Category: Health Care

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) provided a workshop on “Conflict, Crisis, and De-escalation,” to staff of Broward Partnership at their facility in Ft. Lauderdale. The Broward Partnership is devoted to homelessness reduction through advocacy, housing, and comprehensive services designed to promote independence. For more information, please go to http://www.bphi.org/

In addition to McKay, Claudia Manuel, graduate student in the M.A. in Cross-disciplinary Studies program participated. Manuel is completing her practicum with McKay as her supervisor in CAHSS’ Community Resolution Services, a practicum and volunteer site for students.

NSU University School congratulates our Speech and Debate program for being ranked among the top Speech and Debate programs in the nation. Our program earned membership in the National Speech & Debate Association’s (NSDA’s) Prestigious 100 Club, a significant recognition as a top 20 school nationwide!

This milestone demonstrates our students’ and coaches’ commitment to developing essential life skills such as communication, research, listening, writing, and organization. The 100 Club Award is given to schools who earn 100 strength points, which are calculated based on student and coach achievements in competition and service. We are extremely proud of their hard work and talent that led to this distinction.

Lynn Hauck Presentation on PCP DNP project.

ACON student Lynn Hauck presented her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project, Emergency Department Nurses: Post Code Pause, at her practice site’s EBP Fair.  It was a wonderful opportunity to educate staff on the background, significance, and results of the DNP EBP project that implemented a post-code pause (PCP) intervention that debriefed emergency department nurses after participating in cardiac arrest events.  Lynn encouraged ER nurses to remember, “don’t use a “Band-Aid” on your emotions, use the PCP debriefing after cardiopulmonary resuscitation”.

Yvette Fuentes, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Literature and Modern Languages in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), was a featured speaker at the Palm Beach Library in Boca Raton, during Hispanic Heritage Month. Her topic was: “Hispanic Presence in America: Culture, Literature and Language.”  She discussed the significant contributions & impact, Latin American culture, literature, and Spanish language have had on American society.

Fuentes’ areas of teaching and research interests include, Latin American literature, Cuban and Cuban-American literature, Spanish language, literature, and culture, U.S. Latino/a literature, and Spanish for the professions.

Honggang Yang, Ph.D., dean and professor in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), was honored during the 2018 Council of Chinese American Deans and Presidents (CCADP), hosted by Florida International University. This year’s theme was “Data Driven Leadership.”

Yang was a co-founder of the organization over 15 years ago and served as President for 2014-2016. This year he moderated a plenary session and was honored with the CCADP Recognition Award for outstanding service and leadership. 

The members of CCADP come from across the United States and share a unique set of cultural values, traits, experiences, and skills in addressing challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. higher learning. CCADP aims to contribute to the diversities in its broadest terms in the U.S. institutions of higher learning and commits to the success of its members through the organization’s mission and supportive functions.

On November 1, Halmos College faculty member Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D. was interviewed by Telemundo for a series of segments called “Amenazas Escondidas” or Hidden Threats on the new show “Al Rojo Vivo”. On that episode, she investigated the amount and types of bacteria that can be found on the bottom of your shoes and whether or not you should take off your shoes before walking around inside your house.

Three more episodes are scheduled for the next 3 Thursdays (Nov. 8, 15, and 22) and will discuss household mold, the importance of wearing socks when trying on shoes at the store and facts and myths about bathroom germs (i.e. can you get an STD from sitting on the toilet?). The show airs across the US and Latin America.

For more information https://www.telemundo.com/shows/2018/11/01/zapatos-acumulan-peligrosas-bacterias-que-danan-la-salud

This fall, Halmos faculty member Christopher Blanar, Ph.D. co-authored a paper entitled, “Validity of the Diplostomoidea and Diplostomida (Digenea, Platyhelminthes) upheld in phylogenomic analysis”. The group studied the parasite ordered Diplostomida. These includes schistosomes, that are parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group of infections in humans termed schistosomiasis, which is considered by the World Health Organization as the second-most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease (after malaria), with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.

The family tree of this order has been hard to sort out- many of the taxa are difficult to distinguish morphologically, so you need to use molecular phylogeny instead. “The molecular wasn’t straightforward either, as there was discord between the results generated by nuclear vs mitochondrial DNA.”, says Blanar. While answering questions about the phylogeny of the Diplostomida, the group had the added bonus of describing a whole new species. Lead author Sean Locke, Ph.D. from the University of Puerto Rico has named it Cotylurus marcogliesei in honor of Dr. David Marcogliese who supervised both Locke and Blanar’s post-docs at Environment Canada. “It’s the first time I’ve ever had the privilege of participating in the description of a new species”, said Blanar.

For more information https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.07.001