Category: Health Care

Education Professor Celebrates Notable Number of Article Downloads

Professor Hui Fang “Angie” Su, Ed.D.

Abraham Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Professor Hui Fang “Angie” Su, Ed.D., celebrated a recent achievement in January. In the first month of the year, she celebrated 318 downloads more than 335 papers in NSU Works. With those 318 downloads, her current readership stands at 14,915 since January 2022 (downloaded across 55 countries, including India, Brazil, Canada, the Philippines, Australia, and South Africa).

Su said that most of her articles are on mathematics, teaching, and learning. However, some papers also focus on online education and STEM education. Su is a faculty member in the Mathematics Education Program. The program trains students and builds effective teachers in middle, secondary, and post-secondary mathematics. Some of the very students enrolled in the program have also co-authored some of the articles downloaded.

Congratulations, Professor Su!

Posted 03/13/22

Shepard Broad College of Law Ranks High for Diversity

While all schools strive to make it a reality, diversity is undoubtedly seen here at Nova Southeastern University. The Shepard Broad College of Law has been ranked 22nd in a National Level as “Best Schools for Black or African Americans” and 6th in a National Level as “Best Schools for Hispanics” by preLaw Magazine Winter 2022 edition.

Posted 03/13/22

National Academies of Practice Inducts Elizabeth Swann

Elizabeth Swann, Ph.D.

The National Academies of Practice (NAP) is pleased to announce the election of Elizabeth Swann, Ph.D., ATC, FNAP, as a Distinguished Athletic Training Fellow.  Class of 2022 Fellows were welcomed into the National Academies of Practice during the awards and induction ceremony in San Diego, California on March 5, 2022.

Founded in 1981, NAP is an interprofessional, nonprofit organization, with membership representing a range of health care professions willing to serve as distinguished advisors to health care policy makers in Congress and elsewhere. The mission of the National Academies of Practice is to serve as distinguished professionals advancing interprofessional healthcare by fostering collaboration and advocating policies in the best interest of individuals and communities.

The academies within the National Academies of Practice include:  Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine, Athletic Training, Audiology, Dentistry, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Podiatric Medicine, Psychology, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology and Veterinary Medicine.

Fellowship in the National Academies of Practice is an honor extended to those who have excelled in their profession and are dedicated to furthering interprofessional practice, scholarship and policy in support of interprofessional care. The central purpose of NAP is to advise public policy makers on health care issues using NAP’s unique perspective — that of expert practitioners and scholars joined in interprofessional dialogue and advocacy.

For more information on the National Academies of Practice, please visit napractice.org.

Posted 03/13/22

Halmos Faculty Co-authors Chapter in Encyclopedia of Peace History

Mary Hope Schwoebel, Ph.D.

Mary Hope Schwoebel, 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), co-authored a chapter entitled, The Evolution of the Peace-development Nexus: Inequality and the Transformative Turn. The chapter was accepted for publication in the upcoming Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Peace History.  Schwoebel’s co-author is Erin McCandless, Ph.D. McCandless is faculty at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Schwoebel’s teaching and research interests include peacebuilding and state building, peacebuilding and development, gender and conflict, culture and conflict, and facilitation.

Posted 03/13/22

NSU Law Students Emerge Regional Champions in Competition

In February, a team of students from the Shepard Broad College of Law’s Moot Court Honor Society represented NSU at the Brooklyn Regional of the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) and were crowned Regional Champions!

Founded in 1978, the NAAC showcases teams from elite law schools across the nation and emphasizes the development of legal writing and oral advocacy skills through a hypothetical appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The competition involves writing a brief and arguing the case before a mock court, with attorneys, law professors, and sitting judges presiding.

This year, third-year law students Kelly O’Neil and Jonathan Bornstein, along with second-year student Jordan Stein, went undefeated in oral argument, prevailing over teams from Pace University, Quinnipiac University, Michigan State University, and the University of Notre Dame. In the regional finals, the judges voted unanimously in favor of the NSU team to project them to victory! Out of 178 teams, they are one of just 24 teams advancing to Nationals. This marks the third time in eight years that the Shepard Broad College of Law’s Moot Court Honor Society has reached this incredible goal under the direction of Professor Heather Baxter, who serves as Professor of Law, Moot Court faculty advisor, national competition team coach, and Director of the College of Law’s nationally ranked Legal Research and Writing Program.

Posted 03/13/22

Peer Consultant Featured in Locals -Only Miami Short Film Festival

Janay Joseph

Janay Joseph, NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) undergraduate peer consultant, was featured in the Locals Only Miami Short Film Festival, November 14, 2021. Joseph’s “She Had a Dream: Eula Johnson’s Fight to Desegregate Broward County” appeared in the documentary category. Joseph is a History and International Studies major in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Joseph’s film tells the story of local civil rights leader, Eula Johnson, who led the 1961 Wade-in protests at Fort Lauderdale Beach; she was also the first woman president of the Broward chapter of the NAACP. Alongside Tara Chadwick, Joseph worked on the project during an internship with History Fort Lauderdale between January and May 2020. Joseph attributes part of her work on this project to the WCC, explaining that “while screening and promoting the film, I used a lot of writing and communication skills I gained from the Writing and Communication Center to clearly convey the message of the film. Also, during the filmmaking process, I talked with several members of the Sistrunk community who guided the messaging of this film”.

