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It’s A 100 Percent ‘Match’ For FAU’s SoonTo-Be Physicians

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FAU Hosts 2019 Violence Summit

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PBA Cinema Students Win Top Honors for Scripts

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Tim Finnegans Irish Pub Raises $15K for St. Baldrick’s Event

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Judy Farmer Named Ambassador to HR Florida

Florida Peninsula Insurance Company proudly announced today that its Human Resources Director, Judy Farmer, was inducted as HR Florida Ambassador by the Human Resources Association of Palm Beach County (HRPBC). As HR Florida Ambassador, Farmer will represent the local chapter to new members and be the liaison between the HRPBC and HR Florida, the state chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

“We are so thrilled that Judy was honored by her peers to represent them...”

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BRIC Announces Job Fair

Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has announced a partnership with CareerSource to host their first tenant-exclusive job fair on Saturday, April 6, from 10am to 2pm in BRIC’s dining hall. The job fair is designed exclusively for companies located at BRIC, which are seeking applicants for a variety of positions. This event is free and open to all job seekers.

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• Palm Beach State College Associate Professor Anurag Katyal is among six in the nation selected to participate as a fellow in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) initiative being piloted by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.

•Products On The Go, LLC, is happy to announce that they are partnering with the Junior League of Boca Raton in helping distribute diapers to local nonprofit agencies.

The Delray Beach company donates their Little Toes Natural Bamboo Fiber Diapers, Swimmys, and on-the-go diaper changing sets to hospitals, pediatrician offices, clinics, shelters, and diaper banks both locally and nationally.

• Based on recent news of more and more counties banning plastic straws, FarFromBoring Hospitality is answering the call by offering to swap out all current stock of plastic straws up to 20,000 from local establishments. FarFromBoring Hospitality, the founder of eco-friendly, reasonably-priced Rhino paper straws, is also sweetening the deal by offering buyers 15% off any paper straws they purchase in the month of February and March.

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remarks by College and industry leaders and student technology demonstrations. Housed in the Technology Center on the Lake Worth campus, the 1,264 square-foot former classroom has been reimagined as a high-tech sandbox that will provide students with the tools and technologies they need to tackle actual industry challenges in collaboration with area businesses. “The lab is designed to connect PBSC students with industry, providing students with hands-on experiences that prepare them for placement upon graduation,” said Kimberly Allen, PBSC associate dean for business and computer science. “We see it as a space that will continue to grow and evolve in response to industry trends.”

• Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life, Barb Schmidt founder, and Florida Atlantic University present “Be the Change,” an evening of conversation and storytelling on how personal empowerment and self-care can lead to positive social change with Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Brittany Packnett, Barb Schmidt, Michelle Maros and other surprise guest speakers. The event will take place on Friday, April 5 in the Kaye Auditorium on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.

• Boca Helping Hands held its 12th Annual Bowling for Bread Event & Food Drive on August 26th. Over 400 kids and supporters attended the event and enjoyed pizza, burgers, wings and more, as well as prizes, clowns and, of course, bowling at Strikes@ Boca. Guests brought 63 pounds of food to donate to the food drive, and the event benefited participating children’s non-profits and their children’s based initiatives.

• Even though Palm Beach County is known for its vast wealth, one in six residents do not know where their next meal will come from according to the Palm Beach County Food Bank. Since the majority of Palm Beach State College students are residents of the county, they too may be struggling to get enough to eat. To help ensure they have this basic need met, the College has relocated and expanded its food pantry, now called

• JPalm Beach State College launched its new Innovation Lab at a grand opening ceremony Thursday with a ribbon-cutting,

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The 2019 Florida Atlantic University Football Pro Day is set with 24 former Owls prepared to take center stage, on Tuesday, March 26 at FAU Stadium.

While players will check in at 1 p.m., testing is not scheduled to begin until 2 p.m. with inside evaluations followed by field drills.

• For nearly 22 months, students and employees watched patiently as the building they’d heard so much about slowly materialized. Today, they finally had the chance to walk the Christine E. Lynn University Center hallways, lounge together on comfy couches and cool chairs, take in views from all five terraces, and even test the soundproofing of soon-to-be-favorite conference rooms.

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COMMUNITY Will Present Two Iconic Musicals in 2019: Man of La Mancha and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The award-winning MNM Theatre Company, under the direction of Executive Producer and Artistic Director Marcie Gorman, will mount two of Broadway’s most beloved and successful musicals in 2019. Man of La Mancha will run from September 13th through September 29th, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will run from November 22nd through December 8th. Both shows will be performed in the Raymond F. Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse, and Forum will be a co-presentation with the Kravis Center.

