Tag: Halmos College of Arts and Sciences

Deadline for Crossroads Conference Abstracts Extended to Feb. 11

The deadline for abstracts for the 4th Annual Crossroads Humanities Student Conference has been extended to Friday, February 11.   Undergraduate and graduate students from all programs of study are invited to present and attend; registration for NSU students is free.  The conference will be held at the NSU Davie campus on Saturday, March 26, 2022; virtual access will be available.  The theme of the conference is “Rebirth, Renewal, Reboot” exploring the nature of human resiliency and how the humanities provides paths to creativity and newness, rebuilding and finding light in darkness. Abstract proposals of 150 words or fewer should be submitted to humanities@nova.edu. Contact Dr. Marlisa Santos, Director of the Center for the Humanities, at santosm@nova.edu with any questions.

Returning from trauma, tragedy, and loss is a difficult, but also an empowering enterprise.  Historically, humanity has needed to rise from the ashes of war, disease, genocide, and social and political unrest and violence.  Individuals cope on a daily basis with the effects of sexual assault, domestic abuse, and personal battles with death and despair.  In the resolving stages of a global pandemic and continuing struggles of LGBTQ and BIPOC communities, it seems appropriate to consider the nature of human resiliency and what tools we use to begin anew.  How do the humanities help us to process these losses and trauma, and to regenerate, to find new hope and growth?  In addition to solace and comfort, in what ways do the arts, literature, history, film, religion, and philosophy provide paths to creativity and newness, rebuilding and finding light in darkness?  How can the humanities help us design and build more socially and culturally responsible technologies to help communities redress trauma, division, and violence?

Possible topics include, but not limited to:

  • Digital humanities
  • Trauma studies
  • Medical humanities
  • World mythology and folklore
  • Software studies
  • Religious ritual/belief
  • Environmental humanities/climate change
  • Social reform
  • Racial justice
  • Utopias/Dystopias
  • Memoir/autobiography/documentary
  • Renaissance and reform(ation)

Posted 01/26/22

Learn the Keys to Successful Research Collaborations, Feb. 7

We invite you to attend this interactive event featuring two successful research groups sharing their collaboration stories. This “Keys to Successful Research Collaborations” event will occur on Monday, February 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.

It will feature presentations and Q&A with NSU faculty members Nancy Klimas, M.D., who established a multi-disciplinary research and clinical program that is taking a systems biology approach to understanding complex medical illnesses; and Gary Cravens, M.D., M.S., whose diverse research efforts led to collaboration with Louis Nemzer, Ph.D., B.A., and colleagues to evaluate seizure prediction in epilepsy patients.

Questions? Contact GRANTLAB@nova.edu

Posted 01/18/22

Halmos Faculty Chosen as Inaugural Guest Lecturer

Mary Hope Schwoebel, P.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was the inaugural guest lecturer in an international online Peace and Conflict Certificate course. It was hosted by Saira Bano Orakzal, Ph.D., Freie University, Berlin.

Schwoebel’s teaching and research interests include peacebuilding and state building, peacebuilding and development, gender and conflict, culture and conflict, and facilitation.

Posted 01/19/22

Alpha Alpha chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma Honors Inductees

NSU’s Alpha Alpha chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma: National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society held its fall 2021 induction ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 5 to 6 p.m. The chapter is housed in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center.

The following students were inducted:

  • Amaya Allen, Spanish
  • Deirdre Casey, ASL
  • Kelli Green, French and Spanish
  • Kathryn Macias, French
  • Rosa Martinez, Spanish
  • Samantha Sigler, Spanish

Holding flameless candles, the inductees were brought into the room by Erika Medina, chapter secretary, who served as marshall for the event. Emma Heineman, chapter president, received the inductees following AMG ritual and everyone sat down. Yvette Fuentes, Ph.D., faculty adviser gave a short welcome address. Following her address, Medina, gave a brief history of Alpha Mu Gamma and its symbols. The initiation ceremony was then led by Heineman, and following the pledges, students read “The Golden Bough” poem. Certificates, pins, and graduation cords were distributed by Fuentes and Medina. After some closing remarks by Fuentes, a group picture was taken and a small reception was held for inductees and members.

