Category: Health Care

Mako Media Students Are Journalists Awards Finalists

From left, Paulina Riojas, Bryce Johnson, and Santiago Diaz Finochietto.

Sponsored by the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, NSU’s student-run TV station, Mako TV, was announced as one of two finalists in the TV Magazine section of the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists contest. The Men/Tal Stigma documentary illuminates the issues surrounding men’s mental health through interviews with specialists, students from Nova Southeastern University, and individuals affected by mental illness.

Santiago Diaz Finochietto, Director and Co-executive Producer of the documentary and senior international student at NSU, said that “when the team sat down to discuss the topic of the documentary, we figured that it was best to go for something that affected us all and was close to us, and going for men’s mental health turned out to be a great decision. I think it is time to break those barriers and assumptions imposed on us in the early years of our life.”

Mako TV started to work on this documentary in early December and submitted the final product by mid-January. “Although we had our ups and downs, we really enjoyed the process of making this documentary. We believe we did a great job, and hopefully, we not just win but have more to come,” said Paulina Riojas, Co-executive Producer.

Chris Delboni, Director of Mako Media, said that “I am extremely happy for the team. I think we have a great chance to win this contest, but despite the result, I am excited and grateful for what our students experience.”

On Saturday, April 22, 13 Mako Media staff will travel to Orlando for the awards ceremony at the Rosen Centre Resort.

Learn more about NSU’s B.A. in Communication here.

Posted 04/09/23

 

Business Student Named eMerge Americas Rising Star Recipient

Nicholas Wiseman

Nicholas Wiseman, a Huizenga Business and Innovation Academy (HBIA) undergraduate senior, was recently recognized as an eMerge Americas 2023 Rising Stars recipient. Wiseman will be graduating in May and starting his Master of Business Administration degree program at the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship.

Not only was Wiseman selected to be one of the 11 award recipients, he was also selected to be on a panel of five graduates representing Miami Dade College, Florida International University, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, and Florida Atlantic University. Students on the panel will be discussing their thoughts on the future of technology in the workplace. “Rising Stars powered by Millennium: Perspectives from Miami’s Top Graduate” will be held Thursday, April 20, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Rising Stars award recipients will have the opportunity to represent their universities at eMerge Americas – the premier tech event in Miami on April 20-21, which convenes 20,000 attendees from around the world, 200-plus speakers and more than  4,000 companies. In addition, the award recipients will be able to connect with potential employers from leading companies.

In addition to Nick’s participation in the eMerge Americas Conference, Claudia Chez Abreu – a Master of Business Administration student with a concentration in Entrepreneurship – will be presenting in the conference as a keynote speaker.

Posted 04/09/23

Students Film Police Recruitment Commercial

A group of criminal justice students from NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice and members of NSU’s Sociodrama Club: Stage for Change, had the opportunity to take part in a unique project: filming a commercial.

The students, along with School of Criminal Justice Associate Professor, Grace Telesco, Ph.D., were asked by Davie Police department to film a recruitment commercial.

Telesco is no stranger to working on short productions, having worked on commercials while serving as an officer with the New York City Police Dept and produced the instructional film “Run, Hide, Fight” detailing what one should do when in a mass shooting situation for the NSU Community.

Telesco enlisted the help of several Sociodrama/Criminal Justice students, including Shannon Hetzel, Laila Horton and Alejandro Suarez, along with her work study students. She also enlisted the efforts of Dan Deien, who also helped with “Run, Hide, Fight.”

The theme of the video is “Live, Work, Play,” and includes beautiful shots of South Florida while demonstrating the day-to-day activities of Davie Police.

”We’re attracting, you know, a particular candidate to come to the police department to live here, where it’s beautiful and there’s so many things to do,” Telesco said.

The students are working in all stages of the creation: pre-production, production, and post-production.

“The writing of the script, the creation of the call sheets, location selection, site surveys – they are responsible for all of that,” Telesco said. “Scheduling all of the cops, scheduling and interfacing with the Davie Police Department, to get all of these cops on the set to do what we want them to do, so that it looks real not staged.”

