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2019 Weeks of Welcome

Get Ready to Dominate!

Welcome back to our returning students, faculty, and staff. For our new students, welcome to our Shark family.

The NSU Weeks of Welcome is scheduled for Wednesday, August 14 through Monday, September 2, and you don’t want to miss out. All events are open to residential and commuter students. Be sure to attend as many events as you possibly can and enjoy the experience.

To see the list of all scheduled events hosted on our Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus, please visit nova.edu/wow. Make sure to use #NSUWOW when sharing your WOW memories on social media.

For disability-related accommodations for any of the events, please contact
(954) 262-7185 or e-mail disabilityservices@nova.edu

Exclusive Miami Dolphin Ticket Offer for NSU Faculty and Staff

NSU faculty and staff will have the exclusive opportunity to purchase Miami Dolphins’ single game tickets at the lowest possible price. This is a good way to show your support. Miami Dolphins football kicks off in September against three 2018 AFC playoff teams!

Click below to access 30-50% discounted tickets for all home games.

Tickets start at just $35!

For more information, please reach out to Michael Metosky,
mmetosky@dolphins.com (305) 943-6839

Join Back Home Sharks, a New Undergraduate Recruitment Program

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions invites you to join the Back Home Sharks Community!

Back Home Sharks connects faculty and staff to visiting prospective undergraduate students who are interested in enrolling at NSU. You are a valuable resource at NSU, and we want you to have the opportunity to share your experiences with future Sharks from your hometown.

As a volunteer, you will impact the future of NSU by helping Undergraduate Admissions recruit and retain potential students from around the world. Our goal is to foster connections with future Sharks through coordinated on-campus visits. Your time is also valuable, and we understand this is a volunteer position. If a student is visiting from your hometown, we will notify you in advance and ask for 15 minutes of your time to meet with the visiting student before the scheduled tour time.

Click the link to learn more and sign up for Back Home Sharks

Nova Southeastern University Receives Grant to Research Pediatric Sarcoma from Thorek Memorial Foundation

Researchers at NSU have received a $200,000 grant from the Thorek Memorial Foundation of Chicago. This grant will be used to support research aimed at identifying biomarkers and developing novel therapies for pediatric sarcoma.

Children diagnosed with sarcoma present significant challenges to the medical community, as many of these cancers can metastasize and are refractory to treatment, with an overall five-year survival rate of only 20-30% in those patients who relapse following standard therapy. Current treatment options remain largely ineffective in increasing overall survival in cases of metastatic refractory disease. There is an unmet need for developing better treatment strategies for pediatric sarcoma patients. A multidisciplinary team of NSU researchers who form the NSU Sarcoma Research Network (SRN) will utilize the award from the Thorek Memorial Foundation to identify novel treatment targets, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers as well as develop cutting-edge next generation immunotherapies for sarcomas.

Dr. H. Thomas Temple, a renowned oncological orthopedic surgeon for Translational Research and Economic Development and special assistant to President Hanbury, will collaborate with a team of cancer researchers led by Dr. Adil Duru at NSU Cell Therapy Institute in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine to generate a unique biobank of pediatric sarcoma cell lines. Subsequent detailed characterization of the patient material will offer useful insights into the individual tumor’s genome, proteome, secretome, phenotype and function, as well as of the tumor’s microenvironment including immune cells. This will provide a unique resource in the form of a comprehensive database of information and primary material biobank for sarcomas, which will facilitate the discovery of novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. Researchers involved in this project are also working on developing novel patient-tailored targeted cancer therapeutics. The ultimate goal of this collaborative and multidisciplinary project is to develop unique strategies for designing safe and efficient personalized therapeutics for the treatment of pediatric sarcoma patients.

