2014-2015 Innovations Magazine

i nnovations • 33 NSU In June, the HPD’s community service TV pro- gram Dateline Health was named a People’s Telly Silver winner in the 35 th Annual Telly Awards for its program entitled “Joint Preservation and Pain Management.” Dateline Health is a 30- minute program dedicated to promoting the com- munity’s overall health and well-being that covers a wide range of contemporary health care issues through interviews with health care ex- perts, researchers, and policymakers. This was Dateline Health’s fourth Telly Award, having received two in 2008 and another in 2012. The winning episode featured host Fred- erick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D., HPD chancellor, in- terviewing physicians from Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale on topics ranging from joint preservation and the harmful effects of opioids to new treatment options for mitigating pain. The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and pro- grams, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video, and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, tel- evision stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments worldwide. This year, nearly 12,000 entries were received from all 50 states and numerous countries. NSU Receives $2.85 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Education NSU was awarded a $2.85 million Post-Bac- calaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Ameri- cans grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title V program. The grant, led by NSU’s Gregory Simco, Ph.D., and Meline Kevorkian, Ed.D., who serve as co-administra- tors of the grant, will be used to expand post- baccalaureate educational opportunities and post-baccalaureate academic offerings for His- panic college students and students from ethni- cally diverse populations who are attending institutions of higher education. As our technology-driven society becomes in- creasingly complex, an advanced degree has become an expectation for many competitive and financially rewarding computer science po- sitions. When compared to overall population di- versity, however, the number and proportion of Hispanic/Latinos seeking and earning graduate degrees, especially in fields related to the com- puter sciences, remains sorely lacking. Because NSU serves as an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) as defined by the U.S. Depart- ment of Education, the grant will allow Hispanic and Latino students at NSU—as well as students from other underrepresented populations—to benefit from sustainable changes to curriculum content and instructional approaches. Students will also benefit from an expanded support model that identifies and effectively addresses student needs upon admission through graduation. The U.S. Department of Education’s Title V program provides grants to assist HSIs to ex- pand educational opportunities for, and improve the attainment of, Hispanic students. These grants also enable HSIs to expand and enhance their academic offerings, program quality, and in- stitutional stability. Continued on the next page... OVERVIEW WINS TELLY AWARD Dateline Health D R . F REDERICK L IPPMAN