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New Leadership & Professional Development Catalog Now Available

During times of organizational change and commitment to increasing standards, NSU’s Faculty and Staff have an important role in leading innovation, collaboration, and excellence across the university. In support of fostering the culture of 1 NSU, the Office of Human Resources is offering a series of workshops for leaders, departments, and individuals, to assist in building and further developing these skills, as well as select learning events designed to provide leaders with the tools they need to give their teams an edge in their pursuit of excellence.

All sessions can be found in the new FY2020 Leadership & Professional Development Catalog HERE: http://www.nova.edu/hr/training/index.html

 

 

NSU Dental Congratulates its Student Life Achievement Awards winners

College of Dental Medicine celebrates its college student of the year and American Association of Women Dentists chapter for being honored at the 21st annual Student Life Achievement Awards (STUEYs).

Held every spring, the award ceremony aims to honor those who further a sense of campus community focusing on the best in academic excellence, student centered, integrity, innovation, opportunity, scholarship/research, diversity, and community.

From Left: Linda C. Niessen, D.M.D., M.P.H., dean and professor, College of Dental Medicine with CDM 2019 student of the year, Francesca Pietri.

The award for CDM 2019 student of the year went to fourth-year dental student Francesca Pietri for her great representation in what the college stands for in its goal of creating outstanding clinicians and leaders in their communities.

Pietri’s academic excellence is no stranger to NSU as the graduating fourth year carried the same work ethic when earning her bachelor’s in biology and master’s degree in biomedical sciences from NSU. Pietri was considered a top student in her classes as she developed the strong work ethic with the goal in mind of being a dentist.

Being a leader in the classroom, Pietri took on roles by serving on executive boards, college ambassador, class representative and giving back to the community in the annual Give Kids a Smile event and dental mission trips outside the country in which she provided dental care to those in need.

“I feel privileged to have been nominated by faculty, staff and peers to receive such recognition. However, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have been selected amongst all the students at CDM to receive the award! With graduation coming up, the STUEY has added even more excitement and gratitude to my family and I during this time…. without doubt, I’ve given it my all during my time at NSU, and really appreciate the recognition! I personally want to thank all those who took the time to submit my name for consideration, and especially to the committee for selecting me— I’m honored. Thank you!”

Members of the NSU Student Chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists receiving their award for Graduate Organization of the Year given by President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D.

The second award received by the college went to the NSU Student Chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists for graduate organization of the year. The organization made up of predoctoral, postgraduates and faculty aims to advance, connect and enrich the lives of women dentists as stated in their mission.

“I would like to say that the NSU-CDM Student Chapter of AAWD is an amazing organization lead by dentistry’s women future leaders of tomorrow, with hearts of gold, a work ethic second to none and a vision of giving that bonds female in the dental profession. I am honored to be their faculty advisor as they inspire me every day,” said Sharon Siegel DDS, MS, MBA, professor, chair department of prosthodontics and NSU AAWD faculty advisor.

The NSU chapter took part in various philanthropic efforts throughout the year with participation in the AIDS Walk, Rock Run breast and ovarian cancer run and Feeding South Florida, an event in which the chapter raised over 883 pounds of food. The organization also lent their dental knowledge by hosting tutorials for predoctoral students and collaborating with brands such as Colgate in hosting oral hygiene events. Aside from an active community involvement NSU AAWD takes time for mentorship and fellowship opportunities to empower and support women in dentistry these efforts were led by Nicole Elia, NSU AAWD president and class of 2020 member.

“I have been a part of AAWD since my first year at Nova CDM. What inspired me to get involved in AAWD was how well rounded the organization was. Being a member of AAWD means taking part in community service activities, fundraisers, academic learning and teaching opportunities, and even much needed social events to take a breather from the busy curriculum of dental school. Being a member means building relationships with other women in the dental field and supporting one another in our endeavors. I’m proud to be a part of AAWD and all of the goals we have accomplished each year. The STUEY award was an incredible achievement and it was an honor to be recognized along with the other wonderful nominees. When people ask me about our organization, I tell them that we may be small (in number) but we are mighty! AAWD will continue to make great strides in the years to come,” said Elia.

