Perspectives Winter/Spring 2019

44 | DR. PALLAVI PATEL COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES EVENT Perspectives | AUGUST 2018 CAPE Corner Members Inducted into Academies BY ROBERT MCCALLA, M.S., AND BRIANNA BLACK KENT, PH.D. During the fourth annual Center for Academic and Professional Excellence (CAPE) induction ceremony held in August, 23 faculty and staff members were inducted into the CAPE academies of Career Enrich- ment, Conflict Prevention and Management, Hybrid Transformation, Step Into Research, and Teaching and Learning. Jennifer Bencsik, M.H.A., RRT, incoming chair of the CAPE Executive Council, discussed details from the CAPE Annual Report. Data shared indicated that, since CAPE’s initiation in 2011, the center graduated 158 participants. Of those 158, 14 graduates participated in 2 separate academies, and 3 graduates took 3 separate courses. Barbara Schell, Ph.D., OT/L, FAOTA, professor emerita at the School of Occupational Therapy at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, gave the keynote address, The Higher You Go, which included slides of amazing scenery from around the world. CAPE participation benefits numerous faculty and staff members throughout the PCHCS, the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, and the NSU community at large. The CAPE program continues to realize the vision of the college’s dean, Stanley H. Wilson, Ed.D., PT, CEAS, and acknowledges the contributions of Melissa Lazinski, D.P.T., PT, OCS, who served as inaugural chair of the CAPE Executive Council. † EVENT PERSPECTIVES Robert McCalla is manager of professional development, and Brianna Black Kent is assistant dean of professional development and education.