The Current | Vol. 31 Issue 17

January 12, 2021 | nsucurrent.nova.edu 3 News News Briefs Get the scoop on events happening on campus and around campus Last chance to become an admissions ambassador Do you think you have what it takes to be the face of NSU? If so, applications for admissions ambassador close Jan. 17 at 11:59 p.m. There will be mandatory information sessions over Zoom on Jan. 12 from 12-1 p.m., Jan. 13 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and Jan. 16 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. To join, use the Zoom ID 750-602-3809. Apply at www.nova.edu/admissionsambassadors. VRC Speaker Series Jan. 14 through April 22, students have the opportunity every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. to attend NSU’s Military Affairs and Veteran Resource Center Speaker Series. All events will be held via Zoom. The topic for this first Thursday will be “Home Economics: Cooking with Mia.” To join, use the Zoom link https://nova.zoom.us/j/9 3353064210?pwd=QTdDeXkwNHAwL0J Od2EvV0lBTVlidz09 . Passports to PC Learn more about the Panhellenic Council on Jan. 15 from 12-1 p.m. in the UniversityCenter Spine. Students interested in learning more about Greek Life are encouraged to stop by and mingle with the members of Delta Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Sigma and Sigma Delta Tau sororities. Improv Jam 11 Presented by NSU’s Student Company, Stage 2 Productions, students are invited to enjoy a virtual show of hilarious improvisational skits written and performed by NSU students. The event will take place on Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. over Zoom. For the Zoom link, visit nova.edu/arts closer to the date of the show. Digital Humanities Crossroads Contest The NSU Center for the Humanities is having a contest for graduate and undergraduate students to showcase their Digital Humanities research. Submit completed projects to humanities@nova. edu by March 27. For more information visit https://hcas.nova.edu/humanities. Winner selected for the first Student Media Photo Contest On Friday, Jan. 8, members of NSU’s Office of Student Media selected sophomore nutrition major and experiential leadership minor Shelby Van Schaick as the winner of the first Student Media Photo Contest. With the theme of “Return of the Sharks,” social media managers within each department of the Office of Student Media posted about the first Student Media Photo Contest, where the first place winner would win a $50 Visa gift card. The contest, which ran from Jan. 2 through the Office of Student Media’s Media Mash event on Jan. 7, had more than a handful of entries, with students entering creative photos and captions. The contest was announced on Instagram and interested students had to follow the photo contest rules, which included following all Office of Student Media department accounts, posting an appropriate “Smart Shark” photo and caption that followed CDC guidelines, tagging the department accounts in their photo and using the hashtag #ReturnOfTheSharksPhotoContest, to enter their chance to win. Some participants found out about the contest through Instagram itself while others learned about it through word of mouth and other outside sources. “I just saw an email [for the contest] and did it,” said Dylan Darling, a junior secondary English education major. Winner Van Schaick found out about the photo contest through her sorority, Delta Phi Epsilon. “It feels so great to be the winner -- I was so excited when I found out I won, I screamed to my roommate across our dorm and she was so happy for me,” said Van Schaick. Van Schaick’s entries consisted of two photos, both of her in a face mask: one of her appearing to take notes near Mako Hall and the other with her doing the NSU signature ‘fins up’ pose. Her caption read, “Returning back to school is easy when the weather is this nice.” Student media plans to host other photo contests in the future, allowing for more students to participate and have an opportunity to win prizes. However, as of now, there is no information about future contests. For more information on this recent photo contest and its participants, check #ReturnOfTheSharksPhotoContest on Instagram. PRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM DYLAN DARLING, JUNIOR SECONDARY ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR PRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM WINNER SHELBY VAN SCHAICK, SOPHOMORE NUTRITION MAJOR PRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM MEREDITH DIXON, JUNIOR MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY MAJOR PRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM NATHAN WENRICH, SOPHOMORE EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE MAJOR By: Flor Ana Mireles Copy Editor