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High School Virtual Business Entrepreneurs Come Away Winners at LIU Post Competition

The winning team of virtual business entrepreneurs from Calhoun High School in Merrick, N.Y., won a $1,000 check for coming in first place in the Elevator Pitch Contest held at LIU Post.

More than 1,500 students from over 60 high schools on Long Island came to the Brookville campus on Oct. 19 to see who’d win the Elevator Pitch Contest sponsored by LIU Post and Virtual Enterprises International at the Business and Entrepreneurship Leadership Conference.

For making a successful pitch in a New York minute, the top three winners would receive generous cash prizes for their schools’ enterprises. The products being promoted ranged from a brand-new mix of pretzels to a date-rape drug detector. It’s the third time LIU Post has hosted this event.

The first rounds of the contest took place at the Gold Coast Cinema and the Krasnoff Theater in Hillwood Commons, the Main Stage at Tilles Center, and the College of Management Incubator in the Library.

Following the morning sessions that featured panel discussions on key business issues, the students eagerly filled Tilles Center’s auditorium for the final pitch contest on the Main Stage and then the awards presentation. The place was rocking with anticipation as if it were a sporting event, and not a virtual business competition. While the contestants waited for the judges to make up their minds, they were treated to a pitch for attending LIU made by Dean Scholars Matthew Betz, Angeline Carlo, Teji Vega and Samantha Piccolo.

The 13 finalists were “Coffee Cubed” from Wantagh High School, “DefenseLine” from Calhoun High School, “OronEats” from Southold High School, “Glow Games” from Mattituck High School, “Munchkins” from Clarke High School, “Poppy” from Huntington High School, “Sweet Obsession” from Elmont High School, “Stealth” from Bethpage High School, “The Party Project” from Herricks High School, “Tota Vita” from Syosset High School, “What’s in the Box?” from Centereach High School, “WorldWide Water” from Longwood High School and “Outlast Outerwear” from Carle Place High School.

Choosing the winners was no easy task, as Iris Blanc, executive director of Virtual Enterprises International, made clear. The judges and panelists included Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, president of LIU; Dr. Edward Weis, vice president for academic affairs, LIU Post; Dr. Robert Valli, dean of the College of Management, LIU Post; Graziela Fusaro, assistant dean, College of Management, LIU Post; Ray Pullaro, interim dean, School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences, LIU Brooklyn; Chuck Garcia, assistant dean, School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences, LIU Brooklyn; Chris Bates, adjunct professor, College of Management, LIU Post; Stacey Denoyior, vice president, national sales, Broadridge Financial Solutions; Kimberly Branch, vice president of marketing, American Portfolios Financial Services; Lisa DiBella, vice president of human resources, American Portfolios Financial Services; Melissa Grappone, vice president of marketing and corporate communications, American Portfolios Financial Services; Tim Howe, COO, Spectrum Designs Foundation; Michael Katz, co-chief executive officer, Sterling Equities; Jay Lewis, co-founder, president and CEO, Nathan & Lewis Securities; Marie Moody, founder and CEO of Stella & Chewey’s; Mary Pisarkiewicz, founder and chief creative officer, MSI Media Group; Edward P. Nallan, Jr., SVP, loan supervisor, middle market banking-metro New York, Wells Fargo & Company; and Adrian Kerrigan, president, Xavier Society for the Blind.

Announcing the final results produced cheers, shouts and hugs in the aisles as the exuberant winners made their way to the stage. Calhoun High School’s project team led by Brenden Rosario, who came up with the concept for “DefenseLine,” won a $1,000 check for first place. Herricks High School’s “The Party Project,” led by Yashi Ladhani, came in second, and received a $500 check. In third place and getting a $250 check was Syosset High School’s “Tota Vita,” led by Ethan Feder.

Asked who was involved in his firm’s winning entry, Calhoun High School senior Brenden Rosario beamed, “Everyone!” He credited sophomore Christie McBride for coming up with the concept for DefenseLine, which would market a line of products like key chains and nail polish that would turn different colors in the presence of a date-rape drug.