“We chose these two shows after much deliberation,” Gorman explains. “And it was a truly collaborative decision. Our team sat down together right after Grease closed and looked at every aspect of our season. We were thrilled with the audience response to our shows – two sold out productions in one season! (Grease and Avenue Q). And since our patrons were so supportive, we decided to include them in the process – Grease audiences were surveyed as to what they would like to see for our next season.

Man of La Mancha was the top pick by far, with Forum coming in a strong second. We’re thrilled, since these two shows are both Broadway classics, but totally different from one another.

“We pride ourselves on the fact that MNM uses local talent almost exclusively in our productions,” Gorman continues, “and these two shows will allow us to continue to showcase the incredible abilities of our own community.”

Dominick Ruggiero will direct the witty, irreverent, and deliberately and hilariously politically incorrect A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Bruce Linser will helm Man of La Mancha.

Linser is a 2018 Carbonell nominee for his recent direction of Palm Beach Dramaworks production of Woody Guthrie’s American Song: “Man of La Mancha has been on my bucket list for years,” Linser said recently. “Set in a Seville prison during the Spanish

Inquisition, the musical theatricalizes the adventures of epic literary character Don Quixote as performed through the eyes of his creator, author Miguel de Cervantes. It is one of the most beloved musicals of all time, and is a testament to the power of art, hope, and love to enrich and transform our lives.”

Paul Reekie, who has worked with MNM since their first production (A Chorus Line, 2014) will serve as the musical director for both Man of La Mancha and A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum: “While both shows are “period pieces” (in their own ways), the orchestration in Forum has a contemporary yet classical musical theatre sound, while La Mancha strives for an organic, natural tone (no piano!),” he says. “Both shows were written within five years of each other, and both have a trumpet in them, but contrast a “musical theatre” trumpet sound from the modern age (Forum) with a renaissance trumpet sound (La Mancha), and there you will hear the vastly different effect one instrument can have on the mood of the show.”

Man of La Mancha will run from September 13 – September 29, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will run from November 22 – December 8. Both productions will take place in the Raymond Kravis Center for the Performing Arts’ Rinker Playhouse. Ticket prices and details will be coming soon.

MNM Theatre Company attained not-for-profit 501(c)(3) status in 2018. They are an award- winning theatre company that performs at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in the Rinker Playhouse. Donations can be sent to MNM Theatre Company, 318 S. Lake Drive, Lantana, FL 3362. For more information, please visit mnmtheatre.org.

For more information about MNM Theatre Company and/or Marcie Gorman, please visit mnmtheatre. org or contact Carol Kassie at Carol@ CarolKassie.com / 561-445-9244.

Tim Finnegans Irish Pub Raises $15K for St. Baldrick’s Event

Lisa Walsh, the owner of Tim Finnegans Irish Pub, is a caring and compassionate business owner, and when it comes to kid’s charities, she and her team can be counted on to step up and help in every way possible. One-year-old Andrew Regan from Boca Raton needs help battling cancer, and more than 150 Tim Finnegans loyal patrons and friends raised $15,000 on March 3 at the popular Delray Beach pub for his benefit. St. Baldrick’s arranges events to raise money for kids with cancer. For more information, go to www.stbaldricks.org.

Here’s what one generous participant had to say, “I’m shaving my head to raise money for childhood cancer research! My neighbor Andrew was diag-

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nosed with leukemia 3 weeks ago. He is only 14 months old. He, along with his 2 older brothers, are like brothers to me and I want him to beat this disease. Help me raise money to find a cure not only for Andrew but for all the kids fighting hard everyday. Thank you so much!”

Tim Finnegan’s Irish Pub is located at 2885 S. Federal Hwy., Delray Beach, in the Dumar Plaza.

The pub is open daily for lunch and dinner from 11 am to 2 am. Happy Hour is daily from 11 am to 6 pm. Irish Breakfast Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 3 pm. For information, call 561-330-3153.

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The soon-to-be graduates of the class of 2019 at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine joined thousands of medical students across the nation to celebrate “Match Day.” The 55 members of the class of 2019 achieved a 100 percent match as they participated in this rite of passage to find out where they will be spending the next several years of medical training as residents.

Residency programs take three to seven years to complete depending on the medical specialty and are required for physicians to become license-eligible (board certified).

Promptly at noon, together with other graduating medical students in the United States, the class of 2019 opened their sealed envelopes containing their residency match results. Match Day occurs on the third Friday of March every year where the results of the National Resident Matching Program(NMRP)are announced.

“As you open your envelopes and discover where you will be conducting your next phase of training, please know that you will always be part of the Schmidt College of Medicine family,” said Phillip Boiselle, M.D., dean of FAU’s College of Medicine as he addressed the class of 2019 during Match Day. “Congratulations to the class of 2019 on achieving a 100 percent match. We are especially proud of your accomplishments, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm about the practice of medicine, and your compassion for your patients as well as one another, which are all admirable and inspiring in equal measure.”

