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School Resource Officers Learn About Supporting Students with Autism

 

The UM-NSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) strengthened its partnership with law enforcement agencies and Broward County Public Schools this month. With support from the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), over 100 School Resource Officers spent World Autism Day, April 2, learning about autism and practical ways to effectively support autistic students in the schools they serve. Officers gained information on how to recognize, respond, and manage risks involving individuals with autism from Autism Safety 101. Future training events will focus on patrol officers who serve the Broward community.

UM-NSU CARD provides free autism support services to any individual, business, school, municipality, or community agency affected by autism. For more information, contact

954-262-7111 or card@nova.edu. You can learn more about UM-NSU CARD at their website, http://umcard.org/.

HCAS Doctoral Alumna is Named First Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University

 

 

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 been named the first Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University. Font-Guzmán started this new position on April 1, 2021. Her responsibilities include serving as chair of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, sitting on the President’s Cabinet and the Provost’s Council, leading and supporting faculty, students, and staff in long-term strategic initiatives, and building networks and relationships across the university and the greater community.

When asked about her education at NSU, Font-Guzmán said, “As I take on my new role at Eastern Mennonite University, I am certain that the conflict engagement skills that I learned during my studies at NSU will be instrumental in successfully advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

Prior to 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.

Education Alum Publishes Criminal Justice Book Chapter

Monekka Munroe, Ed.D.

Monekka Munroe, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) authored the book chapter, The Acceptance of Rape Cultural and Sexual Violence Against Black Girls in Athletics and Entertainment, in the criminal justice textbook, The Disparate Treatment of Black Youth in the Juvenile Justice System.

Munroe brings awareness about an issue that is often overlooked, disrespected, and swept under the rug. In this chapter, she brings attention to the many atrocities that cause Black Girl Magic to be hidden behind walls of guilt, shame, self-doubt, and addiction.

She currently serves as a criminal justice department chair in Richmond, Virginia. The focus of her current research is childhood trauma’s impact on the left cerebral hemispheric brain development. Munroe created two new criminal justice courses to add to the curriculum in Virginia. The first course, Childhood Trauma and Adult Criminality was developed to discuss various types of traumatic experiences and how those experiences can lead to criminal behavior and ultimately, incarceration. The second course is Epigenetics and Criminal Behavior, the study of how an individual’s behavior and environment cause DNA modifications.

Munroe earned Doctor of Education with FCE&SCJ in 2016.

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Associate Professor Publishes Assessment

Gustavo Reinoso, Ph.D., OTR/L, associate professor, Department of Occupational Therapy at the Tampa Bay campus.

Congratulations to Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences own, Gustavo Reinoso, Ph.D., OTR/L, associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy Entry level O.T.D. program at the Tampa Bay campus. He is an author of a newly published assessment!

The Structured Observations of Sensory Integration – Motor (SOSI-M), which is a nationally standardized assessment measuring discrete aspects of vestibular processing, motor planning and postural control. Included in the assessment is a supplementary behavioral observation tool called The Comprehensive Observation of Proprioception (COP-R).

For more information, please visit https://www.academictherapy.com/detailATP.tpl?eqskudatarq=2281-1. 

 

Associate Dean of ACON Receives the See the Light Award from MFRF

 

Jo Ann Kleier, Ed.D.

Jo Ann Kleier, Ed.D., associate dean of the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing received the See the Light Award from the Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation (MFRF). Kleier serves as the liaison between ACON and the foundation to champion various nursing education projects. The Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation supports activities that better prepare the nursing workforce related to genetic disorders, better prepare nurses to care for the terminally ill child, and to improve the nursing care for families of these children. Kleier has championed projects funded by MFRF including funding for nursing scholarships, education on genetic testing, high-fidelity simulation, and lecture series that focus on the latest treatments in genetic testing and how these advances will impact nursing care and focuses on the personal experiences of the parents of children with genetic disorders.

Congratulations to Kleier for this incredible award and we thank her for all her hard work and contributions!

