Author: Christie Williams

NSU’s Huizenga Business College Recognizes Prominent South Florida Entrepreneurs


NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship is proud to announce three well-known business leaders who were inducted April 11 into the 2019 class of the Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame, the Huizenga Business College’s highest honor: Rita Case, Rob Kornahrens and Arlene Pecora.

“I congratulate these exemplary business leaders who are joining the ranks of an elite group of world-class entrepreneurs in our Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame,” said Dr. George Hanbury, President of NSU. “Each honoree’s story is exceptional and it was my privilege to share their accomplishments at our awards ceremony in the hopes that they will inspire the next generation of business leaders.”

The H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Hall of Fame program celebrated its 29th year in 2019. The event was chaired this year by three former honorees and well-known South Florida entrepreneurs: Rick Case, Keith Koenig and Alan B. Levan.

The Hall of Fame awards ceremony was held Thursday evening, April 11, at NSU’s Rick Case Arena in the Don Taft University Center. The nominees and their respective accomplishments include:

  • Rita Case is President and Chief Operating Officer of Rick Case Automotive Group, an organization of 16 dealerships in three states with more than one billion in sales. The company’s Florida Honda, Hyundai, VW and Kia dealerships are the largest in the United States. Rick Case Automotive Group has been recognized for its retailing success, earning multiple accolades throughout the years. Rita has been individually recognized for her contribution to the auto industry, earning many major achievement awards including Leading Women in the North American Automotive Industry. She is dedicated to customer service and community support and has been honored by many local organizations for her philanthropic efforts. Rita is passionate about all her philanthropic and community support such as with NSU, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, Habitat for Humanity and the American Heart Association to name a few.
  • Robert P. Kornahrens serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Advanced Roofing, a commercial roofing contractor based in Fort Lauderdale. Kornahrens is very active in a variety of professional associations and community organizations, including the National Roofing Contractors Association and Florida Roofing & Sheet Metal Association. He has also served as Board Chair of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Winterfest Boat Parade, President of the Executive Association of Fort Lauderdale, President of the Construction Executives Association and board member of the Center for Environmental Invention in Roofing. He has been awarded the Habitat for Humanity Spirit of Humanity Award, the Junior Achievement Laureate, Sun Sentinel Excalibur Award and the Fort Lauderdale Alliance Education Award. At NSU, Rob is actively involved in many ways such as serving on the Dean’s Development Council in the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. He is a long-standing supporter and participant in the Halmos Scholarship Fishing Tournament and served as co-chair of the committee in 2017.
  • Arlene Pecora is President and Chief Operating Office of Signature Grand, a premier venue for weddings, special events, charity galas and business meetings in Broward County. Under her leadership, Signature Grand has set the standards for memorable events and over-the-top customer service. In keeping with her strong values of community service, Arlene has served on many non-profit boards and committees in Broward County, including Women in Distress, Community Foundation of Broward County, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance and others. She has also received many accolades for her leadership including being inducted into the Junior Achievement Laureate and earning the Sun Sentinel’s Excalibur Award. Arlene is a two-time alumnus of NSU’s Huizenga College having earned her B.S. in Hospitality Management in 1999 and an MBA in 2001.

“With great pleasure, I welcome the 2019 class,” said James Simpson, Ph.D., interim dean of NSU’s Huizenga Business College. “The honorees are not only accomplished, but leaders who have had influence and impact. The college’s namesake, H. Wayne Huizenga, would be very proud indeed that these distinguished entrepreneurs were inducted into the Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame joining an exclusive group of men and women who have left a mark on the entrepreneurship community in South Florida.”

There were several sponsors for the event including: Advanced Roofing; AutoNation; BBX, Berger Singerman; Castle Group; City Furniture; Codina Partners; Entrepreneur Council; Falcone Group, LLC; Halmos Holdings, Inc.; Hudson Capital; Lago Mar Beach & Resort Club; Mahoney & Associates; Medina Capital; Miller Construction; North America LLLP; Penske; RCC Associates & Altman Company; Resolve Marine; Rick Case; Signature Grand, and Zimmerman Advertising.

 

For more information on the Huizenga College of Business Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, please visit.

The 2019 Lunch & Learn Grant Workshop Series – April 30

The 2019 Lunch & Learn Grant Workshop Series for NSU faculty is scheduled to come to a close. The final workshop, “How to Plan and Conduct a Clinical Trial”, is set for Tuesday, April 30. All workshops are scheduled from noon – 1:00 p.m. in the HPD Chancellor’s Dining Room. A light lunch is provided. Registration is REQUIRED so please RSVP at www.nova.edu/osp/lunchandlearn/ .

For more information, please contact Dr. Maryellen Maher at maherm@nova.edu.

 

 

 

Faculty/Staff Parking Fees for Davie/Fort Lauderdale and Tampa Bay Campuses; Effective July 1, 2019

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your perspective, because of the need to build parking garages and expanded parking spaces at several of our campuses, it has become necessary to initiate a parking fee. After careful consideration and a comparison with all other colleges and universities within the state our size or some even smaller, it was discovered that we are the only university that does not charge for faculty or staff parking. As such, a modest parking fee has been approved in the FY 2019-20 Fiscal Year Budget by the Board of Trustees and its initiation will help to offset some of the costs for debt service of new and existing parking spaces, associated safety precautions, and much-needed parking technological improvements.