In line with the medical school’s mission, one-third or 21 members of the graduating class will enter primary care specialties, which include internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, and obstetrics/ gynecology. Nearly one-third of the class also matched in highly specialized fields that are among the most competitive in the match process, including urology, ophthalmology, dermatology, radiation oncology, and orthopedic specialties, among others.

In addition, on Match Day, 50 outstanding medical students from around the country successfully matched into FAU’s residency programs in internal medicine (27), surgery (10), emergency medicine (6), psychiatry (4) and neurology (3). Sixty-two percent of them have academic (college, medical school) or personal/family connections to Florida, a strong predictor that they will remain in Florida to practice and reduce

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the state’s projected physician workforce deficit.

Among the various Florida institutions where FAU’s class of 2019 placed are Jackson Memorial Hospital; Orlando Health; the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Holy Cross; the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine; the University of Florida College of Medicine-Shands Hospital; the University of Central Florida College of Medicine/GME Consortium; Florida Hospital; Broward Health Medical Center; and FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine.

The class of 2019 also placed in several top institutions nationally, including Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire; Northwestern McGaw/Lurie Children’s in Chicago; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville; Baylor College of Medicine in Houston; the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago; and the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.

“Class of 2019, in addition to achieving a 100 percent match rate, you have exceeded our expectations by placing in some of the most competitive specialties in prestigious institutions throughout our nation,” said Stuart L. Markowitz, M.D., senior associate dean of student affairs and admissions in FAU’s College of Medicine.

“Savor this special moment with your colleagues, friends, family and all of us at Florida Atlantic University as we celebrate your many accomplishments on this important day. Congratulations and best is yet to come!”

The NRMP expects the 2019 Main Residency Match to be the largest in history, exceeding the more than 43,000 applicants who registered for the 2018 Match.

Results of the Main Residency Match are closely watched because they can predict future changes in the physician workforce.

The NRMP uses a computer algorithm, developed in 1952 by Nobel Prizewinning economist Alvin Roth, to place students in the program that they prefer. Each residency program at a hospital has a fixed number of first-year positions that they can fill each year based on their accreditation.

Leading up to the big day, each student lists in order of preference the residency program that he or she seeks to work with and each residency program then ranks its applicants in order of its own preferences.

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Judy Farmer Named Ambassador to HR Florida

Florida Peninsula Insurance Company proudly announced today that its Human Resources Director, Judy Farmer, was inducted as HR Florida Ambassador by the Human Resources Association of Palm Beach County (HRPBC). As HR Florida Ambassador, Farmer will represent the local chapter to new members and be the liaison between the HRPBC and HR Florida, the state chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

“We are so thrilled that Judy was honored by her peers to represent them as their Florida Ambassador. Judy is the perfect choice as she embodies the best qualities of the human resources profession,” said Clint Strauch, President of Florida Peninsula Insurance.

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Participating in the development and implementation of short-term and long-term strategic planning.

“With great pride I accepted this opportunity to become the liaison for our chapter with HR Florida and SHRM, and I look forward to being an ambassador for our new members,” said Judy Farmer, HR Director for Florida Peninsula Insurance.

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Remember to Read Something Over the Spring Break

Today, 196,000 students in the School District of Pam Beach County will begin their coveted spring-break.

And while many students will be heading to local camps or even mini family vacations, many - especially those who are at-potential - will sit idle or do worse. (Many will also go hungry.)

I am calling on parents to encourage your children to pick up a book and read it during the break. After all, anything school-related can sound like “homework” to students. And I know that when the options include swimming, streaming videos or playing video games, going to the mall or hanging out with friends, reading can sometimes be a hard sell.

Studies however show that at-potential children are at a greater risk of losing what they earned when classes are not in session.

Recently, I encouraged some of my mentees to read something over the Spring Break and their response was quite interesting. For a minute, I

thought they were unionized. Some see the break as a respite from class.

“Spring Break is our time to get away from school and condition our minds for the weeks leading up to summer,” one reasoned.

My seniors see it as a rite of passage or a reward for slogging through the stressful SATs, personal essays and arduous college admissions process.

While they do not care about reading, some will do so to amuse or even appease me.

When I pointed out that the most recent study ranks the quality of education in Florida at number 25, students should be spending more days in the classroom or a learning environment than they do.

That kicked off a lively debate.

One, who should be destined to an Ivy League college, quickly pointed out that by spending more time in a school building does not always result in a better student. Instead, she said, more time

in a learning environment could be a better alternative.

