S3 Ep 5 - Behind the Scenes: Community in Action - Educating Global Citizens: Community Impact Projects in the Razor's Edge Program

S3 Ep 5 - Behind the Scenes: Community in Action - Educating Global Citizens: Community Impact Projects in the Razor's Edge Program

Most students are told to think globally and act locally. Far fewer are given a real structure for doing it. The Razor's Edge Global Scholars Program builds that structure, moving students from a genuine community need to a fully realized project, and asking them to reflect on what changed along the way. In Season 3 of Behind the Scenes: How Faculty Bring Learning to Life at NSU, the focus is Community in Action: How NSU Faculty Serve, Partner, and Make an Impact. Host Dr. Marti Snyder talks with Dr. Barbara Packer and Dr. Drew Wofford about the Hochberg-Miniaci Razor's Edge Global Scholars Program, a highly selective scholarship that leads to a minor in global engagement. They discuss the program's four components and the community impact project at its center, the path students follow from leadership assessment and needs analysis to choosing a community partner, the connection between student projects and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the ways this work reshapes students and faculty alike. Faculty interested in experiential education, mentorship, and community-engaged teaching will find a clear and thoughtful model here

S3 Ep 4 - Behind the Scenes: Community in Action - Tenacity, Collaboration, and Five-Minute Mindfulness: Dr. Samiksha Prasad on Making Wellness Visible in Medical Education

What does it take to make wellness visible when it's not part of anyone's formal job description? According to Dr. Samiksha Prasad, it requires tenacity, strategic collaboration, and a willingness to approach leadership with a vision before being asked. In Season 3 of Behind the Scenes: How Faculty Bring Learning to Life at NSU, the focus is Community in Action: How NSU Faculty Serve, Partner, and Make an Impact. Host Dr. Marti Snyder speaks with Dr. Samiksha Prasad, associate professor in the Department of Medical Education at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, about her work building wellness programs that serve the entire campus community. Dr. Prasad discusses the multi-dimensional domains of well-being (physical, emotional, social, intellectual, environmental, and financial), the partnerships she's developed with the NSU Art Museum and Broward County Libraries for programs like Hues That Heal, how student involvement has driven creativity and institutional buy-in, and her long-term vision for a center for integrative health that extends beyond campus. Faculty championing community-engaged initiatives, those interested in wellness programming, or anyone navigating grassroots institutional change will find this conversation especially relevant.

S3 Ep 3 - Community in Action - Where Purpose Meets Practice: Building Community-Engaged Health Education That Lasts

When Dr. Terry Morrow Nelson agreed in 2012 to pull together a team for an American Diabetes Association walk on NSU's campus, she had one thought leaving that event: a university with this many health professions programs and this many students hungry for real-world experience could do far more than fundraise. The Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness (IDEA) Initiative was born from that question, and it has been running, growing, and evolving ever since. In Season 3 of Behind the Scenes: How Faculty Bring Learning to Life at NSU, the focus is on Community in Action: How NSU Faculty Serve, Partner, and Make an Impact. Host Dr. Marti Snyder is joined by Dr. Morrow Nelson, a professor of Health Sciences at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, to explore how the IDEA Initiative has grown into a year-round program involving 15 health professions, 10 interprofessional teams, and 70 to 80 students annually. They discuss what students gain by moving from simulation to real community settings, how a strengths-based leadership model shapes the work, and what it takes to build community partnerships that last. Faculty interested in interprofessional education, service learning, or sustainable program design will find this conversation full of insight that travels well beyond Health Sciences.

S3 Ep 2 - Community in Action - Feeding Is a Partnership: How NSU Faculty Are Transforming Pediatric Care in South Florida

For families navigating pediatric feeding disorders, fragmented care is often the norm. The Kapila Family Nourishing Lives Feeding Clinic was built to change that. In Season 3 of Behind the Scenes: How Faculty Bring Learning to Life at NSU, the focus is Community in Action: How NSU Faculty Serve, Partner, and Make an Impact. In this episode, host Dr. Marti Snyder speaks with three faculty members from NSU's Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine about the Kapila Family Nourishing Lives Feeding Clinic. Dr. Lorraine Breffni, Dr. Priya Krishnakumar, and Ms. Lisa Presti share how they identified a gap in community services, why an interprofessional model brings better outcomes for children and families, and what this work has taught each of them about patience, compassion, and the practice of truly listening. If you are a faculty member interested in community-engaged clinical education, interprofessional collaboration, or the ways NSU's mission shows up in everyday practice, this is a conversation worth sitting with

S 3 Ep 1 - Community in Action - Closing the Gap Between Talent and Opportunity in STEM

What does it take to help a high school girl see herself as a future scientist, engineer, or neurosurgeon? According to Dr. Angie Su and Dr. Jia Borror, it starts with recognizing that the gap between these students and STEM careers has never been about talent. It has always been about opportunity, exposure, and confidence built early.This is Season 3 of Behind the Scenes: How Faculty Bring Learning to Life at NSU, and this season's focus is Community in Action: How NSU Faculty Serve, Partner, and Make an Impact. In this season opener, host Dr. Marti Snyder speaks with both professors from NSU's Abraham S. Fischler College of Education about their multi-year STEM mentoring initiative for high school girls in our community. Dr. Su and Dr. Borror share how they co-designed the program with school partners, recruited college student mentors close in age to participants, and built the kind of sustained relationship that made a real difference. If you are a faculty member curious about community-engaged work, this conversation is a great place to start.