“I saw the idea of nail polish that changes colors,” she explained. “With college coming around the corner, parties will be part of our life style and safety will be our No. 1 priority.”

Rosario said the prize money would be invested in the company.

“I thought it was the best idea because it was not only original, but it was also realistic,” said Dean Valli afterwards. “A lot of times you can get a great idea, but how realistic is it to implement?”

Located in Merrick, N.Y., Calhoun High School can claim to at least one very noteworthy entrepreneur: Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fame.

Hornstein Center Poll Shows National Majority Disapprove of House, Senate, Trump but Remain Optimistic About the Economy

Respondents believe Democrats will take House and Republicans will keep Senate

Brookville, NY (October 22, 2018) – A new Long Island University Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis poll shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the House, Senate, and President Trump.

The national poll showed President Trump’s job performance approval rating at 29.21 percent with 70.50percent believing his performance will have an impact on this year’s congressional races. Additionally, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives fared even worse, receiving approval ratings of just 14.31 and 13.54 percent, respectively.

“The results say more about the polarization of the country than anything else.” according to Dr. Stan Klein Director of the Hornstein Center, “Despite low approval ratings for the Senate, most respondents believe that the Republicans will keep control of the chamber. This is in contrast to the House, where respondents felt that the Democrats would take the House and where recent court decisions continue to strike down partisan, gerrymandered districts throughout key, vote-rich swing states such as Pennsylvania and North Carolina.”

While respondents were decisively negative on elected officials, there was significant optimism concerning the financial market. Out of those surveyed who provided an opinion, 52.61 percent felt the stock market indexes would continue to remain high, and only 13.15 percent indicated that they felt the state of the U.S. economy was poor.

“The strength of the economy is often one of the most important items that voters consider,” offers Michael Morrisey, Assistant Director of the Hornstein Center. “It will be interesting to see if this optimism ultimately translates not just this November, but in 2019 and 2020 when the next general election includes the race for the White House.”

All of these findings are based on a published public opinion poll that was conducted from October 10-20, 2018 of 1,034 Americans.

Dr. Klein, a political science professor at LIU for over 50 years, is the Director of the Hornstein Center. He brings extensive experience in politics, government, and academia to the work done here at the Steven S. Hornstein Center. His classes cover a wide range of issues including the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Presidency, and U.S. Foreign Policy. A staple of the LIU community, he has long fostered a creative political dialogue both inside and outside the classroom. He obtained his PhD from New York University.

 

 

 

Long Island University Hornstein Center Poll on National Politics
Q1. Do you approve of the job performance of the

United States House of Representatives?
Answer Choices Responses
I approve of the U.S. House of Representatives’ job performance; 13.54% 140
I disapprove of the U.S. House of Representatives’ job performance; 55.22% 571
Unsure; 19.05% 197
No Opinion; 12.19% 126
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q2. Which party do you think will hold a majority in the United States House of

Representatives following November’s elections?
Answer Choices Responses
The Democratic party; 34.72% 359
The Republican party; 33.46% 346
Unsure; 23.60% 244
No Opinion; 8.22% 85
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q3. Do you approve of the job performance of the United States Senate?
Answer Choices Responses
I approve of the U.S. Senate’s job performance; 14.31% 148
I disapprove of the U.S. Senate’s job performance; 58.22% 602
Unsure; 15.67% 162
No Opinion; 11.80% 122
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q4. Which party do you think will retain a majority in the United States Senate

following November’s election?
Answer Choices Responses
The Democratic party; 24.37% 252
The Republican party; 39.46% 408
Unsure; 27.27% 282
No Opinion; 8.90% 92
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
 

 
Q5. Do you approve of President Trump’s job performance?
Answer Choices Responses
I approve of President Trump’s job performance; 29.21% 302
I disapprove of President Trump’s job performance; 57.93% 599
Unsure; 6.38% 66
No Opinion; 6.48% 67
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q6. Do you approve of the job performance of the Supreme Court of the