As further described below, effective July 1, 2019, the annual parking fee for NSU faculty and staff will be $7.70 per pay period through automatic payroll deduction or $200 per year. Vendors and contractors will also be charged $200 per year. If you wish to have a specific spot reserved just for you, the fee will be $28.85 per pay period through payroll deduction or $750 annually. Adjunct faculty, Advisory Board members and volunteers are exempt from this parking fee with appropriate approvals and arrangements made through their respective dean or vice president.

In general, parking will continue to operate much the same as it does today with the same designated employee and student lots. Parking permits will continue to be issued annually by the One-Stop Shops (Terry and Horvitz Administration Buildings, plus an office at the new Tampa Bay Regional Campus). As usual, we all must complete the annual parking permit application and submit a copy of a valid vehicle registration with appropriate license number.

Summary Parking Permit Information:

  • NSU faculty and staff who regularly use parking at our Broward County locations (Fort Lauderdale/Davie, East Campus, Guy Harvey Oceanographic Campus, and downtown Fort Lauderdale offices), as well as employees at the Tampa Bay Regional Campus, must complete a parking permit application and submit a non-refundable $200 annual fee or authorize an automatic payroll deduction of $7.70 per two-week pay period. If requested, a specific reserved spot will be awarded with a payroll deduction of $28.85 per two-week pay period or a $750 annual fee.
  • The 2020 Parking Permit Application form will be available on the parking website as of Monday, May 20, 2019.
  • Once an employee has purchased a paid parking permit, he/she will have access to any/all of NSU’s paid parking lots at any campus location. Any questions can be referred to the Parking Services web page at www.nova.edu/parking.
  • Non-permitted vehicles will have the option to park at a rate of $1/hour at selected NSU Broward County campus locations and Tampa Bay Regional campus lots. PayByPhone Mobile Application may be used for payment as well as onsite pay booths. PayByPhone can be downloaded from your App Store.
  • Faculty and staff from other NSU regional locations—or other employees who do not have a paid parking permit but are visiting any of the Broward County and/or Tampa Bay campus locations—will be required to use metered parking as available using the PayByPhone app at $1/hour.

For any questions, please go to www.nova.edu/parking, email NSU’s Parking Services Division at parkingservices@nova.edu or call (954) 262-8885.

Congratulations to This Year’s STUEY Award Recipients 

NSU’s Division of Student Affairs is proud to announce the winners of the 21st Annual Student Life Achievement Award (commonly called the STUEYS). The event, held April 16 at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, recognized students, faculty, staff, corporate partners, and alumni who have contributed to building a greater sense of community and campus life.

Student of the Year─Overall

Amanda Bateh (College of Optometry)

Undergraduate Organization of the Year

Greenhouse Campus Ministry (Division of Student Affairs)

Graduate Organization of the Year

NSU Student Chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) (College of Dental Medicine)

Athletics Team of the Year

2017-2018 NSU Men’s Basketball Team

Student Government of Year

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Student Government Association

Regional Campus Student of the Year

Deanna Flournoy, SPT (NSU Tampa Campus)

Alumni of the Year

Hilary A. Creary, Esq. (Shepard Broad College of Law)

Co-curricular Adviser of the Year

Ana Maria Castejon, Ph.D. (College of Pharmacy)

Staff Person of the Year

Francisca Campbell (Abraham S. Fischler College of Education)

Administrator of the Year

Shanti Bruce, Ph.D. (College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences)

Professor of the Year

Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D. (Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography)

Executive of the Year

Roni Cohen Leiderman, Ph.D. (Mailman Segal Center for Human Development)

Corporate Partner of the Year

Henry Schein, Inc.

Student of the Year by Academic Unit

  • Jeanette Alava, B.A. (College of Pharmacy)
  • Amanda Bateh (College of Optometry)
  • Ryan Bos (Halmos College of Natural Science and Oceanography)
  • Cheyenne Doyle-Schreffler (College of Engineering and Computing)
  • Alixandria Fiore Pfeiffer, OMS-IV (Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine)
  • Michael Gonzalez (NSU University School)
  • Kiera Linton (Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences)
  • Samir Nacer (Farquhar Honors College)
  • Jackie Nguyen (Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine)
  • Francesca Pietri (College of Dental Medicine)
  • Natalie Ramirez Carvallo (H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship)
  • Emalee Shrewsbury (College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences)
  • Bryan Siddique (Shepard Broad College of Law)
  • Bianca Danielle Thomas (Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing)
  • Oraib Toukhly, M.S. (College of Psychology)
  • Jessica Younts, JD (Abraham S. Fischler College of Education)

 

NSU Receives the Diversity Organization of the Year Award from the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches

From left: Michael Hoffman (Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County); Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson (Nova Southeastern University); Joseph Chase (Gunster); Chamber Chair Evelyn Hopkins (Florida Crystals); John L. Hundley (Hundley Farms); Michelle Diffenderfer (Lewis, Longman & Walker P.A.); Elliot Bostwick Davis (Norton Museum of Art); Bob Goldfarb (Goldfarb Custom Clothing)

Recently, more than 450 people attended the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches’ Annual Business Awards Breakfast at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. These awards recognize Palm Beach County companies and individuals that lead with confidence and demonstrate a solid commitment to their business goals, their employees and their local community.