State law requires Palm Beach County schools to hold 180 days of instruction time. In comparison, students in Japan spend 243 days - 63 days longer. And the standard school year in Israel, the Netherlands, Scotland and West Germany is 200 days or more. It should be noted thought that although those countries spend more time in school, this does not mean they are receiving more instruction.

I concur that the antidote is not simply more time in class. In countries that outperform the U.S., students spend less time in class, not more.

Children—especially elementary-age students—learn through play and activities.

I also think students should not have to be physically at school every day or all day. This will allow for other learning opportunities and environments to be integrated into a child’s education.

Unfortunately, we would have a better chance of making Palm Beach County the state capital than getting the school district to change the school calendar.

Any such move would be countered with opposition from the teachers’ union, vocal families, the tourism industry and any and everything that could improve academic achievement.

As a proponent of year-round school, I think there should be the equivalent of eight weeks of vacation distributed throughout the year—two weeks every season.

This certainly will reduce the frequency and extent of summer learning loss. It will also afford students an opportunity to job shadow or participate in experiential trips outside of their community or city.

And as I told those students, in the end, their hard work, sacrifice and dedication over Spring Break could be the real keys to their personal and professional success.

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By Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.

Unveiling Your True Identity!

A person, most often, develops a relationship with another on the basis of what each knows, and comes to like, about the other. This is true in neighborhoods, at the work place, in social clubs, in religious institutions, among fellow students, and in many additional settings where people operate.

Many of these will never surpass a mere wave of the hand each time they pass one another, maybe an actual handshake, besides an occasional brief exchange of words of limited significance. Such can easily happen even among people who had never met before, but which came to find

sufficient reason to share some words based on a common experience at a particular moment.

There are others who go a bit deeper, and may even engage in conversation each time they pass each other.

Perhaps a world or national event of some significance may cause comments to be made and even a dialogue to unfold.

Yet, at these two levels just described, chances are that nothing extra will occur unless there is a deliberate effort, and a corresponding response, which enables ties to be established between two or more individuals. That may de-

pend on how much of one’s personal identity is honestly, gradually, and mutually disclosed; when some form of trust is established among the parties!

A person’s looks, speech, and many other factors can be partially helpful, just as they can also be totally deceptive. That’s why I often recommend to individuals and audiences I address: Be sure your identity is manifested far more by who you are, rather than merely by things you possess!

It’s quite sad, albeit true, that far too many people today prefer to operate more on the basis of appearance than reality. Many talk quite well and too

much, yet never adding the ingredients that truthfully point to who they actually are as a person!

Nevertheless, you can develop a set of easy questions which can be posed to an individual you become interested in knowing better and developing mutual trust. Then, together, you can impact other lives with the values of integrity and solid attitudes you can model through all you do! In all you are and do, just be real; and make that as contagious as you can!

Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr. is a Florida resident who, for many years, was a professor at the post-graduate level. He is a writer, a sought-after conference speaker, a man who lived in five continents of the world, having received his education in four of them. When he resided in southern California, he wrote a weekly column for the daily “Anaheim Bulletin,” which was carried for about six years, until he moved to south Florida.

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St. Patrick’s Day at Parker Playhouse

On Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day the day started off with Sunday Brunch at Gleneagles Country Club and then it was off to the Parker Playhouse to see the movie “A Bronx Tale” and hear comments about growing up in the Bronx by Chazz Palmenteri, the star and author of the movie. I got to personally meet Chazz Palmenteri who informed me he is bringing the Bronx Tale Musical to the Broward Center on June 11th thru the 23rd.

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Have you ever done much volunteer work? Many of us might think it is all we can do to accomplish our regular work responsibilities. However, every week millions of people volunteer in a vast variety of ways. If it were not for them, many important things would never get done.

Volunteers provide vital services, such as helping teachers in schools; aiding individuals who are homebound due to illness or disability; assisting in orphanages; providing foster care for children; supporting international relief agencies; addressing needs of the poor and needy; participating in short-term mission trips; responding to natural disasters; mentoring both young people and adults; and helping to care for wounded and endangered animals. Charitable organizations like the Salvation Army have been built by volunteers.

Years ago, after undergoing open-heart surgery, I volunteered at a local hospital to visit with patients who had gone through similar procedures to offer encouragement, share from my own experiences, and give suggestions for their recovery process. It was rewarding for me, especially since I could relate to what they were experiencing and knew how much such visits would have meant for me.

For those of us who follow Jesus Christ, volunteering is a privilege. In the Old Testament, we find the example of one who recognized the importance of being a volunteer. In Isaiah 6:8, we read, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” God took him up on his offer, and Isaiah became a bold spokesman for the Lord, calling people to repentance and offering spiritual assurance to those who were seeking to know Him better.

Everyone who has been involved with CBMC in a significant way understands it relies heavily upon volunteers. It consists of business and professional people who willingly give of their time, energy and resources to help others not only with workplace responsibilities and challenges, but also in helping them discover how biblical truth and principles relate to everyday life and work.

