Author: Christie Williams

Volunteer at StoryFest!

Join the Alvin Sherman Library as they host StoryFest: Once Upon A Time on Sunday, March 8, 2020. This special event celebrates early literacy with storytelling, theatrical performances, arts and crafts, face painting, and costumed characters. Best of all, every child who attends will get to go home with a free book!

Volunteers are needed for greeting and check-in, giving out free books to kids, guiding costumed characters, managing event areas and lines, handing out water and snacks, and more. Please consider donating your time to this great free event for kids and families.

**Student Organizations – This can count towards your collaborative service event. Note this is not a SLCE sponsored event.

To sign up as a volunteer:
Check out the Volunteer Sign-Up Page 

If you and your family would like to attend the event (not volunteer), please RSVP: STORYFEST: ONCE UPON A TIME

March 8, 2020 | 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
NSU Fort Lauderdale Campus

For more information, please contact Sarah Divine at sf787@nova.edu.

 

Swedish Ambassador visits NSU and CAHSS Comparative Government Class

The Ambassador of Sweden to the US, Karin Olofsdotter, visited NSU on February 6, 2020. She met with President George Hanbury, Ph.D., and Interim Provost Ron Chenail, Ph.D. The Ambassador delivered a lecture on Sweden’s political system, economy, and society in Stephen Levitt’s LL.M., comparative government class of thirty students. Levitt is an associate professor in the Department of History and Political Science in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS).

According to Levitt, “The Ambassador’s visit was a highlight of the semester for the students.  In her lecture, she highlighted features of Swedish government and society.  The NSU students were able to compare and contrast Swedish government and society with what they have learned about government and society in the United Kingdom and Germany. The students enjoyed the lecture and asked many interesting questions.”

The Ambassador emphasized Sweden’s continued support for the European Union and the Swedish people’s warm relationship with the United States and its citizens. She was named Ambassador to the US on September 1, 2017. Previously she was the Director-General for Trade at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She also held the position of Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department for Promotion of Sweden, Trade, and CSR. Her career in the Foreign Service began in 1994 when she was posted to the Swedish Embassy in Moscow.

Ambassador Olofsdotter has affection for the US. She was a high school exchange student and later earned her B.A.in psychology, economics, and Russian from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. She speaks English, French, and Russian.

 

NSU University School Shark Bots Teams Advance to State Robotics Championship

Congratulations to the NSU University School Lower School Shark Bots teams on advancing to the Florida State Championship. At the VEX Robotics Best in Southwest Challenge, USchool Team A won the Teamwork Champion Award, Team B won the Robot Skills Champion Award and the Build Award, which is presented to a team that has built a well-crafted and constructed robot, and Team C won the Teamwork Champion Award and the Judges Award, which is presented to a team that the judges determine is deserving of special recognition.

We are very proud of our robotics students for their hard work and we are looking forward to cheering them on at the State Championship on March 8.

Yes, She Did! Featuring: Ina Lee, Travel Host Magazine, March 18

Ina Lee, owner of Travelhost Magazine of Fort Lauderdale and founder of WinterFest, shares her inspirational story at the Alvin Sherman Library in recognition of Woman’s History Month. Ina Lee beat the odds to become of South Florida’s most formidable entrepreneurs and community leaders. Her work has received numerous honors for being a catalyst for change. Hear Ina’s story in her own words.

5:30 p.m.: Complimentary Circle of Friends Members Reception, Room 2053 ($20 for non-members)

7:00 p.m.: Presentation, 2nd floor Cotilla Gallery. Free and open to the public.

Parking is $1 per hour. For directions visit: lib.nova.edu/directions

NSU College of Pharmacy Alumnus Named Walgreens President

Richard Ashworth, Pharm.D.

Walgreens Boots Alliance recently named NSU College of Pharmacy alumnus, Richard Ashworth, Pharm.D. (’99), President of Walgreens. Ashworth, who started at NSU when it was still known as Southeastern University, credits his ability to work his way up the ranks of Walgreens from stock boy to now President, partly to his time at NSU.

In a 2015 “SharksRx” Magazine interview, the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award recipient said, “Pharmacy is all about helping patients achieve improved health and well-being.”  He continued, “So it can’t be about tablets in a bottle…that’s not what pharmacy is about.”  He concludes, “Pharmacy is about making a difference in people’s lives.”

Dean Clark said, “I am extremely proud of Dr. Ashworth for this accomplishment.  It is exciting to see our Sharks dominate in the profession of pharmacy, taking on the leadership roles we envision for our students.”

