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Business School Professor Presents Leadership 2015 Seminar to Bahamas SEC
On Thursday, December 6, Bob Preziosi, D.P.A., professor of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship (HSBE), delivered a seminar to the Bahamian community entitled, Leadership 2015: You Want Me To Do What? The seminar was collaboration between the Huizenga Business School and the Bahamas Student…
Bahamas Hosts Seminar on Personal Financial Management
The Bahamas Student Educational Center (SEC) recently hosted a personal financial management seminar for its constituents in Nassau on the island of New Providence. Albert Williams, Ph.D., assistant professor of finance and economics at the Huizenga Business School, was the presenter. The focus of his presentation was to demonstrate how…
Office of Research and Technology Transfer Appoints Director of Sponsored Programs
After a nation-wide search, Cathy Harlan, M.P.A., B.S., CRA, GPC, has been selected for the position of Director of Sponsored Programs in the Office of Research and Technology Transfer. In this position, she will work collaboratively with Deans, faculty, the Office of Technology Transfer, the Office of Clinical Research, and…
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, D.B.A., professor in the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, recently presented & facilitated a two-hour workshop at the COMSATS Institute of Technology in Lahore, Pakistan. The presentation to the faculty, master’s and doctoral students of management science was on the topic of “Graduate Research…
Top Undergraduate Students Inducted into Alpha Chi National Honor Society
More than 65 NSU undergraduate students have been inducted into the Alpha Chi national honor society for the 2012–2013 academic year. Alpha Chi recognizes the top 10 percent of juniors and seniors in each undergraduate major. To celebrate these students’ academic achievements, the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted…
Outstanding NSU Psychology Students Inducted into National Honor Society
On Nov. 28, the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted an induction ceremony for the Psi Chi national honor society in recognition of the academic accomplishments of psychology students at NSU. Approximately, 150 undergraduate and graduate students from the college and NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies became Psi…
OC Research Scientist Reappointed to Federal Advisory Panel for Atlantic Tunas and Swordfish
Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Research Scientist David Kerstetter, Ph.D. was reappointed on Dec. 10 for another 3-year term to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel.
SHSS SGA Announces the Spirit of Community Engagement Scholar for Fall 2012
The Student Government Association (SGA) of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) has announced the selection of Kelly Macias as the Spirit of Community Engagement Scholar for Fall 2012. Macias is a doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR). The SGA’s Spirit of…
NSU Community Unites for the Hurricane Sandy Relief Drive
During Nov. 15 and 16, the NSU community worked together to collect items and supplies for the university sponsored Hurricane Sandy Relief Drive. As a result of the drive, 24 boxes were shipped to The Rockaway Point Fire Department. The fire house is located at Breezy Point-the area where the…
NSU’s Medical School Expands Medical Outreach Trips to Developing Nations
Nova Southeastern University’s medical school recently expanded its international medical outreach programs to serve more developing nations with medical and humanitarian aid from medical students. Countries such as Vietnam have been added to the list of nations that already receive medical outreach from NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM). Those…
PA Student commissioned as US Air Force Lieutenant
Benjamin Brown, first year student in the Physician Assistant Program in Orlando, was recently commissioned into the Biomedical Sciences Corps of the United States Air force as a reserve officer. The commissioning officer, Major (Ret.) Dave Kotun of the United States Air Force conducted the simple ceremony in one of…
NSU Computer Programming Team Competes in Regional Contest
On Nov. 10, three undergraduate students from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences representing NSU’s computer programming team competed in the 2012 Association for Computing Machinery Southeast Regional Programming Contest. The competition took place at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. NSU’s team included computer science majors Sharbel…
SHSS Student Named Graduate Student of the Year by NASPA Florida
Stefanie Kasven, a master’s student in the College Student Affairs program at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), was named the Graduate Student of the Year by the Florida Conference for the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, (NASPA). In addition to her activities as a student,…
Optometry Faculty Member Participates in Global Vision Research Study
For the past four years, a global collaboration of 79 ophthalmologists and optometrists, have reviewed all published data on vision loss from 1980 to 2012. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, highlights the decreases that have occurred in adult blindness and…
Pharmacy Faculty Member Named Associate Editor for SAGE Open Medicine
Devada Singh-Franco, R.Ph, Pharm.D., assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy, has been named an Associate Editor for SAGE Open Medicine and SAGE Open Medical Case Reports. SAGE Open Medicine is a new open access, rigorously peer reviewed, online-only publication and SAGE Open Medical Case Reports is a new peer…
Smoking Cessation Video Earns Emmy Award for NSU Employees
Who would have thought that making NSU a smoke-free campus would result in Emmy wins for three creative employees? Congratulations to NSU employees: Paolo Mugnaini and Carlos Sande from Digital Media and Maria Tako, who recently won an Emmy from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts…
SHSS Faculty Member Selected as a Minority Fellowship Program Mentor
Christine Ajayi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT), in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has been selected as a 2012-2013 SAMHSA/AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program Mentor. The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is a…
American Osteopathic Foundation Honors NSU Medical School Students, Faculty & Alumni
During the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) Honors ceremony held Oct. 6 in San Diego, Calif., a number of Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine alumni, faculty members, and students received well-deserved recognition for their achievements. They are as follows: Carisa R. Lippmann (third-year student), AOF HumanTouch Student Leadership Project…
Medical School Professor Wins Valor Award
Kenneth Johnson, D.O., FACOOG, associate professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was honored at the 12th Annual Valor Awards Luncheon hosted by the American Diabetes Association on Nov. 1 at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 in Ft. Lauderdale….
Medical Students Win Research Poster Competition
Simultaneous to the Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) Residency Fair, which was held on Nov. 2, the Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education (CEME) held its Fourth Annual Scientific Research Poster Competition. For the first time this year, COM students were allowed to submit research posters in…