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COM Outlook . Summer 2012
Best of the Best:
Christine Nelson Snares a STUEY
STUE Y
Awards
Christine Nelson (second from left)
proudly displays her well-earned Staff
Person of the Year STUEY.
Christine Nelson, who serves as
program manager in the Master of
Science in Biomedical Informatics pro-
gram, was named Staff Person of the
Year at the 13
th
Annual NSU Student
Life Achievement Awards (STUEYS)
held April 17 in the Miniaci Perform-
ing Arts Center on campus.
“I feel honored to have received
the 2012 STUEY Award for Staff
Person of the Year,” said Nelson the
day after receiving the unexpected
accolade. “I owe all of my successes
to the faculty, staff, and students of
the Master of Science in Biomedical
Informatics (M.S.B.I.) program. They
make my job enjoyable and easy to
do well. I would particularly like to
thank Dr. Jennie Q. Lou, the M.S.B.I.
program director, for being both sup-
portive and inspirational. I appreciate
this wonderful recognition and hope
to continue making the College of
Osteopathic Medicine and all of Nova
Southeastern University proud.”
For those unfamiliar with the
STUEYS, the event was initiated in
academic term is truly a fresh beginning
for everyone. She also has such a positive
and affable character—with total involve-
ment in the process.
During a critical national accredita-
tion review, specific faculty members were
asked to submit detailed course accredi-
tation data and information for review,
analysis, and decision support by the ac-
creditation review members. Throughout
the challenging and iterative process,
Christine provided all the faculty members
with timely technical guidance, direct as-
sistance, and a review of the information
we provided for format, completeness, data
integrity, and information accuracy. She
was an unsung staff leader and hero of the
review process and helped bring enormous
credit to NSU and a successful accredita-
tion review.
Most importantly, it is common
knowledge among NSU leaders, faculty,
staff, and students that she treats each and
every person she assists as an individual,
with dignity, integrity, and commitment.”
Other nominees representing NSU-
COM with distinction were
Executive of the Year
Joseph De Gaetano, D.O., M.S. Ed
Professor of the Year
Robert Hasty, D.O.
Alumni of the Year
Kenneth Johnson, D.O.
Student of the Year
Bryan Peterson
Student Government of the Year
NSU-COM SGA
Co-Curricular Adviser of the Year
Edward Packer, D.O.
2000 to honor the people and organi-
zations that best exemplify the core
values of leadership, scholarship,
service, integrity, commitment, in-
volvement, and inclusion within the
university community.
Excerpts fromNelson’s nomination
entry clearly exemplify why she was
selected as NSU’s Staff Person of the
Year.
“Ms. Nelson embodies each of the
NSU seven core values in every aspect of
the staff support she consistently provides
to NSU leadership, faculty, other staff, and
students. Well before each academic term
begins, Christine matches faculty mem-
bers to upcoming courses—an extremely
time-consuming and exacting process in
and of itself, but critical to student enroll-
ment, teaching, and course success.
In more than 20 years of adjunct fac-
ulty teaching experience around the globe
at major universities, I have never seen
anyone lead, manage, or include ‘people
as partners’ in this process better or more
successfully than does Christine. More
importantly, she does this with such com-
mitment, drive, and enthusiasm that each