CBMC promotes the concept of “marketplace ambassadors,” people who see their work not only as livelihoods but also as opportunities to represent Jesus to everyone they encounter.

“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:20). It is like Isaiah declaring, “Here am I. Send me!”

Where are ambassadors to go?

The Good News of Jesus Christ is not limited to certain people groups or segments of society. It is to be caringly and faithfully communicated in every continent, to every nation, city and town.

“He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation’” (Mark 16:15).

Who are we to serve? Workplaces around the world all consist of people needing to hear the lifetransforming message of Christ. In the process, we are to serve as ambassadors – His willing, volunteer representatives.

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).

What are we to do? The mission is not simply to convey information, but to help people understand what it means to follow Christ, practicing and obeying what He taught. “…as you are going, make disciples…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded…” (Matthew 28:19-20).

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FAU Hosts 2019 Violence Summit

Florida Atlantic University’s Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work within the College for Design and Social Inquiry in partnership with FAU’s Brain Institute, FAU’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and the Palm Health Foundation recently hosted the 2019 Violence Summit, a series of workshops discussing violence from different perspectives.

“This event is an important step as we work together to tackle the complex issue of violence and to create a community where diversity is not only embraced – but celebrated,” said Naelys Luna, Ph.D., director of the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work.

The keynote speaker of the event was Jeremy Richman, Ph.D., a neuro-pharmacologist and CEO of the Avielle Foundation. Richman’s daughter, Avielle, was murdered in her first-grade classroom in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. In response, Richman and his wife started the Avielle Foundation,

which is committed to preventing violence and building compassion through brain health research, community engagement and education.

Richman’s talk, “The Neuroscience of Being Human(e),” examined recent brain research that provides insights that can help everyday citizens to identify the signs and symptoms of someone troubled or in crisis, to responsibly advocate for those at risk of violence to themselves or to others, and, most importantly, to foster kind, healthy and compassionate individuals and communities.

Other speakers included: Linda Laviano, victim witness counselor for the Office of the State Attorney, 17thCircuit in Broward County; Frank De La Torre, retired chief assistant public defender for the Broward County Public Defender’s Office; and Brandy Macaluso, chief programming officer for the Coalition for Independent Living Options.

For more information on the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, visit cdsi.fau.edu/ssw/.

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PBA Cinema Students Win Top Honors for Scripts

Students from the School of Communication and Media won five awards – including the top two prizes for scriptwriting — in the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts.

Danielle Newport and Emma Meadows pose for a photo in Pembroke Hall.Sophomore Danielle Newport and junior Emma Meadows claimed first and second place, respectively, for their scripts. They competed against students from Biola University, the University of Central Florida, University of Georgia and East Tennessee State University.

Winning in the competition “has helped put PBA film on the map,” said Antonio Zarro, professor of cinema arts.

“We like that exposure.”

In April, the university will send the students to Las Vegas to receive their awards at the BEA convention. The convention occurs in conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters convention, which is one of the largest in the world. The latter attracted 93,000 attendees in 2018, said Dr. J. Duane Meeks, dean of the School of Communication and Media.

“It’s a huge deal,” Meeks said.

“For our students to be a part of it is a major opportunity.”

Other BEA winners include alumnus Philip Kalicharan ’18, who took first place in the narrative category, and senior Leticia Landrau, who won an award of excellence for her original television series pilot. Alumnus Zach Guinta ’18 claimed the award of excellence in the

film and video competition.

Meadows’ script tells the story of a child who is raised by two blind parents. Their relationship deteriorates, but adult son’s circumstances lead him to reconnect with his dad.

The movie ends with the father seeing his son for the first time.

Meadows wanted to convey that pride can get in the way of realizing what’s truly important and that no matter how bad a relationship or situation has gotten, it’s not beyond redemption, she said.

Newport’s script is a spy-comedy about a psychiatrist with a double life as a secret agent. The agent/psychiatrist’s new partner, as it turns out, is one of her patients. They must put their differences aside and work together to save the world.

While Newport, a cinema arts major, has her sights set on a career in screenwriting, Meadows’ journey has been more circuitous. Meadows loved photography when her search for a small Christian school led her to Palm Beach Atlantic University.

“I discovered I have more of a passion for film than I ever could have imagined,” Meadows said.

Now the cinema arts major plans to attend graduate school for cinematography, and she has the award to add to her résumé.

Newport said she’s honored to receive her award and thankful for all that her professors have done.

“It’s just such a great accomplishment to be both first and second.”