Writing and Communication Center Faculty and Students Present at the 2021 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference

 

NSU’s Writing and Communication Center (WCC) faculty and students presented on ten panels at the 2021 Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) virtual conference, Feb. 11-13, 2021. The 2021 SWCA Conference was attended by over 400 participants and featured 100 presentations from over 50 institutions.

From the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, the following individuals presented at the conference:

  • WCC Executive Director Kevin Dvorak and WCC Assistant Director, Nikki Chasteen (adjunct faculty)
  • Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts and WCC Faculty Coordinators, Eric Mason (Associate Professor), Janine Morris (Assistant Professor), and Kelly Concannon (Associate Professor)
  • Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) Master’s students and WCC Graduate Assistant Coordinators, Monique Cole, Adara Cox, Jordan Guido, Anthony Laboriel, Sabrina Louissaint, Michael Lynn, Emma Masur, Danielle Pierce, Megan Provenzale, ‘Aolani Robinson, Carlos Rodriguez Rosa, Meredith Sharp, and alumna Veronica Diaz
  • Biology and Nutrition undergraduate student (WCC undergraduate consultant), Amber Gulau

From the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science undergraduate student (WCC undergraduate consultant), Stephanie Shneydman and Speech Language Pathology graduate student ( WCC graduate consultant), Clarisse El Khouri presented.

From the Fischler College of Education, English & Secondary English Education undergraduate student (WCC undergraduate consultant), Bianca Oliveira presented.

From the College of Psychology, PSY.D in Clinical Psychology graduate students (WCC graduate consultants), Imani Gibbs and Troy Thisler presented.

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

 

About the Panels:

Building Connections in the Online Era: Developing a Social Media Strategy Based on Inclusion and Technology

Monique Cole, Meredith Sharp, Anthony Laboriel, Michael Lynn, Sabrina Louissaint

  • This presentation focused on how writing centers can utilize their platforms to build a more supportive and welcoming environment for students through creating inclusive content and utilizing technology.

 Developing a Social Media Campaign Workshop: Bringing a Heightened Sense of Consistency and Engagement to your Center’s Social Media

Monique Cole & Sabrina Louissaint

  • This interactive workshop described the experience of developing the SWCA 2020 social media campaign.

 Embracing the Pod-demic: A Discussion of Podcast Production in Writing Centers in the Time of COVID-19

Eric Mason, Michael Lynn, Adara Cox, and Emma Masur, Devon Ralston (Winthrop University), Trey Hall and Joseph Pickert (Virginia Commonwealth University

  • This roundtable discussion brought together staff from multiple centers to discuss the challenges and charms of producing podcasts to support the work of writing centers. WCC Podcast: “The Writer’s Edge”

 Emotions and Affect in Tutoring Interactions

Janine Morris, Kelly Concannon, Elise Dixon (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), Rachel Robinson (Michigan State University), Lauren Brentnell (University of Northern Colorado), Steven J. Corbett (Texas A&M University – Kingsville), Anna Rita Napoleone (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Luke Iantorno (Texas Tech University)

  • This synchronous roundtable examined the ways that emotions and affect are implicated in tutoring interactions and tutor training.

Emotions and Affect in Writing Center Administration: A Roundtable on the Emotional Dimensions of Administrative Work

Janine Morris, Kelly Concannon, Erica Cirillo-McCarthy (Middle Tennessee State University), Kelin Hull (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), Elizabeth Leahy (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga), Genie Giaimo (Middlebury College), Marilee Brooks-Gilles (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), Kristi Costello (Old Dominion University), Tabatha Simpson-Farrow (Arkansas State University)

  • This synchronous roundtable examined the ways that emotions and affect appear in writing center administration.

Get it Published: A Conversation with Journal Editors

Eric Mason, Scott Pleasant (Coastal Carolina University), Devon Ralston (Winthrop University), Nikki Caswell (Eastern Carolina University), Eliana Schonberg (Duke University), Ted Roggenbuck (Bloomsburg University), Karen Johnson (Shippensburg University), Julianne Newmark (University of New Mexico)

  • This Q&A session was aimed to speak with editors from Southern Discourse in the Center, The Peer Review, The Writing Center Journal , WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, and Xchanges about any part of the publishing process.

