Developing the next generation of leaders with personalized attention and opportunities takes time, talent, and treasure. In this issue, we highlight our first small sample of faculty and staff members who contribute all three. We want you to learn these personal stories about NSU faculty and staff donors so that everyone knows the tremendous pride our NSU family shares.
Dive in to discover the personal passion behind each of their gifts. Celebrate shared experiences and sources of inspiration. Feel encouraged to know that as Sharks, we always swim forward.
– Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Ph.D., Vice President for Advancement and Community Relations
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A few years ago, Aarika Camp, Ph.D., was on a mission to find the perfect Christmas gift for her brother. She knew that it needed to be something special. After all, at 24, this man had sacrificed so much to raise her after their mother died when Camp was only 16.
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Deborah Ann Mulligan, M.D., remembers her father, a disabled war veteran and son of Irish/German immigrants, had set clear educational expectations for his family. He worked and helped raise five children while still making time to attend school.
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Some of Kevin Dibert’s family
trips started as typical vacations.
A trip to Florida included a day at the beach. But family members slept in disaster relief volunteer bunkers.And teen outings
included stripping wet carpeting from hurricane-damaged homes.
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Robert Speth, Ph.D. and his wife, Janet, support Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) research. Their son, Tim, was diagnosed with DMD at 18 months and passed away from the disease at the age of 20. Helping students with their careers while supporting research that may help find a cure for DMD are personal issues to them.
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Kelly Henson-Evertz, D.N.P. created a Changing Lives Scholarship in memory of her adopted brother, Vinny, who suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). She credits him as the reason she became a nurse. She gives so students don’t face the same financial struggles she did in pursuit of her goal.
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The path for Andrea Darlow, M.B.A., to encourage philanthropy began with her father, a Miami-based attorney. Darlow remembers that many of his clients became his lifelong friends and confidants. Today, she too helps people realize their philanthropic goals and dreams.
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INSPIRATION: FELLOW FACULTY
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Wren Newman, SLP.D., CCC-SLP
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"To honor Dr. Dan Sullivan’s legacy and service to students for more than 35 years, the Division of Student Affairs and College of Undergraduate Studies established a scholarship to continue his tradition of helping one student at a time."
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Anthony Campenni, M.B.A., Division of Student Affairs and the
College of Undergraduate Studies
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Alyson Silva, MAC, C.A.P.
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"The faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences wanted a special way to honor outstanding incoming seniors at homecoming every year, so we created a new tradition with the faculty-awarded biology student fund."
– Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D., Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
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INSPIRATION: 20+ YEARS AT NSU
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Dean J. Preston Jones, D.B.A.
NSU Alumnus
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Steven Harvey, M.B.A.
NSU Alumnus
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Liza Sumulong, M.B.A.
NSU Alumna
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