Boca Raton Innovation Campus Announces Job Fair on April 6

Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC) has announced a partnership with CareerSource to host their first tenant-exclusive job fair on Saturday, April 6, from 10am to 2pm in BRIC's dining hall. The job fair is designed exclusively for companies located at BRIC, which are seeking applicants for a variety of positions. This event is free and open to all job seekers.

"In addition to our campus providing amenities and conveniences that employees can't find anywhere else, the organizations that work on campus each do their part to contribute to making BRIC a great place to work," said Danielle Vennett, General Manager of BRIC and Vice President of Crocker Partners. "We could not think of a better opportunity to showcase why people choose to work at BRIC than by hosting a job fair exclusively for our innovative tenant base."

By hosting the job fair on campus, interested job-seekers will have the opportunity to see first-hand all the amenities that BRIC has to offer its employees – including an on-site gym, conference center and day care as well as monthly farmer's markets and food truck events. Select companies will also be giving tours of their respective spaces and

providing on-the-spot interviews.

"Opportunities like this are one of the reasons we chose to relocate our headquarters to BRIC," said Ellen deClaire, VP of Human Resources at MobileHelp. "As we continue to look for great talent to help us grow, we look forward to engaging actively in these kinds of partnership endeavors which allow us to tap more deeply into the local community."

Employers will be recruiting for positions such as customer service representatives, insurance sales, associate software support, business analysts, chat specialists and more.

Participating companies include MobileHelp, Modernizing Medicine, MDVIP, Newtek, Gubagoo, Public Reputation and Integrated Dermatology.

Food trucks will be on-site during the event. Job-seekers are encouraged to dress professionally and bring plenty of resumes. Free parking is available in the 4920 Conference Way North parking lot, where the food trucks will be located.

Applicants are urged to register for the job fair through Eventbrite (search: BRIC job fair) in order to skip the lines the dayof the event.

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Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters is hosting the fifth annual Palm Beach Book Festival with an exciting group of New York Times bestselling, celebrity authors to give a reading and presentation followed by a book signing.

The festival will take place on Saturday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in FAU’s University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. Tickets for the full day are $85, and individual panel tickets are $20, and can be purchased at www. fauevents.com or by calling 561-297-6124.

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The first panel will start at 10 a.m. and will include Tayari Jones and Idra Novey, two authors featured in Oprah’s Book Club panel. Jones is the author of the novels “Leaving Atlanta,” “The Untelling,” “Silver Sparrow,” and “An American Marriage,” which was chosen as an Oprah Book Club selection.

Her writing has appeared in Tin House, The Believer, The New York Times, and Callaloo. A member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, Jones has also been a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; the Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; the United States Artist Fellowship; an NEA Fellowship; and the Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. Jones is currently a professor of creative writing at Emory University.

Novey is the author of the novels “Those Who Knew” and “Ways to Disappear,” which was the winner of the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize, the 2016 Brooklyn Eagles Prize, and a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poets & Writers Magazine, the PEN Translation Fund, and the Poetry foundation. She’s taught at Princeton University, Columbia, NYU, Fordham, and the Catholic University of Chile. This session will be moderated

by Leigh Haber, books editor for Oprah Magazine, where she curates the Reading Room section and other literary coverage.

The second panel at 11 a.m. will feature Susan Orlean, who has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including “The Library Book,” “Rin Tin Tin,” “Saturday Night,” and “The Orchid Thief,” which was made into the Academy Award–winning film adaptation. This panel will be moderated by Christopher Bonanos, city editor at New York magazine, where he covers arts and culture and urban affairs. He is the author of “Flash The Making of Weegee The Famous” and “Instant: The Story of Polaroid.”

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former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and the Max Einstein series, produced in partnership with the Albert Einstein Estate.

Patterson’s writing career is characterized by a single mission: to prove that there is no such thing as a person who “doesn’t like to read,” only people who haven’t found the right book. He’s given more than 3 million books to schoolkids and the military and more than $70 million to support education, as well as endowed more than 5,000 college scholarships for teachers. The National Book Foundation recently presented Patterson with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and he is also the recipient of an Edgar Award and six Emmy Awards. He lives in Florida with his family.

This panel will be moderated

by Rob Scheer, the founder of Comfort Cases, a charity whose mission is to inspire communities to bring dignity and hope to the nearly 438,000 youth in foster care in the United States. He lives with his husband and children in Maryland.

Panel 4 at 2 p.m. is “Big Bens!

Authors in Conversation,” with Ben Fountain and Ben Bradlee, Jr. Bradlee is the author of the critically acclaimed “The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams” and three other books. Bradlee spent 25 years with the Boston Globe and as deputy managing editor oversaw its Pulitzer Prize–winning coverage of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church from July 2001 to August 2002.

John Slattery portrayed Bradlee in the 2015 Oscar winning film, “Spotlight.”

