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NSU Law Center’s Moot Court Team Wins Regional, Heads to Nationals
NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center Moot Court Travel team consist of Barry Chenman, Tal Harari, and Maegan Bridwell were named regional champions of the 2014 American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition held in San Francisco, Feb. 20-22, 2014. The competition emphasizes the development of oral advocacy skills…
SHSS Alum Publishes Book Chapter and Article on Peacemaking and Conflict in Africa
Michael Fonkem, Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has written a book chapter entitled, “Bekem in Peacemaking in Nweh Society,” in the book, Beyond Right & Wrong: Indigenous Systems of Conflict Management…
Oceanographic Center Faculty and Students Present at National Conference
Earlier this year, students and faculty from the Oceanographic Center participated in a three-week field campaign in the Gulf of Mexico that examined the fate of oil that is released into the environment. The NSU participants were students Cayla Dean and Bryan Hamilton and professor Alexander Soloviev, Ph.D. The students…
CPS Faculty Member Invited to Present at Helping Professionals Conference
Tara Jungersen, Ph. D., will be presenting at the First Annual Helping Professionals Conference, scheduled for April 9-11 in the British Virgin Islands. Jungersen is an assistant professor in Counselor Education at NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies. As a counselor educator, she specializes in clinical mental health counseling, compassion fatigue,…
More than 600 Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Students Earn Dean’s List for Fall 2013
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted a ceremony on Feb. 18 to honor the 620 undergraduate students who earned the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester. The outstanding students were joined in celebration by faculty, friends and family, and members of university leadership. “Earning the Dean’s List…
College of Osteopathic Medicine Awards Two Research Fellowships
Two second-year students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Sergey Arutyunyan and Michael Carranza, were selected to participate in the college’s 2014-15 Predoctoral Research Fellowship Program. During their fellowship year, which will commence on July 1, Arutyunyan and Carranza will have the opportunity to develop an individualized training program, engage…
Medical Student Wins Award Usually Offered Only to Physicians
Carisa Champion-Lippmann, a third-year NSU medical student, received a significant honor when she was named a Guardian of the Profession by the American Osteopathic Association—an accolade normally reserved for physicians, not students. The honor recognizes an osteopathic physician who advances the culture of osteopathic medicine by having served in a…
Biomedical Informatics’ Students, Alumni Among First to Attain National Board Certification
Students and alumni from the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Biomedical Informatics Program are among the first group of physicians in the nation to become board certified in clinical informatics. The inaugural clinical informatics subspecialty board exams administered by the American Board of Preventive Medicine were held in October 2013….
NSU Executive Vice President & COO Recipient of Glass Ceiling Award
Jacqueline A. Travisano, M.B.A., CPA, NSU’s executive vice president & chief operating officer, has been named a 2014 recipient of the Glass Ceiling Award presented by the Florida Diversity Council. Travisano is one of 13 women who will be recognized at the 4th Annual Florida Women’s Conference on March 7….
NSU Recognized for Employee Wellness Program
Hats off to NSU for receiving the Florida Fit Friendly Company Award. NSU was recognized for its annual Wellness Day programming, which contributes to the Florida Department of Health’s goal of making Florida the healthiest state in the nation. NSU received a letter of congratulations from the Surgeon General &…
SHSS Faculty Member’s Article named One of the Most Influential Written in Conflict Resolution
An article written by Toran Hansen, Ph.D., faculty member in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has been recognized as one of the most influential articles in the special edition of the Conflict Resolution Quarterly (CRQ). His article is…
Fischler School hosts Third Annual School Choice Conference
NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler School of Education recently hosted its 3rd Annual International School Choice and Reform Academic Conference themed School Choice: Beyond Rhetoric to Research. The conference was held in January at the Gallery One Doubletree Suites in Fort Lauderdale. A key focus of the conference is on research…
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Debut New Genocide Lecture
Thanks to a generous donation from a member of the NSU Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Board of Governors Marta Batmasian, Ph.D., a new lecture series that focuses on the issue of genocide was created. The first lecture of the series was recently held in the Carl DeSantis Building…
SHSS Faculty Member Presents at the International Teacher Education Conference in Dubai
Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), presented at the International Teacher Education Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The presentation was entitled, “Teaching 9/11: Contested Narratives and Peacebuilding in the Classroom” and focused…
GSCIS to Host Two Annual Conferences in 2015
Nova Southeastern University’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences (GSCIS) will be hosting the 2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) in Puerto Rico in August 2015 and the IEEE SoutheastCon in Fort Lauderdale in April 2015. The annual AMCIS conference is viewed as one of the leading conferences…
GSCIS Professor Presents Papers during International Conference of Information Systems
Information Sciences (GSCIS) Professor Yair Levy, Ph.D., recently presented two papers during the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS) SIGSEC – Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP) 2013, in Milan, Italy. The paper entitled “The Role of User Computer Self-Efficacy, Cybersecurity Countermeasures Awareness, and Cybersecurity Skills Influence on Computer…
Travis J.A. Craddock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor for the Center of Psychological Studies (CPS) and the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, along with CPS professor Gordon Broderick, Ph.D. and Nancy Klimas, M.D., professor at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and the founding director of the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine…
T.Y. Okosun, Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and Napuess Kibiswa, doctoral candidate in DCAR co-authored an article published in Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social and Restorative Justice. The article,…
SHSS Faculty and Students Present at the League of Minnesota Cities Regional Conference
Neil Katz, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), along with DCAR doctoral students Suzette Harriott and Crystina Wyler, presented a workshop for the League of Minnesota Cities in Minneapolis. The workshop was entitled, “Dealing with Difficult…
Business School Professor Names Classroom in Parents’ Memory
Albert Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of Finance and Economics at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, has made a gift to the Business School, naming a classroom in memory of his parents, Mr. Alexander Albert Williams and Mrs. Ellane Williams Nee Woodye. Classroom 3030 on the third…