The NSU chapter of AMG was chartered in fall 2019 but because of COVID-19, the first and second induction ceremonies were held virtually. This year’s induction ceremony was a joyous occasion for AMG members and their faculty adviser.

For more information about the chapter, please contact the faculty adviser, Yvette Fuentes, Ph.D. at yf60@nova.edu

Posted 12/12/21

Halmos Faculty Presents with Doctoral Student, Alumna

McKay

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., director of the doctoral program and faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), presented at the 2021 Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference. McKay invited DCRS doctoral student Courtney Connor, J.D., and DCRS alumna Michelle Cromwell, Ph.D., to be co-presenters. The conference was held virtually from September 29 to October 1, 2021. The conference theme was “Reflective Engagement: Learning from our Past. Transforming our Future.”  The presentation was titled “Building a Socially Just Community: Community Dialogues, Planning, and Partnerships.”

Connor

McKay is the faculty adviser to the Social Justice Roundtable and works with students in the community through Community Resolution Services (CRS), a practicum and volunteer site for DCRS. CRS hosts Story Café, We Love our Families series, The Women’s Roundtable, and is involved in offering workshops for the county’s Crisis Intervention Teams, and other events for community groups and organizations. She is also the Co-director of the NSU Council for Dialogue and Democracy (CDD).

McKay’s scholarly interests include conflict coaching, strategic community planning, and violence prevention and intervention in family, neighborhood, and organizational conflicts.  For more information about Community Resolution Services and the CDD please contact McKay at mckayj@nova.edu.

Cromwell

Courtney Connor, J.D., is a doctoral student in DCRS and is the Safety Specialist for Baptist Medical Center Beaches in Jacksonville Beach. In this current position, she had to obtain two additional certifications: Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP) and Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP).

Michelle Cromwell, Ph.D., is an M.S. and Ph.D. graduate of DCRS. In 2019 she was named the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the State University of N.Y. at Plattsburgh. Cromwell was a 2018 NSU Distinguished Alumna and has been a guest speaker for the Social Justice Roundtable.

Posted 12/12/21

Razor’s Edge Student Honored at Biomedical Conference

Grace Waldron

Grace Waldron, a senior majoring in Biology with a minor in Research Studies as a Razor’s Edge Research Scholar in the Darwin cohort, was one of 42 awardees in the Cancer Biology category out of 138 presenters at the 2021 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS).

Waldron’s passion for cancer research strengthened when she was accepted into the independent study program at the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research at NSU in the Fall of 2020. Since that time, she has been able to conduct and participate in research involving treatments for lung and breast cancer, including an upcoming contribution in a manuscript publication regarding current breast cancer research. Her primary mentor is Appu Rathinavelu, Ph.D., and her lab mentor is Umamaheswari Natarajan, Ph.D. In addition to presenting at the 2021 ABRCMS, Waldron has participated in the 2021 Life Science Symposium at Florida International University, and the 2021 NSU Undergraduate Symposium.

Waldron is thankful for the opportunities the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research and all the research associates have provided her with. She plans to attend graduate school pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Cancer Biology.

Posted 12/12/21

Guest Lecture Series Highlights Rhetoric of Health, Wellness

Rachel Panton, Ph.D.

This fall, COMP 1500: College Writing hosted a guest lecture series highlighting the rhetoric of health and wellness. The series, facilitated by Assistant Professor of Writing, Rachel Panton, Ph.D., and the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts  in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences featured a variety of speakers and topics, such as the importance of science writing and communication, the rhetoric of public health during the pandemic, the rhetoric of women’s childbirth advocacy, and the rhetoric of mental health and social media.

“This lecture series was inspired by a desire to broaden student awareness to the centrality of rhetoric and writing in the sciences and humanities and to think across boundaries,” Panton said. “I wanted students to have a greater understanding of the interdisciplinarity and intersectionality of the rhetoric of health and wellness. Most importantly, I wanted them to feel as though they are contributors to these conversations, as well as agents of change.”