Joseph’s “She Had a Dream” debuted at the 2021 NSU Undergraduate Student Symposium, where it won first place among film projects.  Joseph also submitted the film to 16 other film festivals, both locally and globally. It was accepted by the Montreal Independent Flim Festival; Flint Youth Film Festival; Museum Talkies International Film Festival; First-Time Filmmaker Online Sessions;  MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL; Woodstock Museum 22nd Annual Film Festival; Global Peace Film Festival; Encontro de Cinema Negro Zózimo Bulbul – Brasil, África, Caribe e Outras Diásporas 14 anos; and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Access Joseph’s film and other films in the 2021 Locals Only category by visiting https://www.miamishortfilmfestival.com/2021-program-schedule/locals-only-volume-2/.

To learn more about the NAACP Broward Chapter, visit https://ftlaudnaacp.tripod.com/.

To learn more about the NSU Writing & Communication Center, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.

Posted 03/13/22

Halmos Professor Makes Multiple Telemundo Appearances

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., displays a growth plate of bacteria from a swabbed mattress on the Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo.

Last month, the “Amenaza Escondida” (“Hidden Threats”) portion of Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo included three segments featuring Halmos’ Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D.  The show’s producer swabbed washers/dryers, mattresses, and air ducts and brought samples to Garcia’s lab where undergraduate biology major Ashley Guillen-Tapia assisted with determining if E. coli and S. aureus were present in any of the samples.  The segments titled “Alertan sobre proliferación de bacterias en las lavadoras (Warning about the growth of bacteria in washing machines)”, “Bacterias en colchones: alertan por hongos y criaturas que podrían causar enfermedades (Bacteria on mattresses: warnings of fungus and creatures that can cause illness)”, and “Síndrome de la casa enferma podría afectar a tu familia (Sick house syndrome can affect your family)” can be viewed at the included links.

Torruellas Garcia is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Miami and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute. Research in the Garcia Lab is conducted exclusively by NSU undergraduate students and focuses on developing techniques to detect novel antibiotics that inhibit bacterial type III secretion systems, examining the efficacy of electrostatic sprayers for the delivery of disinfectants and identifying bacteria from everyday items for the news.

Posted 03/13/22

Associate Professor Pens Opinion Piece for Wall Street Journal

PHOTO: JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS

Emre Kuvvet, an associate professor of finance at Nova Southeastern University, recently penned an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal on the politicization of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Wall Street Journal subscribers can read the article here.

NSU faculty, staff, and current students can access The Wall Street Journal, including podcasts, finance tips, and career insights through the library’s portal here.

Have questions? Ask a librarian at the Alvin Sherman Library!

Posted 03/08/22

NSU Gets Special Recognition from Arbor Day Foundation

Nova Southeastern University was honored with 2021 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.

The Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its Tree Campus Higher Education program began in 2008 to encourage colleges and universities to plant trees on their campuses.

Trees on campus and in urban spaces can lower energy costs by providing shade cover, cleaner air and water, and green spaces for students and faculty. In addition, trees improve students’ mental and cognitive health, provide an appealing aesthetic for campuses, and create shaded areas for studying and gathering.

“Trees not only play a vital role in the environment but also in our daily lives,” said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Having trees on college and university campuses is a great way to show a commitment to students and faculty’s overall wellbeing.”

The Tree Campus Higher Education program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Nova Southeastern University achieved the distinction by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards, including maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and student service-learning project. Currently, there are 393 campuses across the United States with this recognition.

“We create the environment where research, teaching, and learning take place.”

More information about the program is available at treecampushighered.org.

Posted 02/27/22

 

Halmos Alumna Co-authors New Book on Social Change

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, J.D., Ph.D.

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, J.D., Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), has co-authored a new book, “The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change,” with Bernard Mayer, Ph.D.  Font-Guzmán discussed her book virtually at NSU as the featured presenter at The Social Justice Roundtable on February 12, 2022.

Font-Guzmán is the first Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University. Before starting her new position, Font-Guzmán was the Director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program and faculty at Creighton University. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Carlos III University School of Law in Spain and was an NSU Distinguished Alumna. She has been a Visiting Professor at Southern Methodist University and the University of Puerto Rico Law School.

In addition to her NSU degree, she has a law degree from the Interamericana University in Puerto Rico, a Master of Health Care Administration from St. Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Coe College.

For information about the Social Justice Roundtable, please contact Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D. at mckayj@nova.edu  faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in Halmos.

Learn more information about the book.

Posted 02/27/22

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