 

Office of Human Resources to Host Wellness Seminars

During the month of May, HCA Hospital will host two seminars on Women’s Health and Hypertension and Stroke Awareness.  The HCA sessions will be available in person and via GoToTraining.  The other two seminars will be on the Rally program for employees enrolled in NSU ICUBA Medical Plan.  You can only attend one of the Rally seminars.  All seminars will begin at 12:00 p.m.

 

May 16, 2019

Employee Wellness Seminar: Women’s Health

May 21, 2019

Employee Wellness Seminar: Hypertension and Stroke Awareness

May 28, 2019

Rally Session 101: Learn all about Rally with Ronenia Jenkins

May 29, 2019

Rally Session 101: Learn all about Rally with Ronenia Jenkins

 

$10 in Rally Rewards will be offered per seminar.  If you are attending the HCA seminar in person, please register via SharkTalent.  If you are attending via GoToTraining, you are required to complete a quiz at the end of the session for the Rally dollars.  As a reminder, spouses and/or domestic partners covered under the medical plan can attend the sessions via GoToTraining for Rally credits.

For wellness related questions contact your Employee Wellness Program Administrator:

Ronenia Jenkins at rjenkins@nova.edu or ext. 27879.

Visit our website at http://www.nova.edu/hr/wellness/index.html

Students Get Career Boost During Pre-Health Day

Selection of medical students from the Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine who participated in mock interviews led by B.S. Biology Alumnus, Romany Harkas, Class of 2017; along with faculty members (far right), Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D. and Mark Jaffe, MD. Department of Biological Sciences, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

Recently, Pre-Health day brought together the NSU and the community to provide real-world career advising to undergraduate students interested in health-related careers. Career Development (Emilio Lorenzo) and the NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography Professor Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D., collaborated to present the annual Pre-Health Day along with colleagues from the Colleges of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Optometry, Health Sciences, the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Colleges of Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine, The Tutoring and Testing Center, and Undergraduate Academic Advising. During the program undergraduate students were able to participate in mock interviews with professional (many of whom were NSU alumni). Students were able able to learn about a variety of graduate opportunities in health-related studies including the Masters in Biological Sciences Program, along with the Master of Public Health and Physician Assistant programs. Students also learned about medical scribe opportunities from representatives from ScribeAmerica. A group of medical students from the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine led by NSU Alum, Romany Harkas (B.S. 2018) assisted with the mock interviews.

Participants were welcomed by Richard Dodge, Dean of the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography (HCNSO), followed by presentations by professionals in the health care field, many of whom were alumni of the undergraduate biology program and various NSU graduate schools. These presentations included career advice from Nergess Taheri, D.O. (HCNSO Class of 2011; MSBI Class of 2017; D.O. Class of 2017), Ahmed Sirage (HCNSO Class of 2009; NSU DMD Class of 2015); Nicholas Carris, pharmacist (HCNSO Class of 2008), Adriana Strimbu, podiatrist, Debra Stern, Physical Therapist, Faculty NSU Physical Therapy Department, Andre Kerr, Physician Assistant (HCNSO Class of 2010), Nicole Cook, faculty member (Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine), Samantha Krueger (HCNSO Class of 2017, NSU College of Optometry Student, Class of 2020), Tambi Braun, Speech Language Pathologist and NSU Faculty at the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences and Melissa Boguslawski, NSU Faculty at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The full list of presenters and their abstracts are available at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/prehealth-day/.  More information is available about various alumni of the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography Biology Major at the website: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_alumni/ New alumni are also encouraged to join by selecting the submit bio option on the right hand side of the page.

Pre-health day provides a great opportunity for students to network with professionals and learn skills to make them better candidates for graduate school. For more information about this event, contact Mr. Emilio Lorenzo el541@nova.edu, Associate Director of Employer Relations, Career Development.

 

 

Dr. Emily Schmitt Lavin, Chair Department of Biological Sciences (DoBS); Romany Harkas (HCNSO Class of 2017; Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, M1 student conducted mock interviews at the event.

Regional Nurses Attend Meeting on Addiction Intervention in Tampa

NSU’s Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing at the Tampa regional campus recently hosted a regional meeting of the Florida Nurses Association (FNA).