 Leadership in Isolation: Successes and Challenges of a Virtual Consultant Leadership Program

Adara Cox, Amber Gulau, Sabrina Louissaint, Bianca Oliveira, Stephanie Shneydman

  • This panel described an immersive leadership development program launched in Fall 2020 aimed to empower and encourage consultants to build their leadership experiences and share challenges, lessons, and best practices.

Remote Control: Developing Effective Writing Center Training at a Distance

Carlos Rodriguez Rosa, Jordan Guido, Danielle Pierce, Adara Cox, ‘Aolani Robinson, Eric Mason, Kelly Concannon

  • This presentation provided access to sample materials developed by WCC staff to train new consultants in a fully online setting.

 Supporting Graduate Writers Across the Disciplines

Veronica Diaz, Clarisse El Khouri, Imani Gibbs, Megan Provenzale, Troy Thisler, Janine Morris, Kevin Dvorak

  • This synchronous roundtable featured current and former graduate consultants from clinical psychology, speech-language pathology, and composition/rhetoric to discuss their experiences working with graduate student writers from across the disciplines.

Transforming First-year Composition Course-Embedded Consultant Programs to Meet the Demands of Remote Learning and Consulting

Kevin Dvorak, Nikki Chasteen, Danielle Pierce, Russell Carpenter (Eastern Kentucky University), Clint Stivers (Eastern Kentucky University), Chaise Robinson (Eastern Kentucky University), Jonathon Collins (Eastern Kentucky University)

  • This panel explored how two SWCA-based writing centers transformed their first-year composition-focused consultant programs to meet the needs of their students and consultants, who have largely transitioned to remote learning and consulting during the pandemic.

Transforming STEM-focused Course-Embedded Consultant Programs to Meet the Demands of Remote Learning and Consulting

Kevin Dvorak Nikki Chasteen, Russell Carpenter (Eastern Kentucky University), Clint Stivers (Eastern Kentucky University)

  • This panel explored how two SWCA-based writing centers have transformed their STEM-focused course-embedded consultant programs to meet the needs of their students and consultants, who have largely transitioned to remote learning and consulting during the pandemic.

Transforming Writing Centers: Continual Dialogue on Diversity Training

Adara Cox

  • This presentation focused on diversity training in writing centers to encourage healthy dialogue among leadership, staff, and tutors using Saul Alinsky’s ‘dialectic approach’ as the first step in organizing diversity training to better serve minority students.

NSU Collaborates with Remote Area Medical

“Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine had a special opportunity to collaborate with Remote Area Medical on March 6 and 7, 2021.

Remote Area Medical is a major nonprofit provider of free pop-up clinics. Their mission is to prevent pain and alleviate suffering by providing free, quality healthcare to those in need. They do this by delivering free dental, vision, and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals. They have provided care across the world at over 1500 events.

The founder of Remote Area Medical was the late Stan Brock. His vision for Remote Area Medical developed when he suffered a personal injury while living among the Wapishana Indians in Guyana, South America. When he left Guyana, he vowed to find a way to deliver basic medical aid to people in the world’s inaccessible regions. So, in 1985 he established the non-profit, Remote Area Medical or as most people know us – RAM™. RAM is the way he has have kept that promise, not only to the Wapishana Indians, but to thousands around the world in similar conditions.

The Remote Area Medical Clinic care was provided in special treatment tents at Carter Park located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The team was led by Dr. Mark Schweizer, Assistant Dean of Community Programs and Public Health, Dr. Juan Velasco, Assistant Professor, Dr. Aryia Amini, Assistant Professor, and Oral Surgery residents Dr. Maria Nord, and Dr. Neil Charnowitz.

Oral Health care was provided by D1, D2, D3, and D4 students with an amazing turn out of over 100 students.

Over 250 patients were provided dental services and more than 150,000.00 dollars in donated dental services.

Nova Southeastern University students demonstrated the core values of compassion, respect, and integrity. It was truly an honor to transform the lives of patients in our community.