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About Thorek Memorial Foundation: Thorek Memorial Foundation was created to provide service to the community and to promote and foster understanding of various health and wellness concerns affecting the members of the community. The Foundation will use its resources to identify healthcare needs, improve population health, and address other needs within the community it serves. The Foundation will provide financial support to organizations in the community to assist their operations, activities, and fulfill their missions. Thorek Memorial Foundation will sponsor various scientific, educational and charitable endeavors that result from the identification of certain community health issues. Thorek Memorial Foundation will also support and enrich Thorek Memorial Hospital through various educational activities.

About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, NSU is ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Top 200 National Research Universities and is a dynamic, private research university providing high-quality educational and research programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degree levels. Established in 1964, NSU now includes 16 colleges, the 215,000-square-foot Center for Collaborative Research, a private JK-12 grade school, the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development with specialists in Autism, the world-class NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and the Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center, which is Florida’s largest public library. NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa, Florida, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico, while maintaining a presence online globally. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is one of only 50 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification, and is also the largest private institution in the United States that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s criteria as a Hispanic-serving Institution. For more information, please visit www.nova.edu.

 

Sharks are Great on TV, Better in Real Life

Sharks are Great on TV, Better in Real Life

by Guy Harvey

As TV viewers are tuned in to sharks this week, the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at Nova Southeastern University and Discovery Cove are focused on sharks year around. In fact, sharks served as the foundation for the successful 5-year partnership between Guy Harvey and Discovery Cove’s parent organization, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment.

As SeaWorld Orlando was preparing to launch their “Mako” rollercoaster, they reached out to the GHRI, which maintains one of the longest running mako shark satellite tagging programs in the world. With SeaWorld’s support, the GHRI has greatly expanded our knowledge of this apex predator, tracking them in the Atlantic Ocean as far north as Newfoundland, as far south as Brazil, and as far east as the Azores. But most notably, since researchers are able to follow where these fish move, we were able to definitively see when one of our tagged fish was caught and taken back to port.

With over 100 satellite tagged mako sharks swimming around the western North Atlantic Ocean, over 30% of these sharks were caught and killed. This fishing mortality rate is 10 times higher than what was previously thought and well beyond a sustainable extraction rate. These data prompted fisheries managers to downgrade shortfin mako sharks to overfished, with overfishing occurring; add them to the Endangered Species List; and set new limits for commercial and recreational harvest.

Click here to read more on this story and other Guy Harvey articles.

Halmos Faculty Witness History with Video of Giant Squid

From June 8 – 22, a team of researchers explored the water column in some of the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico in order to determine what happens to deep-sea animals when a very important constraint is taken away from them – that of light. As part of this amazing project, researcher Edie Widder, Ph.D., with her colleague, Nathan Robinson, Ph.D., used her MEDUSA camera platform to capture video of a live giant squid deep in the Gulf of Mexico during a recent NOAA Office of Exploration and Research-supported cruise.

This is the first recording of a live giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico (Atlantic Ocean, for that matter), and only the second such filming ever. The research cruise, entitled “Journey into Midnight: Life and Light Below the Twilight Zone,” was led by Sönke Johnsen, Ph. D., of Duke University. Regarding DEEPEND, three of the twelve scientists onboard were from Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. They were Co-PI Tammy Frank, Ph.D., her student Ruchao Qian, and DEEPEND Director/PI Tracey Sutton, Ph.D.

The giant squid story has been a global media sensation, featured by the NOAA Office of Exploration and Research; Discovery Channel; NY Times; Washington Post; USA Today; OCEANX; and CNN, among hundreds of others.

Degree Works Transition Complete

The university’s transition to the new online degree audit system, Degree Works, has been completed in early July 2019 for all students. Degree Works is an easy-to-use, web-based planning tool that assists students and advisors in monitoring student progress toward degree or certificate completion. Degree Works evaluations are not official, and students are encouraged to consult with their academic advisor/program office for detailed program requirements and course options.

Changes in procedures

With the transition to Degree Works, Enrollment and Student Services Systems will no longer be accepting Curriculum Change Forms (CAFs). Curriculum adjustments in Degree Works are submitted as “petitions” within the system. Video tutorials and documentation is available online at https://www.nova.edu/registrar/degreeworks.html.

