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Boc a Helping Hands and FAU to Host a Tackle Hunger Cereal Drive D uring Hunger Ac tion Month

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Boca Helping Hands (BHH), in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Athletics and Cereal4All, for the second year running, will commemorate S e p t e m b e r ’s H u ng e r A c t i o n M o n t h by hosting a Tackle Hunger Cereal Drive during the FAU vs. Southeaster n Louisiana football game. The g ame will take p l a c e o n S a t u r d ay, Sept. 10 at 6:00 pm at the FAU Stadium, 7 7 7 G l a d e s Ro a d , B o c a R a t o n , F L 33431. T hose who donate one or more cereal boxes will get into the game for free. Unopened cereal boxes can be dropped at the stadium (Gate 1) on game day.

“This is a great way to see your favorite football team play while helping to fight hunger in our community,” said Greg Hazle, Executive Director of Boca Helping Hands. “Cereal is one of the least donated items to food banks across the country, which means underserved kids and families do not always get to start their day with a nutritious breakfast.”

Cereal4All was started by twin brothers Jett and Luke Justin of Boca Raton, now 14 years old. After volunteering at Boca Helping Hands ( B H H ) w i t h t h e i r p a r e n t s , J e t t a n d Luke organized their first cereal drive for BHH at their school in 2016 when they were just eight years old. The boys have since expanded the p r o g r a m t o m o r e than 15 schools in the area. “We want to live i n a wo r l d w h e r e every kid and family has daily access to breakfast food in their home,” Luke Justin said. “We want to be part of the fight against food insecurity.”

To lear n more, visit BocaHelpingH a n d s. o r g / Ta ck l e H u n g e r. Fo r m o r e ways to get involved during Hunger Action Month, visit BocaHelpingHands.org/ HungerActionMonth to explore volunteer opportunities, food drives, fundraisers, and educational information.

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The Arthur and Emalie Gutter man Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education (CHHRE) at Florida Atlantic University recently announced the Gutter man Family Outstanding Holocaust Educator Awards for 2022.

The award recognizes educators who have demonstrated a positive impact on their schools and the wider community in the field of Holocaust, g enocide and human rights education. It honors individuals who, by their example and through teaching about these difficult subjects, strengthen South Florida students’ world citizenship and capacity to uphold the dignity of all persons.

This year’s recipients are:

Broward County Public Schools:

C h e l s e a D i t t r i ch , S u n r i s e M i d d l e School

Tracy Sachs, Deerfield Beach High School

S c h o o l D i s t r i c t o f Pa l m B e a c h County:

Maureen Car ter, Boca Raton High School

T he Gutter man Center will recognize the educators on Monday, Nov. 7 at the Annual Award Dinner Honoring Outstanding Holocaust Educators.

Through the generosity of the Arthur Gutter man family, the award enables recipients to participate in an educator field study at Holocaust sites in Poland and Israel. The field study trip should occur in early summer 2023. This years’ recipients will travel with educator award winners from 2020 and 2021 who were unable to g o due to travel restrictions and health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Each year, for the past 11 years, we have celebrated the accomplishments of outstanding teachers who g o above and beyond the requirements of the Holocaust education mandate and are tr uly making a difference in the lives of their students, in their schools and in the world,” said Linda Medvin, director of the Gutter man CHHRE. “Many things have changed but we know that education is the best hope against hatred and the Arthur and Emalie Gutter man Family Center is committed to continue our mission to keep the hope alive.”

The Arthur and Emalie Gutter man Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education is a 501(c) 3 not-forprofit organization whose mission is to promote respect for all people through the study of Holocaust, g enocide and human rights, and is an integ ral unit of FAU’s Center for Peace, Justice and Human Rights. The Center relies exclusively on private donations to provide professional learning prog rams and classroom resources for teachers and students, and c o m mu n i t y p r o g r a m s t o s u p p o r t t h e mandated instr uction of the Holocaust required by Florida law.

P r o g r a m s i n c l u d e t e a ch e r wo r kshops, Holocaust Summer Institute, and an annual trip to the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., as well as prog ramming open to the community. The Gutter man CHHRE ser ves K-12 educators in public, private, charter, parochial and Jewish Day Schools throughout Broward, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, and Martin counties. For more infor mation about the Gutter man Center, visit www.fau.edu/ar tsandletters/pjhr/ chhre/ or contact Linda Medvin at 561297-2929, lmedvin@fau.edu

The Schmidt Boc a Raton Histor y Museum Wins 2022 Bernays Award from the Gold Coast PR Council

Mary Csar, Executive Director of The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, received the 2022 Bernays Award from the Gold Coast PR Council (GCPRC) at a special luncheon held on July 20 the Delray Beach Golf Club. The award was for Best Project by or on behalf of a Large Nonprofit Organization.

GCPRC’s 17th a n n u a l B e r n a y s Awards Luncheon h o n o r e d e x c e llence in local public relations campaigns, marketing programs, and media coverage in 17 different categories. The award was presented to Csar by the luncheon’s emcee T.A. Walker, the TODAY at 5 Rep o r t e r a t W P T V News 5.

