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CPS Professor Travels to Australia for Keynote Presentations
Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) associate professor Scott Poland, Ed.D., recently traveled to Australia to give two keynote presentations. Approximately 200 school psychologists attended his presentation to the Western Australia School Psychology Association. Poland also gave a presentation in Queensland, Australia, on suicide prevention, which was sponsored by the Koch…
SHSS Faculty and Students Travel and Study in Ecuador
Elena Bastidas, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and fourteen graduate students from the department traveled to Ecuador during the summer as part of an Advanced Practicum course. The courses focused on conflict management and…
SHSS Faculty Presents at ACR Conference in Chicago
Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D. 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 presentations at the Association for Conflict Resolution’s Annual Conference in Chicago on Sept. 1-4, 2010. McKay’s presentation was entitled: “Family…
Computer Sciences School Alum Publishes Book on Knowledge and Wisdom Management
Mohamed Mansour, Ph.D., a 2004 graduate of the information systems program at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, has authored and published a book entitled, KM-WM: A New Vision Based on Conceptual Theories of Knowledge and Wisdom. This book presents a new vision of knowledge management-based wisdom management…
Computer Sciences School Student Receives Grant from Amazon
Jessica Keup, doctoral student in computer information systems at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, recently received the Amazon Web Services research grant to support work on her dissertation. Keup’s proposed dissertation is entitled “Computer Music Composition using Crowdsourcing and Genetic Algorithms.” The proposed research will look at…
Computer Sciences School Faculty Achieve Journal Ranking from Australian Government
NSU Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences professor Yair Levy, Ph.D., is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Doctoral Studies (IJDS). School faculty Steve Terrell, Ph.D., Martha Snyder, Ph.D., Timothy Ellis, Ph.D., and Marlyn Littman, Ph.D. also serve on the publication’s editorial board. All were recently…
Huizenga Business School Professor Interviewed for Article on Workplace Stress
Bahaudin Mujtaba, D.B.A., professor of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was interviewed as an expert source for an article called “Take a Load Off” that was published on Sept. 8 on Portfolio.com. The article discussed workplace stress, and what employers can do to help…
Associate Dean of Business School is Keynote Speaker at SFBJ HR Event
Preston Jones, D.B.A., executive associate dean of academic affairs for the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was a keynote speaker at the South Florida Business Journal’s 2010 HR Excellence Awards. The event was held on Aug. 26 at The Westin in Fort Lauderdale. Two of the Huizenga…
SHSS Doctoral Student Authors Two Chapters in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Book
Harriet E. Kiviat, M.S., doctoral student in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), has authored two chapters in the book, Doing Something Different: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Practices, edited by Dr. Thorana S. Nelson and published in 2010 by Routledge. Kiviat’s…
SHSS Faculty to Present Workshop for Tallahassee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Paul Gallant, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) will present a workshop for the Tallahassee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy on Sept. 17. Gallant’s presentation is entitled, “Meaning Making: Using the Metaphors of Map, Journey, and…
SHSS Faculty to Present Workshop for Tallahassee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Paul Gallant, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Family Therapy (DFT) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) will present a workshop for the Tallahassee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy on Sept. 17. Gallant’s presentation is entitled, “Meaning Making: Using Metaphors of Map, Journey, and…
Information Systems Student Participates in Sixth Annual Google Summer of Code
Ann-Marie Horcher, a Ph.D. student in information systems at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, participated in this year’s Sixth Annual Google Summer of Code. Mentored by www.Docbook.org, Horcher worked over the summer to create an application that transformed a docbook file to epub format used in ebook…
Computer Sciences School Hosts First Poster Session for Doctoral Students
NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences held its first Poster Session for doctoral students organized by Professor Laurie Dringus, on Aug. 28. Doctoral students and faculty discussed, learned, and shared common research or topic interests and interesting practices within their field. Select students were invited to present their…
Business School Professor Conducts Training Sessions in Pakistan
Bahaudin Mujtaba, D.B.A., professor of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, traveled to Pakistan in July to conduct training sessions for faculty members from the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology and the Higher Education Commission Ministry. Mujtaba facilitated one-day workshops on Business Ethics, Diversity Management…
Pharmacy Students Visit Key West Hospital
Nine fourth-year College of Pharmacy (COP) students and three faculty visited the Lower Keys Medical Center (LKMC) for an informal educational site visit during a 2010 COP rural health rotation in June. Kevin Bray, director of pharmacy at LKMC, engaged the students in an interactive tour while discussing geographic barriers…
NSU-COM’s Psychiatry Department Awarded $1.35 Million Health Literacy Grant
The Department of Psychiatry at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine was awarded a four-year, $1.35 million grant in August from the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute to conduct research related to the development and validation of a computer-administered health literacy measure. The project’s…
NSU Pharmacy Student Society Recognized by American Society of Health-System Pharmacy
NSU’s College of Pharmacy’s (COP) Student Societies of Health-System Pharmacy (SSHPs) was awarded the 2010 – 2011 Official Recognition from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP) for a third consecutive year. The ASHP offers the opportunity of official recognition to SSHPs nationwide that promote membership in local, state, and…
Medical Professor Re-elected to Nonprofit’s Board
Naushira Pandya, M.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics at the College of Osteopathic Medicine, was recently re-elected to the Board of Directors of the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Florida Affiliate. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, AFAR Florida was established in 2008 to expand the national…
GBSA Hosts Community Food, Toy, Clothing Drive
The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship held a food, toy and clothing drive on NSU’s main campus on July 20-21 for No More Tears, a non-profit organization working with women in the United States who are victims of spousal abuse….
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences welcomed more than 100 new students into the Undergraduate Honors Program this fall. The program fosters intellectual community both within and across academic disciplines by offering special coursework, reading groups, and workshops to help students prepare for graduate school, advanced research, study abroad,…