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HPD Chancellor Speaks at Plantation Chamber
Fred Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., chancellor of NSU’s Health Professions Division, delivered the keynote address at the November meeting of the Plantation Chamber of Commerce at Jacaranda Country Club. Lippman spoke with the nearly 100 business and community leaders about the importance of the community supporting approval of the NSU Research…
Documentary Film by Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Wins Top Award
Runway Afrique, a film by Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, earned the award for Best Documentary at the Miami Fashion Film Festival in September 2013. Co-created by Chetachi Egwu, Ph.D., assistant professor, and Cathleen Dean, adjunct professor, the 30-minute film documents the first-ever Africa Fashion Week New…
NSU Researcher Receives $1 Million Grant to Develop Virtual World Program
Sandra Winkler, Ph.D., faculty researcher and assistant professor for the NSU College of Health Care Sciences, was recently awarded a three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality to pursue her study. The project costs…
NBC’s Six in the Mix Episode Promotes Freedom Fest
Kelsey DeSantis, NSU undergraduate student and president of the NSU Student Veterans Association and the H.E.L.O Foundation, was interviewed live on NBC’s Six in the Mix to promote the Freedom Fest event hosted by NSU to be held on Saturday, Nov. 16. Kelsey was joined by Michaela Paige, a former…
NSU Staff Members Present at State Conference
Several faculty and staff members from NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development and NSU’s College of Heath Care Sciences Occupational Therapy Department recently gave a presentation entitled, “Implementation of Weighted/Compression Vest Protocol in the School Setting to Maximize Self-Regulation,” at the Florida Occupational Therapy Association’s state conference. Those presenting…
Computer and Information Sciences Doctoral Students Present at AECT Conference
Doctoral candidates in the computing technology education program at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, presented during the Association for Educational Communications and Technology’s (AECT) International Convention on October 29-November 2 in Anaheim, CA. Bruce Sowers presented two papers entitled, “An Investigation of Instruction Designer’s Decision Making in…
NSU Students Inducted into National Honor Society for Marine Science
Eight undergraduate students from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences have been inducted into the NSU chapter of Rho Rho Rho (PPP), the national honor society recognizing top marine biology majors and minors. The college recently hosted an induction ceremony and reception for the students. This year had the…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Celebrates Achievements of Dean’s List Students
More than 600 undergraduate students from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences earned the Dean’s List for the winter 2013 semester. The college honored these outstanding students at a ceremony and reception at NSU on Oct. 29. The students were joined in celebration by friends and family members, college…
Huizenga Business School Celebrates Appointment of Dean
The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship held a reception to celebrate the appointment of J. Preston Jones, D.B.A., as dean of the business school. The reception followed the annual Board of Governors’ and Entrepreneurs’ Council meeting in the Huizenga Sales Institute’s Executive Conference Center. Faculty members joined…
Instructional Technology and Distance Education (ITDE) Students Take Pacificorp Prize
Holly Marshburn and Megan Murtaugh, doctoral students in NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler School of Education’s Instructional Techonology and Distance Education (ITDE) program, recently won first place in the highly competitive Pacificorp Design and Development competition at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology held in Anaheim,…
NSU Medical School Professor Wins National Accolade
Anthony N. Ottaviani, D.O., M.P.H., MACOI, FCCP, clinical professor of internal medicine, regional dean for NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM), received the American Osteopathic Association’s (AOA) Distinguished Service Certificate during its Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition recently held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The accolade is the AOA’s highest honor,…
Medical School’s INIM Director Featured on National Broadcast
Nancy Klimas, M.D., director of the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine (INIM), part of NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was recently featured as an expert source for a story about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) that appeared on ABC News’ Good Morning America. CFS reportedly affects more than 800,000 Americans. Click here…
NSU Pharmacy Student Wins Publix Escape to Miami Triathlon
Isabel Olivas, a student in NSU’s College of Pharmacy, ran in the Publix Escape to Miami Triathlon in September. Olivas, 28, runs in triathlons for fun, it has been a hobby for her, and is one in which she has proved to be successful. For the past four years Olivas…
Pharmacy Professor receives Leadership and Service Award
The NSU College of Pharmacy extends congratulations to Barry A. Bleidt, Ph.D., Pharm.D., R.Ph., professor, sociobehavioral & administrative pharmacy. Bleidt was the recipient of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas (NAPPSA) Leadership & Service Award during the organization’s Annual Scientific Conference & Exposition recently held…
NSU Chancellor to be Recognized as Distinguished Citizen by Boy Scouts of America
The South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America, will recognize NSU Chancellor Ray Ferrero, Jr., as one of the 2013 Distinguished Citizens on Thursday, Dec. 5. The event, which will be held at the Signature Grand, will begin at 6:00 pm with a silent auction and reception, followed by the…
NSU’s Model United Nations Team Wins Two Awards at State Conference
NSU’s Model United Nations Team delivered a model performance at the Eighth Annual Florida Model United Nations Conference in Gainesville, Oct. 11–12. Political science majors Vanessa Duboulay (freshman) and Rehan Sherali (junior) each earned Honorable Delegation awards for their portrayal of Nicaragua in the General Assembly and Economic and Social…
Students from NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) participated in the Florida Conference for the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, (NASPA), NASPA Florida Drive-In held at the University of Central Florida. When all was said and done, SHSS students received top honors at the conference. Two NSU…
SHSS Faculty Presents Pre-Conference Workshop at AAMFT Conference in Portand
Douglas Flemons, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), presented a five-hour pre-conference institute at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Conference in Portland, Oregon. His presentation was entitled, “Relational Suicide Assessment: Risk, Resources, Safety.” Approach…
Shepard Broad Law Center Student Wins the National Law Review Student Legal Writing Contest
Anastasia White, a second year student at NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center, was the fall 2013 winner of the National Law Review Student Legal Writing contest for her article, Registered Provisional Immigrant Status: The Road to Citizenship Under Border Security, Economic Opportunity, Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). White was born…
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Publish Variety of Books
Several faculty members from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences have recently published books in their respective fields of study, serving as authors, co-authors, editors, and contributors. Reza Razeghifard, Ph.D., associate professor and coordinator of physical sciences, edited Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis: Solar Power as an Energy Source (Wiley),…