Category: Athletics

NSU Miami Campus and College of Psychology Hold Human Trafficking Training for Professionals

Recently, the NSU Miami Campus partnered with the College of Psychology and held an the Vital Human Trafficking Training for Helping Professionals. The presenter, Jared S. Rose, Ph.D., LPCC-S(OH), NCC, EMDRC brought over 25 years of expertise in working with individuals who have been trafficked. He discussed the social justice problem, it’s impact on victims, and the necessary support to assist individuals through the recovery process. The event drew about 140 participants from various sectors of the community to the Miami Campus. Participants came together to increase their awareness and skills to help with this devastating.

First Annual Sea Turtle Derby Part of Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach

What could go together better than the annual Tortuga Music Festival and a fun way to help raise funds to further sea turtle research in Broward County? Thanks to the First Annual Sea Turtle Derby, festival goers and lovers of sea turtles can help support ongoing research by the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and the Conservation, Movement and Ecosystem Dynamics Lab at NSU.

Representing Rock The Ocean’s Five Core Issues are a distinguished list of more than 30 worldwide leaders in ocean conservation that are hand selected and invited to share knowledge onsite at this year’s festival. Conservation Village also allows attendees to enjoy games, interactive touch tanks, cooking exhibitions, the latest in ocean technology and speak with some of the top ocean conservation groups in the world. To find out more about each organization onsite this year, visit http://www.tortugamusicfestival.com/conservation/.

2019’s Pi Day a Rousing Success!

On March 14th, the Halmos College Department of Mathematics hosted its annual Pi Day Celebration in conjunction with the Chemistry Club. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math and eat Pie. The event was held on the patio of the flight deck, this special day hosted over 100 students, faculty, and staff. At the event, guests enjoyed pie sponsored NSU’s Office of Alumni Relations and pizza, sponsored by the chemistry club.

While enjoying apple, cherry, peach, and other pie flavors, . Everyone also had a chance to play Pi games and learn how important Pi is in chemical equations and space exploration.

Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.

Florida Students Honored for Award-Winning Holocaust Reflection Contest Entries

Six Holocaust survivors recently sat in the front row at Nova Southeastern University’s Alvin Sherman Library to hear “lessons learned” from 12 Florida middle and high school students.

These students shared their award-winning essays, poetry, artwork and videos created after studying the stories of Holocaust survivors. They were selected from close to two thousand entries in the Fifth Annual Holocaust Reflection Contest. First-place winners in each category will be awarded $1000 each, and their respective teachers and schools will receive $500 each. Second-place winners in each category will receive $250 each.

At the event, Dr. Fred Lippman, chancellor, Health Professions Division, spoke to the winning students and their parents, teachers and principals as well as NSU and community leaders. The agenda also features Craig and Barbara Weiner, co-founders of the Holocaust Learning and Education Fund and co-sponsors of the contest; Ivy Schamis, teacher of Holocaust education at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland; and Robert Tanen, Southeast Regional Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

“At a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, it becomes even more critical to learn from our past and share that knowledge with today’s children,” said Craig Weiner. “Barbara and I are proud to lead this statewide effort and encourage the public to tour the Holocaust Reflection and Resource Center at NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library.”

To view more photos, click here.

The winners’ work is posted on the Holocaust Reflection Contest website. They include:

HIGH SCHOOL

Essay/Poem

1st Place | “The Fallacious Monster”
By Leah Mohnkern
Brooks Debartolo Collegiate High School – Tampa

2nd Place | “Seventeen”
By Marin Burke
Blake High School Magnet – Tampa

 Art

1st Place | “Savior of Innocence”
By Isabella Gallese
Jensen Beach High School – Martin County

2nd Place | “Resilience”
By Danit Weitzman
Scheck Hillel Community School Inc. – Miami Dade County

Film

1st Place | “The Lessons from a Holocaust Survivor”
By Reggie Ocampos
Bartow High School – Polk County

2nd Place | “We Remember: David Schaecter”
By Victor San Martin
Terra Environmental Research Institute – Miami Dade Public Schools

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Essay/Poem

1st Place | “Remove the Yellow Stars”
By Raewyn Shaw
Community Leadership Academy – Tallahassee

2nd Place | “Sylvia’s Story”
By Mya Kushner
Indian Ridge – Broward County Public Schools

Art

1st Place | “The Butterfly”
By Isabella Garcia
Florida Christian School – Miami

2nd Place | “Glimmer of Hope”
By Yair Sabag
David Posnack Jewish Day School – Broward County

