Tag: Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice

Fischler College Hosts Active Shooter Training

On Wednesday, October 2, NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) hosted an Active Shooter Presentation for its faculty and staff. The presentation was conducted by FCE&SCJ Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Grace Telesco, in coordination with the college’s Sociodrama Club, and Pat McGowan, from NSU’s Public Safety Department.

Grace TelescoPh.D., a retired Lieutenant who served for 20 years with the NYPD, was the Chairperson of the Behavior Science Department at the NYC Police Academy. She is currently the Faculty Advisor for the college’s Sociodrama Club. Current students and Sociodrama Club members, Joshua Enfinger (the shooter), and David Troxell (SWAT officer), participated in the training. Both students are working for the Sociodrama Community Initiative through a federal grant. The Sociodrama Community Initiative is charged with providing Sociodrama programs for diverse audiences and populations to meet educational and behavioral objectives in the community. The initiative has many exciting projects coming up such as, “Red Flags”: a Sociodrama about dating relationship violence, sexual assault, and substance abuse for Early Immersion Learning Freshman and a Cultural Diversity, as well as a training on autism for the Dental School. Actors usually come from the Sociodrama Club, led by student president, Norlando Padilla. For more information about the Active Shooter Training: https://sharkmedia.nova.edu/media/Active+Shooter+Trainin+Version+3/1_mqb0tbwp

If you are interested in having the Sociodrama Community Initiative conduct a program for you, please contact Grace Telesco, Ph.D., at her email: gt243@nova.edu.

Education Alumna to Appear at TEDx Talk in Young Circle Park

Tracy Timberlake, Ed.D.

Tracy Timberlake, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice is set to appear at the TEDx Talk at Young Circle Park (Hollywood, FL) on November 9.

Timberlake is a Multi-Award-Winning Business Coach and online Influencer. Over 3 million people have watched her YouTube videos, more than 10,000 people have heard her speak and have taken her online training programs. She has collaborated with Forbes, been featured on NBC, The Miami Herald, iHeart Radio, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. She has also worked with brands such as the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Turkish Airlines, Herbal Essence, Marc Jacobs, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Timberlake’s hope and vision for millions of Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Influencers all over the world is to understand the massive impact they can create by showing up fully in the digital space and to give them the tools that empower them to do so.

A native of Miami, she earned a Doctor of Education with FCE&SCJ in 2017.

For additional information, please visit: https://www.tedxyoungcirclepark.com/

FCE&SCJ Staff Members Participate in Morning Physical Training with the Army ROTC Class

NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) team members, Ed.D., Jamie Manburg, M.S., Nicholas Pascucci and M.P.A., Jessica Rodriguez, along with NSU’s Director of Veterans Affairs, Matthew Chenworth, showed the inaugural Army ROTC class their support by participating in morning Physical Training (PT) on Thursday, September 19.

The workout started at 5:45 am on Wolf Field behind the Don Taft University Center and was led by Captain Martin Johnson, Assistant Professor of Military/Office in Charge Field Artillery. The Army ROTC class currently meets for morning PT about three times a week.

FCE&SCJ houses the courses for the military science (ARMY ROTC) elective and is proud to have been part of the implementation process of NSU’s Army ROTC program. The ROTC is a college elective that enables students to succeed in their desired career, whether civilian or military. Students who complete all ROTC requirements may be commissioned as Second Lieutenants and serve in the Active Duty Army, Army Reserves, or the Army National Guard.

During classes, leadership labs, physical training, and field training exercises, students will learn firsthand what it takes to lead others, motivate groups, and conduct missions as an Officer in the Army.

For more information on NSU’s Army ROTC program please contact Nicholas Pascucci at npascucci@nova.edu.

FCE&SCJ Professor Co-Authors Book on Distance Education

Michael Simonson, Ph.D., Professor, at NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice co -authored the book, Teaching and Learning at a Distance Foundations of Distance Education 7th Edition.

The book is written for introductory distance education courses for preservice or in- service teachers and for training programs that discuss teaching distant learners or managing distance education systems. Furthermore, it provides readers with the basic information needed to be knowledgeable distance educators and leaders of distance education programs.

In 2016, Dr. Simonson was named to the Hall of Fame of the U.S. Distance Learning Association. He has authored four major textbooks dealing with distance education, instructional technology, instructional computing, and instructional media. Additionally, he is the founding editor of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Distance Learning Journal, and Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers presented at the Annual Conventions of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Dr. Simonson was an external evaluator of South Dakota’s Connecting the Schools and Digital Dakota Network projects, and also for the Washington Center. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps as a Captain.

