Faculty & Staff News
Fella’s, get ready to strut!
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
2nd Floor Lounge, Don Taft University Center
Some heels will be provided on a first come, first serve basis, but feel free to bring your own! We suggest a heel size of 3 inches or under for beginners. Registration is available on SharkHub or you can scan the QR code on the flyer.
Learn more at walkamileinhershoes.org
NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is pleased to invite you to “The Theory of Creativity Art and Design Senior Exhibit,” held February 20-March 6, 2019. Each year, students enrolled in ARTS 4995 Senior Project within the Department of Performing and Visual Arts (DPVA) get to craft their own exhibition. As a group they collectively select a name and theme, design promotion materials, and market it. This exhibition serves as an annual opportunity for graduating students to curate a culmination of their work while at NSU in a gallery setting. This exposes their pieces on a public scale, and allows them to openly discuss their artistic intentions to viewers. The exhibit opens on Feb. 20, 2019 and runs through March 6, 2019, in Gallery 217, located on the 2nd floor on the north end of the Don Taft University Center.
The opening reception is on February 20 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in Gallery 217. Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 954-262-7620, and please visit www.cahss.nova.edu/departments/pva.com for all of the upcoming events.
Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at the Carpenter House is dedicated to understanding and protecting one of the ocean’s most beloved creatures – the sea turtle. As part of their mission, MEEC staff interact with visitors year-round educating them about these majestic animals, and part of those efforts include the center’s “forever” resident green sea turtle, Captain.
She calls the MEEC home as she was injured and is unable to be returned to the open ocean. Its Captain who inspired a local artist’s latest gallery exhibit: “Captain is Hollywood” by artist Maria Isabel Lazo.
The exhibit is featured at ArtsPark at Young Circle Gallery, located at 1 N Young Cir, Hollywood and is scheduled from January 23 through March 17, 2019. Because of her love of the ocean and involvement at the MEEC, Lazo has created various artworks that are for sale, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the education center.
For more information: https://www.hollywoodfl.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=6710
Learn about the traditional Huichol Mexican art making of Ojos de Dios and make a protective charm using yarn and weaving techniques, infusing positive thinking and gratitude into the work.
Creativity Exploration is NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale’s and unique series of workshops designed to promote the benefits of creative exploration and the mind-to-body experience. Studies have proven 45 minutes of creative activity a day significantly lessens stress in the body and provides mental clarity and relaxation. in addition producing a sense of well-being, sessions expand our participants’ perceptions of forms, while increasing brain connectivity through visual and cognitive stimulation.
Adult participants will enjoy a one-hour interactive session in an intimate setting with art educator and specialist in mindfulness education, Lark Keeler, she is the current President of the Florida Arts Education Association (FAEA).
Location: Boardroom
Cost: $10 for members; $15 for non-members
Capacity: 25 maximum
Limited seating. Advance reservations required. Call 954-262-0258 to RSVP or use the link below.
Join us over coffee for a little conversation with award winning author, Beck Dorey-Stein. In 2012, she was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama’s stenographers. The ultimate DC outsider, she joined the elite team who accompanied the president wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand, eventually traveling to 45 countries around the globe. After leaving her post in 2017, she turned her journal into her first book, From the Corner of the Oval. Get inspired. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP at: lib.nova.edu/Beck. NSU Alvin Sherman Library 2nd Floor, Cotilla Gallery. This is part of the 2019 Literary Feast Authors Series for the Broward Public Library Foundation.
For more information: http://lib.nova.edu/Beck
Join I Care I Cure at the 12th Annual I Care I Cure…I Run
5K, Mile Run of Color Fun, Corporate Challenge and Family Fun Day
March 3, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.
Nova Southeastern University, Davie
Join I Care I Cure at the 11th Annual I Care I Cure…I Run 5K Run/Walk, Mile Run of Color and Family Fun Day.
A great opportunity for team building with fun activities for all!
ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE!
For more information, click here.
