NSU Horizons Fall 2017

60 NSU HORIZONS NSU AWARDS NSU Receives Telly Award for Human Trafficking PSA A public service announcement (PSA) highlighting NSU’s concerted effort to increase awareness of the human trafficking problem has received a Telly Award, one of the most sought-after honors in the TV industry. Gregory Wright, M.B.A., a multimedia producer in NSU’s Office of Innovation and Information Technology, created the PSA. The four-minute PSA, “Human Trafficking—Modern Day Slavery,” features two faculty members from the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences who founded the Coalition for Research and Education Against Trafficking and Exploitation (CREATE), a program that teaches South Florida health care professionals about the signs of human trafficking. Brianna Black Kent, Ph.D., associate chair, Department of Health Science, and Sandrine Gaillard-Kenney, Ed.D., assistant dean, Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, developed CREATE in 2014. CREATE’s goals include human trafficking prevention through educa- tion and research as well as improvement of the quality of life for victims and communities at the local, national, and international levels. Visit nova.edu/create/index.html for more information. n NSU’s Horizons magazine took first place in the Trade/ Special Interest Publication category in the 23rd annual Sunshine State Awards, the statewide journalism compe- tition recognizing Florida’s best work, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Pro Chapter. The award was for Horizons ’ two issues published in 2016. This marks the fourth time NSU’s Horizons maga- zine has won the Sunshine State Awards. Previously, Horizons ’ two issues in 2010 won first place in the Trade/Special Interest Publication category during the 2011 Sunshine State Awards. Those same two Horizons issues also won two 2011 Communi- cator Awards given by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. The 2010 issues also were honored with the Pewter Award in the Gold Ink Awards. NSU’s Horizons magazine’s two issues published in 2015 received second place in the 2016 Sunshine State Awards. Horizons ’ two issues of 2012 received second place in the 2013 Sun- shine State Awards. Horizons is under the direction of NSU’s Office of Public Relations and Marketing Communica- tions and is designed and edited by NSU’s Office of Publications. Published twice annually, Horizons is distributed to more than 168,000 alumni, faculty and staff members, students, and friends of the university. n Horizons Receives First Place in Sunshine State Awards HORIZONS IN THIS ISSUE: REALIZING POTENTIAL CAMPAIGN • JACKSONVILLE CAMPUS • NSU/MIAMI DOLPHINS PARTNERSHIP FALL 2016 NSU BRINGS RESEARCH TO NEW HEIGHTS Page 24 HORIZONS IN THIS ISSUE: SCIENCE ALIVE! • CORAL REEFS • INTERNSHIPS • FORT MYERS CAMPUS SPRING 2016 HUMAN TRAFFICKING NSU helping to combat