NSU Featured in News Stories – April and early May 2019

 

NSU IN THE NEWS is a snapshot of NSU media placements from April and Early May 2019. The purpose of this recap is to keep you abreast of issues and media reports impacting the university and/or specific departments or centers. Click on the  name of the media outlet to read their story – stories that appeared out of the South Florida media market are in red font (some links may have expired after this page was created.)

  • Print and broadcast stories related to NSU were circulated to approximately 283 million viewers locally, statewide, nationally and internationally.
  • Estimated advertising value equivalency (AVE) of $2.61 million. 

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University Wide

  • Roger Stone’s Keynote Speech at a College Republican Convention in Central Florida Just Got Cancelled, featuring Nova Southeastern University College Republicans
  • Nova Southeastern University Hoopsters Fall in Elite 8, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • The Matthew Forbes Romer Foundation Raises Over $90,000 and Continues Advancements in Gene Therapy, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Budget Conference: South Florida sees simoleons in ‘Sprinkle Lists’, featuring Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Division

  • People on the move: Clinics can Help gets new board member, featuring alumnus, Dr. Joshua Simon

College of Dental Medicine

  • Dipesh Patel of Marietta Dental Professionals Featured as 2018 Top Patient Rated Dentist by Find Local Doctors, featuring alumnus, Dipesh Patel, D.D.S.
  • Xhoana Gjelaj: Dentist at Trinity Dental Arts, featuring alumna, Xhoana Gjelaj, D.D.S.

College of Health Care Sciences

  • South Florida Synagogues to Host Unique, Traditional Passover Seders, featuring University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
  • Government Warns law Firms of Consequences for Diversity Failures, featuring University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
  • Hundreds of People With Disabilities Rediscover Their Passion for Sports, featuring physical therapy students at Nova Southeastern University
  • 12-Week Program Helps Young Autistic Adults Through Life Transitions, featuring Melissa Tovin, PT, MA, PhD, CEEAA
  • For lawyers with autism, the work often pairs up with things they do well, featuring University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
  • Miami Int’l Airport Opens Its First Multi-Sensory Room For Kids With Autism, featuring University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
  • Fighting Measles Requires Vaccination, Prevention -Commentary, featuring Bindu Mayi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
  • Measles Arrives in Florida, What Is It and What Can You Do?, featuring Bindu Mayi, M.S.c., Ph.D.
  • Health Care Headliner: Dr. Phil Tobin, director, School of Physician Assistant Studies, Touro University Nevada, featuring alumnus, Phil Tobin, D.H.Sc.

College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Francoeur Cadet Recipient of the 6th Annual Dr. Bookhardt Award, featuring alumnus, Francoeur Cadet, D.O.
  • Point of View: Trauma Services are a Band-Aid to the Gun Violence Epidemic, featuring Nicole Cook, Ph.D., M.P.A.
  • Tips for Allergy Season, featuring Deborah Mulligan, M.D., FAAP, FACEP
  • Hepatitis A’s Florida Spread, featuring Deborah Mulligan, M.D., FAAP, FACEP
  • HEALTH BITES: Meyer joins Children Clinic Saltillo, featuring alumna, Katie Meyer, D.O.
  • Want to kick the habit? Researchers have new advice to help quit smoking, featuring Steven Zucker, D.M.D., M.Ed.
  • By the numbers: University of Pennsylvania’s Medical School Ranks 3rd Best for Research in the Nation, Study Finds, featuring Nova Southeastern University Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

  • First Annual Sea Turtle Derby is Underway, featuring Derek Burkholder, Ph.D.,
  • Guy Harvey: Two Tagged Whale Sharks Return to the Same Place After Long/Separate Voyages!, featuring NSU’s Guy Harvey Research Institute
  • A ‘Midas’ Touch for Chelonia Mydas…Aziza Nursed Back to Health… Good to Go, featuring alumnus, Dr. Husain Al Sayegh
  • As Disease Batters Florida Reefs, Scientists and Community Fight Back, featuring graduate student Murphy McDonald, Brian Walker, Ph.D., and Karen Neely
  • Great White Shark Genome Has Been Sequenced, Reveals Clues to Longevity and Cancer Resistance, featuring Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
  • FWC, partners conduct conservation mission to combat coral disease and support Florida Reef Tract, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art, featuring Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
  • Assessing Deep-Pelagic Shrimp Biomass to 3000 m in The Atlantic Ocean and Ramifications of Upscaled Global Biomass, featuring Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
  • Major Coral Outplanting Completed, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Florida Aquarium Conducts a Huge Multi-Agency Conservation Mission in Florida Keys to Help Restore Florida’s Reefs, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Hundreds of Hollywood Beachgoers Clean Up Trash In Honor Of Earth Day, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Wildlife In World Heritage Site Declines After Heatwave Reduces Seagrass, featuring Nova Southeastern University

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

  • Bill Mills: Is Copycat Legislation in Florida Bad for Democracy or a Good Way to Set Policy?, featuring Charles Zelden, Ph.D.
  • High Drama, Twists and Turns Possible as Andrew Gillum’s Ethics Hearing Starts Wednesday, featuring Charles Zelden, Ph.D.
  • Battle of the Bark: NSU Students Design Marketing Plan for Chocolate, featuring Stephen Andon, Ph.D.

College of Psychology

  • Three Doctors Join Holy Cross Medical Group in Fort Lauderdale, featuring alumnus, Logan Kaleta, PsyD
  • People on the Move: Take Stock in Children Palm Beach Adds Board Members, featuring Ashley Stripling, Ph.D.
  • Local Roundup: CVCC Softball Adds Blochaviak to Coaching Staff, featuring student, Mia Blochaviak
  • Simulation Helps Schools Respond to Community Deaths, featuring Scott Poland, Ed.D.
  • People on the Move- April 29, 2019, featuring alumna, Sherri Kincade, M.S.

