Tag: Halmos College of Arts and Sciences

Students Gain Experience as Social Media Strategists

M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media students in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts had the chance to put on their social strategist hats when their class partnered with Symphony of the Americas as part of a class collaboration during the Summer 2022 semester. The graduate course, WRIT 5250: Social Media Writing and Strategy, is offered every other summer and offers students hands-on experience designing a social media campaign for a client.

“It was exciting seeing our students in action as social media professionals for a Broward County Major Cultural Institution that has served the South Florida community for 35 seasons,” said Associate Professor of Communication Whitney Lehmann, Ph.D., APR, who teaches the course. “We are so grateful for the opportunity to work with and learn from the Symphony of the Americas team.”

Students worked with the organization’s executive director, Steven Haines, and community development manager, Erin Fontes, to complete a social media audit, propose campaign objectives and complete deliverables, which included a social media manual, a newsletter, a content calendar, social media branding, audience-driven content, social media analytics and more.

In addition to the class collaboration, one CRDM student, Kaitlyn was also selected for a social media internship with the organization for the 2022-2023 academic year.

“It was an honor to work with Symphony of the Americas,” said Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts Shanti Bruce, Ph.D., “this was an outstanding professional experience for our graduate students.”

For more information about DCMA’s community partners, click here.

Posted 03/05/23

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit Reception is March 22

NSU Art + Design in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts presents the 14th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opening reception on March 22, 2023 in Gallery 217 of the Don Taft University Center located on NSU’s Davie Campus. Juried by the NSU Art Museum’s Bryant-Taylor Curator, Ariella Wolens, the exhibit showcases original studio art and graphic design media by current NSU students. Students selected to be a part of the exhibit are eligible to win cash prizes for their exceptional contributions.

Gallery 217 is open Monday through Friday from 10:00AM-4:00PM and is free and open the public. The exhibit will continue through April 19.

  • Date: Wednesday, March 22
  • Time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Location: Don Taft University Center, Gallery 217
  • Free event
  • Open to the public

For more information, contact Professor Kandy Lopez-Moreno at klopez1@nova.edu.

Follow NSU Art + Design on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @nsuartdesign and Gallery 217 on Facebook and Instagram @gallery_217.

WCC Director and HCAS Faculty Co-Author Book Chapter

Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., and Mario D’Agostino, Ph.D., co-authored “Afterword: Reflecting on Post-COVID Experiential Education and Learning” in Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning, Volume II: Multidisciplinary Case Studies, Reflections, and Strategies (edited by Karen Lovett). Dvorak is the Executive Director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) and a professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts (DCMA) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. D’Agostino is an assistant professor of writing in DCMA.

“Reflecting on Post-COVID Experiential Teaching and Learning” uses the authors’ experiences in the WCC and DCMA classes to explore how teaching practices changed during the pandemic and apply lessons learned to future teaching contexts.

According to Dvorak and D’Agostino (2022), “[n]ow, a year into the pandemic, with an eye on returning to some sense of normalcy, we offer ideas for the future of [experiential learning], based largely on adjustments colleagues have made to their programs and how the global workforce has rapidly evolved in response to the coronavirus.”

You can access Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning, Volume II, published by Springer, here.

To learn more about the WCC, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/

Writing Faculty Receive CCCC Research Impact Award Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Claire Lutkewitte, Ph.D., Juliette C. Kitchens, Ph.D., and Molly J. Scanlon, Ph.D., in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts who have earned the 2023 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Research Impact Award Honorable Mention for their book Stories of Becoming: Demystifying the Professoriate for Graduate Students in Composition and Rhetoric. The CCCC Research Impact Award acknowledges an outstanding empirical research publication from the previous two years that advances the mission of the organization or the needs of the profession.

“My colleagues and I are very honored to receive this award. It validates all the hard work we put into our research. We believe our book provides some much-needed insight into the field of Composition and Rhetoric,” said Lutkewitte.

For more information about the award, please see the CCCC website.

Posted 03/05/23

Halmos College Professor Publishes Article in Cultural Analytics

Amanda Furiasse, Ph.D.

Amanda Furiasse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities & Politics published “Sailing on Encrypted Seas: The Archive and Digital Memory in African and Diasporic Futurism” in the Journal of Cultural Analytics January Issue.

The article offers valuable insight into African religions’ varying approaches to consciousness, memory, and identity and how African and Latin American artists are reworking these ideas to reimagine the constitutive elements of AI and machine learning devices.

According to Professor Furiasse, “Working on this article allowed me to meet with artists and gain valuable insight into the varying ways in which artists are thinking about AI and digital technologies. The arts have always been a crucial resource for technological innovation. This article brings attention to the possible ways that the arts can help solve pressing technological challenges and develop more ecologically and culturally conscious AI models.”

Posted 02/19/23

Honors Student Participates in Graduate Research

Corinne Renshaw and Alexander Rayburn with a lancetfish.

