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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.

Director of Simulation and Interactive Technology for the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Re-Certifies Healthcare Simulation Educator Credential

Melissa Morris, M.S.N., R.N., CPN, CHSE

 

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare and Nova Southeastern University announced today that Melissa Morris, M.S.N., R.N., CPN, CHSE, renewed her certification of the international Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) credential.

Melissa Morris originally became a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) in 2014. The Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator exam assesses the knowledge and understanding of the principles, processes, and fundamentals for developing and delivering high quality healthcare simulation activities. The comprehensive CHSE credential covers educational design and healthcare simulation principles, and the application of these to meet the needs of healthcare learners at all levels.

Melissa Morris joins the ranks of more than 2000 individuals from 37 countries who have achieved this distinction.

 

NSU Writing and Communication Center Graduate Assistant Coordinator wins Southeastern Writing Center Association Graduate Tutor of the Year Award

Monique Cole

Monique Cole, HCAS Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) master’s student and graduate assistant coordinator at the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC), earned the 2021 Graduate Tutor of the Year Award from the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA). Cole was honored at the 2021 SWCA virtual conference, February 11-13th, 2021.

Each year, SWCA awards recognize excellence at both the tutor and administrator levels. The SWCA undergraduate and graduate tutor Awards recognize leadership, commitment, and overall excellence of individuals working in writing centers.

Cole has worked at the WCC since 2017, moving from undergraduate consultant to undergraduate student coordinator, and is now a graduate assistant coordinator. Since fall 2019 she has served as President of the NSU Chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America and was one of two social media interns for SWCA from 2020-2021.

According to Cole, “I am forever grateful for the many opportunities that have come from working at the WCC. Being recognized as Graduate Tutor of the Year by the Southeastern Writing Center Association is a great honor. A big thank you to Dr. Kevin Dvorak and the rest of the WCC team for creating a welcoming environment that provides the support needed to achieve student success.”

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

To learn more about the Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media master’s program, visit https://hcas.nova.edu/academics/graduate/masters/composition-rhetoric-digital-media.html

To learn more about the Southeastern Writing Center awards, visit https://southeasternwritingcenter.wildapricot.org/awards

 

 

Criminal Justice Alum Leads Research at the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center

Vanessa Patino Lydia, Ph.D.

Vanessa Patino Lydia, Ph.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) is the Vice President of Research and Planning at the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center in Jacksonville.

She is the Principal Investigator on the latest research, Sounding the Alarm: Criminalization of Black Girls in Florida released on March 11, 2021. The research highlights the inequitable treatment of over 3,000 Black girls entering the juvenile justice system. Black girls account for 21% of the general population but represent HALF of the girls in the juvenile justice system. They are overrepresented in rates of suspension, arrest, and incarceration. The deeper analyses illustrates how schools are a major entry point in arrest trends and provides evidence that adultification bias and harsh punishment of Black girls exists.  This report highlights the Policy Center’s recommendations for immediate action including: Banning suspension for PK-3 students, setting limits on arrest for youth under the age of 12, Increasing funding for girl-centered and trauma-informed school mental health services, and Increasing the use of alternatives to arrest at school and in the community.

Vanessa has over 15 years’ experience in public policy research with a special focus on the impact of the juvenile justice system on girls’ trajectories and wellbeing. She has directed research initiatives on gender specific programming, girls/women pathways into the justice system, data trends, community needs assessments, and strategic planning. She earned her Ph.D. in criminal justice from FCE&SCJ in 2020.

The report on the criminalization of Black girls in Florida is issued by the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center- nonprofit that provides advocacy, research, training/technical assistance, and direct services to bring about unprecedented systemic reform for girls and young women in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice system.

To access the link to the full research report please visit https://www.seethegirl.org/sounding-the-alarm/

HCAS Faculty Present at Power Publishing Day

 

NSU Writing & Communication Center Faculty Coordinators, Janine Morris, PH.D. (Department of Communications, Media, and the Arts assistant professor), and Eric Mason, Ph.D. (DCMA associate professor), along with Mario D’Agostino, Ph.D. (DCMA assistant professor), presented at the 6th annual Power Publishing Day held through Zoom, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

The group presented, “From Student to Scholar: Publishing Your Thesis or Dissertation,” which focused on understanding how to write for publication and how an awareness of audience, purpose, and genre can help writers who wish to publish sections of their thesis. “Writing a thesis is hard work,” says Morris, “however, it’s important to be aware of how books and articles are different in purpose and scope from a thesis or dissertation.”

Hosted by the Alvin Sherman Library, Power Publishing featured presentations about academic publishing from publishers, editors, and NSU faculty and librarians. Attendees were able to learn about becoming a multilingual scholar, using the Web of Science to determine where to publish, preparing compelling business or science book proposals, and more.

Power Publishing Day is part of the NSU Library “Gear Up” workshops series, which offers faculty and students professional development opportunities to engage with librarians and gain knowledge in areas of research, publishing, grants, and copyright. Click on the link to view dates for the next “Gear Up Workshops.”

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