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SharkBytes Archive July 2018
Recruit A Shark Day At NSU, Sept. 12
Nova Southeastern University “Recruit a Shark Day” is scheduled for September 12, 2018 from 3:30-6:00 p.m. in the Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft University Center. The event will provide employers with the opportunity to recruit students and alumni for internship, volunteer or research opportunities and/or full-time, part-time career positions….
Shark Advantage Networking Event, Sept. 5
Build your professional brand and network. Date/ Time: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Location: Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery, 2nd Floor, Alvin Sherman Library Register: nova.joinhandshake.com. Please bring your business cards (no resumes). Business professional attire required.
Do’s, Don’ts, And Donuts – Aug. 29
Learn strategies to break the ice, build networks, and get hired with the Office of Career Development. Networking Tips Work on your networking and get some practice. August 29, 2018 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Mailman-Hollywood Building, Room 309 (CORTEX Labs) Recruit A Shark LABS Attend this session for some last minute…
Competition Opens for 8th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award, Deadline Sept.14
Nova Southeastern University Provost Ralph V. Rodgers, Ph.D. is pleased to announce that starting August 13, 2018, nominations will be accepted for the annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award. The deadline to submit a nomination or to self-nominate is 5:00 p.m., EDT, September 14, 2018. The purpose of the award…
After finishing my associate’s degree in respiratory therapy, my desire was to move forward with a bachelor’s degree, as I knew that is what many fields, such as management, sales, or furthering medical careers, require. However, I needed to support my children. I waited almost six years to start the…
NSU Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Protocol Deadline
Does your research involve recombinant DNA, infectious materials or toxins? The next quarterly meeting of the Nova Southeastern University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) will be held on September 7th and the deadline for submitting protocols for review is August 23rd. The Nova Southeastern University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for evaluating all…
High School Students Get a Taste of Marketing During NSU’s Ice Cream Entrepreneurship Program
For most students, summer means taking a break from school work and relaxing by the water during lazy, hot days. But about 20 local high school students seeking to gain an edge opted to head back to the classroom to participate in Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Ice Cream Entrepreneurship Program,…
NSU Professor Attends The World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Kyoto, Japan
After an unforgettable congress in Kyoto, Japan, one NSU professor is grateful to be back home. The World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology is a weeklong series of meetings that occurs once every four years. This year’s congress marked its 18th anniversary and took place on July 1 –…
In Search of… Visits Halmos College
During the summer, Zachary Quinto (Spock of the new Star Trek movies) visited the Oceanographic Campus lab of Tracey Sutton, Ph.D. He was there to film an episode of his series “In Search of…”. In the series, Quinto gets deep into the investigations of some of the world’s greatest mysteries….
Halmos Graduate Student and Alumni Conduct Coral Research in Belize
In spring 2018, Halmos graduate student Megan Bock and Halmos alumni Morgan Hightshoe (M.S. ’18) traveled to Carrie Bow Cay, Belize with Halmos faculty member Nicole Fogarty, Ph.D. During the trip we conduct thermal tolerance experiments on acroporid corals as part of Fogarty’s NSF funded research and collected data, respiration…
NSU Names New Dean of Abraham S. Fischler College of Education
NSU is pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberly Durham, Psy.D., as the dean of Abraham S. Fischler College of Education. In this position, Dr. Durham will be responsible for developing and enhancing the college’s strategic initiatives, long-term planning and policy setting. She will also lead the faculty and staff…
A Champion for Student Scholarships
Candice Leaty spent her junior and senior years of high school writing one scholarship essay after another. Her mother worked three jobs to maintain their family. While Leaty qualified for financial aid, it was not enough to cover the full cost of the school she dreamed of attending – Nova…
CAHSS Faculty Presents at 16th Annual Equine Facilitated Programmes Conference in Ireland
Shelley Green, Ph.D., Professor of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, (CAHSS) presented at the International HETI Congress of Equine Facilitated Programmes in Dublin, Ireland on June 27, 2018. Green and her co-presenter, Michelle Hospital, Ph.D., of Florida International University, presented on their collaborative…
Urszula Strawinska-Zanko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is the co-editor of a new book, Mathematical Modeling of Social Relationships: What Mathematics Can Tell Us about People. The other co-editor is Larry S. Liebovitch, Ph.D. Liebovitch…
Halmos Student Wins 2nd Place in State HOSA Competition
This summer, Halmos Junior Vanessa Cruise, a biology and behavioral neuroscience double major won 2nd place in the Florida state HOSA Medical Terminology competition . The purpose of the competition is to encourage HOSA members to improve their ability to identify, spell, define and apply the prefixes, suffixes, roots and…
Novel Approach Studies Whale Shark Ages the Best Way – While They Are Swimming
Already the world’s largest shark species, male whale sharks can swim around the ocean for up to 130 years, according to a recently published study by scientists at Nova Southeastern University‘s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) and collaborators from the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme. The research on…
Members of the Fort Lauderdale campus Nursing Student Association from the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing in collaboration with the NSU College of Optometry participated in a community health and wellness fair hosted by the Florida Department of Public Health in Broward County. The event took place on…
FCE Professor Invited to China to Present Project MIND
Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su, Ed.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education, was invited to present Project MIND with a special focus on teaching mathematics to students with autism. The project was presented to the faculty, graduate students, and administrators of East China…
The Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences (DCS) started the 2015 academic year with nine first-professional students, eight of whom graduated in August 2017. Born out of the desire to remain connected to alumni and promote advanced education in the field of respiratory therapy, a continuing education unit (CEU) event was organized….
NSU Clinics Teamed up for Optimizing Mental Wellness Event
The clinics housed within NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the College of Psychology, and the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development joined forces for the Optimizing Mental Wellness event. The May 2018 event, hosted in the atrium of the Carl DeSantis Building, offered information about the clinics in the Mailman…