Category: Academics

Emergency Medicine Club Fuels Frontline Heroes

 

KCPOM students continue to aid the community during the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on various initiatives, such as providing care packages for frontline heroes. In July, the KPCOM’s American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) club delivered items to six emergency rooms in South Florida, including Broward Health Medical Center, Kendall Regional, Mount Sinai, Memorial Regional, Memorial West, and Westside Regional.

The packages were meant to give back to emergency medicine physicians and ER staff members who have been serving various roles as mentors and educators during the pandemic. The packages included food items such as granola bars, energy drinks, and an assortment of snacks to fuel local ER teams during an especially demanding time.

The funding came from a joint effort between the ACOEP and the Society of Medical Oncology. “With the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, and the large demand once again being placed on our local health care system, we are interested in planning another care package drop-off in the future to continue to show support for our community,” said second-year student Veronica Abello, the KPCOM’s ACOEP president.

Pharmacists Writing the Prescription for COVID-19 Testing

Hyla Fritsch, PharmD, CPh (’06), Executive Director of Clinic Operations and Pharmacy Services for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County played a key role in operationalizing Palm Beach County’s drive-thru testing site at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. In addition to that site, she currently leads the efforts at five other test sites throughout the county which offer COVID-19 testing to people of all ages, regardless of if they are symptomatic.  Her ongoing leadership has led to the testing of over 40,000 patients.

Fritsch, a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award Winner in 2017, was recently featured on the Health Care District of Palm Beach County podcast, “Here for Your Health”.  In her interview, she addresses her role as the lead pharmacist for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County and how she helped write the prescription for a COVID-19 testing operation. She will take you behind the scenes of COVID-19 testing on the Health Care District’s podcast, “Here for Your Health” at www.healthcaredistrictpodcast.org.

As Executive Director of Clinic Operations and Pharmacy Services for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County she oversees operations of the District’s C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, a network of ten Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmacy services for adults and children. She is also a licensed consultant pharmacist.

Education Alumna Named Dean at Florida Southwestern State College

April L. Fleming, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, has been named Dean of the School of Education at Florida Southwestern State College.

Fleming has more than 20 years of leadership experience in higher education, preK-12 public education, and educational research and policy. Prior to joining Florida Southwestern State College, Fleming was Director of Education Programs at State College of Florida (SCF), Manatee-Sarasota. During her tenure with SCF, she led a strategic and successful effort to increase the rigor and relevance of the teaching methods and activities of the teacher preparation program, which encompassed the Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education and the Educator Preparation Institute. The curriculum redesigns, which included clinical placement and internships, resulted in a 20% increase in student enrollment during the first year of its implementation.She also forged successful relationships with community partners which resulted in over $300,000 in external funding for teacher preparation, educator quality enhancement and professional development.

Fleming earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry from Dillard University, a Master of Science degree in Early Childhood Education and a Doctorate in Education, with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership and a minor in Early Childhood Education from Nova Southeastern University.

HCAS Faculty and Doctoral Students present workshop “Dispute Resolution for Public Managers”

Neil Katz, Ph.D.

Neil Katz, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center and three doctoral students facilitated a workshop entitled, “Dispute Resolution for Public Managers.” The workshop was presented in June via Zoom for 28 active military and U.S. Department of State civilians from across the US and Europe. The workshop was designed to assist Defense Comptrollers transition to leadership positions and enhance their competencies in emotional intelligence, interpersonal conflict resolution, negotiation, workplace mediation and multi-party public disputes. The doctoral students included Crystal Chavis, Angelica Coronel, and Joanna Winters.  Katz teaches courses in Human Factors, Negotiation, and several electives in organizational conflict and covert and overt group dynamics.

New Faculty Book Covers Contextual Trauma Therapy

Steven Gold

College of Psychology Professor Steven Gold’s new book, Contextual Trauma Therapy:

Overcoming Traumatization and Reaching Full Potential, builds on decades of research and experience from an NSU clinic.

Gold’s expertise includes working with adult survivors of prolonged childhood abuse (PCA) who experience difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and difficulty modulating emotional reactions and impulses. This is known as complex PTSD, or C-PTSD.

“It’s a broader set of difficulties often that interfere on a much broader level with general functioning,” Gold said. “The idea has been that in contrast to PTSD which can result from a single traumatic event, people with C-PTSD develop those difficulties as a result of repeated traumatic events.”

Gold is also the founder and director of NSU’s Trauma Integration and Resolution Program, one of the clinics housed in the Psychology Services Center.

 

WCC Executive Director Presents at the 2019 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Conference

Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., professor and Executive Director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC), presented at the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Conference in Houston, TX, December 7-10, 2019. Dvorak presented alongside Russell Carpenter from Eastern Kentucky University.

The 2019 SACSCOC conference theme was “The New Moonshot: A Giant LEAP for Education.” Their presentation, “Providing Course-Embedded Writing Support to First-Year STEM Students,” illustrated how institutions can design Quality Enhancement Plans that incorporate course-embedded writing support to students in first-year STEM courses to prepare them for both short- and long-term academic and professional success.

Having earned accreditation by SACSCOC, NSU continues to provide resources, programs, and services in order to accomplish and sustain the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement. In addition to working directly with students, the WCC offers faculty support for teaching writing in the disciplines. The WCC continues to assist in writing embedded courses with writing fellows who serve as ambassadors for the center, in over 90 sections of Composition, and in disciplines like History and Political Science, and Speech-Language and Communication Disorders (CSAD), and more.

