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COM Outlook . Spring 2015
Lynne Cawley Sets Sail into
Retirement After 25 Years
On December 11, the college coordinated a farewell recep-
tion for
Lynne Cawley, M.S.
, who served as director of
alumni services for many productive years. Cawley came to
NSU in March 1989 and was recently honored by NSU-COM
for 25 years of service to the university—highlighted by her 15
years with the college. During her tenure, she worked in sev-
eral NSU centers, sharing her talents with NSU-COM alumni
as well as the NSU athletics department.
“After 25 years at NSU, it’s very difficult to put into words
what this place has meant to me,” she stated. “I am so for-
tunate and grateful to have had all of the opportunities I’ve
been given to make a difference. The last 15 years at NSU-
COM have been the best professional years of my life. I have
enjoyed watching so many students come through our doors,
graduate, and become successful alumni and productive com-
munity leaders. I am blessed to be able to walk out the door
after 25 years and say I loved my job.”
Now that her NSU career has concluded, Cawley looks
forward to “doing anything I want,” which includes a focus on
improving her health and continuing to work passionately in
the osteopathic profession she loves.
Pediatrics Club Honors
Dr. Emily Schmitt Lavin
with Arnold Melnick Child
Advocacy Award
On November 10, the college’s Pediatrics Club honored
Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D
., a professor and associate
director of math, science, and technology at the NSU Farqu-
har College of Arts and Sciences, with the Arnold Melnick
Child Advocacy Award. Her areas of academic focus include
gene expression, genetics, and genealogy in the areas of re-
search in biology and cellular molecular biology.
In her free time, Dr. Schmitt Lavin is a strong advocate
for children with A-T (Ataxia Telangiectasia) and spends her
weekends preparing for marathons to raise money for children
afflicted with the disease. More specifically, she sponsors a girl
afflicted with A-T and works diligently to arrange fund-raisers
for all children with A-T.
Five years ago, Dr. Schmitt Lavin sparked a movement to
incorporate more science in elementary schools by having Sci-
ence Alive nights, which is a collaboration between elementa-
ry and NSU students that demonstrates simple and fun science
experiments aimed at increasing the love of science. The
project has expanded to include many schools and involved
approximately 50 undergraduate and graduate students.
COMmunications
Pictured (from left) are Paul and Lynne Cawley and Dr. Anthony J. Silvagni.
Pictured (from left) are OMS-II Erin Thornley, OMS-II Patricia Camino, Dr.
Schmitt Lavin, OMS-II Minnie Maass, OMS-II Nergess Taheri, and Edward
Packer, D.O., FAAP, FACOP, the club’s faculty adviser.