Farquhar Honors College sophomore Corinne Renshaw is participating in graduate-level research as an undergraduate student. The research is part of graduate student Alexander Rayburn’s master’s thesis, which focuses on marine parasitology among large deep-water fishes.

Renshaw’s role includes dissecting the fish, identifying the marine parasites, and classifying them via genetic analysis.

“My favorite part of the project is using a microscope to classify new parasites,” said Renshaw, a marine biology and environmental science major. “I was always fascinated with larger megafauna, but after working on this research, the more minute aspects of marine life are fascinating.”

Renshaw received this research opportunity through David Kerstetter, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, who offered her the position after she took his honors Invasive Species Ecology and Management course.

“Corinne showed lots of motivation and participation in class and dedication to a volunteering opportunity when offered,” said Kerstetter. “[She] has already gained a better understanding of how an active research lab works—the coordination between lab members regarding space and scheduling, the amount of work that goes on in actual wildlife research, and some of the process involved from collecting specimens in the wild through the peer-reviewed publication of the results.”

Along with aiding in research, she serves as the community service chair of Epsilon Eta, NSU’s environmental honors society. She has worked on wildflower garden restoration and invasive species clean-up initiatives through this organization. After graduating, Renshaw hopes to pursue a master’s and doctoral degree in marine ecology to gain more research opportunities in coastal conservation.

Posted 02/19/23

Halmos Faculty Interviewed on World War I Podcast

David Kilroy, Ph.D.

David Kilroy, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was recently interviewed about his book, For Race and Country: The Life and Career of Colonel Charles Young, for the World War I Podcast presented by the MacArthur Memorial.

In 2022, Col. Young was posthumously promoted by the Biden administration to brigadier general – a rank he likely would have advanced to during World War I.  Born into slavery at the close of the U.S. Civil War, in 1917 Charles Young was the highest ranking African American officer in the U.S. Army.

A veteran of the 1916 Mexican Expedition, his name appeared on a list of that campaign’s officers that General John J. Pershing recommended for future brigade command.  Then, just as the U.S. entered World War I, he was controversially sidelined after failing a routine medical exam.  The podcast, linked below, explores the controversy of his forced retirement and other aspects of Charles Young’s extraordinary career.

Charles Young: For Race and Country (buzzsprout.com)

For information about Kilroy’s book, please see:

https://www.amazon.com/Race-Country-Career-Colonel-Charles/dp/0275980057

Posted 02/19/23

Halmos Faculty, NSU Student Present at FDLA Conference

On February 2, 2023, Santanu De, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), presented research virtually at the Florida Distance Learning Association/FDLA Conference 2023.  The presentation was based on an interdisciplinary project conducted in collaboration with De’s mentee, Yumna Indorewala, from the Farquhar Honors College and currently a D.O. student at NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine.  The topic of this presentation was “Review of Case Studies on Education and Research in Global Healthcare and STEM During COVID-19.”

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

More information about FDLA can be found here: http://www.fdla.com/

Posted 02/19/23

Halmos Faculty Are Guest Speakers for NSU Network Chats

Zelden

On January 27, 2023, two faculty members from the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), were the featured speakers for NSU Network Chats, hosted by the NSU Grant Writing Laboratory.  Charles Zelden, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Humanities and Politics (DHP)and Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D. faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS), spoke about their grant project, “Dialogues in Local Democracy.” Zelden and McKay are the Co-directors of the Council for Dialogue and Democracy housed in HCAS.

 “Dialogues in Local Democracy,” is a new project initiated by the Council for Dialogue and Democracy and supported by the university and through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  (Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities).

McKay

The goal of the project is to provide an opportunity for community participants to share their thoughts, suggestions, and reflections about their community. Facilitated dialogues will take place on the NSU main campus in Davie on three Saturdays, February 18th, March 18th, and April 15th.  Sessions will run from 8:30 am to 2 pm with breakfast and lunch provided.  Participation from those who live or work in Broward County is encouraged.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Zelden at  zelden@nova.edu or Dr. Judith McKay at mckayj@nova.edu.

For more information about the Council for Dialogue and Democracy, please see:

https://hcas.nova.edu/cdd/index.html

Posted 02/19/23

DCMA, NSU Art + Design Present 12th Senior Exhibition, Feb. 15-March 8

The Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts and NSU Art + Design present the 12th Senior Exhibition showcasing artwork by senior Art + Design students. The exhibition highlights student work in graphic design and studio art. Featured students include Jonathan Akagbosu, Sofía A. Guerra Cardona, Caroline Cespedes, Desiree Jenkins, Elisha Mendoza, Michael Moore Jr., Darling Picado, Bastian Toro, Tristen Trivett and Nicholas Waguespack.

The opening reception will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. in Gallery 217 located in the Don Taft University Center.

  • Date(s): Feb. 15 – March 8, 2023
  • Location: Gallery 217, Don Taft University Center
  • Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Open to the NSU and local community.

For more information, contact Kandy Lopez-Moreno at klopez1@nova.edu

Posted 02/15/23

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