay Regional Campus and is expanding to provide space for even more students. When fully enrolled, the Drs. Kiran C. and Pallavi Patel International Dental Program will provide instruction for more than 100 students.

The Business Observer was on hand to cover the occasion. Read the full story!

Posted 11/06/22

Ninth-Grade Girls Get Hands-On STEM Experience

A group of 9th-grade girls is getting a hands-on experience in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

Thanks to a team of professors from NSU’s Abrham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice and the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, 35 students at SLAM Palm Beach High School are getting in-depth sessions in topics of biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and various art forms.

The project is led by Hui Fang (Angie) Su, Project PI; Jia Borror, Project Co-PI; and Teri Williams, Project Co-PI. Also involved in giving some of the presentations are Julie Torruellas Garcia, Arthur Sikora, Yueting Wan.

Students’ STEM awareness and interest were measured at the beginning of the project. They will again be calculated at the end, along with their knowledge and understanding of the engineering sub-field of STEM.

One such activity hosted by Williams focused on Creative Thinking and tasked the girls with working together to design and make a paper airplane. The activity blended the worlds of art and science to create something distinguishable and functional.

Another activity focused on Botany and Painting, where the girls looked closely at the flowers and examined them as scientists before drawing and painting them.

In addition to the various demonstrations, the girls will also get to tour NSU’s labs and campus.

The project’s overall goal is to use this experience to increase the high school girls’ perception and awareness of the STEM field and carry this interest into their college years and beyond.

Posted 11/06/22

Assistant Professor Presents at ADEA Workshop

From left: Aryia Amini, NSU College of Dental Medicine Director of BEDI; Ana Lopez, chair-elect ADEA; and Elias Moron, NSU College of Dental Medicine Faculty presenter.

Congratulations to Elías M. Morón, DDS, MPH, MHL, MHSM, clinical assistant professor at Nova Southeastern University’s College of Dental Medicine, for his publication in the Journal of Dental Educationand for his presentation at the 2022 ADEA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Workshop in Saint Louis, Mo., on October 26th, 2022.

The title of publication and poster presentation was “Oral Health Inequities: Recommended Public Policies to Achieve Health Equity” that was co-authored with Ana Lopez, who is the chair-elect of the ADEA.

This year’s workshop featured scholars and authors from the Sept. 2022 JDE special issue that included Morón, focused on expanding and improving social justice, equity, access, diversity, inclusion and health equity in the academic health professions and oral health.

Posted 11/06/22

USchool Participates in Community Service Seminar

Students visited Broward Outreach Center and Feeding South Florida to sort and pack donations and serve lunch. Using the donations from our recent Socktober Drive, they created nearly 100 care packages for people in our community experiencing food and housing instability.

For the second day of the program, students volunteered on campus at the Lower School Scarecrow Breakfast and the Best Buddies Halloween Party to provide a fun morning for Lower School students and a lively afternoon for Special Olympics athletes.

Students developed leadership skills through team building, planning, communication, and leading events.

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

Posted 11/06/22

Honor Society Focuses on Student Veterans, Active Military

SALUTE is the first national academic honor society established for student veterans and active military. This honor society – for veterans, active-duty service members, reservists, and National Guardsmen – is designed to encourage military students to strive to improve their GPAs and advance to higher tier levels in the honor society during their academic careers.

Minimum requirements are for undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.0 and graduate students with a GPA of 3.5. There will be a one-time membership that is due for a lifetime membership.

For more information, reach out by email at VRC@nova.edu or by phone at 954-262-3524.

Posted 11/06/22

Education Professor Receives Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership

Anymir Orellana, Ed.D.

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Professor Anymir Orellana, Ed.D., is the recipient of the Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership from the Florida Distance Learning Association.

The award recognizes a leader who has demonstrated commitment in the field of education and has made significant contributions to distance learning in the organization.

Orellana said upon learning of the award, she was honored and excited. However, she also voiced her immense gratitude for her friend and colleague Gabriela Mendez, the person who nominated her for the recognition.

Orellana said she wanted to thank Mendez publicly.

“Not very many have good friends who take time to nominate you and appreciate you in such a way,” she said. “I thank her, and I thank the committee.”

Mendez said she nominated Orellana because she motivates her and others to constantly improve their online courses.

“As a great academic, she is always reading and learning about new topics and shares her knowledge with her colleagues by teaching us how to use technology and how to organize our courses. Dr. Orellana and I challenge each other to think beyond how teaching online is today to envision how it could be to benefit all students. Dr. Anymir Orellana is an inspiration to her colleagues and students.”

Orellana joins others from NSU to receive this distinction. In 2021, NSU President Dr. George Hanbury was granted the award, and in 2013, the award was received by FCESCJ Professor Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su.

Orellana will be recognized at the FDLA/FAMTE 2022 virtual conference to be held in February 2023.

Posted 11/06/22

Halmos Professor Speaks About New Book at Research Series

The NSU Center for Applied Humanities is proud to present the first event in its new “Research Reverberations” series.  This biannual series showcases NSU faculty research and scholarship in the humanities, bringing such research from the publication page to the community, on topics that impact both local and global concerns.

On Wednesday, November 16 from 5 to 6 p.m., Charles Zelden, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, will speak about his new book, The American Judicial System: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2022).  The event will be held in the Mailman-Hollywood Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

Please contact Marlisa Santos, Ph.D., (santosm@nova.edu), director of the NSU Center for Applied Humanities with questions.

Posted 11/06/22

Audiology Department Offers Care to Special Needs Athletes

On Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, the Audiology Department continued its long history with Special Olympics of Florida by providing hearing care to athletes with special needs.

Students from the second-year class tested the athletes’ hearing. Those athletes who were found to have permanent hearing loss were evaluated for new hearing aids.

Hearing aids will be provided through the Starkey Cares program, which has partnered with Special Olympics International for the past year.  Eight athletes were evaluated with four of them needing new amplification.

Thank you to the students and faculty who participated in the event.

Posted 11/06/22

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