Faculty & Staff News
In 2011, when future NSU alum Julius Thomas left Portland State University for the National Football League, he was on top of the world. The 6’5,” 250-pounder was the fourth-round pick in the draft as a tight end for the Denver Broncos. Thomas played for one of most potent offenses in the league, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton […]
By: Johari Canty Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice alumna Tameka Hamilton received the Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year award by the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the Florida Association of School Administrators. Hamilton currently works at Three Points Elementary School in Orlando and is part of the organization’s 2025 Class of National Outstanding […]
By: Johari Canty Students with the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice are getting first-hand experience in the realm of law enforcement thanks to the Special Topics Field Experiences. The course gives students the opportunity to bridge theory with practice and get an up close and behind the scenes view of actual law enforcement practices and agencies. […]
By: Johari Canty Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice undergraduate student Eliana Plummer has received special recognition from Broward County Public Schools for a lesson plan she developed during her teaching internship at Seminole Middle School in Plantation, Florida. The plan focused on law studies and worked to help eighth-grade students learn more about the criminal justice […]
Professor Jackie Hinckley, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Adithya Chandregowda, Ph.D., from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at NSU’s Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences co-guest edited a special issue for the Perspectives of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Special Interest Groups journal. The special issue includes four peer-reviewed case reports from the Board Certification Process of the Academy […]
Adithya Chandregowda, Ph.D., associate professor from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at NSU’s Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences presented a research poster titled “Exploring the link between neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities and neurodegenerative manifestations” at the 19th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology in Prague, Czech Republic. Of the 170 research abstracts accepted for poster presentations at the congress, […]
By: Johari Canty The students of NSU’s Fischler Academy program recently got the opportunity to travel to France to learn about their education system firsthand. The group of 32 students visited Les Mureaux, a suburb about 30 minutes outside of Paris’ city center. During the nine-day trip, students immersed themselves through participation in field-based learning in local schools and learned […]
By: Johari Canty Faculty members Charlene Désir, Ed.D., and Georgina Argüello, Ed.D., from the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University, recently published an insightful study exploring intellectual curiosity among students in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaborative research included contributions from Rachel Panton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Halmos College of […]
By: Johari Canty A Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice student recently got the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Undergraduate Criminal Justice major Jasmine Johnson recently traveled to Washington, D.C. where she received first hand insight into the world of federal drug enforcement. During her trip, Johnson visited the DEA Training […]
Nicole Laing fulfills what she calls her “true calling” – improving mental health – as both a 2023 graduate of NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and an assistant professor at NSU’s College of Nursing. Hailing from Jamaica, Laing’s family stressed that an education was critical to her future. “It’s one thing that they ingrained in me; getting an education was […]