COURTESY OF JAROD JOHNSON
On April 11, NSU hosted the 25th annual STUEYs at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. The STUEYs started at 6 p.m. with 74 finalists in many departments and various performances between announcements.
Sean Stanton of the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education won the award for NSU Student of the Year Overall.
“I would just like to say thank you to NSU because I know it’s crazy,” Stanton said. “But out of 31 universities, Nova Southeastern was my last pick that I chose to attend and something like it has been the biggest blessing of my life.”
The Professor of the Year award was presented by Ron Chenail, provost of NSU, and members of the Nature Club. Before they presented who won, they joked about how NSU Athletics should form a pickleball team.
COURTESY OF JAROD JOHNSON
Once they were done, they announced the winner, Dr. Aarti Raja, professor of the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and The Current’s health desk adviser.
“I want to thank all the Nomination Committee for bestowing this honor on me. I want to thank the Halmos College, and my colleagues and mentors who push me every day to become a better professor,” Dr. Raja said.
Another award bestowed on a finalist was the Juan Pablo Correa Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is given only to international students and was created to honor Juan Pablo Correa, a student who died from a car crash incident shortly after graduation.
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This special award was presented by Correa’s mother, Sara Cardenas, followed alongside Sarah Chenworth, director of International Affairs, and Emanuella Brito, the 2022 recipient of the scholarship.
“Right after my son passed away in 1997, Dr. Brad Williams created the Juan Pablo Correa Memorial Scholarship in order to honor his legacy, all the good deeds and the love that he had. Nova Southeastern University is no water piston university,” Cardenas said.
Cardenas bestowed the honor to this scholarship upon Ester Costa of the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.
“I’m beyond honored and grateful to be here today, I would like to thank the committee for choosing me as a recipient, Sara for all the support as always, Ms. Cardenas for presenting me with this award, and honestly to all the International Student Committee at NSU that makes me feel at home,” Costa said.
In between award presentations, there was a skit where the STUEYs hosts, Anne Sylvie Jean Louis, Avani Kulkarni and Quincy Lonnie-Maloney, went back in time to where the first STUEYs began. There were also performances by Shark Gold, who sang “Somebody to Love” by Queen, Omar El Hamdani, who played a piano piece, and Bianka Texidor, who did a dance performance.
To be able to be nominated and finalists for the STUEYs, people need to be community oriented, diverse, innovative, and with academic excellence.
