Author: Christie Williams

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Department of Speech-Language Pathology Dash Winner

From left, Brittany Hendrix (first winner of the Make the most of the dash -Ashley Hess legacy scholarship) and her family.

Many people knew and loved Ashley Kaye Hess, a cheerleader, dancer, teacher, and NSU speech-language pathology master’s candidate, before she was killed in a tragic car accident on May 14, 2016 at the age of 28. On May 14, 2020, Brittany Hendrix was awarded the first “Make the Most of the Dash/Ashley Kaye Hess Changing Lives Scholarship”.

Brittany Hendrix is a 27-year-old graduate from Freed-Hardeman University where she received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish. She is currently a graduate student at Nova Southeastern University pursuing her master’s degree in speech-language pathology with the intent to graduate in December of 2020. She has a special interest in feeding and swallowing and working in early intervention with medically fragile children in the birth to three population.

Brittany Hendrix was born in Tennessee but moved to Aruba at the age of six where she lived for eight years. In 2007 she and her family returned to Tennessee where she completed high school and college. She met her husband, Riley, in college and they were married in Florida in 2014.

Brittany Hendrix has most recently worked as the Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) coordinator at Meadowbrook Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale. She has also worked for the Broward County schools system for the past six years. She has taught fifth grade gifted/high achievers, third grade, and LLI. She has always enjoyed working in title-1 schools with a high ESOL population.

She currently resides in Coral Springs with her husband, Riley Hendrix, her two daughters, 4-year-old Juliette and nine-month old Charlotte, one cat, two dogs and a fish. She especially enjoys traveling, reading, playing board games, and spending time at home with her family.

Brittany met with Ashley’s mother Lisa and Brittany stated, “I am deeply honored to be the inaugural winner of the scholarship and will make Ashley’s legacy part of my career goals and dedication to my patients.”

NSU Student Well-Ness Webinar Series: Taking the Bite Out of COVID-19

NSU Student Affairs introduces the NSU Student CARE Team, a multidisciplinary team designed to provide support for students’ well-being and academic success by connecting students in need with campus and community resources. The team serves to supplement existing campus processes such as student conduct, access to student counseling, residential life responses, and other traditional means of supporting students by ensuring that the “dots are connected” to better understand a referred student’s experience. By partnering with members of the community the NSU CARE Team strives to promote individual wellbeing and success while prioritizing community safety.

The NSU Student CARE Team will hold the first webinar series for the month of June called The Student Wellbeing Series: Taking a Bite Out of COVID-19

For more information about services and programs, visit NSU Student CARE Team website at https://www.nova.edu/studentcare/.

The Alvin Sherman Library to host Library 101, June 2

Enjoy a series of  introductory level workshops for the public and students designed to create a foundation for using the library. The goal of these workshops is to help you get the most out of their library, resulting in less time and frustration when looking for information. By attending you will become more informed about the library and how to use different tools, which will help strengthen their research skills.

May 15 – June 2, 2020

Sign up for these free workshops at lib.nova.edu/library101

Halmos Faculty Represents NSU at HAPS Annual Conference

This summer, Halmos college faculty member, Santanu De, Ph.D. represented NSU at the 2020 Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) Virtual Annual Conference. Organized by Pearson Education, a Zoom meeting at this conference consisted of Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) faculty from across the US. The topic of discussion was “Teaching A&P Online: time-saving strategies for effective instruction”.

The mission of HAPS is to promote excellence in the teaching of anatomy and physiology. HAPS is open to anyone interested in Anatomy & Physiology Education, and currently includes over 1,700 members from high schools, two- and four-year colleges, universities, and private businesses in the United States, Canada and throughout the rest of the world.

The annual HAPS national conference, regional conferences, the HAPS Educator and HAPS Institute courses provide members with an important means of updating their knowledge, improving technical/pedagogical skills, investigating new technologies for the laboratory/classroom, as well as networking with a growing international contingent of peers.

 

President Hanbury Sends a “THANK YOU” and Update on Fall Term Plans for NSU’s Faculty and Staff

In his latest communication, NSU President Dr. George Hanbury thanked NSU faculty and staff for all the remarkable work they’ve done. During this unprecedented crisis, faculty and staff have rallied together to ensure that students continue to receive a high-quality education without interruptions. They have demonstrated commitment, courage, strength, creativity, versatility, and more. Hanbury writes, “Because of your efforts, and working as a team, we can truthfully say, ‘WE NEVER CLOSED’” In addition, the memo provides updates regarding the upcoming Fall term, including steps the university is taking to prepare for continued remote classes and instructions for employees who are currently working remotely. You can view the President’s communication and stay informed at https://www.nova.edu/coronavirus/index.html

NSU University School Students Earn Top Awards at the Junior Achievement of South Florida Regional Competition

NSU University School is proud to congratulate our exceptional Junior Achievement (JA) Fellows Team for winning JA’s first-ever People’s Choice Award for their Germ Genie™ product commercial. The team also earned the following top awards at the Junior Achievement of South Florida Regional Competition:

  • Company of the Year: First Place
  • Best Annual Report: First Place
  • Best Stage Presentation: First Place
  • Best Commercial: Third Place
  • Outstanding Young Business Person of the Year: Henry Hurowitz
  • Senior Merit Scholarship: Sophia Borzillo (past USchool JA Fellow student officer)

Congratulations to student officers Henry Hurowitz (CEO), Daniel Gutkin (CFO), Romy Peretz (CMO), Jonah Lubin (VP of Operations), and Benjamin Sterne (VP of Sales) for their hard work and success.

