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New Year’s Resolution: Join the Circle of Friends!

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Thanks to the membership dues and contributions from our members, the Circle of Friends truly makes a difference — by changing the way students study, helping youngsters learn to read, and building a love for reading! Over the years, the funds allocated by the Circle of Friends have resulted in so many positive changes to YOUR Library.  Just look around… The Circle of Friends Collaborative Study Room, the Chihuly Glass Garden, enhancements to the Gallery, Teen Room, Children’s Library and more!

 This past year alone, the Friends helped:

  • Sponsor StoryFest: an early literacy event, which has had an average annual attendance of over 5,000. Last year alone the Library gave away over 2,100 books and added more than 600 new library cards. The Circle of Friends has already promised their continued support for 2019!
  • Support programs like Surviving Skokie, which brought the issuewas shown in conjunction with a panel discussion and The 10 Days of Connection Initiative
  • Provide funding for the Writing Workshop Series, expanded STEM programming, purchased Early Literacy stations, new tables, padded chairs and more!

News Flash! Now, you can join or renew your membership with the Circle of Friends for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library at the very low rate of $25 a year for NSU faculty, staff and students! Enjoy free cocktail receptions and priority seating at events and more. Most importantly, you will know your membership goes a long way in providing vital support of the NSU and Broward County community as well as the NSU Annual Fund!

Click here to start the new year off right by becoming a member of the Circle of Friends!  For more information, contact the Circle of Friends office at 954-262-4593 or email libdev@nova.edu

The Qualitative Report Tenth Annual Conference “Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research”

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Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
January 16 – 18, 2019

Anyone who has ever taught someone how to do qualitative research knows the challenges and joys in helping somebody to not only understand and appreciate these approaches to rigorous inquiry, but also to perform and critique the skills necessary to produce works of quality and distinction. The lessons we learn when we endeavor to teach are reflective gifts we need to share so others striving to instruct and to study qualitative research can benefit from our practice-based wisdom. As students of qualitative research, we too gain valuable insights when we take a class, perform an exercise, and receive feedback. Be it the lessons we all learn conducting our first significant qualitative inquiry, comprehending a qualitative methodology we have never encountered, or discovering something new in our final day in the field, these first-hand experiences deserve to be heard and their teachings savored.

As qualitative researchers, we also learn something new every time we conceptualize a study, conduct an inquiry, and report our findings. As reviewers and authors, we likewise learn together as we co-construct articles in a reflective, didactic dance of writing, reviewing, revising, and re-writing. In this vein, we are all students of the craft, engaging in a life-long exploration of qualitative research knowledge and skills. At the tenth annual conference of The Qualitative Report (TQR), we invite you to share your lessons learned from practicing, teaching, and writing qualitative research.

In January 2019, we want you to help create a three-day learning community in South Florida by sharing your didactic stories: How do you teach qualitative research? What exercises work well in helping students master these skills? What learning technologies do you use? How should qualitative research degrees, certificate, curricula, and courses be organized to maximize effective learning?  What innovations did you create to help you complete your first qualitative project? We want to hear these reflexive tales in your proposed papers, panels, and workshops so we all can learn lessons learned of qualitative research.

Please join us next January at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA for #TQR2019! As always, please let us know your questions and comments by sending us your emails to tqr@nova.edu, posting to our Facebook page, or by tweeting us!

The President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant Application are Due

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The President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) applications are due on January 25, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. For access to the application portal and guidelines, please visit the PFRDG website

  • The Research Development Track – The Research Development Track continues to provide seed money up to $15,000. These projects are expected to lead to external funding. Eligibility open to all full-time faculty/research scientists, regardless of discipline.
  • The Research Scholar Track – Started in FY 2018, the Research Scholar Track is designed to encourage applicants in the areas of Humanities and Social Sciences (including Education, Business and Law). Applicants can apply for up to $3,000 towards publications in scholarly journals, book chapters, books, copyrights and trademarks.

The Quality of Life (QOL) applications are also due on January 25, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. with an electronic copy to npascucci@nova.edu. For more information and application guidelines, please visit nova.edu/qol; for questions, please contact Barbara Packer-Muti, target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” or Nick Pascucci, X25393, The main categories for the Quality of Life Awards are:

  • Autism – Addresses issues related to children, youth and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and/or service provision to this population
  • Children and Families– Addresses issues related to the goals and priorities of the Children’s Services Council, in addition to other top priority issues affecting children families in Broward County
  • Criminal Justice – Addresses issues related to the Broward Sheriff’s Office identified needs and priorities. The Broward Sheriff’s office has identified the following areas of interest: Guns/Violence, Gangs, Hate Crimes, Police Stress
  • Elderly Services – Addresses issues related to the elderly population
  • Foster Care – Addresses issues related to Foster Care and ChildNet’s identified needs
  • Adult General – Addresses a wide range of issues impacting adults in Broward County and beyond

PFRDG & QOL applicant trainings will be held in the;

Alvin Sherman Library

  • October 25, 2018 (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
  • December 5, 2018 (1:00 – 2:30 PM)

HPD Assembly II room 202.

  • November 13, 2018 (10:00 – 11:30 AM)

NSU Research Spotlight: NSU Joins with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to Help Restore Coral Reefs

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For more than five decades, scientists at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography have dedicated themselves to researching and better understanding coral reefs around the world. Similarly, Norwegian Cruise NCLH Corporate Vertical2Line Holdings, a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, is committed to protecting and conserving the world’s oceans. It was only a matter of time until these two organizations joined forces.

The result: a program where NSU research scientists will create coral reef nurseries and help with restoration efforts in the Bahamas at Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian’s private island.