Fountain was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and grew up in the tobacco country in the eastern part of the state. A former practicing attorney, he is the author of “Brief Encounters with Che Guevara,” which won the PEN/ Hemingway Award and the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction, and the novel “Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,” which was adapted into a feature film directed by three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee. His series of essays published in The Guardian on the 2016 U.S. presidential election was subsequently nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary.

The final panel of the day starts at 3:20 p.m. and features Mitch Albom, the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. He has written six consecutive No. 1 New York Times’ bestsellers, including “Tuesdays with Morrie,” the bestselling memoir of all time. He has also penned award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column and a musical. Albom’s books have collectively sold more than 39 million copies in 42 languages. He founded and oversees S.A.Y. Detroit, a consortium of nine different charitable operations in his hometown, and created a nonprofit dessert shop and food product line to fund programs for Detroit’s neediest citizens. He also operates an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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SPORTS Smith Sinks Bucs With Walk-Off Three-Run Homer

Palm Beach Atlantic baseball defeated No. 20 Barry on Wednesday in an exciting extra-inning ballgame, as PBA won 7-4 on a walk-off homer from junior Brandon Smith. PBA has now won seven out of eight games and improve to 13-12 on the year while Barry's nine-game winning streak is snapped as the Bucs fall to 19-5.

Sailfish starter Matt Leslie worked in and out of trouble several times on Wednesday, including in the third inning where the Bucs loaded the bases with nobody out before Leslie retired three straight hitters to escape the jam without scoring a run.

Barry finally broke through in the top of the fifth, as some sloppy Sailfish defense led to two unearned runs for the Bucs. Leslie completed his outing after five innings while allowing just the two unearned runs while striking out five.

Brandon Smith and Sean Houck both walked to lead off the bottom of the fifth, and Marcos Perez and Derek Schwimer both followed with RBI singles that tied the game at two. With two outs in the inning Brandon Seltzer drilled a single to left field that scored two more runs to give the 'Fish a 4-2 lead.

The Buccaneers tied the game in

the sixth as Ariel Diaz launched a two-run homer to right-center field.

Orsen Josephina pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth innings to keep the game tied at four, as the senior struck out two hitters without allowing a hit.

Joey Hennessey pitched two strong innings of relief as well as he kept the Bucs off the scoreboard and sent the game to the bottom of the 10th tied at four.

Connor Rowland and Danny Tufariello both singled with two outs to extend the 10th, and Brandon Smith greeted a new Buccaneer pitcher with a towering three-run homer to right center to give the Sailfish a walk-off victory.

Marcos Perez went 3-for-4 on the night as he scored a run and drove in another. Schwimer went 2-for-5 in the game as the Sailfish out-hit the Bucs 10-6.

Hennessey picks up the win in relief after his two scoreless frames.

The Sailfish will be back in action on Friday as they will open up a Sunshine State Conference weekend series against No. 16 Nova Southeastern University. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Sailfish Fall To Top Ranked Barry

No. 41 Palm Beach Atlantic women's tennis couldn't measure up to No. 1 Barry on Thursday afternoon, losing to the Bucs 7-0.

The Sailfish lost all three doubles matches with Bella Mermersky and Consuela Van Grinsven putting up the biggest fight at No. 2. The Sailfish duo lost 6-3 to Zuza Maciejewska and Carolin Schmidt. The Bucs took the other two doubles matches by the identical 6-1

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Former Virgina Tech Defensive Star Training in Boca Raton Ahead of NFL Draft

score.

In singles Mermersky was the only Sailfish to challenge the Bucs despite dropping both sets to Maciejewska.

Barry took the No. 2 flight 7-6, 6-2. PBA couldn't muster much against the mighty Bucs lineup that featured five players nationally or regionally ranked.

The Sailfish will hit the road on Saturday to take on No. 7 Lynn at 10 a.m.

Former Virgina Tech defensive star Mook Reynolds has been training in South Florida, and he is ready for this year's NFL draft.

"We put 20 pounds of pure muscle on Mook and he is really fast.

Based on my experience as a Division 1 football coach at West Virginia University and Marshall [University], I believe Mook is one of the two top Defensive Backs in this year's draft. He is perfect for the NFL; he's versatile and can play safety, corner, linebacker, can stop big running backs and is also an excellent special teams player," said Mook's NFL agent Zack Gottfried.

Mook has had an illustrious career, and he played defensive back for Virginia Tech for three years. He is well known for stopping 215 pound NFL RB Alvin Kamara in front of a crowd of 165,000 spectators at Bristol Motors Speedway while both were in college.

This is great proof that he can stop big running backs as well.

Mook has had visits from vari-

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ous NFL teams, all of which expressed high interest in him. He played in this year's All Star Tropical Bowl in Daytona Beach, where he was a standout player and got requests to meet with NFL scouts before the event even started.

