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NSU Achievements

Medical School Associate Dean Receives Distinguished Service Award

Howard Neer, D.O., FACOFP, professor of family medicine and associate dean of alumni affairs at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was awarded the Ward Perrin, D.O. Distinguished Service Award on Oct. 8 from his alma mater ― Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University ― in recognition of his…


NSU Students Win $15,000 in NSU IQ Scholarships

During August, NSU students were eligible to earn a portion of more than $15,000 in scholarships by participating and scoring high in the NSU IQ Scholarship Quiz. The competition consisted of two separate NSU IQ Scholarship Quizzes, one for undergraduates and one for graduate students.  The top three high scorers…


NSU Medical School Dean Named to Westside Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees

Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc., FACOFP dist., dean of NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc., FACOFP dist., who serves as dean of NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, was appointed to serve a three-year term on the board of trustees at Westside Regional Medical Center,…


CPS Professor Presents at the 2010 Florida Annual Statewide Prevention Conference

Scott Poland, Ed.D., associate professor at the Center for Psychological Studies and the Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office at NSU, recently presented two invited presentations at the 2010 Florida Annual Statewide Prevention Conference in Orlando. The Conference was sponsored by the Florida State Office of Drug and Suicide Prevention….


SHSS Faculty and Students Speak at Human Trafficking Symposium

Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies  in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and two doctoral students, Regina Beradin and Katariina Juliao recently spoke at a symposium, “Human Trafficking: A Conundrum in the 21st Century?” sponsored by the Inter American…


NSU Students & Staff Participate in National Conference on Student Affairs

NSU staff and graduate students recently participated in the 2010 NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Florida Drive-In Conference. The conference was held in Orlando at the University of Central Florida, and the program included presentations, panel discussions, networking sessions, and a case study competition. The case study…


SHSS Faculty and Students Help Local Children Prepare for School

Anne Rambo, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), was commended by the administration of the North Side Elementary School in Ft. Lauderdale for assisting with their Back to School Health Fair. Rambo and student volunteers from DFT…


CPS Visiting Professor to Collaborate with HPD Professor on NIH Grant

Amarilis Acevedo, Ph.D., visiting professor at the Center for Psychological Studies, will serve as Co- Principal Investigator on a National Institutes of Health grant awarded to NSU’s Health Profession Division’s Ray Ownby, M.D., Ph.D., to work on Computer-Administered Health Literacy Measure.


Oceanographic Center representatives attend U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting

NSU Oceanographic Center (OC) dean Richard Dodge, Ph.D., who is also the executive director of NSU’s National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI); NSU OC professor and NCRI associate director, Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D.; and NSU OC assistant director of development and NCRI administrative coordinator, Wendy Wood, attended the semi-annual United States Coral…


Business School Professor Presents at Workshop, Conference in China

During the month of September, Bahaudin Mujtaba, D.B.A., professor of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, facilitated a workshop for faculty and students from the Department of Automotives at Chang, an University in Xi’an, China. The two-hour workshop was on Diversity Management and Leadership. While…


CPS Professor and Alumni Present at World Conference

John Lewis, Ph.D., CPS professor and director of Academic Affairs, alumni Cristina Magalhaes, Ph.D. (2005), and Eduardo Magalhaes, Ph.D. (2005), presented a paper entitled, The Brazilian-Portuguese MCMI-III: Diagnostic Validity of the Alcohol Dependents and Drug Dependent Scales, at the World Conference on Psychology, Counseling, and Guidance recently in Antalya, Turkey….


CPS Professor Awarded Lifetime Service Award

Center for Psychological Studies professor, Nathan Azrin, Ph.D., was recently presented with the Victor G. Laties Award for Lifetime Service to the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB). The award was created to recognize those individuals who made significant scientific contributions to the disciplines. Azrin is among the…


Oceanographic Center Dean Named 2010 South Florida Business Leader

Seafarer’s House in Port Everglades recently named Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Oceanographic Center, as the 2010 South Florida Business Leader. Dodge will be honored at the South Florida Business Leaders’ Luncheon on Nov. 12 aboard the Holland America Line cruise ship, Statendam, which is berthed in Port…


Business Students Honored at Dean’s List Award Luncheon

The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship honored and recognized the 209 undergraduate business students who qualified for the winter 2010 Dean’s List at an awards luncheon held on Sept. 21. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 during the semester to meet the requirements for the…


Dateline Health Reaches 300th Episode Milestone

Dateline Health, NSU’s award-winning public service show hosted by Fred Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D, chancellor of NSU Health Professions Division (HPD), will soon hit its 300th episode. This milestone episode will be taped in late October or early November.  Dateline Health is a 30-minute service program dedicated to promoting the community’s…


Huizenga School Professor Interviewed by NBC6

Robert Preziosi, D.P.A., professor and chair of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was interviewed on Sept. 15 for the story “The Black Market Will Pay Off for Cubans,” which aired on the NBC6 and was published online on the NBC Miami Website. The article…


Adjunct Law Professor Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Broward Chief Assistant State Attorney Charles B. “Chuck” Morton, an adjunct professor in trial advocacy at the Shepard Broad Law Center, was presented with a lifetime achievement award for legal education by The Florida Prosecuting Attorney’s Association. Throughout Morton’s 33-year career, he has traveled throughout the state teaching countless classes…


M.B.A. Student Receives Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award

Ivan Las Heras, a student in the M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship program at NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was named NSU’s 2010 winner of the Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award. Las Heras was chosen by a committee of Huizenga Business School faculty based on his outstanding…


CPS Presents to Florida Counseling Association

Center for Psychological Studies assistant professor Kevin Glavin, Ph.D., and Mental Health Counseling students Pial Smal and Alina Pena, co-presented Using Technology to Enhance Counselor Education and Counseling Practice at the Florida Counseling Association Convention in Miami. A second presentation entitled, Career Construction Counseling: Principles and Practices was given by…


Law Graduates Sworn In to Florida Bar; Passage Rate Surpasses Statewide Average

View the photo gallery Graduates of the Shepard Broad Law Center who recently passed the Florida Bar Exam were honored for their achievements and sworn into The Bar at a special ceremony held at the Law Center on Sept  21. Judges Melanie May ‘81, Robert Diaz ‘84, Thomas Lynch ‘77,…


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