Congratulations and thank you for being a shining example of what can be accomplished with the foundation laid by the NSU Edge and dedication to the profession of pharmacy, Richard!

To read the complete article from 2015, please click here

CAHSS invites you to the book launch and signing of Working JuJu Representations of the Caribbean Fantastic, Feb. 29

Andrea Shaw Nevins, Ph.D., professor and assistant dean for Academic Affairs in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), will be the featured author on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the launch and signing of her book, Working JuJu Representations of the Caribbean Fantastic. The launch and signing will take place at the West Regional Library, 8601 West Broward Blvd., Plantation, at noon.

 Working Juju examines how fantastical and unreal modes are deployed in portrayals of the Caribbean in popular and literary culture as well as in the visual arts. For more information about Working JuJu, please go to https://ugapress.org/book/9780820356099/working-juju/

 

WCC Executive Director publishes article in the Journal of Faculty Development

Two College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) faculty served as guest co-editors of a special section of the September 2019 issue of the Journal of Faculty Development. The special section, “Faculty Development for First-Year Experience, Part II,” included a co-authored article by Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., CAHSS Professor and Executive Director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center, along with Molly Scanlon Ph.D., CAHSS Associate Professor, and Judith Slapak-Barski, Ed.D., Instructional Technology and Design Specialist at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

Scanlon and Dvorak cowrote, “The Importance of Faculty Development Programs for Teaching First-Year Seminar Courses” in the first part of the special section issue of the Journal of Faculty Development May 2019.

 Their article, “Common Practices for First-Year Experience Faculty Development,” focuses on First-Year Experience (FYE) faculty development and recognizes “the best practices for FYE faculty development that can help FYW practitioners strengthen programs or build new sustainable models for success” (53).  Each of the eight practices are explained and reflect the experiences of FYE administrators and faculty. These practices included build a cultivate faculty buy-in, leverage technology, understand the student population, among others, that assist to further develop and improve existing FYE programs.

To access “The Importance of Faculty Development Programs for Teaching First-Year Seminar Courses”

To access “Common Practices for First-Year Experience Faculty Development”

 

 

 

CAHSS Faculty & Graduate Student Present at GSOLE

Writing and Communication Center (WCC) Faculty Coordinator, Janine Morris (CAHSS), and Administrative Coordinator, Nikki Chasten (CAHSS Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Master’s Student), presented at the third annual Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE) conference on January 31, 2020.

GSOLE is an international organization for online educators to connect with those who teach digital literacies in the areas of reading, alphabetic writing, and multimodal composition. The annual conference focuses on online literacy education, and discusses topics such as constraints and support for online literacy educators, best online classroom practices, visual and multimodal literacy enhancement, course and program accessibility, digital composition, and much more.

Morris presented results of a study supported by a 2017 CCCC Research Initiative Grant, alongside Catrina Mitchum (Arizona State University) and Marcela Hebbard (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). Their presentation, “Removing Virtual Boundaries: Student Backgrounds as Sites for Literacy Education” argued for the importance of getting to know students’ backgrounds in online courses to improve retention and literacy instruction.

Chasteen’s presentation, “Creating Collaborative Communities in Online Composition” discussed how online writing instructors can foster a sense of community among students by using collaborative pedagogy. “I have a strong passion for online instruction and I have made it the focus of my research in the Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital media program. It was an honor to present my findings to leaders in the field of online instruction,” said Chasteen.

View the 2020 GSOLE Conference Program: https://www.glosole.org/2020-conference-program.html

To learn more about the M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, visit: https://cahss.nova.edu/departments/wc/graduate/crdm/index.html

Grant Budgets, Feb. 26

The Grant Writing Laboratory and the Office of Sponsored Programs provide Lunch & Learn Grant Workshops on a series of grant related topics. The annual 2020 Lunch & Learn Grant Workshop Series is for NSU faculty and staff continues this Wednesday, February 26 with “Grant Budgets.” We are pleased to share that the 2020 series will feature nine sessions on a variety of topics.

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 any or all of the workshops. For more information, please contact grantlab@nova.edu  .

Federal Agency Reviewers’ Panel, Feb. 19

The Grant Writing Laboratory and the Office of Sponsored Programs provide Lunch & Learn Grant Workshops on a series of grant related topics. The annual 2020 Lunch & Learn Grant Workshop Series is for NSU faculty and staff continues this Wednesday, February 19 with “Federal Agency Reviewers’ Panel.” We are pleased to share that the 2020 series will feature nine sessions on a variety of topics.

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 any or all of the workshops. For more information, please contact grantlab@nova.edu  .

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