NSU Horizons Spring 2013

AROUND NSU The following is a sampling of recent donor-funded scholarship gifts to support NSU students. n William A. and Evelyn J. Krueger funded a scholarship to support undergraduate students pursuing a major or mi- nor in art at the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. n NSU Board of Trustees members Royal F. Jonas, J.D., and Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D., established the Jonas Family Scholarship and the Zachariah Family Scholar- ship. The scholarships are aimed at undergraduate students enrolled in a dual admission program within the health professions. n Joseph and Wini Amaturo established the Joseph and Wini Amaturo Vision 2020 Scholarship to provide merit scholarships to undergraduate students at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. n The Salah Foundation made a gift to support the James and Beatrice Salah Scholarship, awarded annually by the Shepard Broad Law Center to students in need of financial assistance. n Ralph W. Campbell established the Jim McKinley Schol- arship for first-generation, underserved undergraduate students who want to major in business at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. n Sharon Sullivan, NSU’s director of special events, and her family endowed the Eileen Doran Esler R.N. Nursing Scholarship to benefit students in the College of Nursing’s R.N. to B.S.N. Program. n Melanie Popper, Carole Lash, and others honored the memory of Millicent G. Steele by establishing the Millicent G. Steele Gold Circle Scholarship, which will benefit graduate students with financial need. n John Radtke made a generous gift to the Razor's Edge leadership development program at NSU, which provides scholarships to incoming freshmen who have demonstrated a commitment to making an impact in their schools and their local communities. 33 HORIZONS Tobin, referring to terms coined by author-educator Marc Prensky. “They’ve learned to use the computer, they can be fairly proficient at it, but they learned to use it. It’s one thing to say I grew up using a computer; it’s quite another to say I grew up with an iPhone in my hand.” Tobin spent much of her youth focused on creative pursuits: singing and playing hand bells in church and around the state, riding show jumping horses (she founded the eques- trian team at the University of Miami), performing with a comedy improv troupe, working intermittently as a youth activities coordinator on Princess Cruises, and studying abroad. “I fancied myself being an entertainer,” Tobin said. “I did some drama and some comedy, and I worked on a cruise ship. But, that was another life.” Instead, Tobin went into teaching, working first as an Eng- lish, speech, and mass media teacher at Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School and Coral Gables Senior High for three years, and then as an adjunct professor of education at the University of Miami for four years before coming to NSU. Tobin jokes that she went into teaching “because I watched Dead Poets Society one too many times, and I wanted to change the world.” Meeting other emerging leaders honored in Washington, D.C., last November, Tobin said she felt energized by educators who are working to improve education, not only the atmo- sphere for students but also to advocate for teachers. “There’s hope for the future,” Tobin said. n Continued on page 35 Tobin (left) observes NSU graduate student Katrina Gomez’s teaching approach in the classroom.