Featured speakers included:

Paola Espitia: NSU Marine Biology alumna, media producer, ocean communicator and speaker with the multimedia production studio Ola’Pi Creative

Patrice Leopold, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor for NSU’s Department of Counseling in the College of Psychology

Christi Navarro, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Public Health, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Ravae Sinclair, former president DONA International: Doula Training and Doula Certification

Learn more about the Minor in Writing offered through the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts here.

Posted 12/12/21

Undergraduate ‘Virus Hunters’ Present Research at Conference

From left: Nashrah Pierre-Louis, Maria Paula Farez Ochoa, Melissa Bell and Dr. Julie Torruellas Garcia

This fall, incoming freshman students had the opportunity to participate in real, hands-on research as part of the new Introduction to Biology Research I course, taught by Dr. Julie Torruellas Garcia, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

A team of 12 undergraduate students have been working on a research project to hunt for new viruses that kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage or phage, to potentially be used as new therapies to treat antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.

The project started with collecting a soil sample in hopes of finding at least one that contained phage. Out of the 32 soil samples collected, phage were discovered in three! Their findings were presented at the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Fall 2021 Virtual Meeting.

Freshman biology major, Nashrah Pierre-Louis, freshman psychology major Melissa Bell, and junior biology major Maria Paula Farez Ochoa gave an oral presentation titled “Phage Hunters: The Discovery of Bacteriophage that infect Gordonia rubripertincta.” Next semester, the students will be continuing their research in the Introduction to Biology Research II course where they will analyze the DNA of the viruses discovered and possibly co-author a scientific paper in a peer-reviewed journal.

Posted 12/12/21

Humanities Gears Up for Crossroads Conference, March 26

The NSU Center for the Humanities announces its 4th Annual Crossroads Humanities Student Conference, which will be held at the NSU Davie campus on Saturday, March 26, 2022.  The theme of the conference is “Rebirth, Renewal, Reboot” exploring the nature of human resiliency and how the humanities provides paths to creativity and newness, rebuilding and finding light in darkness. Abstract proposals of 150 words or fewer should be submitted to humanities@nova.edu  no later than January 14th, 2022. Undergraduate and graduate students from all programs of study are invited to present and attend; registration for NSU students is free.  Contact Dr. Marlisa Santos, Director of the Center for the Humanities, at santosm@nova.edu with any questions.

Returning from trauma, tragedy, and loss is a difficult, but also an empowering enterprise.  Historically, humanity has needed to rise from the ashes of war, disease, genocide, and social and political unrest and violence.  Individuals cope on a daily basis with the effects of sexual assault, domestic abuse, and personal battles with death and despair.  In the resolving stages of a global pandemic and continuing struggles of LGBTQ and BIPOC communities, it seems appropriate to consider the nature of human resiliency and what tools we use to begin anew.  How do the humanities help us to process these losses and trauma, and to regenerate, to find new hope and growth?  In addition to solace and comfort, in what ways do the arts, literature, history, film, religion, and philosophy provide paths to creativity and newness, rebuilding and finding light in darkness?  How can the humanities help us design and build more socially and culturally responsible technologies to help communities redress trauma, division, and violence?

Possible topics include, but not limited to:

  • Digital humanities
  • Trauma studies
  • Medical humanities
  • World mythology and folklore
  • Software studies
  • Religious ritual/belief
  • Environmental humanities/climate change
  • Social reform
  • Racial justice
  • Utopias/Dystopias
  • Memoir/autobiography/documentary
  • Renaissance and reform(ation)

Posted 12/01/21

‘Peace’ Musical Comes to Performance Theatre This Week

Join NSU’s ensembles and soloists for “Peace: A Musical Celebration,” a free concert celebrating the holidays hosted by NSU Music and the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Date: Friday, Dec. 3
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Performance Theatre

For more information, contact Bill Adams at wadams@nova.edu

Learn more about upcoming events and performances here.

Posted 11/30/21

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