The work doesn’t stop there. The students have helped in other aspects of the commercial as well, including sound, lighting, flying drones and even acting cameos.

Many are just learning this for the first time. The students all volunteered for the duties and despite the hard work, they are enjoying the process.

“We’ve had a lot of an awful lot of fun, but it’s been an awful lot of work. It’s early hours, get up call is at 8 in the morning, go all the way until 4 with very little breaks and they aren’t getting credit,” Telesco said. “They love working together. They like working with me. We get excited about a lot of stuff so that’s why they’re in it.”

The commercial is expected to be completed in the coming months.

College Sponsors 2023 BCPS Caliber Awards

NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) served as one of the sponsors for the 2023 Broward County Public School Caliber Awards.

The event, which took place on Feb. 3, recognizes, and celebrates outstanding teachers, principals, assistant principals, and school-related employees in the Broward County School District.

FCE&SCJ served as a platinum sponsor for the event and provided a $5,000 scholarship to the four respective winners of the Teacher, Principal, Assistant Principal and School-Related Employee of the Year.

At the event, the college was represented by Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Kenneth Rockensies, Ed.D, and Director of Graduate Admissions, Leonard Jacobskind, Ed.D.

Rockensies was given the opportunity to deliver a two-minute speech to voice the mission of the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. He also thanked the Broward County Public Schools for their continued partnership with the college.

This is not the first time the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice has served as a Platinum Sponsor for the Caliber Awards. The college has previously served as a sponsor going back to as early as 2018.

Posted 03/12/23

Halmos Faculty Presents at African Studies Conference

Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D., second from right, and other presenters at 2022 African Studies Association

Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) presented at the 2022 African Studies Association conference held in Philadelphia.

Muvingi’ s presentation was part of a panel on Urban Africa and the COVID-19 pandemic. His presentation addressed the paradox that global health forums including the World Health Organization predicted that due to poor health infrastructure and limited resources, Africa would suffer catastrophic impacts from COVID-19.

In fact, Africa had the lowest infection and fatality rates from COVID-19 and the scientific world remains mystified as to why. Muvingi’ s presentation was an analysis that attributed the low impacts to the collectivist nature of most African communities and experience dealing with epidemics; factors largely ignored and even contested by the scientific world.

Muvingi is the faculty adviser to the African Working Group. His academic interests include human rights, African politics, and transitional justice with a special focus on Africa.

Posted 03/12/23

DCMA Faculty and Students Present at SWCA Conference

This year, writing faculty and students in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts (DCMA) had the pleasure of delivering multiple presentations at the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) conference in Memphis, TN From February 9-11.

The SWCA Conference is an annual event held to advance literacy and further the theoretical, practical, and political concerns of writing center professionals. The conference also serves as a forum for writing concerns among students, faculty, staff, and writing professionals from both academic and nonacademic communities in the southeastern United States.

Janine Morris, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Writing in DCMA said, “After a 3-year hiatus, it was great to be back in person at the conference again. Our students did a great job representing NSU and talking about the work taking place at the NSU Writing and Communication Center.”

Posted 03/12/23

Dental Medicine Faculty Receives Dental Materials Honor

Sibel Antonson, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.B.A.

Sibel Antonson, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.B.A., was this year’s recipient of the Peyton-Skinner for Innovation in Dental Materials Science Award from the International Association for Dental Research, Dental Materials Group.

This award is dedicated to senior scientists who have made significant contribution to innovation throughout their dedicated life to dental materials.

Antonson was nominated by Dr. Jack Ferracane, Professor and Chair of Department of Restorative Dentistry at Oregon Health and Science University, and the recipient of the Wilmer Sauder Award.

“In 2001, Dr. Sibel Antonson challenged the physics of the centuries old principle of finishing and polishing procedures, and with a unique formula, found a way to eliminate polishing pastes from resin composite clinical procedures,” he said. “She was able to determine the perfect match of abrasive materials for finishing and polishing resin composites in a single step. Since the market introduction of PoGo in 2001, many one-step finishing and polishing products have been developed by other dental manufacturers. However, to date, none of them have matched the performance of PoGo. Since its launch, a large body of independent scientific data from many sources has been generated to validate the consistent and reliably successful performance of PoGo. Even 20 years later, unmatched performance has been shown under various conditions, with different resin composites, and by different operators.

