Perspectives Winter/Spring-2017

48 • NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Since joining the CHCS faculty in 2013, Alicia Bolden, M.P.A.S., PA-C, assistant professor, has amassed an array of achievements. For example, she quickly made her presence known as a mentor to the NSU physician assistant team that participated in the annual Florida Academy of Physician Assistants Student Challenge Bowl team. Bolden’s superb coaching was instrumental to the success of the NSU team, which, in 2014, became the first NSU team of first-year PA students to win since the event started in 2007. In 2015, NSU became the first team to win in consecutive years. Bolden subsequently played an important role in establishing hybrid teaching in the PA department. Her significant motivation to strive for teaching excellence is reflected by the accom- plishment of being one of only three faculty members who have taken three courses in the Physician Assistant FORT LAUDERDALE BY PAMELA JAFFEY, M.D., FCAP, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Faculty Member Makes Significant Contributions Stanley H. Wilson, Ed.D., PT, CEAS, who serves as CHCS dean, presents Alicia Bolden with a certificate of completion during the third Center for Academic and Professional Induction Ceremony. From left: Alicia Bolden and class of 2017 PA students Aaron Carlton, Laurin Pachecco, Shelly Kocsuta, Megan Ginter, Jennifer Neely, Rachel Kelly, Ritesh Patel, Stephanie Oberweger, and Jeimy Glaze