I Care I Cure Childhood Cancer Foundation
P.O. Box 291386
Davie, FL 33329
800-807-8013
info@icareicure.org
The NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center is excited to offer 5 workshops this winter for full and part-time faculty this semester focusing on innovative pedagogies and technologies. Our WCC Wednesday Workshop Series for faculty will take place Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Alvin Sherman Library, room 430. You can also attend virtually via GoToTraining if you can’t make it in person.
We’re excited to offer the following workshops during Winter 2019:
You may also be interested in our WCC Weekly Write-Ins, our weekly writing group open to faculty and graduate students that meets Monday evenings from 6-8 pm in Alvin Sherman Library, room 430, or via GoToMeeting. For more information, contact Dr. Janine Morris at jmorris2@nova.edu.
Also, departments and other campus groups can now request custom workshops designed to meet your group’s needs. For more information about our workshop series or if you are interested in the other services provided by the NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center, feel free to contact us at wcc@nova.edu.
Join Tommy Artounian from SGWS as he explores the exciting world of Pinot Noir. Sample and compare four great pinots from around the world with small bites served to pair with each wine on Thursday, March 7.
Come early at 5:30 p.m. and enjoy a docent led highlight tour of the Museum’s current exhibition Remember to React with a focus on women contemporary artists.
$40 per person; $30 for members at the Patron level and above. Limited seating, advance paid reservations required. Click HERE to RSVP or call 954-262-0258.
Be sure to ask about booking a tasting for your company or group.
The Nova Southeastern University Fort Myers Campus Physician Assistant (PA) class of 2020 recently planned, organized, and then carried out a very successful Project SEED (Serving Everyone, Embracing Diversity) event. Project SEED is centered on the NSU core values and has become an event for the students, faculty, and staff at the Fort Myers Campus to rally behind. The Fort Myers Campus community overwhelmingly supported this year’s event by generously donating to a clothing drive organized by Project SEED. Forty-five boxes of gently used clothes and shoes were gathered at the campus and then delivered to the Guadalupe Center in Immokalee, FL as a part of Project SEED. This is where the old items from the campus go for resale to support the Early Childhood Education Program, After-School Enrichment Program, and Tutor Corps Program all run by the Guadalupe Center.
This year, the organizers embraced the directive set forth by George L. Hanbury, II, president and CEO, Nova Southeastern University to adopt an Interprofessional Education (IPE) model. The Fort Myers Campus Project SEED students worked together with the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine students at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus to adopt the IPE goal set forth by Hanbury.
The 2019 Fort Myers Campus PA Student Organization continued the best practices of the past, which included gloves and protective glasses donations, blood pressure and glucose testing, nutrition booth, sports equipment donations, children’s activities, dental hygiene, mosquito awareness, HIV screenings, and bike donations. The bike donations have become an important part of the health fair as they are a primary means of transportation for many of the residents of Immokalee.
Another added feature to this year’s event was a computer give-away. Working with the Office of Innovation and Information Technology (OIIT) at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, 13 old NSU computers were reformatted and then distributed through a raffle to the attendees at Project SEED. What is old to NSU is a new beginning for some of the Immokalee residents.
NSU’s celebration of Black History Month begins on Friday, February 8 with the opening reception of the 16th Annual African Presence Art Exhibition. The event begins at 6:30 pm and will be held in the Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft University Center on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus.
This year’s exhibition, “Face to Face: Art through Haitian Eyes,” features Haitian art, on loan from, and curated by the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. The exhibition will be open Feb. 8 through March 3 in the Cotilla Gallery, Alvin Sherman Library.
During the reception, we will highlight the power of service and community as we recognize the works of the Urban League of Broward County. Additionally, we will honor black Greek organizations, including NSU’s undergraduate chapters, for their contributions to the communities they serve.
The evening includes refreshments, giveaways, musical entertainment by NSU’s Riff Tides acapella group, guest performers and more. The reception culminates with the viewing of the exhibition in the gallery.
Space is limited.