United States?
Answer Choices Responses
I approve of the Supreme Court’s job performance; 33.66% 348
I disapprove of the Supreme Court’s job performance; 30.27% 313
Unsure; 22.34% 231
No Opinion; 13.73% 142
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q7. Do you think that public opinion of President Trump will impact

congressional races?
Answer Choices Responses
Yes; 70.50% 729
No; 10.15% 105
Unsure; 13.15% 136
No Opinion; 6.19% 64
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q8. What do you think is the state of the U.S. economy?
Answer Choices Responses
Very strong; 13.64% 141
Strong; 29.88% 309
Fair; 35.20% 364
Poor; 13.15% 136
No Opinion; 8.12% 84
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
 

 

 
Q9. Do you anticipate that the stock market indexes will remain high?
Answer Choices Responses
Yes, they will continue to remain at very high levels; 9.77% 101
Yes, they may come down some, but will remain high; 42.84% 443
No, they will fall to much lower levels; 26.02% 269
No Opinion; 21.37% 221
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q10. Are you registered to vote?
Answer Choices Responses
Yes; 86.17% 891
No, but I plan to register before the next election; 4.93% 51
No, and I do not plan to register; 5.90% 61
Unsure; 3.00% 31
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q11. With which political party do you primarily identify?
Answer Choices Responses
I primarily identify as an Independent; 18.96% 196
I primarily identify as a Democrat; 32.98% 341
I primarily identify as a Republican; 21.37% 221
I primarily identify with another political party; 3.29% 34
I do not primarily identify with one political party; 14.60% 151
Unsure; 1.64% 17
No Opinion; 7.16% 74
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q12. Age
Answer Choices Responses
< 18 0.00% 0
18-29 20.79% 215
30-44 25.15% 260
45-60 23.21% 240
> 60 30.85% 319
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
 

 
Q13. Gender
Answer Choices Responses
Male 46.91% 485
Female 53.09% 549
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q14. Household Income
Answer Choices Responses
$0-$9,999 7.45% 77
$10,000-$24,999 8.99% 93
$25,000-$49,999 12.57% 130
$50,000-$74,999 12.48% 129
$75,000-$99,999 9.96% 103
$100,000-$124,999 10.74% 111
$125,000-$149,999 6.38% 66
$150,000-$174,999 3.97% 41
$175,000-$199,999 2.42% 25
$200,000+ 5.71% 59
Prefer not to answer 19.34% 200
Answered 1034
Skipped 0
Q15. Region
Answer Choices Responses
New England 5.97% 61
Middle Atlantic 13.99% 143
East North Central 14.19% 145
West North Central 7.63% 78
South Atlantic 15.95% 163
East South Central 5.38% 55
West South Central 8.02% 82
Mountain 9.69% 99
Pacific 19.18% 196
Answered 1022
Skipped 12

 

 

 

 

Polling Methodology
This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling & Analysis poll was conducted from October 10-20 with 1,034 responses representative of U.S. Census Data with a margin of error of ±3 percent.

The Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis at LIU Post conducts independent, fair, and balanced polling, empirical research, and analysis on a wide range of public issues including lifestyle preferences. The Center’s goals include informing the community, public and policy makers about critical issues.

Twins Do a Double Take Touring Performing Arts Program at LIU Brooklyn

Ava and Kora Duvall have been accepted to the new Acting B.F.A. program at LIU Brooklyn next year.

There was twice the talent on campus earlier this month when twins Kora and Ava Duvall made the trip from Kentucky to LIU Brooklyn to tour the Performing Arts program.

Kora and Ava, currently seniors at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky, have been accepted to the new B.F.A. in Acting for Theatre, Film & Television at LIU Brooklyn. Starting next year, LIU Brooklyn’s acting program will provide conservatory-style training, focusing on stage, camera, film and television acting with the students’ future careers in mind.

While on campus, the twins and their mom were escorted by Elin Eggertsdottir, director of Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn, and greeted by Scott Krawczyk, the Dean of the Richard L. Conolly College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. First, they saw LIU Brooklyn’s on-campus TV Writer’s Studio (TVWS), created by Emmy-Award winner and “Blazing Saddles” screenwriter Norman Steinberg. The fully equipped studio provides a space for real-world television acting experience.