Film

1st Place | “Elie Wiesel”
By Jordan Boulware
Community Leadership Academy – Tallahassee

2nd Place | “The Tracks for a Better World”

Ayden Kostzer
Pembroke Pines Charter West Middle School – Pembroke Pines

The Holocaust Reflection Contest began in 2014 at the bequest of the Holocaust Learning and Education Fund, Inc. (HLEF) co-founders Craig and Barbara Weiner. The couple established HLEF in 2013 to encourage the expansion of Holocaust education in the United States. The organization’s goal is to teach America’s students, through initiatives like the Holocaust Reflection Contest, how intolerance of others can lead to the destruction of our social fabric, while patience, compassion and understanding of others will always result in a safer and better world.  By learning from the past, we enrich the future.

The Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Reflection and Resource Center provides NSU students and the community with a place to learn about and contemplate the atrocities that resulted from intolerance and hate. The Center — located on the second floor of NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library — provides access to thousands of Holocaust survivor testimonies; a Holocaust encyclopedia; archival images, artifacts, maps, and films; and links to Holocaust research museums and memorials around the world.

Writing and Communication Center Staff Present at 2019 Southeastern -Writing Center Association Conference

 SWCA - NSU WCC

Students and faculty from NSU’s Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center (WCC) presented on nine panels at the 2019 Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) Conference. The 2019 SWCA Conference was hosted by Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, SC, from February 21-23. This group included:

  • faculty from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department of Writing and Communication (DWC)
  • graduate students and alumna from the CAHSS DWC M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) program
  • an undergraduate Communication major
  • a graduate student from the CAHSS Department of Marriage and Family Therapy program
  • a graduate student from the College of Psychology

NSU’s WCC offers writing and communication assistance to all NSU students, online and in-person.

The 2019 SWCA Conference had over 290 attendees and featured 135  presentations from 75 institutions.

About the Panels

Title: Why Do This and What Do I Need?: A Workshop for Preparing SWCA Certification Proposals

Presenters: Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., professor and WCC executive director; with colleagues from Transylvania University, Eastern Kentucky University, and Athens State University

Summary: This workshop focused on the benefits of SWCA writing center certification and provided an overview of the application process.

Title: From Free-verse to Fiction: Addressing Creative Writing in the Writing Center

Presenters: Nicole Chavannes, CRDM student and WCC graduate assistant; and Monique Cole, communication major and WCC undergraduate peer consultant

Summary: This workshop focused on working with creative writers and providing tutors with effective strategies to address creative works.

Title: Online Fellows: Meaningful Experiences in an Online Classroom

Presenters: Ricky Finch, CRDM student and WCC graduate assistant; and Nikki Chasteen, CRDM student

Summary: This presentation discussed ways online, course-embedded tutors create  meaningful experiences when working with students.

Title: Peer Writing Tutors and the Ongoing Conversation about Student Engagement

Presenters: Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D.; Jacqueline Lytle, CRDM alumna and WCC professional consultant; and Russell Carpenter, Ph.D., Eastern Kentucky University

Summary: Focused on how writing centers foster student engagement and retention.

Title: Just Brew It!: Coffee’s Impact on a Writing and Communication Center Space

Presenters: Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D.; Janine Morris, Ph.D., DWC assistant professor and WCC faculty coordinator; Jacqueline Lytle; and Emalee Shrewsbury, CRDM student and WCC graduate assistant

Summary: This presentation discussed results and implications of a semester-long study on the effects of coffee’s presence in the writing center.

Title: Launching a Strategic Social Media Presence for the NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center

Presenters: Janine Morris, Ph.D.; Whitney Lehmann, Ph.D., DWC assistant professor; Nikki Chasteen; Monique Cole; Adam DeRoss, CRDM student and WCC graduate assistant; Petra Jurova, CRDM student; and Noemi Nunez, CRDM student and WCC graduate assistant

Summary: This presentation showcased the development and implementation of a full social media campaign for the WCC.

Title: The Marketing Strategies of Writing and Communication Centers

Presenters: Emalee Shrewsbury

Summary: This presentation showcased print and digital marketing strategies that are effective for writing and communication center branding.

Title: Multilingualism in the Writing Center

Presenters: Noemi Nunez; Jacob Weiers, CRDM student and WCC graduate assistant; Monique Scoggin, CRDM student

Summary: This workshop focused on developing strategies to work with multilingual students/assignments in the writing center.

