Horizons Fall 2015

19 NSU HORIZONS NSU College of Optometry student Emily M. Korszen is proud that she tied for the highest score in the nation on the Part I Applied Basic Science (ABS) Examination in 2015. As a result, the third-year student, who is on track to graduate in 2016, received the 2015 Dr. Norman E. Wallis Award for Excellence. She also has been named to the NSU Health Professions Division’s Chancellor’s List for six consecutive semesters for maintaining a GPA in the top 5 percent. Korszen’s good news was featured by the univer- sity’s social media networks by using the hashtag #NSUsuccess. Likewise, Nicole Cocuy was fea- tured in an #NSUsuccess video when she received the Mark of Excellence Award from the Florida chapter of the Society of Profes- sional Journalists. Cocuy, an undergraduate in communications studies in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, won in the General Column Writing category for an article she wrote on Fort Lauderdale’s war on poverty. “At NSU, I learned how to take an investigative approach when discussing an issue. On top of that, I learned about being an unbiased journalist,” said Cocuy, the opinion editor of NSU’s student newspaper The Current . Students, alumni, faculty and staff members, donors, and friends of NSU not only get the word out about their own achievements by using #NSUsuccess, but also showcase the university’s role in those accomplishments. Launched last summer, the hashtag has proved to be its own success story, allowing the NSU community to share good news with each other. “We launched the #NSUsuccess campaign just before the 2015 Commencement Season on social media so students had a unified hashtag to share their Shark Pride while supporting our brand essence,” said Kim Cohane, M.S., NSU’s online marketing and social media manager. “We now have more than 800 pieces of new user-created content on social media. We encourage all Sharks to use it when they want to highlight any significant accomplishments they’ve achieved because of their ties with NSU.” #NSUsuccess is for any NSU- related achievement. Exam results, an internship, a new job or promo- tion, graduation, and volunteer work in the community have all been touted using #NSUsuccess via Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. #NSUsuccess “unites the NSU community, illustrating the university’s strong academic reputation and a campus culture that includes all students—whether attending any NSU campus or taking advantage of distance learning,” said Cohane. “The hashtag also reinforces NSU’s brand, promoting its international reputation as a premier, private, research university,” she said. n showcases achievements #NSUsuccess NSU College of Optometry student Emily M. Korszen used #NSUsuccess to let colleagues know about her recent award.