Later Kora and Ava had the opportunity to explore Kumble Theater, LIU Brooklyn’s 320-seat venue. The twins also got a behind-the-scenes tour of Paramount Theatre, which is undergoing renovation. From 1928-1962, the Paramount served as a live performance venue where artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis appeared.

Near the LIU Brooklyn campus is an array of other popular performance spaces, including Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM); Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA); Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX); The Independent Film Industry; and Steiner Studios, which is Brooklyn’s Film and Television production and support facility.

LIU Brooklyn has formed a partnership with The New Group, a theater-company based in Manhattan. In the new Acting B.F.A program, students will study with faculty members and The New Group. One highlight of their visit was the chance to see The New Group’s production of “The True,” starring Edie Falco and Michael McKean.

Kora and Ava were enthralled by the artistic opportunities at LIU Brooklyn. “I like how welcoming the whole environment is,” Kora said, “and how much freedom all the students have.” Ava said she noticed “how much the teachers care about the artistry of the individual student.”

In the photo above, LIU Brooklyn’s Elin Eggertsdottir gives the twins a behind-the-scenes look.

LIU Brooklyn Professor Myrna Fischman Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

LIU Brooklyn Accounting Professor Myrna Fischman, Ph.D., CPA, kicked off her 49th year at the University last month with the start of the fall semester, following a very eventful time in the spotlight.

On Oct. 4, The Wall Street Journal published an announcement from the Marquis’ Who’s Who Magazine, which had honored Dr. Fischman with a Lifetime Achievement award.

On Sept. 12, Dr. Fischman was honored as a Woman of Empowerment by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for “her outstanding contributions and achievements for over 50 years in the fields of finance and education,” the organization said.

In July, CUTV news profiled Dr. Fischman in an hour-long video feature with host Jim Masters. Masters, who earned his Bachelor’s in communications from LIU Post, also hosted Fischman three times on his radio show this summer.

Dr. Fischman began her career at LIU in 1970 as an adjunct. She has been a professor of accounting, taxation and tax law since 1979, a director of the School of Professional Accountancy since 1984, and a director of the Center for Accounting & Tax Education since 1986, as well as the accounting department chairman and the coordinator of the graduate capstone courses.

She says she has no plans to slow down.

“I have to keep busy some way,” Dr. Fischman said. “Of course, when I have an opportunity to promote LIU, that’s what I’ll do!”

Dr. Fischman exhibits a conspicuous passion for her profession and the University, underscoring the tremendous value in LIU’s emphasis on small class sizes and engaged learning in the classroom.

“We have professors who practice what they teach,” she said. “They get the students so excited about it, and they all do extremely well in the classes.”

In addition to gushing about her fellow faculty members, Dr. Fischman enthused about the experiential education on display through conducting real audits and earning internships at prominent companies.

“That’s how you get to know, not only what’s in the book, but what’s in real life,” she explained. “That’s what we do here at LIU.”

Dr. Fischman has been the recipient of a number of other prestigious awards including a 2014 Department of the Treasury Award from the IRS, a 1997 Special Director’s Award in Recognition of 40 Years of Service in the Volunteers in Technical Service Program, and a Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award. She established the Myrna L. Fischman Excellence in Accounting Scholarship to provide financial aid to deserving candidates interested in pursuing a similar career path.

She’s also had a successful career as an accountant in private practice. Starting out, she served in the office of the Queens District Attorney as a community fellowship coordinator and the chief accountant investigator in the rackets division. Later she was an assistant controller at Sam Goody, Inc. She is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and past president of its Brooklyn chapter.

LIU Pioneer’s Football Catch Makes the Leap to ESPN’s Top 10 College Highlights

The LIU Post Pioneers not only went 5-0 Saturday by defeating Shippensburg 41-39 in an away game but sophomore defensive back Nazir Streater’s sensational one-handed interception also came in at No. 1 on ESPN’s Sportscenter Sunday morning as one of the Top 10 College Football Plays of the Week.

Streater leaped in the air to snag a pass with his right hand and held onto the ball as he tumbled to the ground. His defensive masterstroke was featured several times during the ESPN broadcast, which collated highlights from all of college football.

