Tag: NSU Department of Communication Media and the Arts

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 Partners with Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

This fall, students, alumni and faculty from the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts Sciences partnered with the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF). Digital Media Production students debuted a film, and a Communication faculty member reported on FLIFF for OutClique Magazine, a local publication featuring LGBTQA+ arts, entertainment and travel.

On Saturday, Nov. 5, Digital Media Production students in the B.A. in Communication program screened their film “The Halls of Power” at the Savor Cinema at FLIFF. Students Graciel Quezada and Bianca Vucetich and alumna Janay Joseph co-directed the documentary that follows the story of Elijah Manley, an activist, and one of the youngest candidates to ever run for the Florida State Legislature.

 “It’s a tremendous accomplishment for Janay, Bianca, and Graciel,” said Assistant Professor of Communication Alex Bordino, Ph.D. “The success of their film demonstrates that you don’t need the resources of a big film school to produce work that the industry professionally recognizes, just interesting stories, collaboration, passion and a willingness to put forth the extra work.”

This is the first collaboration for Joseph, Quezada and Vucetich, who produced a shorter version of the film last fall in Bordino’s COMM 3700: Documentary Filmmaking class that was screened at the Undergraduate Student Symposium Film Festival in March and at the Second Annual Communication Video Showcase in April.

In addition to Digital Media Production students premiering “The Halls of Power” during the event, Associate Professor of Communication Megan Fitzgerald, Ph.D., reported on FLIFF for OutClique Magazine. Click here to view her feature story.

Learn more about the B.A. in Communication program here.

Posted 11/20/23

NSU Art + Design Hosts Art Faculty Exhibition Dec. 5 – Feb. 3

NSU Art + Design in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts presents its Ninth Art Faculty Exhibition featuring art, guest lectures and workshops by Art + Design faculty Pablo “Tony” Alvarez (2021 – present), Kolos Schumy (2022 – present) and Tennille Shuster (2008 – 2018). The exhibit, artist lectures and letterpress workshop are free and open to the general public.

“The Ninth Art Faculty exhibition will highlight works from the diverse Art+ Design faculty since 2019,” said Kandy Lopez-Moreno, Associate Professor of Art + Design in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts. “It will include works in ceramics, video, graphic design, photography and much more. This exhibition will also feature a video installation by the talented dance choreographer, Hattie Mae Williams.”

Posted 11/20/22

NSU Art + Design Hosts Artist-Inspired Collage Workshop, Nov. 15

NSU Art + Design in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts invites the NSU and local community to a free collage workshop hosted by ARTS 3040: Museum Studies and Gallery Practices. Create a collage emulating Jill Lavetsky’s distinct art style and tour her ongoing exhibition “MERGE” in Gallery 217. All materials provided.

  • Date: Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022
  • Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
  • Location: Gallery 217, Don Taft University Center
  • Free and open to the local community.

For more information, contact 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.

Posted 11/14/22

NSU Music Presents ‘Peace: A Musical Celebration,’ Dec. 2

NSU Music in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts presents the holiday concert “Peace: A Musical Celebration” featuring NSU ensembles and soloists.

“The music will appeal to a large variety of listeners,” said Professor of Music and Theatre Voice Bill Adams, D.M.A. “There will be ancient carols, classic holiday tunes, musical theatre and more.”

  • Date: Friday, Dec. 2, 2022
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Location: Performance Theatre, first floor of the Don Taft University Center
  • Free and open to the general public
  • Tickets are first come, first served.

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

Posted 10/31/22

NSU Dance Presents Dance Awareness Day

Jimmy Arguello

The NSU Dance Program in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts presents a series of free dance classes in a variety of styles led by Dance faculty, guest teachers, Dance alumni and majors on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at various locations across campus. Movement classes in hip-hop, ballet, modern, contemporary, funk, improvisation, tap and more are open to all levels and filled on a first come, first served basis.

