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NSU University School is proud to congratulate our Upper School students who have been nominated for Cappie Awards. The cast, crew, and pit of our Upper School production, Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure, received 15 South Florida Cappie Nominations for their outstanding performance and work in the musical. The Cappies is a prestigious critics and awards program that recognizes excellence in high school theatre. We are so proud of our talented students.

This spring, Halmos Biology faculty member Santanu De, Ph.D. published an article titled “The 14-3-3 (YWHA) Proteins in Signalling and Development of the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster” in the International Annals of Science. This journal publishes original research in all areas of science and technology which include Computer, Mathematics, Physical, Chemical, Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences.

The 14-3-3 are a family of proteins critical to diverse cellular events and are conserved from plants to animals, including humans.  Drosophila is one of the most universally accepted model systems to study complex cellular mechanisms of signalling and development.  However, regulation of these processes in fruit flies by the 14-3-3 proteins have not been entirely understood.  This paper, for the first time, reviews the expression, distribution, interactions and regulatory roles of the 14-3-3 proteins in Drosophila.  The analysis would help elucidate some of the molecular bases of key cell-signaling mechanisms and development.

NSU staff member Jamie Johnson is honoring her long-time friend and late-pastor with a legacy that continues to make an impact.

The Kevelin B. Jones, Sr. Changing Lives Scholarship was established in honor of Kevelin B. Jones, Sr., who sadly passed one day after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus in Flint, MI. Jones was the leader of Bountiful Love Ministries in Flint.

Johnson, a director of accounting at NSU, explained that she decided to name the newly established Changing Lives Scholarship after Pastor Jones because “he was the epitome of ‘community,’ […] and he changed so many lives.”

Jones’ community-driven work started with his role as a job coach at Goodwill Industries and continued through his leadership at church. He fundraised and advocated for families in his congregation and offered a roof to a family that lost their home in a fire.

During the Flint water crisis in February 2016, Jones collaborated with other organizations to provide hundreds of cases of water to families that needed clean water.

“He carried and distributed the cases of water with volunteers at the church and was willing to be there at odd hours even if no one else was there. That was the last time I saw him… he was working for his community,” Johnson said.

Despite going through significant hardships in his life including kidney and liver transplants, prostate cancer, and even the painful death of two of his daughters, Jones never stopped helping others.

“I am the person I am today because of him,” Johnson highlighted.

Johnson also shares that the motivation behind her gift to NSU reflects the strong sense of community instilled in her by her family. She recounts how much value her mother placed on education, and as someone who graduated with significant student debt herself, felt the urge to help.

“One of my former employees, who was also a student at the time, benefitted greatly from scholarships offered by NSU, and I was able to see how much it helped her. I can relate to that,” she said. “Where your treasure is, your heart will lead. And what better place to give than the place that allows me the opportunity to give?”

 To learn more about Changing Lives Scholarships or start your own, visit 

https://giving.nova.edu/ways-to-give/annual-giving.html

NSU University School is proud to congratulate our Upper School students who have been named 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalists. All three students will receive certificates and medals for their artwork and will be considered for national exhibition, publication, and scholarship opportunities. We are proud of our talented and dedicated students for this accomplishment.

 

Gold Medal:

• Gianna Fuller: “A Bready Decision” – Drawing and Illustration

 

 

Silver Medal:

• Alexa Bond: “Mrs.” – Photography
• Jonathan Siu: “Point of View” – Drawing and Illustration

Halmos Mathematics Professor Evan Haskell, Ph.D. recently published an article entitled, “Pattern formation in a predator-mediated coexistence model with prey-taxis” in the scientific journal Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems – B. With his co-author Jonathan Bell, Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, the paper investigates one scenario involving a prey-taxis by a prey species. It studies a system of three populations involving two competing species with a common predator. All three populations are mobile via random dispersal within a bounded spatial domain Ω, but the predator’s movement is influenced by one prey’s gradient representing a repulsive effect on the predator. The paper proves the existence of positive solutions and investigate pattern formation through bifurcation analysis and numerical simulation.

NSU University School is proud to congratulate our fifth-grade student Evan who received first place in the Elementary School Division of the Florida Fall 2019 InvestWrite Essay Contest. Offered exclusively to teachers and students participating in The Stock Market Game, InvestWrite is an innovative national writing competition that adds a critical thinking component to help reinforce concepts learned in the classroom related to economics, investing, and personal finance.

For his essay assignment, Evan was asked to share what he dreams about achieving in life and pitch his dream to a panel of investors for seed money. He developed an outline of how much it will cost to accomplish his dream, as well as a 10-year investment plan to grow his investors’ seed money over time.