But the outcome was still on the line with five seconds to go and LIU down by a point when Pioneer kicker Joey Tolgyesi drilled a 34-yard field goal to keep LIU’s Division II football team undefeated.

As Newsday noted in its story about the game, the victory on the gridiron followed a major announcement on Oct. 3 that the University will be consolidating its Brooklyn and Brookville athletic departments next year under the heading, “One LIU.” Going forward, LIU’s football team will have a new nickname, a new mascot, and new colors as the squad moves into the Division 1 Northeast Conference.

“We’re familiar with the teams and feel that we can go in and be competitive right away,” LIU Post coach Bryan Collins told Newsday.

“This was a pivotal game for us,” Collins continued. “Credit to our kids: They kept their focus on the task at hand. It was really a culmination of a very different type of week and now we get to head home with a win.”

Streater, Tolgyesi and their Pioneer teammates will host Saint Anselm College at the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium on Homecoming this Saturday, Oct. 13, with the kickoff slated for 1 p.m.

Watch full clip here. 

#1 – 4:32 Division II DB, LIU Post’s Nazir Streater, channels his inner Odell Beckham Jr. with a one-handed interception

Post Theatre Company Opens its New Season on Oct. 5th with “Ubu Roi”–a Dark Comedy Like No Other

As Ma and Pa Ubu, Emi Aungst and Logan Clingan plot to carry out many despicable deeds in the dark satire, "Ubu Roi."

“Ubu Roi”, the iconoclastic play by Alfred Jarry that sparked a riot at its Paris premiere over a century ago, will take to the Little Theater Mainstage starting Oct. 5th as the Post Theatre Company’s ambitious 2018-2019 season gets underway.

Jarry’s nihilistic masterwork, written in 1896, is a surreal parody of “Macbeth,” with over-the-top characters, grotesque comedy and bloody massacres perpetrated by Ma and Pa Ubu in their quest for power. It caught audiences so off guard at its December 1896 premiere that it closed the same night it opened after they shouted it down.

Here at the Little Theater under the direction of Melanie S. Armer, the production promises to be no less engaging and provocative, but these days, given what’s happened in the world on stage and off, the audience may take their entertainment sitting down, without acting out. Certainly they’re guaranteed a good time—maybe even a laugh riot.

“Working on ‘Ubu’ with the students at LIU Post, I’ve been reminded how infectious and cathartic laughter is,” said Melanie Armer.

The Post Theatre Company, a non-for-profit resident theatre company of the Department of Theatre and Dance at LIU Post, is staffed by professional artists and regularly commissions guest artists to work closely with our students.

“The company employs professional artists as directors and designers of our productions to provide a bridge for the students between the academic and professional worlds,” said Heather Drastal, general manager of the Post Theatre Company.

The company’s creative contribution to the cultural landscape of Long Island was the recent subject of an article in Newsday, which showcased a rehearsal of “Ubu Roi” in progress.

“Ubu Roi” runs Oct 5-6th and Oct. 11-13th at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on Oct. 7 and Oct. 14th at  3 p.m.

Next on the calendar are two pieces developed and directed by students that will run in the Rifle Range Laboratory, which is in the same building, starting Oct. 26-27th at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 28th at 3 p.m. There’s “A Day on Venus,” written and directed by Aaron Cooper, and “Vincent and Us,” an Honors Thesis, devised and directed by Isabelle Reutens.

Returning to the Mainstage in November will be “Iphigenia & other Daughters,” written by Ellen McLaughlin and directed by Dina Vovsi, starting Nov. 9-10th and Nov. 15-17th at 7:30 p.m., with matinees at 3 p.m. on Nov. 11th and Nov. 18th.

General admission is $15, $12 for seniors and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased online at tix55.com/ptc700. For more information, call the box office at 516-299-2356 or email post-ptc@liu.edu.

The Little Theater is located on Post Road across from the main library at LIU Post, nearest the West Entrance (Tilles Center) off Northern Boulevard (Route 25A).

