Category: Pride Bites

Music Students Create Original Music for Mako Media Network

Music students in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts recently created original music for Mako Media Network, including introductions and transitions for Mako TV and Mako Radio. Songs featured on Mako TV included music for four different segments: the news intro, Sports Update, Sharks on the Street and Health Update. The music created for Mako Radio will be incorporated into future podcasts.

“This whole experience was a really great opportunity for my students, not just to have a chance to do something creative and original, but also because they had to work on a deadline,” said Bill Withem, the assistant professor of music. “Plus, their music had to satisfy Mako Media Network, which was basically our real-world client throughout the process.”

Posted 04/08/24

DO/MPH Student Awarded Good Skin Knowledge Grant

Marina Handal, a third-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Public Health student, has been awarded a 2025 Good Skin Knowledge grant from the American Academy of Dermatology.

Her project created a four-module lesson plan using arts and crafts to teach students about skin health and sun safety at the Fuller Center in Boca Raton, Fla. Handal and her sister, Jenna, a senior biology major in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, built models of the skin, drew pictures of the sun and created UV bracelets that changed color with sun exposure.

“We feel very humbled to have represented NSU public health through this service activity,” the sisters said. “We are thankful to our mentors from public health who have set fantastic examples of what it means to be an active team player in the community.”

Posted 04/07/24

Students Attend Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference

From left, Laila Horton, Associate Professor Grace Telesco and Justin Campbell

Justin Campbell and Laila Horton, students in the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, attended an academic conference through a sponsorship from professionals in the criminal justice field.

They attended the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference and the Alpha Phi Sigma annual meeting in Chicago. It was an opportunity to learn, network and build connections in the field of criminal justice.

The students hosted a discussion where they shared their insights on how they revitalized the Alpha Phi Sigma chapter at NSU.

The trip was made possible by a donation from the Broward County Chiefs of Police Association Foundation. The conference was a first for Horton and Campbell. Associate Professor Grace Telesco accompanied the students. Telesco also spoke during the conference on the preliminary findings of her study on the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Posted 04/07/24

USchool Robotics Teams Prepare for World Championships

The NSU University School Upper and Middle School robotics teams won the state championship and are now preparing for the world championships. This marks the third consecutive state championship victory, elevating the program to Dynasty level—the highest achievement a robotics program can attain. Five University School robotics teams will be participating in world championships for the 11th consecutive time.

Learn more about NSU University School’s college preparatory program for students in preschool through 12th grade at www.uschool.nova.edu.

Posted 03/17/24

University School Students Volunteer at Feeding South Florida

NSU University School’s fifth-grade students immersed themselves in a collaborative volunteering experience at Feeding South Florida. The students inspected, sorted, boxed and stacked more than 16,000 pounds of food, addressing the needs of the area’s food-insecure population. The students  also organized a fundraiser, contributing $2,500 to support Feeding South Florida.

Learn more about the University School’s college preparatory program for students in preschool through 12th grade at www.uschool.nova.edu.

Posted 03/17/24

Halmos Faculty Featured Speaker for USTA Florida on Conflict Resolution

McKay

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., director of the doctoral program and faculty member in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center, was the featured speaker for the United States Tennis Association (USTA) in Florida. McKay spoke to a group of adult play coordinators on conflict resolution on and off the tennis courts.

McKay is the faculty adviser to the Social Justice Roundtable and works with students in the community through Community Resolution Services, a practicum and volunteer site for DCRS. Community Resolution Services hosts Story Café, the We Love our Families series and The Women’s Roundtable, and offers workshops for Broward County’s crisis intervention teams and other events for community groups and organizations.

McKay’s scholarly interests include conflict coaching, strategic community planning, violence prevention, and intervention in family, neighborhood and organizational conflicts. For more information about Community Resolution Services, contact McKay at mckayj@nova.edu.

Posted 03/17/24

Fischler College Sponsors the Caliber Awards

NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice was one of the sponsors of  the Broward County Public School Caliber Awards.

The Feb. 2 event recognized and celebrated outstanding teachers, principals, assistant principals and school-related employees in the Broward County School District.

The college was a platinum sponsor for the event and provided a $5,000 scholarship to the four respective winners of the teacher, principal, assistant principal and school-related Employee of the Year.

The college was represented at the event by Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Kenneth Rockensies, Ed.D., and Senior Director of Graduate Admissions Leonard Jacobskind, Ed.D.

Rockensies spoke about the mission of the college and thanked Broward County Public Schools for its continued partnership with the college.