Linda Smith, a consultant for the Florida Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN) and the Florida Department of Health, spoke to nurses about how to recognize when healthcare professionals need treatment for drug use and addiction.

Smith also discussed efforts to rehabilitate rather than prosecute workers struggling with drug use, an idea that has gained favor with employers since IPN began. Participants learned how to recognize nurses who may need treatment and how to provide important resources.

Lost Dean’s Son Returns to Oceanographic Campus

In the last week of April, Jim Richardson visited the Oceanographic Campus. This was a bittersweet visit, as his father was with a group of researchers who was lost at sea in 1975.

William Springer Richardson (1928-1975), was a Professor and Director of Nova University Oceanographic Center, he was also active as a scientist, inventor, sailor, flier and author. Richardson was head of a team on board Nova’s research vessel Gulf Stream which was lost at sea off the coast of Maine in 1975.

Mr. Richardson was very happy to see how his father’s legacy has expanded into the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography.

Halmos College Faculty and Students Attend Life Sciences Conference

On Saturday, April 6, over 20 undergraduates from NSU attended the 2019 Life Sciences of South Florida STEM Undergraduate Symposium. Hosted at Florida Atlantic University, these students from Halmos College and the College of Psychology attended and presented their work in either poster or oral format.

Halmos College faculty members Beatrix Aukszi, Ph.D., Chris Blanar, Ph.D., Paul Baldauf, Ph.D., and Robert Smith, Ph.D. attended the symposium. College of Psychology faculty members were also in attendance.

The STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium is a wonderful opportunity for undergraduate students to showcase their research and network with other undergraduate researchers from across 12 colleges and universities. This event provides STEM students with a forum to build connections with graduate schools and gain exposure to STEM industries in the South Florida region.

NSU University School Students Travel to China

NSU University School students, who take Chinese as a foreign language, had the opportunity to travel to China over spring break. USchool faculty accompanied the 23 Middle and Upper School students on the trip where they were all fully immersed into China’s culture and customs. Students explored China’s major cities and landmarks including the Great Wall of China. They also had the opportunity to interact with Chinese students at our sister school and they ate and cooked traditional Chinese food like dim sum. Travel opportunities like these encourage students to gain awareness of global perspectives and develop the interpersonal skills necessary to navigate new experiences with confidence, maturity, and flexibility.

Halmos College Astronomy Faculty Interviewed about Black Hole Photo.

On April 10, the National Science Foundation announced the first picture of a black hole. NBC channel 6 interviewed Stefan Kautsch, Ph.D., Halmos College’s associate professor of physics and astronomy about the photo.

In the interview, Kautsch stated, “The significance of this radio image is the high-resolution observation of the area of a super-massive black hole in the center of galaxy M87.  The image visualizes the disk of hot gas and dust surrounding the black-hole surface, the so-called event horizon. It is great news for my research on galaxies to show the existence of black holes in galaxy centers.”

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, was designed to capture images of a black hole. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. This long-sought image provides the strongest evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes and opens a new window onto the study of black holes, their event horizons, and gravity.

The EHT is the result of years of international collaboration, and offers scientists a new way to study the most extreme objects in the Universe predicted by Einstein’s general relativity during the centennial year of the historic experiment that first confirmed the theory.

NSU Dental Fraternity Hosts Seventh Annual Oral Cancer Walk

Members of the NSU Chapter of Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity presenting the check for $8,000 to the recipient of this year’s oral cancer treatment

The NSU Chapter of Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity (AO) concluded its seventh annual Oral Cancer 5K Run and Walk-a-Thon by raising $8,000 towards helping a designated oral cancer patient from the NSU oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic.

The annual event held near the end of March on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus served as a kick off for oral cancer awareness month in April. The public raised funds through donations and fees with those participating in the run/walk along with donations from yearly sponsors including Aspen Dental and Henry Schien. In effort to raise awareness for oral cancer AO offered free public oral cancer screenings performed by dental students and oral surgery residents at the event.

AO’s Oral Cancer 5K Run and Walk-a-Thon event was started by a fellow fraternity member who was diagnosed with oral cancer during dental school. Held every year since 2013 the chapter has raised funds, awareness and provided oral cancer screenings to those in attendance.

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