LIU Announces Unification of Post and Brooklyn Teams Into ‘One LIU’ Division I Program

On hand to make the announcement at the historic New York Athletic Club with LIU President Kimberly R. Cline, on the left, and Northeast Conference Commissioner Noreen Morris, on the right, is LIU Brooklyn Men's Basketball Head Coach Derek Kellogg, who's holding the ball.

Beginning in September 2019, LIU Will Unite Brooklyn and Post Campuses; Teams Will Compete at the Highest Level of Collegiate Athletics

New York — Long Island University today announced its athletic programs will be unified into a single NCAA Division I program. The move, beginning in September 2019, is the next step in the university’s vision to elevate its brand nationally. By uniting its athletic programs into a single NCAA Division I program, LIU’s Post and Brooklyn campuses will be unified into “One LIU.”

“Long Island University is a nationally recognized teaching and research institution,” said LIU President Kimberly R. Cline. “We understand the importance of athletics in enhancing our brand nationwide by unifying our university community and our 200,000 alumni around the world. Our student-athletes competing at the highest-level plays a major role in this. We are extremely pleased that the NCAA has embraced this vision for our university’s future.”

The university made the announcement at the historic New York Athletic Club in front of an enthusiastic audience that included LIU student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, alumni, and long-standing supporters of the university.

“It’s a historic day for LIU,” Dr. Cline told Newsday. “They’ve been talking about this for 10 or so years, and it’s wonderful for our students. It helps them be able to compete at the highest level in a wonderful conference.”

“This is an exciting step forward for Long Island University,” added LIU Board of Trustees Chairman Eric Krasnoff. “Athletics plays such an important role in bringing people together and promoting educational values. As we elevate the LIU brand nationally through academic excellence and world-class research, our athletics program will unite our entire community and compete at the highest levels.”

This effort elevates LIU’s program and builds on its proud tradition of athletic excellence.  In the university’s history, the program has combined for 23 national championships, 215 conference titles, and 362 All-Americans.

In order to honor LIU’s strong tradition of athletic excellence, the university announced the new program will combine the traditional colors of both campuses into a united blue and gold. LIU also announced that students and alumni will help choose the new mascot for the unified program.

“As a longtime partner of LIU, I applaud President Cline and the University for their efforts to advance both the academic and athletic programs,” lauded Brett Yormark, CEO of BSE Global. “Barclays Center is a neighbor to the Brooklyn campus and we have enjoyed hosting many of the University’s college basketball games over the years. We are looking forward to continuing our role in helping to elevate the student-athlete experience.”

All of LIU’s teams will continue competing in their current conferences for the 2018-19 academic year, honoring schedules with opponents. The unification will be effective for competition beginning in Fall 2019. The university will elevate seven current Post programs to Division I, including expanding its membership in the Northeast Conference with men’s cross country, men’s lacrosse, and football, which will make the transition to the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

This initiative will put students first by providing additional opportunities and the university will honor current scholarships to student-athletes. LIU is committed, first and foremost, to all of its student-athletes graduating on time, with a LIU diploma.

“The Northeast Conference looks forward to the growth and enhancement of the league through the unification of the LIU athletic departments into a more robust Division I program with the addition of LIU’s football, men’s lacrosse, and men’s cross country teams to the conference,” noted Northeast Conference Commissioner Noreen Morris. “With the announcement of the LIU unification, we are excited about the future of LIU Athletics and the NEC.”

“Today’s announcement regarding our athletic program’s enhancements will allow us to focus our resources on improving opportunities for our students while continuing the tradition of excellence of our university,” said LIU Director of Athletics Debbie DeJong.  “This is an exciting beginning to the next chapter in LIU Athletics.”

Further information and updates about the unification can be found at one.liu.edu 

Internationally acclaimed photographer Dana Gluckstein to kick off grand opening of Steinberg Museum of Art at LIU Post on October 18th

Brookville, NY –Long Island University is pleased to announce that award-winning artist Dana Gluckstein will be on campus for the Oct. 18th premiere of her powerful exhibition titled “DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition.” Gluckstein’s remarkable exhibit chronicles her decades spent photographing Indigenous Peoples as they struggle to maintain their identity in a changing world.