Staff members who need to request access to Degree Works may click on the purple Degree Works icon within the NSU Service Manager. The request should include the staff members NSU ID number and the type of access to be granted, which may be read-only access or read/write access.

Lastly, please be sure to remove all mention of CAPP from your communication plans, websites, and brochures and replace it with Degree Works information.

For questions regarding Degree Works, please email ESSDWAudit@nova.edu.

 

Office of Human Resources: Wellness Made Simple

August is National Immunization Awareness Month

Vaccines (or shots) help prevent dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases.  Vaccines aren’t just for kids – adults need to get vaccinated to stay protected from serious illnesses like the flu, measles, and pneumonia.

The summer months is the perfect time to schedule an appointment with your Primary Care Physician.  Under the NSU ICUBA medical plan, immunizations are covered at 100%.  You can speak with NSU Pharmacy at 954-262-4550 or the Employee Health Clinic at 954-678-2273 for more information about the necessary vaccines.

Access To Your Benefits Summary

https://www.nova.edu/hr/benefits/index.html

Adult Immunization Schedule

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html

Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html

Competition Opens for 9th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award

(left to right): Ralph V. Rogers Jr., Ph.D.; Linda Sobell, Ph.D. recipient of NSU’s 8th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award; George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president & CEO; Linda Grosby, Ed.D., dean, College of Psychology.

Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D., NSU interim provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, will begin accepting nominations for the annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award starting August 12. The deadline to submit a nomination or to self-nominate is 5:00 p.m., September 13, 2019.

The purpose of the award is to recognize an NSU faculty member who has demonstrated significant achievement in support of NSU’s mission to foster scholarship, intellectual inquiry, and academic excellence. Research and scholarship are two of NSU’s core values, and excellence in these areas enhances education, patient care, and public service, and develops superior scholarship. This annual award recognizes distinguished accomplishments in the pursuit of research and scholarly activities across the academic disciplines.  The winner of the Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award will be announced at the External Funding Recognition Reception held on October 16, 2019.

For more information, or to submit a nomination, please click on the link below

http://www.nova.edu/academic-affairs/provost-award/index.html.

Professor Michael Caldwell retires from NSU

Throughout his professional life, Michael Caldwell, D.M.A., has worn the hats of reporter, renowned concert pianist, U.S. artistic ambassador, and academic. But after 11 years at NSU in Performing and Visual Arts, he’s hung up that last hat to seek out new adventures.

“I’ve never had sabbatical in 40-plus years,” he said. “I never had the time or was too busy.”

Caldwell, who grew up in Fayetteville, NC, said his parents always encouraged him to follow his interests. Listening to his older brother take piano lessons inspired him to want to learn to play himself. Over time, Caldwell began to play piano and organ at his local church, and by high school, he was teaching others how to play.

“I had always been interested in classical music,” he said. “I would collect 78 records and go to classical concerts.”

Unfortunately, Caldwell’s opportunities to attend classical concerts was limited due to segregation. Caldwell continued playing and won multiple music competitions. Caldwell earned a bachelor’s degree in Applied Music from the University of Miami. Later, Caldwell took on a job as a broadcast reporter after returning from a year studying on a grant. He was handed a camera and instructed to go shoot footage for a story.

Continuing his musical studies, he earned a doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Arizona. It was that university connection that got Caldwell his first of three appointments as a U.S. artistic ambassador. The program, which started in the U.S. Department of State during the Reagan administration, fosters cross-cultural understanding through the arts. Caldwell was assigned to Jordan and was already familiar with the Middle East and North Africa, having spent time on a self-financed tour and living out of a VW van.

Caldwell’s stints in academia included six years at Broward College as Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2008, he came to Nova Southeastern University and served as the founding director of the Division of Performing and Visual Arts in what was then known as the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. The programs in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences’ Department of Performing and Visual Arts celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2018.

Full story: https://cahss.nova.edu/news-events/2019/dpva-caldwell.html

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