The 2019 Award Recipients were:

  • Non-Profit of the Year: Norton Museum of Art
  • Health & Human Services Organization of the Year: Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
  • Diversity Organization of the Year: Nova Southeastern University
  • Young Professional of the Year: Joseph Chase, Gunster
  • Small Business Person of the Year: Bob Goldfarb, Bob Goldfarb Custom Clothing
  • Business of the Year: Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
  • Leader of the Year Award was presented to John L. Hundley, President of Hundley Farms Inc.

NSU University School Students Enter First-Ever Nationwide NPR Student Podcast Challenge

NSU University School fifth grade students in Mr. Gingrich’s class had the opportunity to record original podcasts that could end up airing on National Public Radio (NPR). Students recorded their podcasts for the NPR Student Podcast Challenge at UStudio — our new TV and film studio in the AutoNation Center for the Arts. Students discussed social issues that were sparked throughout their civil rights unit for the chance to win the grand prize of having an NPR journalist visit our school and having those winning podcasts featured in segments on NPR’s “All Things Considered” or “Morning Edition” programs.

The competition challenged students and teachers from all over the country to produce podcasts that tell compelling stories, teach something important, and reveal the voice of a community. We are so proud of this group of students and wish them the best of luck as expert judges evaluate their work for information, structure, personality, and creativity. NPR will announce the winners at the end of April.

TEDxNSU 2019 Explored “Knowns and Unknowns”

What is known? What is unknown? These questions formed the theme of the eighth TEDxNSU conference, which took place March 16, 2019, at NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus.

TEDx conferences take place around the world and are organized independently from the TED organization. Each year, the NSU conferences have been co-organized by Associate Professors Leanne Boucher and W. Matthew Collins, both Ph.D., of the College of Psychology’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.

“Anyone who has been around the world in the last three years has intimately discovered that there’s a lot more questions about truth and facts lately,” Collins said.

The TEDxNSU conference draws its speakers from the NSU community, including faculty, alumni, current students, and staff. After submitting an idea, presenters work extensively with Boucher and Collins to refine their talk and practice their delivery.

The talks touched on subjects like ocean conservation, overcoming barriers, impostor syndrome, political turmoil in Nicaragua, language and its role in communication, finding purpose in work, and adjusting to life in the U.S. after migrating from Venezuela.

According to Collins, the crowd was especially lively this year and seemed to connect with each talk.

“We should be thanking our speakers, but they’re always thanking us for the opportunity,” Collins said of the presenters. “They put in a lot of work. These are intelligent and talented people.”

Full videos of each presentation are posted on YouTube after the conference. Collins said the 2019 videos should be ready by mid-April.

Original story: https://psychology.nova.edu/news-events/2019/tedxnsu2019.html

Medical Communications Director Wins AACOM Writing Award

Scott Colton, B.A., APR

Scott Colton, B.A., APR, director of medical communications and public relations for the Health Professions Division, received second-place honors in the 2019 American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Excellence in Communications Awards Program. Colton earned his award in the Best Feature Story or Article category for his COM Outlook piece “Beating Addiction: 2006 Alumnus Shares Harrowing Story of Opioid Dependence.” AACOM represents the 35 accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States, which are accredited to deliver instruction at 55 teaching locations in 32 states.

Crutchfield Honored as 2019 Jack Bennett Award Recipient

In a season filled with so many firsts, it was only fitting for Jim Crutchfield to add one more to his resume, as the Nova Southeastern head coach was announced as the recipient of the 2019 Jack Bennett award, which represents winning with integrity.

In just his second year in charge, Crutchfield guided the Sharks to uncharted territory, finishing 2018-19 with a record-setting 29-4 campaign that included a trip to the Elite Eight. The 29 victories not only set a new program best, but blew the previous single-season mark of 22 out of the water, Nova Southeastern climbed as high as No. 3 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) rankings before locking up both the Sunshine State Conference regular season title and NCAA South Region Championship, also program firsts.

“With what this award exemplifies, both winning and integrity, it’s of no surprise that Coach Crutch was chosen,” said Nova Southeastern assistant coach Jordan Fee. “He’s a winner and does it the right way, and always has. I’ve been so fortunate to be able to play for him and now coach alongside him. He’s a man of character and holds our program accountable to that same standard. In my opinion, he is truly one of the best college coaches in the history of the game.”

Crutchfield earned his 400th career win in a 98-76 rout of Palm Beach Atlantic on Senior Night in late February, and has since run his career overall record to a remarkable 405-75 (.844).

The Jack Bennett award is named in honor of the former head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Bennett won five Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, made five NCAA tournament appearances and won two national championships. He’s the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 200-56 record. In 34 seasons as head coach he compiled a record of 480-175.

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