To learn more about the NSU Writing and Communication Center, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAHSS Faculty Co-authors Op-Ed “George Floyd: The Eyes of the World are Watching Now” in Daily Maverick

Mary Hope Schwoebel, Ph.D. faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) co-authored an Op-Ed with Erin McCandless, Ph.D. The op-ed entitled, “George Floyd: The Eyes of the World are Watching Now, “was published on June 8, 2020, in the Daily Maverick, a South African online newspaper.

Schwoebel’s areas of interest include peacebuilding and state building, peacebuilding and development, gender and conflict, culture and conflict, and the interactions between religious and indigenous systems of governance and conflict resolution and international interventions. She teaches such classes as Facilitation, Culture and Conflict: Cross-cultural Perspectives, and Practicum I.

To access the article please click link; https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-08-george-floyd-the-eyes-of-the-world-are-watching-now/#gsc.tab=0

 

CAHSS Graduate SGA Hosts Virtual Conference “Healing the Divide: A Talk on African Americans and Race Relations

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 from 11:00am-7:00pm, the Graduate Student Government Association (SGA) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), hosted a virtual conference titled, Healing the Divide: A Talk on African Americans and Race Relations.

Facilitated by the SGA, the conference fostered lively discussion and exchange of ideas. It featured the following speakers and topics:

11AM-12PM: Adrian Carter, “Understanding the Conflict & Relevance for Solutions”

1 PM – 2 PM: Radar Onguetou Essiene “The Human Factor”

2 PM – 3 PM: Porshia Cunningham “A Courageous Conversation”

3 PM – 4 PM: Sheena Rolle “Faith, Justice, Healing”

6 PM – 7 PM: Edwina Ward “Youth Empowerment”

For more information about the CAHSS Graduate SGA, please click link below; https://cahss.nova.edu/sa/index.html

May 2020 B.S.N. Graduates Present at National Nursing Conference

Jennifer Gray, B.S.N., Chloe Hollands, B.S.N., and Nicole Proto, B.S.N., graduates from the B.S.N class of 2020, gave a virtual podium presentation at the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators Annual Institute, June 3-June 5, 2020.

The title of the presentation was “Creative Approaches to Teaching Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Healthy Nutrition”. The students created this tool and associated technique during a Community clinical rotation in the fall of 2019.  The clinical took place at an alternative high school and the population they served was adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Gray, Hollands, and Proto served as educators for adults with IDD as part of a study, “The Effects of Fit 5 and Gardens on Adults with Intellectual Disabilities” was awarded a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRGD). Mary Ellen Michell-Rosen, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N., the PI of the study, worked along with Special Olympics International for the development of the study and served as the faculty advisor for the students. Holly Evans Madison, Ph.D., M.S.(N), R.N. was a member of the research team and provided faculty support.

NSU Distinguished Alumna, Nilda Banchs (Pharm. D., ’01) Leads A Career Of Service Through Puerto Rico’s Toughest Times

Dr. Nilda Banchs is the President of Farmacia El Tuque in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and co-owner of the pharmacy’s parent corporation, ServiFarma, Inc. She is a proud NSU Distinguished Alumna from the NSU College of Pharmacy.

Farmacia El Tuque is a 16-year old community pharmacy where Banchs oversees a staff of 20 employees. They serve a community of 50,000 residents, most of whom live in significantly underprivileged conditions.

Among her employees are NSU alumni Juan Santos Olivares (Pharm. D. ’05) and Nichole Arcelay (Pharm. D. ’17), and current intern and NSU Pharm.D. candidate, Melanie Pacheco.

“We operate as a community pharmacy… we offer special prices, sometimes sacrificing profit margin, to make our products more attainable for our community, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Banchs mentioned.

Banchs and her staff have served the Ponce community through the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, the earthquakes in southwestern Puerto Rico at the end of 2019 and into 2020, and now during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have learned to adapt to rapidly changing, and sometimes dangerous, conditions to continue to serve our people,” said Dr. Banchs.

Banchs’ staff is facing what they refer to as “a different concept of their profession.”

They continue to serve their community now with protective gear, acrylic barriers, patient holding areas in tents outside of the pharmacy, taking all patients’ temperature, and practicing social distancing all-around inside the building.

Dr. Banchs remembers her years at NSU as the experience that taught her to be a new and more compassionate mentor and pharmacist. “NSU guides the student, step-by-step, through components of science and compassion that I now instill in my own staff,” she said.

“This is a tough chapter in the history of Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria and the earthquakes, because it has surfaced pain and loss, but it is our people’s gratefulness and words of encouragement that keeps us going,” said Dr. Banchs.

Beginning in December 2019, several earthquakes ravaged parts of Puerto Rico including a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the region on January 7, 2020. Through the NSU Cares Fund, Dr. Banchs and her team received emergency financial support to set up tents outside of their pharmacy to help victims and community members at no charge during the weeks following the earthquakes.

“Our patients often say, ‘gracias for being there, for your service, and for not closing your doors,’ and that means so much to us,” Dr. Arcelay added.

The NSU Cares Fund helps NSU students, alumni, faculty, and staff in the aftermath of natural disasters or traumatic events. To learn more, apply, or make a gift, visit nova.edu/nsucares.

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