“It is evident that her innovative nature and tremendous work ethic has resulted in a career full of definable achievements that have contributed greatly to the delivery of improved oral health care around the world. She has truly been a pioneer in the field of dental materials, similar to the namesakes of this award.”

Currently, Antonson serves as Assistant Dean for Research and Development at NSU College of Dental Medicine.

Posted 03/12/23

College of Dental Medicine Join Mission of Mercy Outreach

Some of the NSU CDM students and faculty volunteers give the Fins Up.

NSU College of Dental Medicine faculty and student volunteers participated in the Florida Dental Association Foundation’s 2023 Florida Mission of Mercy in West Palm Beach on February 24-25.

Dr. Bruce Tandy

As the philanthropic arm of the Florida Dental Association (FDA), the FDA Foundation is committed to promoting dental health for all Floridians, and at NSU CDM we are proud to represent the values of the Dental Profession.

Special thanks to Dr. Bruce Tandy, our own NSU College of Dental Medicine Faculty for his knowledge and experience in helping organize Mission of Mercy(MOM).

With all the volunteer’s help, the FDA Foundation was able to accomplish the following for the communities in Palm Beach County:

  • Treat more than 1300 patients
  • Provide more than $1.8 million in donated dental care
  • Utilize nearly 2,100 volunteers including:
    • 360 Dentists
    • 175 D1-D4 Students
    • 225 Dental Hygienists
    • 345 Dental Assistants
    • 75 Foreign-Trained Dentists
    • 15 Lab Technicians
    • 28 Physicians, Nurses and EMTs
    • 525 Pre-Dental and Pre-Medical students
    • 185 Community Volunteers

Posted 03/12/23

Congratulations to University School Speech/Debate Team

It’s been an eventful couple of weekends for our Speech and Debate team. Sixteen students competed at the FFL Region Qualifier and qualified to compete at the Varsity State Championship tournament. Students also earned top recognition at the Stanford Invitational where they competed against students from schools across the country.

Join us in congratulating the following students and wishing them the best of luck as they advance to the championship!

State Championship Qualifiers:

  • Charlotte Reitman
  • Nicholas Hamilton
  • Shane Dell
  • Katherine Hernandez
  • Ilan Arias
  • Maria Riofrio
  • Addison Page
  • Gabriella Egozi
  • Arthur Monastyrsky
  • Luis Militzok
  • Lilian Anderson
  • Eva Egozi
  • Hillary Porco
  • Sofia Teifeld
  • Marvin Redondo

Stanford Invitational Recognitions:

  • Charlotte Reitman: placed 3rd in Informative Speaking and 3rd in International Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Mikayla Areopagita: placed 6th in Junior Varsity Humorous Interpretation
  • Lilian Anderson and Eva Egozi: placed in the top 25 of Varsity Policy Debate
  • Reese Glasser and Alexia Lara: placed in the top 30 of Varsity Public Forum

WCC Director and HCAS Faculty Co-Author Book Chapter

Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., and Mario D’Agostino, Ph.D., co-authored “Afterword: Reflecting on Post-COVID Experiential Education and Learning” in Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning, Volume II: Multidisciplinary Case Studies, Reflections, and Strategies (edited by Karen Lovett). Dvorak is the Executive Director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) and a professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts (DCMA) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. D’Agostino is an assistant professor of writing in DCMA.

“Reflecting on Post-COVID Experiential Teaching and Learning” uses the authors’ experiences in the WCC and DCMA classes to explore how teaching practices changed during the pandemic and apply lessons learned to future teaching contexts.

According to Dvorak and D’Agostino (2022), “[n]ow, a year into the pandemic, with an eye on returning to some sense of normalcy, we offer ideas for the future of [experiential learning], based largely on adjustments colleagues have made to their programs and how the global workforce has rapidly evolved in response to the coronavirus.”

You can access Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning, Volume II, published by Springer, here.

To learn more about the WCC, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/

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