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Business Professor Gets Media Coverage on Forthcoming Book about Grateful Dead
Barry Barnes, Ph.D., professor and chair of Leadership at the Huizenga Business School, was featured in a blog posting on Apr. 1 on The Atlantic website regarding his forthcoming book, titled Everything I Know about Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead: The Ten Most Innovative Lessons from a Long,…
2010 NSU Human Resources Contact of the Year Award
Natalie Damian, director of operations for NSU’s College of Pharmacy (COP), has been selected and recognized by the Office of Human Resources as the NSU HR Contact of the Year for 2010. As the COP director of operations, Damian supervises the financial and budgetary matters for the college. Damian also fulfills…
Law Center Graduates Sworn into Florida Bar
On Apr. 12, Law Center graduates were sworn into The Florida Bar at a special ceremony at the Law Center. The ceremony honored the recent graduates for accomplishing their goal of becoming attorneys, having successfully completed three rigorous years of law school, a stringent character and fitness evaluation by The…
NSU Undergraduate Programs Announce 2010–2011 Outstanding Graduating Students
Each spring, NSU conducts Commencement exercises recognizing the achievements of students and the contributions of faculty members, families, and the community. The following undergraduate students have been selected by faculty and academic leadership in their respective school and/or division to be recognized at this year’s Commencement for their academic achievement…
Medical Students Snare Dr. Bradley I. Silverman Scholarships
On Apr. 4, second-year medical student Joshua Klein and third-year medical student Jaclyn Railsback were named the recipients of the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (COM) 6th Annual Dr. I. Bradley Silverman Memorial Scholarship. It was established in 2006 to honor outstanding COM students who participate in cancer-related community service…
Medical Students Receive Matthew Terry Scholarships
On Apr. 4, first-year medical student Sharien Amarnani and second-year medical student Lauren Westafer were the recipients of the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) Dr. Matthew A. Terry Scholarship Endowment. The academic accolade, which is accompanied by a $500 cash award, was established in 1999 to honor first-and second-year…
Joy Foglietta and Bennett Lessmann, both third year Law Center students, won first place at the Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Competition after a well-contested final round against Regent University School of Law students. Lessmann also won the Best Oral Advocate award for the final round. Seventeen law…
SHSS Faculty Presented at Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies Annual Conference
Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., associate professor and Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), gave a presentation at the Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies Annual Conference hosted at Florida Atlantic University. The Consortium had speakers from across the US…
Students Present Research at Regional Psychology Conference
Students from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences presented their research at the Southeastern Psychological Association Conference in Jacksonville, Mar. 2–5. Attending and presenting research posters at the conference were NSU students Christine Harlow, working under the guidance of faculty adviser Glenn Scheyd,…
Medical School Professor Elected to Local and National Boards
Naushira Pandya M.D., CMD, professor and chair of NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics, was elected to the American Medical Directors Association’s Board of Directors as a Florida President’s Council representative. She also was elected to the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward County’s Board of Directors.
SHSS Doctoral Candidate is Named Fulbright Senior Lecturer for Spring 2012
Jacqueline Font-Guzman, J.D., a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has been named a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at the Carlos III University Law School in Madrid, Spain beginning spring, 2012. Font-Guzman is an assistant professor and associate director at the Werner Institute for Negotiation…
Second Year Law Students Take Regionals at ABA Counseling Competition
The team of Karen Milia and Alexander Annunziato, both second year students, won regional first place at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Client Counseling Competition finals at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. As winners of the southeast regional competition and the only team to earn perfect scores in each…
Hardworking Student Foursome Honored with Burnell Research Awards
Four NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) students ― third-year student and predoctoral research fellow Jaclynn Moskow and first-year students Sharien Amarnani, Louis Michaelos, and Eric Pitts — were named the winners of the Dr. Kenneth Burnell Student Research Awards. The awards are presented to NSU medical students who conduct…
Faculty Members Receive Medical School Golden Apple Awards
During the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Undergraduate Student Awards Ceremony on Apr. 4, Lori Dribin, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and assistant dean for student affairs in the College of Medical Sciences; and H. Murray Todd, M.D., NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine clinical professor of neurology; were the recipients of…
Computer Sciences School Professor Nominated to Chair Cybercrime Track at International Conference
NSU Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Professor Gurvirender Tejay has been nominated as Chair for the track titled, ‘Cybercrime in Digital Economy’ for the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) to be held in January 2012. HICSS is ranked second in citation ranking, ranked third in…
Third year law student awarded Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association Foundation Scholarship
Nikeisha Williams, third year student at the Shepard Broad Law Center, has been awarded the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association Foundation Scholarship. The Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association’s mission is to advocate for the inclusion of people of color in every aspect of the legal profession; to increase enrollment, retention,…
New Text Book: The Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Environment of Business in a Diverse Society
Shepard Broad Law Center Associate Professor and Associate Dean linda f. harrison co-authored a text book with Professor Dawn Bennett-Alexander (University of Georgia) titled, “The Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Environment of Business in a Diverse Society” (McGraw-Hill – ISBN: 0073524921). Unlike other business law and legal environment texts, this text focuses…
CPS Assistant Professor Presents during Florida School Counselor Association Annual Conference
Center for Psychological Studies assistant professor Carolyn Berger, Ph.D., recently gave a 90-minute presentation, Implementing the ASCA Model at an FCAT-Focused School, at the Florida School Counselor Association Annual Conference.
Law Students take Third Place at the 2011 Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition
Shepard Broad Law Center second year students Molena Mompoint, Kandia Batchelor and Harold Pryor, and third year student Nikeisha Williams won third place at the 2011 Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition for the Southeast Region of the National Black Law Students Association. They also took third at national. Each year,…
CPS Faculty Member Co-Authors Article for Professional Journal
Shannon Ray, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Center for Psychological Studies, has co-authored an article entitled, “Starving for Support: How Women with Anorexia Receive ‘Thinspiration’ on the Internet.” The article has been published in the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health.