Category: Looking Ahead

Watch Jazzy Ash’s Concert On-Demand November 1-30

Jazzy Ash introduces children to the musical stylings of zydeco, jazz, blues and swing and draws out the roots of West African song traditions, rhythms and games in an energetic and engaging concert!
Ashli St. Armant, better known as Jazzy Ash, is a celebrated vocalist, writer, arts educator, and founder of Leaping Lizards Music, a music and theater education program for students. Her 30-minute pre-recorded concert debuts simultaneously on the library’s Facebook page (lib.nova.edu/facebook) and YouTube channel (lib.nova.edu/youtube). Arts Alive! is generously funded by the Rockley Family Foundation.

Posted 10/28/21

Communities: Mapping the Past, Present, Future Nov. 13-21

Geography is so much more than the study of places.

Geography studies the relationships between people (and other living beings) and their environments. Join the Alvin Sherman Library in the celebration of geography and GIS (geographic information systems). This event series will include a diverse array of online presentations hosted by librarians. Expert speakers will help you tackle and understand skills, tools, research, and resources.

Topics: Digital humanities, community planning, writing, information visualization, data discovery, geo-literacy, geospatial education, story mapping, cartography, ArcGIS, EndNote, and more!

Learn more!

Posted 10/28/21

NSU Irish Film Festival Opens November 16

Join us for the virtual NSU Irish Film Festival led by NSU Professor David Kilroy, a native of Ireland and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Kilroy will showcase independent contemporary Irish films not widely released in the U.S., representing the work of some of Ireland most exciting filmmakers. This festival is sponsored by the Alvin Sherman Library, NSU Center for the Humanities and the South Florida Irish Studies Consortium.

RSVP for the opening session on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Posted 10/28/21

Homecoming Celebration is Around the Corner: Nov. 8-14

Homecoming is the time to celebrate tradition and instill pride in all members of the Nova Southeastern University family through active engagement of students, alumni, faculty, and staff across the community.

The Homecoming celebration will begin on Monday, November 8, 2021, and will end on Sunday, November 14, 2021. You don’t want to miss out on all the awesome activities taking place, including a couple of surprises!

See the list of scheduled events.

https://www.nova.edu/homecoming/

Follow the Office of Campus Life and Student Engagement on Instagram (@nsucampuslife) to stay updated.

For disability-related accommodations for any of the events, please e-mail disabilityservices@nova.edu.

Posted 10/25/21

Lifelong Learning Institute’s Free Lecture Series Starts Oct. 27

Nova Southeastern University’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) will be offering a new monthly community and intergenerational lecture series on “Civics and Democracy.”

Charles Zelden, Ph.D., professor of history and politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, will be the lecturer. The free Zoom Lecture series will require registration with Zoom links provide after registration. To register, email lli@nova.edu (subject line: Civics and Democracy Series).

The full civics and democracy series schedule:

  • Voting 12:30–2 p.m., October 27, 2021
  • Suffrage 12:30–2 p.m., November 10, 2021
  • Voter Suppression 12:30–2 p.m., December 15, 2021
  • Voter Rights 12:30–2 p.m., January 12, 2022
  • Contested Elections 10–11:30 a.m., February 21, 2022
  • The Power of Protest 10–11:30 a.m., March 28, 2022
  • Ideological Polarization 10–11:30 a.m., April 25, 2022
  • Series Wrap-Up 10–11:30 a.m., May 23, 2022

This free lecture series is sponsored by Florida Humanities.

Halmos Faculty Examines Latin Music at Virtual Event Oct. 2

Jessica Muñiz-Collado, M.F.A., faculty in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, in the Halmos College of Art and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), will be the featured virtual presenter on Saturday, October 2, 2021, from 2 to 3 p.m. for the Broward County Library. Muñiz-Collado’ s presentation, “Same Yet Different,” will explore the similarities and differences in Latin Music.

Jessica Muñiz-Collado

Muñiz-Collado has performed and recorded with numerous musicians and artists including Grammy-nominated saxophonist Steve Elson, jazz vibraphonist Arthur Lipner, Cookie “Conga” Lopez, Anders Astrand, Jean Geoffroy, Ney Rosauro, and trumpet all-star John Walsh. She has also performed throughout North and South America, toured with the FROST Percussion Sextet in Japan, and was a guest lecturer and performer at the international music conference LeRock & L’Amour held at the Universite Paul-Valery in Montpellier, France.

At NSU, she has taught courses in composition, music production, and percussion. In addition, she directed the Mako Band, NSU Pep Band, and managed NSU Mako Records.

Learn more about this event!

Learn to Disseminate Scholarly Contributions, Oct. 19, 21

An upcoming two-day workshop will help faculty curate their scholarly content for global dissemination.

NSUWorks, NSU’s institutional repository, and SelectedWorks, the online professional profile system, work together to curate content for the Digital Commons network of repositories for dissemination of your scholarly output to the world at large. Digital Measures is NSU’s internal review and tracking system for faculty to keep track of their professional activities.

Part one of the series will discuss how these three systems work at NSU, explain your college process for adding your scholarly contributions into these systems, and provide think-tank opportunities for the creation of new scholarly work for yourself and your students.  Part two will be a hands-on workshop experience to show you how to manage your SelectedWorks profile effectively on your own.

Part one will be held on October 19 from noon to 1 p.m. and part two on October 21 from noon to 1 p.m.

Register now!

Free Workshop Will Help Budding Authors Hone Skills, Oct. 9

Join us for a free online workshop with Janice Hardy as she presents Bringing Your Novel to Life, designed to help novice and seasoned authors hone their writing skills.

Great novels blend skilled writing with compelling storytelling, using a multitude of techniques to draw readers in and make them love the book. These techniques work together to build immersive story worlds, creating characters readers love, settings they want to live in, and stories they can’t put down. In this workshop, writers will learn techniques to bring a novel to life for readers. Use point of view to show, not tell, and draw readers in without infodumping; find the best ways to describe the setting and build a world; tap into the emotions of the characters and use those emotions to drive the plot and deepen the story; and how all these techniques work together to build a novel.

JANICE HARDY is the award-winning author and founder of Fiction University, where she helps writers improve their craft and navigate the crazy world of publishing. She teaches writing workshops across the country, and her blog has been recognized as a Top Writing Blog by Writer’s Digest. When she’s not writing about writing, she spins tales of adventure for both teens and adults, and firmly believes that doing terrible things to her characters makes them more interesting. She loves talking with writers and readers, and encourages questions of all types—even the weird ones. Find out more about her and her books at http://blog.janicehardy.com/

This workshop is on Zoom and registration is required. Please click here to register.

The video is available for on-demand viewing October 10 – October 31.

Sponsored by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Lifelong Learning Institute Fall Welcome Week Oct. 4-7

Join the Nova Southeastern University Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) for Fall Welcome Week at the LLI, October 4-7, on Zoom for a live, interactive, social-learning environment.

There will be daily lectures from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m. Registration is required. To register, email lli@nova.edu (subject line: LLI Fall Welcome Week).

The Lifelong Learning Institute provides a vibrant educational environment for mature adults in South Florida. Programs promote intellectual stimulation, physical well-being, and social growth that enriches the lives of its members and the community.

Get more details on the lectures and speaker bios!

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