Title: Emotional Intelligence in the Writing Center

Presenters: Sara M. Gorman, M.S. in Experimental Psychology student; and Cassandra Cacace, M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy student

Summary: This workshop focused on personal emotional intelligence skill-building activities to use in writing center sessions.

NSU Graduate Student Earns Southeastern Writing Center Association

Graduate Tutor of the Year Award

Hannah Dean, graduate student of the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Physician Assistant (PA) Program and former graduateHannah Dean assistant at the NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center (WCC), earned the 2019 Graduate Tutor of the Year Award from the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA). According to SWCA, the honor “recognize(s) leadership, commitment, and overall excellence of individuals working in an SWCA writing center.”

At NSU, Dean worked at the WCC for three and a half years, the first three as an undergraduate. This past year, she helped design and implement the WCC’s first-year biology course-embedded writing fellows program, which served close to 500 students in the fall of 2018. In her role, Dean:

  • Developed training and education modules for writing fellows.
  • Organized a series of “open studio” hours for BIOL 1500 students.
  • Created pre- and post-surveys to assess student feedback.
  • Reflected on final assessments to strengthen the program.

Dean also collaborated with two WCC graduate student colleagues to co-author a book chapter on writing studio pedagogy that is set to be published later this year. “Hannah has been key to the WCC’s success for a long time, and I am happy she was recognized by the SWCA for her amazing contributions,” said Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., executive director of the WCC. “The biology writing fellows program is a unique initiative that gives our students an edge.”

Outside the classroom, Dean has represented NSU for four years as a President’s 64 member. She has worked alongside community leaders for three years in planning Broward County’s annual event, “A Day for Children,” which offers free healthcare services to families. She also currently serves as the philanthropy chair on the PA Class of 2020 student government board.

Halmos Lecture Series Focuses Feral Cat Population Dynamics

On Friday, March 22, the Mathematics Colloquium Series will present Andrew Nevai, Ph.D. lecture, “Feral cat population dynamics”. Dr. Nevai is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Central Florida. The talk will discuss a mathematical model for population dynamics of feral cats.

Feral cats are subject to various animal control measures including impounding, adoption, and euthanasia. The feral cat population also interacts with a fixed population of outdoor house cats, some of which experience abandonment. In some cases, the feral population becomes extinct while other parameter cases allow for the population to persist at a positive and globally asymptotically stable equilibrium. If only adult males can be abandoned then the model can exhibit up to two positive equilibrium points. When all three categories of cats can be abandoned then the model can exhibit up to four positive equilibrium points. The model can be extended to include the spatial movement of adult males and it can be used to describe the spread of feline leukemia within a feral cat population.

Hosted by Halmos College’s Department of Mathematics, this lecture will take place in Parker 203 from 12:05-12:55. For more information, please contact Colloquium organizer Fuzhen Zhang at zhang@nova.edu.

Razor’s Edge Shark Talent Scholars in DPVA Promote the Arts

The Razor’s Edge Shark Talent Scholars program is designed for first time in college freshman who have been active in community or high school arts programs and want to promote the arts and bring people together. These students are majors or minors in the Department of Performing and Visual Arts (DPVA) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). Working in three committees – social media, audience relations, and audience development – these 43 students worked on several DPVA events, including the Mayfly (24-hour theatre project/Oct 6); Facing Forward (breast cancer awareness event on Oct 18); and supported the over 100 high school students (teaching dance classes and coordinating the crowd) on Dance Awareness Day (Oct 24). Through a collaboration with Student Affairs and the Venetian Arts Society, these students once again packed the house for Tony Award winning artist Levi Kreis. These students are making a difference and several of these events were so popular that people had to be turned away.

CAHSS Invites Students to El Cafecito to Practice Spanish Speaking over Coffee and Pastries

El Cafecito Participants

On February 18, 2019, the Department of Literature and Modern Languages from NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), hosted their first El Cafecito: Coffee and Conversation Hour. It was a great success with approximately 50 students attending. In addition to students from CAHSS, students from NSU’s College of Pharmacy, and NSU’s College of Nursing participated.  At El Cafecito, students practice beginner, intermediate, and advanced Spanish with other students from their courses and across the university. This facilitates conversations and community between Spanish Minors, those interested in the Spanish language and culture, and instructors of Spanish courses. The next El Cafecito sponsored by USGA will be on April 5, 2019, from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., at the Flight Deck.

For more information, please email LML-NSU@nova.edu

El Cafecito Feb 2019

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