These students gained real world experience conceptualizing, capitalizing, and managing their own small business. Special thanks to co-sponsors Wynne Avellanet and Sonja Houston and special advisor Karen Martin for guiding and supporting the team throughout this process. USchool Junior Ali Kuttler also helped produce the commercial.

To purchase your own Germ Genie kit to stay germ-free on the go, visit: https://germgenie.com/

Honors College Students Present Family History Narratives at Virtual Class Symposium

This April, students in the honors seminar course Genetics and Genealogy presented their family history narratives in a virtual Class Symposium. As part of this course, students shared inspiring stories of survival, migrations, family traditions, and perseverance. Each student learned something new about their families and where they come from and how they have evolve.

The class research was twofold: students completed genetics studies showing their ancestral markers and also completed a genealogical research project to uncover historical records and other documents. These projects allow students to have a personal connection with historical events. Genetics and Genealogy is unique in that it is taught collaboratively from both a humanities and science perspective by professors James Doan, Ph.D. from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D. from Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography.

In addition to these faculty members, the students collaborated with the Alvin Sherman Library to access genealogy resources. This was done with the help of Nora Quinlan, Director of Reference and Instruction. She created a genealogy library guide.

This course is offered through the Honors College under Dean, Don Rosenblum along with a variety of other unique course offerings: https://honors.nova.edu/honors/courses.html

Since the completion of the course, several of the  students have contributed their work to the NSU Works Genealogy Reports Site located at https://nsuworks.nova.edu/genealogy-reports/.

Learn How to Caption Videos in SharkMedia, June 3

Anymir Orellana, Ed.D., Professor at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice will present, “Captioning Videos in SharkMedia”, via Zoom, on Wednesday, June 3 at 2:30 p.m. EST.

Orellana will show the audience how to caption videos with SharkMedia. At the end of this introductory session, participants will be able to discuss the importance of video captions; identify benefits and drawbacks of ASR captioning; and create, add, and edit ASR captions to videos with SharkMedia. Anyone at NSU who creates videos and can upload to SharkMedia is welcome to attend.

Orellana currently teaches online graduate courses in the areas of instructional technology, distance education, instructional media, and instructional design. Her research interests are in the field of instructional technology and distance education, specifically quality in online courses and effective integration of technology for learning.

To attend the session please click here.

Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society Induction

The Upsilon Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society (Sigma) held its Induction on May 12, 2020. This event took place on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Her legacy of using evidence for practice, caring, and commitment to the most needed populations was celebrated.  Over one hundred new members were inducted in to the chapter’s very first virtual ceremony. These new members included BSN, MSN, and doctoral students as well as faculty.

Highlights of the Induction Ceremony included an award presented to Marcella Rutherford, Ph.D., M.B.A, MSN, RN, Dean of the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, for Leadership and Vision. As the founding Dean of the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing at Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Rutherford oversaw the development of nursing education on six NSU campuses, including prelicensure, advanced practice nursing, and doctoral programs. Additionally, understanding the value of Sigma, she sought to have a chapter established at ACON and was a founding member of Upsilon Chi. Dean Rutherford also gave a powerful address to the inductees which highlighted the importance of nursing in difficult times, such as now. Mary Ellen Mitchell-Rosen, Ph.D., RN, faculty in the BSN Program in Fort Lauderdale/Davie, was presented with the Chapter Leadership and Engagement award for her continuous leadership in the Chapter. She too, was a founding member of Upsilon Chi and throughout its history has served as an officer. Mitchell-Rosen is the past president and current treasurer of the Chapter.

Our new inductees were the focus of the address by Shena Gazaway, Ph.D., MSN, RN, the Regional Coordinator of Sigma North America Region 7. She highlighted how membership and participation in Sigma are steppingstones to support nurses and to assist them in reaching their career goals.  Students receiving special recognition for their scholarship included Yamilee Cabrol-Palma, BSN, RN, from the MSN ARPN Program in Palm Beach who received the Graduate Student award, and Chole Hollands from the Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus, who received both the Undergraduate and Community Service awards.

The president of Sigma, Richard Ricciardi‘s, Ph.D., CRNP, FAANP, FAAN call to action, to infuse joy was felt over the many miles as inductees, family, friends, faculty, and members gathered to celebrate their induction into the Upsilon Chi Chapter of Sigma.

College of Psychology Alum working on COVID-19 Front line in New York

Christopher Fisher, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist currently working at the epicenter of the coronavirus on a COVID-19 positive Adult Inpatient Psychiatry unit at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, New York.

Fisher provides psychological care to those battling the virus who are also requiring psychiatric stabilization before community reintegration. Fisher credits the faculty of the College of Psychology’s Clinical Psychology program, and specifically his mentor, Assistant Professor Jennifer Davidtz, Ph.D., for years of amazing training and supervision that have prepared him for the work he does daily during this pandemic.

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