Faculty & Staff News
During Health Literacy Month, the library recognizes the importance of making health information easy to understand and implement. We have selected topics to help improve your health, longevity, and quality of life. The presentations cover eating habits, mindfulness, and preventing illness.
An upcoming two-day workshop will help faculty curate their scholarly content for global dissemination.
NSUWorks, NSU’s institutional repository, and SelectedWorks, the online professional profile system, work together to curate content for the Digital Commons network of repositories for dissemination of your scholarly output to the world at large. Digital Measures is NSU’s internal review and tracking system for faculty to keep track of their professional activities.
Part one of the series will discuss how these three systems work at NSU, explain your college process for adding your scholarly contributions into these systems, and provide think-tank opportunities for the creation of new scholarly work for yourself and your students. Part two will be a hands-on workshop experience to show you how to manage your SelectedWorks profile effectively on your own.
Part one will be held on October 19 from noon to 1 p.m. and part two on October 21 from noon to 1 p.m.
Join us for a free online workshop with Janice Hardy as she presents Bringing Your Novel to Life, designed to help novice and seasoned authors hone their writing skills.
Great novels blend skilled writing with compelling storytelling, using a multitude of techniques to draw readers in and make them love the book. These techniques work together to build immersive story worlds, creating characters readers love, settings they want to live in, and stories they can’t put down. In this workshop, writers will learn techniques to bring a novel to life for readers. Use point of view to show, not tell, and draw readers in without infodumping; find the best ways to describe the setting and build a world; tap into the emotions of the characters and use those emotions to drive the plot and deepen the story; and how all these techniques work together to build a novel.
JANICE HARDY is the award-winning author and founder of Fiction University, where she helps writers improve their craft and navigate the crazy world of publishing. She teaches writing workshops across the country, and her blog has been recognized as a Top Writing Blog by Writer’s Digest. When she’s not writing about writing, she spins tales of adventure for both teens and adults, and firmly believes that doing terrible things to her characters makes them more interesting. She loves talking with writers and readers, and encourages questions of all types—even the weird ones. Find out more about her and her books at http://blog.janicehardy.com/
This workshop is on Zoom and registration is required.
The video is available for on-demand viewing October 10 – October 31.
Sponsored by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
YOU GOT THIS! are free virtual financial literacy, entrepreneur, and workforce education workshops presented by the Alvin Sherman Library and sponsored by Truist Foundation. These workshops are designed to inspire and educate you to become personally and professionally successful. Here are September’s offerings:
Learn how to create a basic household budget using the spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel on Tuesday, Nov. 16 on Zoom from 1-1:45 p.m. ET.
If you’re new to computers or just want a refresher, this class is for you. We will cover hardware and software basics on Tuesday, Oct. 19, on Zoom from 1-1:45 p.m. ET.
Learn Internet safety tips to protect yourself online on Tuesday, September 21 on Zoom from 1-1:45 p.m. ET. We’ll cover passwords, shopping online, and more.
Learn the art of telling stories and make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress a date. Corey Rosen is an Emmy-award winning writer and actor with years of experience as a skilled storytelling coach. His book, “Your Story, Well Told,” is jam-packed with some of the best storytelling strategies out there.
Rosen will be holding a Zoom workshop on Saturday, September 18, from 2-3 p.m.
Rosen is an actor, writer, and visual effects producer who lives in San Francisco. He is a regular host of The Moth StorySlam series in the Bay Area, and his stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour. Corey began his career writing for Jim Henson Productions, Comedy Central, and Lucasfilm. Corey performs at BATS Improv in San Francisco. His film credits (as a VFX Artist) include Iron Man, Grindhouse, Ted, and several Star Wars movies. His first book is called “Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience.” www.coreyrosen.com.
Registration is required for this Zoom workshop.
The video will be available for on-demand viewing September 19 – October 1, 2021.
Sing, dance and celebrate libraries and National Literacy Month with GRAMMY-nominated hipster kids’ musicians, The Pop Ups, in a special concert filmed exclusively for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library, available on-demand September 1 – September 30 on the library’s Facebook (lib.nova.edu/facebook) and YouTube (lib.nova.edu/youtube).
A collaboration between Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, three-time GRAMMY nominees The Pop Ups have been setting the standard for children’s media since 2010. A celebration of making, building, and learning, their album ‘Appetite for Construction’ received a 2014 GRAMMY nomination for Best Children’s Album, alongside a National Parenting Publications Award, Parents’ Choice Award and praise from NPR’s All Things Considered, The Huffington Post, and USA Today among others. They co-created and tour with the Wow In The World LIVE show and produce the daily podcast Two What’s And A Wow on NPR for Tinkercast.The boys have toured with Yo Gabba Gabba Live and continue to perform their rock and roll puppet musical live show to sold out audiences across the U.S. Learn more about The Pop Ups: thepopups.com
This program is made possible with the generous support of the Erwin and Barbara Mautner Charitable Foundation.
Anh Nguyen, an alumna of NSU’s Art + Design program, returned to her alma mater this winter to paint an original mural for the fourth floor of the Alvin Sherman Library. Nguyen, better known by her artist name Annie Nugget, describes the mural, titled “Be the Sea,” as a portrayal of letting life go in order to connect with the things that feel meaningful.
“We can pursue almost anything in life, but it only makes sense to do what sparks a passion that can push potential,” she said.
Anh Nguyen
Nguyen graduated from the B.A. in Art + Design program in 2016 with a concentration in studio art. The major, housed within the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, also offers a concentration in graphic design and minors in studio art and graphic design.
In 2016, Nguyen also painted a shark-themed mural, titled “Realizing Potential,” for NSU’s University Center.
“The library was very excited to sponsor this opportunity, and Annie’s diverse portfolio gave her the edge to take on that huge wall,” said Associate Professor of Art + Design Kandy Lopez-Moreno. “As a professional artist, she also creates murals all over South Florida. I’m very proud of her!”
Learn more about NSU’s Art + Design major, including its concentrations and minors, here.