HCAS Faculty Serves as Judge and HCAS Student Presents at the Virtual University Research Symposium of The University of West Alabama

Santanu De, M.Sc., Ph.D. faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), served as a judge for the Graduate Poster and Oral Presentations at the virtual University Research Symposium of The University of West Alabama on March 9, 2021.

One of HCAS’s Biology major students, Jessica Hallett, used this opportunity to present an independent study research work she had performed under the mentorship of Dr. De.  Her presentation was entitled “COVID-19-based challenges and countermeasures in education, research, and management in healthcare and STEM”.

De’s research interests include, STEM education, pedagogy, reproductive physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, and protein biology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

College of Dental Medicine Assistant Professor Elected Officer for the Section on Dental Anatomy and Occlusion for the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)    

Liliana Mosquera, D.D.S., M.B.A. Presenting at the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) during the 2021 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition as part of the program for the Section on Dental Anatomy and Occlusion members forum.

 

Liliana Mosquera, D.D.S, M.B.A. Assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at NSU’s College of Dental Medicine was recently elected to the Office of Secretary for the Section on Dental Anatomy and Occlusion for the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) during the 2021 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition. She will be serving for 3 more years in the Section on Dental Anatomy and Occlusion rising from Secretary, to Chair-Elect to Chair. She presented a short talk on “Pre-Doctoral Occlusion Curriculum” on March 11, 2021 during the 2021 Annual Session as part of the program for the Section on Dental Anatomy and Occlusion members forum.   Mosquera serves as the course director or the Cosmetic Dentistry courses and the content expert in the Integrated Restorative Dentistry course in the College of Dental Medicine.

NSU Law Alumna Recognized By Legal Aid Service of Broward County

Sharon Bourassa

Legal Aid Service of Broward County has announced that Sharon Bourassa, Director of Special Projects at Legal Aid Service of Broward County has retired after 39 years of legal public service. For almost four decades, Bourassa has been committed to representing and helping the poor and disadvantaged in the Broward County community. She has represented low-income families in cases involving federal and state environmental laws, federal and state housing laws and local code enforcement laws.

Bourassa was employed by Legal Aid Service of Broward County since 1981. Her interest and compassion for the low-income community began long before she entered law school. Before entering law school, Sharon was a divorced mother with two young children receiving welfare assistance via Food Stamps and a Section 8 Housing Voucher. Sharon became determined to earn a college degree and go on to law school, not only to help her family but also to help those who faced the same struggles she experienced.

Her advocacy through countless winning cases has brought millions of dollars’ worth of renovations to housing complexes neglected by owners that placed tenants in dangerous and unhealthy situations. Bourassa has had immense impact improving the lives of thousands of Broward’s low income and minority communities who have sought help from Legal Aid Service of Broward County.

“Our organization and the community will be suffering a tremendous loss as Sharon Bourassa retires” said Tony Karrat, Executive Director of Legal Aid Service of Broward County. “It has been her life’s mission to help those in need and right the wrongs imposed on those unable to help themselves, and through her work she has been able to accomplish this mission.”

Sharon has focused her practice on major impact cases that result in significant relief to local, state, and national segments of the low-income population. She has litigated cases against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for operating federal housing projects that are in clear viola­­tion of applicable housing laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to enforce laws concerning a Superfund waste site, and other governmental entities for failure to either comply with applicable code enforcement, housing, and relocation laws or for improper enforcement of said laws.

Most recently, Sharon has been instrumental in developing programs to represent welfare and low-income women and men whose legal issues are keeping them from continuing their education or job training. This includes representing them in child custody, domestic violence, evictions, foreclosure, and other consumer matters.

Karrat continued “Sharon has been a shining example of the fearless leadership and advocacy that has made Legal Aid Service of Broward County stand out both within our community and statewide.”

Bourassa has received countless prestigious legal accolades and awards throughout her career including the Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award from The Florida Bar Foundation in 2018, Thurgood Marshall Award from Urban League of Broward County in 2002 and Alumna of the Year presented by Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center on their 20th Anniversary in 1994, to name a few. It is clear Sharon Bourassa represents the highest moral, intellectual, and professional characteristics that a lawyer can have.

Article courtesy of the Legal Aid Service of Broward County.

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