T h e S c h m i d t B o c a R a t o n H i stor y Museum was specifically nominated for “Histor y Alive,” the dynamic $3 million reimagination, redesign and renovation it underwent before reopening in late 2021, now offering both per manent and changing exhibitions that appeal to families, students and research buffs of all ages.

Most importantly, from the moment The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum re-opened its doors to the public, it has been packed with both first-time and veteran visitors. Subsequent exhibitions and events have been quite popular, including BOCA BACCHANAL, Town Hall Tea Times on Food and Fashions of the 1970s, and a Rap Session with CP Group’s Angela Bianco on the future of BRiC (Boca Raton Innovation Campus). C u r r e n t l y o n

The Schmidt Boca e x h i b i t a t T h e Raton History Museum Schmidt Boca Ra ton History Muse was specifically um: nominated for “History Fifty Years of CollectingAlive,” the dynamic $3 R u n n i n g million reimagination, through December 2022 redesign and Featuring artirenovation it facts and memorabilia that represent underwent the wide range of items that make up t h e e ve r- g r ow i n g h i s t o r i c a l c o l l e ctions of The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, the new temporary exhibition includes everything from Floy Mitchell’s flapper dress to a circa 2000 Votomatic voting machine. These items show the breadth of the Boca Raton Historical Society’s collections acquired over the past half-century and tell a story about how Boca Raton has grown and changed since its establishment as a farming village in the 1890s.

FAU Names New Dean of Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Florida Atlantic University has announced Valery Forbes, Ph.D., as its new dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, effective Aug. 10. Forbes will spearhead FAU’s second largest college, which has a student body o f m o r e t h a n 8,500, and edu c a t i o n a n d r e s e a r ch p r og r a m s i n b i ological science s, c h e m i s t r y a n d b i o ch e mistr y, environm e n t a l s c i e n c e, e xe r c i s e s c i e n c e a n d health promot i o n , g e o s c ie n c e s, m a r i n e s c i e n c e a n d oceanog raphy, m a t h e m a t i c s , n e u r o s c i e n c e , p h y s i c s, p s yc h o l o g y, a n d urban and regional planning.

Forbes brings more than 25 years of experience as a robust, enterprising researcher and academic leader with international experience that pairs well with FAU’s already thriving scientific community.

As the former dean of the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Forbes oversaw a $100 million budget, secured partnerships with government and industry, grew enrollments while maintaining high admissions standards, and launched a Dean’s Underg raduate Research Prog ram. She also successfully advocated for UMN to join the University of California Partnership for Faculty Diversity, a pipeline program to attract high quality and diverse postdocs and facilitate their transition to become tenure-track faculty.

“The university is incredibly proud to welcome such an accomplished leader like Valery,” said Michele Hawkins, Ph.D., interim FAU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “We look forward to seeing how she will build on the existing strengths of the college.”

In her role as dean at UMN, Forbes led major capital projects, including the development of a $110 million biomanufacturing innovation center at UMN to grow the college’s footprint in biotechnology and provide a new revenue stream for the college. As part of UMN’s most recent philanthropic campaign, she exceeded her college’s fundraising goal one year ahead of schedule with major success in raising funds for student scholarships.

“As one of the largest colleges at FAU, it is essential that we not only have strong researchers, but that we have research leaders who want to create synergistic partnerships across FAU and beyond,” Forbes said. “As the dean, I plan to help faculty attract larger, multi-partner grants and projects, reduce administrative barriers for faculty to lead major collaborative research efforts, institute seed funding and provide increased opportunities for faculty to stepup and allow them to lead high impact research initiatives in our areas of strength.” In addition to the eight academic departm e n t s i n t h e S c h m i d t C o llege of Science, there is a group o f s t r o n g i nterdisciplinar y a n d s u b - d i sc i p l i n a r y r esearch centers engaged in cutt i n g - e d g e r es e a r ch . T h e s e i n c l u d e T h e Center for Bio l o g i c a l a n d Materials Physics, The Center f o r C o m p l e x S y s t e m s a n d Brain Sciences, the Center for Cryptology and Information Security, the Center for Geo-Information Sciences, the Center for Molecular Biolog y and Biotechnology, the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, the Florida Center for Environmental Studies, and the Jupiter Life Science Initiative. The College offers programs at FAU’s campuses in Boca Raton, Davie and Jupiter.

Previously, Forbes ser ved at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, as the director of the School of Biological Sciences. In addition, she was the founding depar tment head and professor in the Depar tment of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change at Roskilde University, Denmark.

“My research has been extremely international, and I envision establishing greater international partnerships, and reinforcing cur rent relationships with renowned research par tners, such as the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience,” Forbes said. “We have the only Max Planck Institute in North America in our backyard, that is certainly a feather in our cap and should be nurtured.”

The Schmidt College of Science’s faculty members have active collaborations that extend not only across FAU’s colleges and campuses and with Max Planck, but also through the FAU pillars, including I-BRAIN, I-SENSE, HBOI, and IHEALTH, and other local research institutions such as UF Scripps Biomedical Research. The college also has affiliations with national laboratories such as Los Alamos and Oak Ridge and international collaborations that span the globe.

Forbes received a Ph.D. in coastal oceanog raphy and a master’s deg ree in marine environmental science from the State University System of New York at Stony Brook, and a bachelor’s degree in geology from the State University System of New York at Binghamton.