“This is a great opportunity on many levels,” said Richard Dodge, Ph.D., the dean of NSU’s Halmos College and a leader in coral reef research. “This broadens the area in which our scientists can conduct their research, and it benefits Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings as we will be able to help restore the ecological richness of coral reefs around Great Stirrup Cay.”

Dodge said that coral reefs are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth – a good analogy is that they are the rainforests of the sea. Healthy corals build the intricate and beautiful reef structures we’ve all seen and that support a wide diversity of life and provide huge economic services. Unfortunately, coral reefs worldwide are under siege and are struggling.

You can read the full press release Here.

NSU Research Spotlight: Halmos College Galapagos Hammerhead Shark Research Featured in National Geographic

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This October, the iconic magazine National Geographic published an article on Galapagos scalloped hammerhead sharks. These globally endangered sharks, with their wide-eyed appearance are some of the most iconic species found around these small Ecuadoran islands. One of the many questions about this species is where do they go to give birth? Halmos College professor and director of the NSU Save Our Seas Shark Research Center Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D. worked with the National Geographic explorer team to track these sharks.

“That tracking data shows at least three of the sharks leaving for the mainland,” says Shivji. The researchers say they knew the sharks are migrating to the mainland, but  additional analysis  is needed  to determine if they’re doing so specifically to give birth.

“That’s where the DNA comes in”, says Shivji. For next steps, the team will conduct  maternity tests between adult female sharks in the Galapagos and hammerhead pups found in nurseries around the Galapagos and coastal mainland regions. Sharks help keep marine prey species in check, thus creating a more balanced ecosystem. Studies often cited by conservation groups also show how much they can benefit coastal economies. From activities like tourism and diving, a shark in Palau may be worth more than $1 million throughout its lifetime; sharks in the Bahamas generated $114 million in 2014; and sharks generated $221 million for Florida’s economy in 2016.

For more information: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/new-find-could-save-galapagos-hammerhead-sharks/

NSU University School Upper School Students Mentor Lower School Students

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NSU University School Upper School students have many opportunities to mentor our younger students. Members of the Science National Honor Society and the World In Distress (WIND) Club recently visited 5th grade students in our Lower School to conduct an educational program about Florida’s native plants. Following the informative presentations about the importance of our native plants, the 5th grade students had the opportunity to plant a variety of native species of their own to keep. Once their plants sprout, the students were encouraged to then plant the seedlings directly into the ground and watch them grow!

NSU University School Students Exercise Their Minds and Bodies

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NSU University School students are always exercising their minds and their bodies. Students in grades 2-5 have been working hard and enjoying daily physical activities by participating in FitnessGram, a non-competitive health-related fitness assessment founded by The Cooper Institute. FitnessGram works to help schools evaluate and evolve their physical education programming into an education experience that supports the whole child. It is always great to see our students stay in shape and learn healthy habits at school by enjoying recess, sports, and quality physical education. We are proud of our little Sharks!

In Search of Leonardo’s Last Supper at the Alvin Sherman Library

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Join us for a  talk by Dr. Jean- Pierre Isbouts  on In Search of Leonardo’s Last Supper: Could Da Vinci and his workshop have painted a second version?” National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts embarks on a thrilling quest across Europe in search of a missing masterpiece. The program will include a presentation of the film  Search for the Last Supper (produced by Pantheon Studios, Inc. of Santa Monica. Duration: 56 minutes. The event is  to 

In 2014, Dr. Isbouts authenticated a recently discovered canvas as Leonardo da Vinci’s first version of the Mona Lisa, predating the Louvre version by at least seven years, which led to a BBC TV special in 2015. In 2017, Dr. Isbouts discovered records in Florence and Tongerlo, Belgium that show that a full-size copy of Leonardo’s Last Supper fresco, now in the convent of Tongerlo, was actually painted by Leonardo and his workshop for the French King Louis XII. The exceptional quality of the canvas, with two figures arguably painted by Leonardo himself, reveals what the original fresco, now heavily damaged, once looked like. The discovery is described in his book Young Leonardo, published by St Martin’s Press, which inspired a film, The Search for the Last Supper, starring Alessandro Demcenko as Leonardo da Vinci. His next book on Leonardo da Vinci, The Da Vinci Legacy, is timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death in May, 2019.

Dr. Isbouts is a National Geographic historian and bestselling author who gained worldwide renown with his 2006 book The Biblical World, which became an international bestseller and is now in its fourth print. This success led to a series of National Geographic books, including In the Footsteps of Jesus (2010), The Story of Christianity (2014), The Archaeology of the Bible (2016) and Secret Societies (2017). His 2016 book Ten Prayers that Changed the World won the Best Spirituality Book Award that year.

Link here: http://sherman.library.nova.edu/sites/spotlight/event/in-search-of-leonardos-last-supper/

Triumph After The Camps: Sylvia Wiener’s Journey of Survival at the Alvin Sherman Library

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The extraordinary story of Sylvia Weiner, a Canadian who survived the Holocaust and went on to be a pioneering marathoner. Learn more on Sunday, January 6, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the Alvin Sherman Library.

Born in Poland, Weiner was only 12 when she was separated from her parents and seven siblings in 1942. Her family was taken to Treblinka camp, never to return, while Weiner was shuttled from Majdanek to Auschwitz and then to Bergen-Belsen. She survived the Holocaust to become a pioneering marathoner, earning the first women’s master’s title in 1975 at age 44 at the Boston Marathon.

For more information, contact Nora Quinlan,  nora@nova.edu or 954-262-4637

Here’s the link : http://sherman.library.nova.edu/sites/spotlight/event/triumph-after-the-camps-sylvia-wieners-journey-of-survival/

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