Special guest Jimmy Arguello, a faculty member at Miami City Ballet School, will teach a contemporary class in the Performance Theatre from 11a.m. to 12 p.m. NSU Dance alumni Angelina Granitz, Maria Pusateri and Alonzo Williams will also lead workshops.

A performance by the NSU Dance Ensemble and a Q&A session with Elana Lanczi, associate professor of dance in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, will take place from 1 to 2 p.m.

More than 100 people are expected to participate in Dance Awareness Day including students from Broward College, Miami Studio Dance Team, NSU, NSU University School, West Boca Raton High School and West Hialeah High School.

View the full schedule here.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022

Time(s): 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location(s): Various locations on NSU’s Davie-Fort Lauderdale campus

Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. in the first-floor lobby of the Performance Theater.

For more information about Dance Awareness Day, contact Elana Lanczi at lanczi@nova.edu

Posted 10/14/22

NSU Dance Presents ‘DanceWorks,’ Nov. 4

The NSU Dance Program in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts presents “DanceWorks” on Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5, with performances by the NSU Dance Ensemble and original choreography created by Dance faculty and featured guest artists, including Artist in Residence Hattie Mae Williams, Dance alumnus Alonzo Williams and NSU Dance faculty member Elana Lanczi, among others.

Dates/Times: Friday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Performance Theater, Don Taft University Center

For more information about “DanceWorks,” contact Elana Lanczi at lanczi@nova.edu or click here.

Posted 10/14/22

Halmos Faculty Presents at American Society for Microbiology Conference

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences and Kandy Lopez- Moreno, M.F.A., faculty in the Department of Communication, Media, and Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), presented at the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators, held virtually in July. Their presentation, entitled, “Using Microbiology to Teach Art,” was in the session on “Agar Art: Hands-on activities for your microbiology classroom.”

Garcia and Lopez Moreno discussed their agar art curriculum based on their on-going, unique science and art collaboration where Lopez Moreno brings her art students to Garcia’s microbiology lab. There they learn how to create art using colorful bacteria as the “paint” and agar as their “canvas”.   Garcia and Lopez Moreno provided lesson plans along with assessment strategies that attendees could use to implement our curriculum at their own institutions.

Posted 10/09/22

Workshop Providing Professional Feedback from Theatre Artists, Oct. 10

NSU’s Theatre Program in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts invites the NSU community to an audition workshop offering participants professional feedback from theatre artists Caryl Fantel and Michael Leeds.

  • Date: Monday, Oct. 10
  • Time: 6:30 – 9 p.m.
  • Location: University Center, Room 310
  • Free event and open to the NSU community
  • Space is limited.

For more information, contact Gaby Tortoledo at gt319@nova.edu

Posted 10/06/22

Department of Communication, Media, and Arts Hosts Radio Day, Oct. 7

Student Media’s Radio X in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts will host College Radio Day on Friday, Oct. 7, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. World College Radio Day seeks to raise a greater, international awareness of college and high school radio stations operating across the globe and celebrate the contributions of college radio by uniting listeners on the first Friday of October each year. This year’s theme is “Voices of Peace,” spotlighting how student radio seeks to champion justice and support sustainable peace for everyone.

“College Radio Day is a fun celebration of the most important aspects of college radio stations, such as our student DJs featuring new and underground songs from up-and-coming artists that you otherwise would not hear,” said Mike Lynn, assistant director of Student Media. “Throughout the day, our DJs utilize 7 additional hours of airtime – that they otherwise wouldn’t have – to feature NSU faculty, students and staff and discuss their opinions on music genres they enjoy in a roundtable discussion focused on an annual theme.”

Listeners can participate in College Radio Day by tuning in to Radio X on WKPX 88.5 FM or online at https://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/RADIOX

For more information about College Radio Day, contact Lynn at ml2009@nova.edu

For more information about Student Media, visit nova.edu/studentmedia or contact Director of Student Media Chris Delboni at cdelboni@nova.edu

Posted 10/09/22

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