To learn more about the book or to purchase, please visit:

https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Teaching-and-Learning-at-a-Distance-7th-edition

NSU Alumnus Gives Strangers a Second Chance at Life

Zachary Lechette Image courtesy of the City of Gastonia.

Making the choice to become a living donor isn’t for everyone, but for Zachary Lechette, Ph.D., it’s been a rewarding one. Lechette, an alumnus of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice has had the opportunity to give two strangers a second chance at life through organ donation. Lechette, who has served as a police officer since he was 20 years old and received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at NSU (’18), believes that helping people is in his blood…

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Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Celebrate the end of FY 19

On Wednesday, August 21, the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice hosted a “Back to School Breakfast” to celebrate the end of FY19 and kick off the new academic year.

Dean Kimberly Durham addressed faculty and staff in attendance on the college’s outstanding FY 19 closeout and shared the agenda for the upcoming year. She thanked each faculty member for their contribution and service. Then, supervisors recognized each member of their team and presented them with a medal for their integral role in the college’s success. Additionally, the college also recognized members from OIIT, who were instrumental to the college’s summer Institute and APSI events over the summer.

NSU Hosts the Southern Strike Command Leadership and Staff

Left to right: NSU Director, Veteran Affairs Matthew Chenworth, Associate Dean, Ed.D. Jamie Manburg, Director, Nicholas Pascucci, Dean, Kimberly Durham, Psy.D. Lieutenant Colonel Heath Papkov, Captain Martin Johnson, Sergeant First Class Samuel Gomez- Velez

On August 12, 2019, NSU had the pleasure of hosting the new Professor of Military Science Lieutenant Colonel Heath Papkov and the Southern Strike Command Staff Lieutenant Colonel Heath Papkov, Captain Martin Johnson, Sergeant First Class Samuel Gomez-Velez

The Southern Strike Command leadership and staff visited the Ft. Lauderdale campus to finalize the implementation of the inaugural Army Reserve Officers’ Training Crops (ROTC) Cohort for this Fall 2019.  The ROTC is a college elective that enables students to succeed in their desired career, whether civilian or military. Students who complete all ROTC requirements may be commissioned as Second Lieutenants and serve in the Active Duty Army, Army Reserves, or the Army National Guard. The courses at NSU, will be housed in the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice.

NSU, the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice, and the Department of Veterans Affairs is extremely excited to be a partner and collaborate with the Army ROTC.

For more information, on NSU’s ROTC program please contact, Nicholas Pascucci at npascucci@nova.edu.

FCE&SCJ Hosts Summer Institute for Doctoral Students

NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice held its annual Summer Institute from July 12-14 and welcomed 350 domestic, Puerto Rican and international students to the Ft. Lauderdale Campus.

Summer Institute is an opportunity for doctoral students and faculty to engage in academic dialogue. The students are grouped into tracks based on where they are in the dissertation process.  In addition to workshops with faculty, dissertation chairs, librarians, and writing consultants; the students attended boot camps, where they had dedicated time to work on their dissertation; interacted with alumni mentors; and engaged in networking opportunities during the signature scavenger hunt activity, meals, and at the receptions. The event concluded with a pin and stole ceremony on Sunday, July 14.

For more information about the Summer Institute, please visit: http://education.nova.edu/summer/.

Writing and Communication Center Works with Students During FCESCJ’s Summer Institute

Faculty Coordinators, graduate assistant coordinators, and professional consultants from NSU’s Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center (WCC) provided writing support for students attending the 2019 Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCESCJ) Summer Institute, July 12-14, 2019. Faculty Coordinators Kelly Concannon and Janine Morris, from the Department of Writing and Communication (DWC) in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences facilitated workshops for approximately 35 students each on writing literature reviews and time management and organizational tips to maximize writing.

On Saturday, July 13, Morris and WCC graduate assistant coordinators, Veronica Diaz and Noemi Nunez (graduate students in DWC’s Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Master’s Program) hosted a writing bootcamp for Track 1 doctoral students. FCESCJ Summer Institute faculty were also present to support writers throughout the afternoon as they completed an assignment due the following day. The NSU Writing and Communication Center was used for the bootcamp and approximately thirty students spread out across the space to get their writing done.

Meanwhile, Concannon, Eric Mason (WCC faculty coordinator and DWC Assistant Professor), and Jose Macia (WCC Professional Consultant and DWC Adjunct Professor) held one-on-one consultations Saturday July 13 and Sunday July 14 with Institute students. “It was such a great opportunity to work with writers from across the university on different stages of their writing process from invention to locating outside research material pertinent to their work,” Concannon noted.

In total there were 350 students who attended the weekend-long Institute. NSU’s WCC offers writing and communication assistance to all NSU students.

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