Mook was very well received.

Personally, Mook is a wonderful person, and watching him around children is fascinating. Kids gravitate toward him, and he gives everyone time to make them feel special. Mook has never been in trouble in his entire life, and, to date, his record is completely clear. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time last year, but happily the case is now over and he never has to look back.

Without a doubt, Mook is ready to play in the NFL. According to Reynolds, "I am looking forward to seeing the NFL scouts and coaching staff again at my pro day later this month to show them I am NFL ready. To the team that selects me: I plan to give my all to the organization, the coaches, the fans and the community."

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FAU Sets Pro Day

The 2019 Florida Atlantic University Football Pro Day is set with 24 former Owls prepared to take center stage, on Tuesday, March 26 at FAU Stadium.

While players will check in at 1 p.m., testing is not scheduled to begin until 2 p.m. with inside evaluations followed by field drills.

For the first time in the program's 18-year history, FAU Pro Day is slated to have three outgoing juniors among those participating. Jovon Durante (WR), Devin Singletary (RB) and Kerrith Whyte, Jr. (RB/ KR) are scheduled to workout. Senior Owls participating are: Azeez Al-Shaair (LB), Ernest Bagner (DL), Reggie Bain (OL), DeSean Cannon (CB), Kain Daub (DE), Daikwon Fuse (DE), Kris Harris (LB), Gerald Hearns (RB), Steven Leggett (DL), Shelton Lewis (CB), Conor Miller (QB), Herb Miller (CB), Rafe Peavy (QB), Ocie Rose (S), Silver Saunders (RB), Hunter Snyder (DE), Andrew Soroh (LB), Raekwon Williams (CB), Ray Wilson (RB), Jalen Young (S) and Anthony Hamilton (CB).

In recent years, FAU defensive backs have been a unit that has broken into the NFL with D'Joun Smith being the program's highest overall selection.

Smith was taken in the third round (No. 65 overall) by the Indianapolis Colts in 2015. The first Owl taken in a draft was quarterback Rusty Smith, who was selected in the sixth round (No. 176) of the 2010 draft by the Tennessee Titans.

Among the draftees, the Owls have pushed members into the NFL that were quarterbacks, tight ends, running backs, defensive linemen, defensive backs and have witnessed linebackers and wide receivers make an NFL roster as free agents. Offensive lineman is the final position ceiling that could be broken in 2019. Reggie Bain, a freshman All-American and Conference USA selection, will participate in evaluations on Tuesday.

These 24 Owl football alumni will attempt to join the ranks of the NFL that currently has FAU players with the San Fransisco 49ers (Alfred Morris), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Adarius (Glanton) Taylor), Baltimore Ravens (Trevon Coley), Atlanta Falcons (Sharrod Neasman), New York Jets (Cre'von LeBlanc), Carolina Panthers (Damian Parms), New Orleans Saints (Trey Hendrickson) and Cleveland Browns (Greg Joseph).

While FAU fans are excited to cheer once more for their favorite Owls, the event is a job interview for these players and is closed to the general public.

One group of individuals who will follow this year's draft is the future hopeful FAU players. The current Owls began spring workouts March 20 and will practice three times a week through April 20 with the 2019 Spring Game scheduled for 2 p.m., April 13 in the FAU Stadium.

The Spring Game is free and open to the public. Fans can follow the team via Twitter at @FAUAthletics and season tickets can be purchased by calling 1-866-FAUOwls.

FAU Men’s Basketball Accepts Bid to CollegeInsider.com Tournament

The Florida Atlantic University men's basketball team has accepted a bid to play in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). The Owls' first round game will be versus Charleston Southern on Thursday, March 21 at the Buccaneer Field House in Charleston, South Carolina.

Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Eastern.

Live audio will be available on ESPN 106.3 FM, ESPNWestPalm.com or via smartphone using the free ESPN app.

"We are obviously very excited to receive an invitation to participate in the 2019 CIT. Having the opportunity to play in the postseason is a reward that our guys have both earned and deserve," said FAU Head Coach Dusty May. "We have really enjoyed coaching this group and couldn't be more excited to continue our season together in a postseason tournament."

The postseason bid is the just the third in school history. FAU previous-

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ly appeared in the 2002 NCAA Tournament and 2011 NIT.

FAU is in its first season under May, who was recently named a finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award as the best first year head coach in Division I. The Owls hold a 17-15 record and have clinched their first winning season since 2011.

CSU also has a 17-15 record and won six of its last seven games before falling to Radford in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament.

The CIT field is made up of non-Power 5 programs not selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament or NIT. All tournament games will be played on campus sites.

The CIT uses the old NIT model, with future round opponents determined by results of the previous round.

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