In the age of social media, when information travels at a blinding pace, award nominations become a live event.

When Norman Steinberg was nominated for an Emmy, though, as part of the writing team for Flip, he found out with a phone call.

“I had left Los Angeles and was back in New York,” said Steinberg. “The head writer of the show called, Herb Baker. He said, ‘We’ve been nominated.’”

With no Internet in 1971, Steinberg verified the information the only way he could: in print. “I saw my name in Variety,” he recalled.

The Emmy festivities weren’t yet what they are today – “You went to the Emmy show, had a few drinks and went home,” Steinberg recalled – but he still dressed to impress.

“I borrowed a brown velvet suit from a friend,” Steinberg said with a laugh. “My mother pinned up the pants.”

Steinberg’s mother and wife attended with him, and were there to see Steinberg collect his Emmy, when Jimmy Durante presented the award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music to the staff of Flip, including Steinberg, Baker, and the show’s star, Flip Wilson, among others.

Now, Steinberg draws on his writing experience as he leads the TV Writers Studio at LIU Brooklyn, and as another cohort of aspiring writers begins the program, Steinberg looks to this year’s Emmy nominees as examples for his students.

“If there is a distinct manner of telling stories,” Steinberg said of this year’s writing nominees (including Atlanta, Veep, Better Call Saul, and The Handmaid’s Tale, among others), “that’s where I’ll go in and dissect, and show how their technique of telling stories can help us understand how to tell our stories.”

With the proliferation of original content on cable and streaming platforms, there’s certainly no shortage of opportunities, although that abundance creates its own challenges. “The problem is that there is not enough time with the way television has exploded across the spectrum,” Norman said.

So, how does he navigate the myriad options available? “Rather than saying, ‘What’s the new show?’ I see where the writers I like are showing up.”

And, as more of Steinberg’s students graduate from the TV Writers Studio, he knows they’ll continue to “show up” across the broadcast and streaming spectrum.

A proven organizational leader and highly regarded teacher has joined LIU Brooklyn, as the University has appointed Dr. Scott Krawczyk as Dean of Conolly College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Krawczyk joined LIU from Georgetown University, where he was a lecturer in the School of Continuing Studies following a distinguished 30-year career in the United States Army that included 13 years at the United States Military Academy at West Point, his alma mater. Dr. Krawczyk served as head of the Academy’s Department of English and Philosophy, and was responsible for all aspects of academic program implementation and organizational operations for a department of 50 faculty and four staff members. During his tenure as head of the department, he established West Point’s first-ever writing center, along with a formal Writing Across the Curriculum Program and a Cadet Writing Fellows Program. He also crafted the vision, strategic plan and design concept for the Academy’s Arts and Humanities Center, and founded the Creative Arts Project at West Point.

Prior to his tenure at West Point, Dr. Krawczyk served as a speechwriter in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, a Ranger Company Commander with the 75^th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga., and an Intelligence Officer within the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C. He retired from the Army at the rank of Brigadier General in 2015 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

Dr. Krawczyk was the first cadet in the history of the Academy to graduate with a BS in English, and also holds a Master’s in English from the University of Rhode Island and a PhD in English Language and Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.

With a state-of-the-art simulation laboratory, a commitment to interprofessional education, and licensing examination pass rates that exceed national averages, students come to LIU Brooklyn’s Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing for transformational opportunities that lead to meaningful careers.

Neha Parmar got one on her way to campus.

While traveling by bus back to LIU Brooklyn after visiting family in southern New Jersey, Parmar found herself chatting with a fellow passenger about her interest in medical missions to foreign countries. Before they arrived back in New York, it turned out that Parmar had been speaking with Sharrye Moore, a leader of the Give Them a Hand Foundation, a non-profit organization that brings together United Nations departments and staff, member states, non-governmental organizations and the private sector for a variety of humanitarian projects, including medical missions. That connection led to a spot on a medical mission this past August, as Parmar traveled to Peru to provide much-needed medical services at a seminary and nursing home in Huancavelica, a small town in a valley in the Andes Mountains.

“It was definitely an adventure,” Parmar said.

The seminary in Huancavelica is home to more than 160 boys, who are cared for and educated by the priests. Parmar spent her mornings examining the boys, often treating skin conditions that result from a lack of heat.

“It’s heartbreaking,” Parmar said, “The skin conditions go undiagnosed, because so many people have them that it seems normal. They don’t see anything wrong with it.

“The skin is our largest organ. If there are things going on and you’re not taking care of them, you’re probably going to have a lot of problems.”

Parmar spent her afternoons working at the nursing home, Hogar de Anancios Santa Teresa Jurnet, which houses adults ranging in age from their late 50s to their late 90s. Many of the adults in the home have been abandoned by their families, and Parmar served as an additional source of human contact, in addition to medical aid.

As part of her preparation to travel to Huancavelica, Parmar raised money and gathered supplies with the help of her LIU Brooklyn classmates. By the time Parmar headed to Peru, she had raised more than $2300 and filled 10 massive suitcases with medical supplies.

“It was nice to see everyone come together,” Parmar said.

And, while Parmar is back in the U.S. and preparing for another year at LIU Brooklyn, she’s still “very much involved” with her contacts in Huancavelica, and she’s eyeing future opportunities to do similar work.

“I’d like to start a foundation to incorporate more dermatology on medical missions,” she said, “and possibly implement a mission aspect to the nursing program here.”