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COM Outlook . Summer-Fall 2014
Four Students Honored with
Burnell Research Awards
Peer Mentors Garner Attention
Ten conscientious second-year students were honored
for their contributions to their individual
academical
societies
(listed in italics)
as well as their commitment
to fellow society members. They are as follows:
Lloyd
Petty
(William G. Anderson, D.O.),
Nicole Shovlin
(Louisa Burns, D.O.);
Victoria Comeau
(Robert Klein,
D.O.);
Sabrina Melekson
(Fred Lippman, Ed.D.);
Nikita
Donti
(Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O.);
Ricky Patel
(Bradley
I. Silverman, D.O.);
Rebecca Drucker
(A.T. Still, M.D.,
D.O.);
Rita Zeidan
(Morton Terry, D.O.);
Amanda Jurvis
(James Turner, D.O.); and
Michael Haynes
(Ross Zaf-
onte, D.O.).
In addition, Jasmine Nebhrajani and Justin
Nippert received peer executive awards.
All winners are nominated by their peers as being sup-
portive and involved society members who exemplify the
attitudes regarding COM participation, community ser-
vice, and professionalism within their society. The honor
is accompanied by a $1,500 cash award for each winner.
Pictured (left bottom photo) are Jasmine Nebhrajani,
Nikita Donti, Nicole Shovlin, and Victoria Comeau.
TOUCH Community Service Awards
Fifty-five students were honored with
TOUCH Commu-
nity Service Awards
for their extensive community service
work during their first or second years at NSU-COM. These
humanistic individuals were honored for their hard work
and dedication toward improving the NSU, local, national,
and international communities.
The awards, which are divided into platinum, gold, and
silver categories, are based on the following criteria: The
platinum honor is presented to the student that logged
the greatest number of TOUCH community service hours
in the current academic year. Gold status is granted to ap-
plicants that logged at least 110 TOUCH community service
hours, while silver status is accorded to applicants that
logged at least 60 hours. Below are the TOUCH honorees
in the platinum and gold categories:
Platinum:
Dustin Benyo (OMS-I).
Gold:
Kristi Ray and
Tiffany Crider (OMS-Is); Amy Williams, Nhi-Kieu Nguyen,
Christopher Scholten, Chelsea Wells, David Kim, Mariam
Viqar, Richard Fong, Nicole Shovlin, Lloyd Petty, and Tyler
Gombash (OMS-IIs); and Konstantin Alekseyenko and Alek-
sey Alekseyenko (OMS-IIIs).
Four NSU-COM students—
OMS-II Naveen Dhawan,
OMS-III Logan Huff, OMS-II Magui Mikhail
, and
OMS-
III Steven Fan Zhang
—were named the winners of the
Dr. Kenneth Burnell Student Research Awards, which are
presented to NSU-COM students who conduct outstanding
research in either clinical medicine or biomedical science.
The scholarship was established in 2001 through
an endowed gift from the late Dr. Burnell to stimulate
student research at NSU-COM. This year, more students
participated in the program than ever before. In addition,
the quality of the submissions resulted in the college pre-
senting cash awards to a record number of individuals. All
students received credit on their NSU-COM transcripts for
having completed a course in research and a $500 cash
award.
(Pictured (from left) are Naveen Dhawan, Magui
Mikhail, Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., RD, assistant dean for
education, planning, and research, Steven Fan Zhang,
and Logan Huff.)