Posted 03/04/24

Halmos Grads Present Research Work at Ocean Sciences Meeting

NSU graduates Alfredo Quezada, M.S.; Breanna Vanderplow Ph.D.; and Megan Miller, M.S. at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans

Three Fall 2023 Halmos College of Arts and Sciences graduates Breanna Vanderplow, Megan Miller and Alfredo Quezada attended a major oceanographic meeting and presented their thesis and dissertation work conducted at the Physical Oceanography Laboratory. Supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, students’ studies were devoted to important areas of research for Florida including rapid intensification of hurricanes and coral reef hydrodynamics.

The Ocean Sciences Meeting is an international event, which takes place every two years, and is attended by thousands of research scientists and engineers. Participants can also meet there and connect with representatives from the U.S. federal funding agencies. This year the meeting was held in New Orleans, La.

Professor Alex Soloviev, who leads the Physical Oceanography Laboratory, said, “The paper presented by Breanna Vanderplow that is based on her Ph.D. dissertation contributed to the understanding of rapid intensification of hurricanes. The existing forecasting models still cannot reliably predict this dangerous phenomenon. An example is Hurricane Maria in 2017 that intensified from Category 2 to 5 within 12 hours and left Puerto Rico unprepared for major devastation.

“The MS projects of Megan Miller and Alfredo Quezada were on coral reef hydrodynamics using computational fluid dynamic methods and robotic ocean instrumentation. They presented papers on physical oceanography of upwelling of the deep cold and nutrient-rich water that can affect coral reef health on the East Florida shelf. Such events are believed to be responsible for the suppression of coral reefs north of West Palm Beach.”

All three papers presented by the NSU graduates were well received by the ocean science community. After graduation, Miller is now with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Quezada with the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.

Posted 03/04/24

Dental Medicine Intern Shines at Science Fair Competition

Jade Lubin

Jade Lubin, an NSU University School Upper School student, recently competed in the Miami-Dade STREAM Science Fair competition and was awarded a top-seven finalist prize among more than 200 students. Lubin is a National Institutes of Health Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility grant-supported intern at the NSU College of Dental Medicine.

Lubin’s research was supervised by Dr. Shin Nakamura and Dr. Toshihisa Kawai. She also presented the results of her summer/winter research internship in our laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Nakamura and Elizabeth Leon, a first-year dental student.

Lubin discovered that a novel bacterial protein, RagA, produced by P. gingivalis can cause the differentiation of osteoclasts, in the absence of RANKL that is an authentic permissive osteoclast-differentiation. P. gingivalis is a pathogen of periodontitis (gum disease) that is associated with Alzheimer’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

Lubin will be competing in the upcoming Florida state science fair and International High School Science Fair.

“This achievement highlights the significance of institutions like NSU in providing the necessary support and guidance for students to flourish and empowering them to reach their full potential, thereby contributing positively to both academia and society at large,” said Dr. Mauricio Schneider, director of Belonging, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the College of Dental Medicine.

Posted 03/03/24

Halmos Professor Recalls Receiving Martin Luther King Jr. Award

In honor of Black History Month, the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center are pleased to share the honor bestowed upon Neil Katz, Ph.D., before his appointment at the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies.

During his tenure at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, Katz received one of the highest honors bestowed by Syracuse University and the Syracuse community.  He was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Award by Andrew Young, one of King’s chief associates, at a ceremony at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse before a crowd of more than 10,000 guests.  The award was “in honor of Dr. Katz’s life’s work in teaching, research, training and consulting on non-violence for community, cultural, religious and educational groups,” and his “commitment to the principles embodied in Dr. King’s life and work.”

In addition to academic and training activities, Katz also led several research and applied projects with community and activists’ groups such as helping to establish the first city of Syracuse New Justice Mediation Center. He also facilitated research projects helping non-violent activist groups such as the Clamshell Alliance who were protesting nuclear power in Seabrook, N.H. He aided groups protesting cruise missiles at the Griffis Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y., He advocated for the use of mediation in the “Great Peace March,” urging expanded use of King’s non-violence principles and strategies.

His areas of teaching and research interests include negotiation theory and practice, group dynamics and organizational conflict.

Katz reflected on his peace work and receiving the award.

“The award was very meaningful to me, my family and all my students and colleagues affiliated with the Program in Nonviolent Conflict and Change (PNCC) at Syracuse University,” he said. “At the time, the award recognized my effort to both initiate and lead PNCC for the past 27 years — as well as my additional efforts to honor and keep alive the principles embodied in Dr. King’s life and work.”

Posted 02/18/24

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