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

  • AMS’s Lee Named Media Specialist of Year for Bartow County, featuring alumna, Breanna Lee, Ed.S.
  • 22nd Celebrating Connections Conference Coming to Charleston, featuring adjunct professor, Ellen Booth Church
  • Bethel Hires New Superintendent, featuring alumnus, Justin Firks, M.S.
  • Miami Dade College incorporará a 13 líderes comunitarios al Salón de la Fama de ex alumnos, featuring alumnus, David Moore, Ed.D.
  • Elizabeth Swinford cities previous superintendent experience, featuring alumna, Elizabeth Swinford, Ed.D.
  • Town of Davie Appoints Dale Engle as Chief of Police, featuring alumnus, Dale Engle, M.S.
  • ‘A Journey of Angels’: a Musical to Debut in June, featuring alumna, Kay Mouradian, Ed.D.
  • Public can meet finalists to become next Ivy Tech Chancellor, featuring alumnus, Gaby Hawat, Ed.D.
  • Hundreds to walk at Albany Technical College Commencement, featuring alumnus Ivan Allen, Ed.D.
  • Roppe is Sole Finalist For Superintendent, featuring NSU alumnus, Chris Roppe, M.S.
  • Escuela Bilingüe Internacional names new Head of School and launches new Middle School program for students with no prior Spanish experience, featuring alumna, Paola Clark, Ed.D.

College of Engineering and Computing

  • FBL Financial Group Chief Operating Officer to Retire in December 2019: FBL Financial Group Inc., featuring alumnus, Raymond W. Wasilewski, M.S.

H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship

  • SynCardia Announces Promotion of Don Webber to CEO and Appointment of Peter Spadaro as President and CCO, featuring alumnus, Don Webber, M.B.A.
  • Armor Correctional Health Services Announces New Leadership Team, featuring alumnus, Manuel Fernandez, M.B.A.
  • Rita Case Inducted into Entrepreneur Hall of Fame at NSU Business College, featuring Huizenga College of Business
  • Texans Carry Heavy Burdens in Property and Sales Taxes Compared to Other States, featuring Andrew Felo, Ph.D., CFE, CMA, CFM
  • Movers & Shakers in Etowah, St. Clair & Blount Counties, featuring alumnus, Phillip Cleveland
  • A Jewish Neshama Shining Bright in Alaska, featuring alumna, Dr. Liz Ross
  • Wine Foundation Adds Board Members, Elects Officers, featuring alumnus, Bill Shibley, M.B.A.
  • Female Baby Boomers Make Global Impact, featuring Bay O’Leary, Ph.D. and alumna, Gaia Calcaterra, M.B.A.
  • Turnover at top for ADM grain group, featuring alumnus, Christopher Boerm M.B.A.
  • Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Names New Vice President of Finance and Operations, featuring alumnus, Robert Pettit, M.B.A.

Shepard Broad College of Law

  • Attorney Has Advice for Customers Caught Up in Bankruptcy Case Involving South Florida Company, featuring Ishaq Kundawala, J.D.
  • Littler Mendelson: Littler Shareholder Jonathan Beckerman Appointed Miami Office Managing Shareholder, featuring alumnus, Jonathan Beckerman, J.D.
  • El arresto de Mar-a-Lago expone los desafíos de seguridad nacional en el club privado de Donald Trump, featuring Bob Jarvis, J.D.
  • Outstanding Women in Business 2019: Kari Niblack, featuring alumna, Kari Niblack, J.D.
  • Kelley Kronenberg Partner Sonia Oliveri Honored as Top 5 Rising Star by EB5 Investors Magazine, featuring alumna, Sonia Oliveri, J.D.
  • Sandra Krumbein Admitted as ACREL Fellow, featuring adjunct professor, Sandra Krumbein, J.D.
  • Bar Exam Blues: Florida Pass Rate Falls Again, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Judge and lawyer trade accusations of blackmail and extortion over ‘intimate’ photos, featuring Bob Jarvis, J.D., LL.M.
  • ABBA Releases Second Annual Ultimate Bar Passage Rates, featuring Nova Southeastern University
  • Trump Ally Roger Stone, Feds Dispute Access to Full Mueller Report, featuring Bruce Rogow, J.D.
  • Global Focus: Immigration Attorney Jessica Oliva-Calderin Promotes International Work in Chattanooga, featuring alumna, Jessica Oliva-Calderin, J.D.

 University School

  • Youth Around the Country to Lobby State Lawmakers, Demanding Climate Action, featuring senior, Aysha Zackria
  • 17th South Florida Cappies Nominations Announced, featuring students, Jared Cohen and Julia Musso

Don Taft University Center

  • Thomas D. Stephanis Boys & Girls Club shows off Pompano hoops power, featuring Don Taft University Center

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

  • Un Divertido Plan Para Disfrutar en Miami Con Los Hijos, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  • Best Bets, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  • NSU Art Museum Ft. Lauderdale Kicks Off One East Society, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  • Florida Travel Fort Lauderdale, For Grown-Ups, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  • Amerant’s Matthew Bruno Named Chairman of Centro Mater Foundation, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  • ‘The Last Resort’ to be presented by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Posnack JCC, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  • Marianne Boesky Gallery Opens an Exhibit of Recent Sculptures by Frank Stella, featuring NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale