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NSU Achievements
Business School Professor and Alumnus Co-Author Finance Paper
Pan G. Yatrakis, Ph.D., Professor of Finance and Economics at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, coauthored an international finance paper with Edward Jankovic, DBA, alumnus of the Huizenga Business School. The paper, which is titled “The Financial Setting for FDI Inflows into the Czech Republic and…
NSU Earns 2010 Community Engagement Classification from Carnegie Foundation
NSU is one of 115 U.S. colleges and universities in the country that recently earned The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s 2010 Community Engagement Classification. The classification acknowledges significant commitment to and demonstration of community engagement, said Carnegie Foundation President Anthony Bryk. It is awarded to colleges and…
Medical Students Earn Predoctoral Research Fellowships
Nathan J. Maltezos Second-year NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine students Nathan J. Maltezos and Aditya Vora were selected to participate in the college’s 2011-12 Predoctoral Research Fellowship Program. During their fellowship year, which will commence on July 1, Maltezos and Vora will have the opportunity to develop an individualized training…
Research Grants Awarded to NSU Dental Residents
Two dental residents from NSU’s College of Dental Medicine’s Postgraduate Endodontics Program were recently awarded research grants from the American Association of Endodontists (AAE). The national organization represents dentists who are root canal specialists. Mark Limosani, D.M.D., who was awarded $5,500, will use the grant to study stem cell therapy…
Students Win Thomas Tang Moot Court Regional Competition, Advance to National Competition
Tara Campion and Mishaal Patel, both third-year law students, had the highest scores in the semi-final and final rounds of the Thomas Tang Regional Competition in Atlanta. Due to their high scores, they were invited to the national competition in Los Angeles. This is the third consecutive year that an…
NSU Undergrad Wins iPad in Sales Pitch Contest
NSU undergraduate students recently entered the “uPitch for iPad” sales pitch contest. The “uPitch for iPad” participants filmed a 60-second video sales pitch in the new Huizenga Sales Institute using the theme: “Why I am NSU.” A panel of faculty judges selected five finalist videos which were posted online for public voting….
Law Students Donate Over 10,000 Cans of Food Through the ‘Canned Immunity’ Food Drive
Law Center students donated over 10,000 cans of food to Feeding South Florida (formerly the Daily Food Bank). The cans were collected during this year’s “Canned Immunity” food drive held Nov. 15- 22. As part of the food drive, first-year law students that donated cans in their class “received” immunity…
SHSS Faculty and Students Present Workshops on Communication and Negotiation
Neil Katz, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and two doctoral students, Nancy Pattarini and Nadine Pierre-Louis, recently presented a workshop entitled, “The Power of Interest-Based Negotiations” for the Wayne County teacher contract…
University School Students Selected for 2011 State Chorus
After two months of state auditions, the 2011 Florida All State Choirs selected 19 University School of NSU choral students (16 Upper and 3 Middle School students) to participate in these fine choirs. Congratulations to: High School All State Mixed Chorus Alexander Bahta-Bass 1 Jared Corak-Bass 1 Eric Flemons-Tenor 1 Luke Katler-Bass…
SHSS Student selected as NAPF Intern
Athena Passera, a doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) was selected as a paid intern during the summer at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) in Santa Barbara, Calif. NAPF is a designated consultant to…
Business School Professor and Student Present Research Paper
Randi L. Sims, Ph.D., professor of Management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, and Peng Sun, an MBA student, presented their research study entitled, “The relationship between workplace bullying and employee attitudes: A study of Chinese manufacturing employees” at the Academy of Business Disciplines Annual Conference…
Huizenga Business School Professor Publishes, Presents Finance Articles
Pan Yatrakis, Ph.D., professor and chair of finance and economics at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, had his behavioral finance paper accepted for publication in Advances in Business Research. The paper was titled “The Jewish Holiday Effect: Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur,” and was co-authored…
University School Forensics Team Brings Home 37 Awards
At the recent Stoneman Douglas Speech and Debate Tournament, University School of NSU Forensics Team brought home a grand total of 37 awards. The awards were in all categories of competition – Interpretation, Public Speaking, and Debate. Congratulations to novices Sarah Julius, Deborah Poplack and Ashcon Abae for breaking to…
Computer Sciences School Professor and Doctoral Student Present at eCrime Researchers Summit
NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences professor Gurvirender Tejay and doctoral student Sean Zadig recently co-authored a paper presented at the Fifth IEEE eCrime Researchers Summit 2010 held at Dallas, Texas. The paper titled, “Securing IS Assets through Hacker Deterrence: A Case Study” was awarded an Honorable Mention…
Computer Sciences School Professor and Doctoral Student Present on Creating Multimedia Tutorials
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences professor Martha Snyder and doctoral student Becky Whittemore, co-presented at the SoftChalk Innovators in Online Learning Webinar Series on Dec. 2. Their presentation, “Design Principles and Examples for Creating Effective Multimedia Tutorials,” focused on what a tutorial is, when to use a tutorial…
Fred Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., chancellor of NSU’s Health Professions Division (HPD), was appointed on Dec. 2 to serve on Florida Governor-elect Rick Scott’s Education Transition Team. Lippman, who oversees six colleges at HPD – osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, optometry, dental medicine, medical sciences, and allied health and nursing – was one…
MSI Director Receives Appointment from Florida Governor Charlie Crist
Susan Kabot, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, director of Clinical and Therapeutic Programs at the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies (MSI), was recently appointed to the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council by Governor Charlie Crist. At MSI, Kabot specializes in researching and developing programs for children with autism spectrum disorders, supervises the…
SHSS Faculty Publishes Article on Qualitative Research Generalizability
Ronald Chenail, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), published an article in the Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research. The article is entitled: “Getting Specific about Qualitative Research Generalizability,” and addresses the conflict in the field regarding…
Undergraduates Inducted into Alpha Chi National Honor Society
More than 50 undergraduate students from NSU have been inducted into the Eta chapter of the Alpha Chi national academic honor society for 2010–2011. The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences hosted an induction ceremony and reception at NSU on Nov. 19, to celebrate the students’ achievement. The top 10…
SHSS Students Present at Graduate Students Conference at UMASS Boston
Graduate students from the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) were participants in the Graduate Student Conflict Resolution Conference at the University of Massachusetts Boston on Oct. 22-23. The conference theme was: “Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas.”…