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NSU Alumni Spotlight
New Traditions One of the latest alumni traditions within the PCHCS is joining our fellow NSU alumni at the NSU Takeover Night with the Florida Panthers at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. With more than 300 alumni and guests in attendance, this year’s Takeover Night featured an all-you-can-eat buffet in…
International Association of Women Honors FCE Alum as a 2018-2019 Influencer of the Year
T. Sharis Robinson, graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education, was named a 2018-2019 Influencer of the Year by the International Association of Women (IAW). Ms. Robinson is currently the Dependency Director at the Children’s Home Society of Florida. She works repeatedly to improve the lives of children and…
Recent NSU Alumnus Accepts Position at Google
NSU’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) is proud to announce that recent alumnus, Everone Graham, has accepted the position of Information Technology Resident at Google in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Graham holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Science from Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica, and a master’s degree in…
Alumni and Students: Partnership Opportunities What was your most memorable learning experience at NSU? For many of our current students, it is participating in medical outreach trips. Recent trips have brought our students to the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and many other countries. “Every summer, our program travels with 40…
Andrew Johnson, Ed.D., graduate of the M.S. in College Student Affairs in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), is the Director of Operations and Outreach-Housing and Residential Education at the University of South Florida. Prior to this position, Johnson was the Director of Residence Life at South…
25th Anniversary Celebration and CEU/CME Events We cordially invite you to attend the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences’ (PCHCS) 25th Anniversary Celebration and Continuing Medical Education Unit (CEU/CME) and events on November 9–10, 2018. Some of the CEU topics include “Mental Health First Aid,” “Crises Management Using…
Halmos Alumna Works with Navy Marine Mammal Program
Halmos College Alumna Cristie Ledon (B.S. ‘06 , M.S. ’16) is now working at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Part of her work is with the Navy Marine Mammal Program. “Wish I could have included photos of my dolphins but those boys are classified and I’m not…
CAHSS Alum Named Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at FIU
Anthony DeSantis, Ph.D., doctoral graduate of the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), was appointed the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus. He is responsible for campus life, orientation, wellness and recreation, student media,…
Alumni Spotlight: FCE Graduate Named Department Chair at Virginia Union University
Monekka Munroe, Ed.D., graduate of Nova Southeastern University’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education was appointed Department Chair of Virginia Union University’s Criminal Justice Program. Munroe has been teaching criminal justice courses for 10 years and has been an advocate for criminal justice reform, specifically for female inmates. She was selected as a…
Halmos Alumni Now Assistant Professor at University of Tampa
This spring, Halmos College alumna Jenna Lash Polizzi (BS 2006, MS 2010) has earned the position of Assistant Professor of First-Year Studies at the University of Tampa. She will be assisting students in developing effective self-management strategies and study skills by facilitating increased self-awareness, critical thinking and an understanding of…
CAHSS Alum is the Award-winning Director of Student Inclusion at Jacksonville University
Patrice Abner, M.S., graduate of the master’s program in College Student Affairs (CSA) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), is the Director of Student Inclusion at Jacksonville University. This was a new position and Abner has been able to create the vision and direction of the…
FCE Alum Named Assistant Dean at the College of Education at Montclair State University
Christopher Conzen, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education, has been named Assistant Dean for Student Services and Administrative Affairs at the College of Education at Montclair State University. Conzen has worked in higher education for 17 years, with stops at New Jersey’s William Paterson University, Suffolk…
Halmos College Biology Students Meet Alumni at National Conference
This April, a group of Halmos College Biology students and Halmos faculty member Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D. went to the 2018 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego, CA. There they met three Halmos College alumnae. 2003 alumna Veronica Akle, Ph.D. is now a faculty member at Universidad de Los Andes….
CAHSS Alum is Vice-Mayor of Miami Gardens
Erhabor Ighodaro, Ph.D., a graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), is the Vice-Mayor of the City of Miami Gardens. The Vice-Mayor is a Councilmember selected by the City Council to serve in this…
Optometry Alumni Aims to Assist Soldiers
Andrew S. Morgenstern, O.D., FAAO (Dipl.) (’99) co-authored an article in Military Medicine titled “Simplified Method for Rapid Field Assessment of Visual Acuity by First Responders After Ocular Injury.” The idea highlighted in the article was originated by Morgenstern in 2013 while working as an Optometric Subject Matter Expert at…
FCE Graduate Receives 2018 Northeast Wisconsin Golden Apple Award
Liz Moehr, M.A., graduate of NSU’s Fischler College of Education (FCE) is a 2018 Northeast Wisconsin Golden Apple Award Winner. She has been teaching Family and Consumer Science at Pulaski High School since 2002. Mrs. Moehr teaches Foods for Life, Baking & Pastry Arts, Tastes of Culture, Food Science, Culinary Arts…
CAHSS Alum are Faculty at Salisbury University
Four alumni from the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) are faculty within the Department of Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution at Salisbury University in Maryland. S.I. Keethaponcalan, Ph.D., is a doctoral graduate of DCRS and currently is Professor and…
FCE Alum Named Director of Personnel for Lee County School District, South Carolina
Tiniece Javis Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education has been named Director of Personnel for Lee County School District (South Carolina). She recently served as Dean of Richland One Middle College in Columbia, South Carolina. Javis is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. She earned her…
Alumni Spotlight: Optometry Alumni Named Executive Director of NBEO
Jill Bryant, O.D., FAAO, FSLS (’04) has been named Executive Director of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO). Bryant, a 2004 NSU College of Optometry graduate, completed her residency in Primary Eye Care at the WJB Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Most recently, she served…
NSU Alumni Spotlight: CAHSS Alum is an Equal Employment Specialist at the Library of Congress
Jorge Rice, Ph.D., 2015 graduate of the doctoral program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) was named an Equal Employment Specialist for the Library of Congress. His position, housed within the Equal Employment…