March 2008.  Year 2, No. 2

Dear Alumni, Students, and Friends,

Welcome to our second CAU Alumni NewsFlash of the year!  We have recently changed the format to create uniformity with the rest of the campus' communication pieces.  It is a pleasure to share with you some of the recent developments on campus and the wonderful accomplishments of our alumni and students. We welcome your feedback and invite you to share your input by e-mailing mbouwer@albizu.edu.  Additionally, we have launched a brand new CAU Alumni & Student Website and online community. Visit http://alumni.albizu.edu/ to network with other alumni, find out about upcoming events, meet your Alumni Board members, see what growing list of benefits the Alumni Association offers you, submit notes and photos, maintain your personal profile page, and more!

Warm Regards

Marco N. Bouwer
Alumni Development Officer

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CAU AlumnusAppointed to Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster
NEW YORK - Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D. ('95) has recently been appointed as a candidate on the Fulbright Senior Specialist for Mental Health Roster.  The roster is a list of all approved candidates eligible to be matched with incoming program requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Senior Specialist. 

An addition big honor was recently bestowed on the CAU graduate when he was invited by the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) of The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. to participate in a two-week program held at the National Naval Medical Center – Bethesda and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  Dr. Shea is one of only four civilian psychologists nationwide to have been invited.  View full story.

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CAU Student Becomes a Fellow at Yale
Clemente Vega, a doctoral student in CAU’s neuropsychology concentration, recently accepted a pediatric neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine.  Mr. Vega recently defended his dissertation, and he will soon complete his internship at Miami Children’s Hospital.  Mr. Vega’s post-doctoral fellowship will be completed in the Yale Epilepsy Program, which is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of physicians who provide services to children and adults who require seizure localization and management, as well as pre-and post surgical evaluations.  View full story.

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"More of the Same, Please," at Continuing Education Workshop
MIAMI - The response to the recently hosted Continuing Education Workshop has been overwhelmingly positive, judging by the attendance and responses of alumni, students and friends of the University.  The activity was hosted by the Carlos Albizu University (CAU) Alumni Association on Friday, February 22nd, 2008.  The workshop/reunion included four seminars aimed at satisfying the licensure requirements of licensed psychologists and mental health professionals.  Additionally, there was ample time between seminars to catch up with former classmates and faculty members.  View full story and Pictures of the Workshop.

Picture: Dr. Charles Dickson ('99) and Dr. Scott Bauer ('02) share a moment at the recent CE Workshop/Reunion. 

Update on the Medical Errors Seminar:  CAU have applied to the appropriate Florida governing bodies to host the seminar - Medical Error Reduction for Psychologists - on Friday, April 25, 2008 at the Miami Campus, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.  Please remember that this is only a proposed date, as the school is awaiting final approval.  Confirmation of the date will be send out as soon as possible.  Please check back regularly to the Alumni and Student Website for the announcement.  Additionally, as promised, alumni and friends who attended the February 22nd - Workshop can attend the seminar in April free of charge.  Otherwise, the charge is $50 for CAU alumni and $75 for other interested parties.

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CAU Doctoral Student Wins NAN Award
Congratulations to CAU Doctoral Student, Jennifer Harms, who won an award for her poster presentation at the National Academy of Neuropsychology Conference.  The Conference was held in Scottsdale, Arizona at the end of 2007.  Her findings were titled Late Language Bilinguals Outperform Monolinguals on the Stroop Test.  Harm's poster was voted best in the category relating to Hispanic Issues.

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Faculty Member Elected as Vice-Chairman: 
Congratulations to Dr. Edward Heyden, Practicum Coordinator and faculty member in the CAU Masters Program, who has recently been elected as the Vice-Chair of the Commission on Forensic Education's (COFE) Marketing Committee.

COFE was formed due to the phenomenal interest in forensic education over the past five years.  The organization forms part of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute of Forensic Science and promotes the growth and emphasizes of the importance of forensic science programs in education.  Membership is free to educators at both the post-secondary and secondary education level.

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Sexual Violence Law Enforcement Seminar
Dr. Lawrence Simon ('07), founder and CEO of LJS International Training and Consulting Services, Inc. and author of the book Murder by Numbers, will be presenting the CE seminar Sexual Deviance in the New Millennium on March 27-28th, 2008 at the Hallandale Beach Police Department.  For more information or to register call (954)270-0414 or visit the company's website at www.ljsint.com.

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Attention Alumni and Students!

If you are one of our graduates, we would love to hear from you!  Please send us a note letting us know of any professional accomplishments, job or address changes, or life events e.g. a birth or wedding.  Additionally if you know of any former classmate who does not receive this monthly newsletter, please let us know by contacting us at: mbouwer@albizu.edu.

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