“It’s my sincere wish that DIGNITY will serve as a call-to-action in support of all Indigenous Peoples,” said Gluckstein, shown above with three generations of San women. Her DIGNITY advocacy campaign in association with Amnesty International created a tipping point for President Barack Obama to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2010.

“We’re thrilled to present compelling photographs by Dana Gluckstein as we introduce our newly renovated Steinberg Museum of Art,” said Barbara Applegate, museum director. “We invite Long Islanders to be inspired by our unique visible storage suite that makes viewing our collection of 5,000 objects feel limitless.”

“The Steinberg Museum of Art provides our students with unique experiences that reflect our entrepreneurial spirit while supporting engaged learning and high-quality research,” said LIU President Dr. Kimbely R. Cline. “Dana Gluckstein’s work embraces each of these values with sensitivity and beauty.”

“Nothing inspires or instructs more profoundly than great art and architecture,” said Steven Breese, Dean of the College of Arts, Communications & Design at LIU Post. “At this special event, the Steinberg draws together these two powerful forces: the compelling photographs of Dana Gluckstein coupled with the unveiling of the Steinberg’s new exhibition gallery and innovative visual storage. We are proud to offer our students, faculty and community the opportunity to experience this very special exhibit – and, like all great art, we know that you will find DIGNITY beautiful, insightful and powerful.”

Chanter in Hawaii, photo taken by Dana Gluckstein in 1996.

“DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition” opens October 18, 2018  and runs until March 8, 2019. Dana Gluckstein will speak on opening night and sign copies of her book. Earlier in the day she’ll meet with students to discuss her work. The show will open to the public at 7 p.m. 

For more information about Dana Gluckstein, go to www.danagluckstein.com

The Steinberg Museum of Art is on the ground floor of the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548.

(Photo of Dana Gluckstein with three generations of San women taken by Tai Power Seeff)

LIU Partners with Rep. Tom Suozzi to Expand Long Island’s Biotechnology Industry

Rep. Tom Suozzi talks about transforming Long Island's economy as John Preston, founder of MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Kara Cannon of Enzo LIfe Sciences listen during a panel discussion held at the Tilles Center at LIU Post on Sept. 24th.

How to turn the Long Island Expressway into “The 495 Research Corridor” was the issue raised here by Congressman Tom Suozzi when he hosted a conference Monday at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts that brought together more than 70 leaders in the fields of biotechnology and life sciences.

“Today’s forum is to promote our region as the premier research destination for life sciences and to provide for the continued growth of Long Island,” said LIU President Dr. Kimberly R. Cline as she welcomed the participants. “Innovation is at the forefront of everything that we do at LIU, and our increasingly robust research agenda speaks to our commitment to join with others on Long Island so we will truly be known as High-Tech Island.”

She added that the panelists assembled at the LIU Post campus are proof that Long Island is ready for an investment in time, energy and talent to transform our region and make us a driving force in life sciences for decades to come.

“We have a cluster of businesses and research institutions that already exist here,” said Rep. Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who noted that New York State is the third largest recipient of research dollars in life sciences in the country, right behind California and Massachusetts. “The challenge is that the money that comes here is not matched by private sector investment.”

As Newsday noted, the state receives $2.2 billion in National Institutes of Health grants, and $1.7 billion of that sum goes to New York City, Long Island and Westchester. Suozzi said that his goal is to demonstrate that Long Island’s expertise stretches along the LIE from the Brookhaven National Laboratory to Cold Spring Harbor Lab and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset. He credited Kevin Law, president and chief executive officer of the Long Island Association, who was also a panelist, with coining the phrase, the 495 Research Corridor.

“We’re very fortunate to have LIU participating,” said Law, who praised Dr. Cline for her role in promoting the Island’s vital transformation. “We have over 25,000 Long Islanders already employed in the life sciences industry,” Law noted, “and that is more than Grumman ever had in its heyday.” Until its manufacturing facilities shut down on Long Island in 1996, the Grumman Corporation was once one of the nation’s largest aerospace contractors. Law told the conference that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has recognized that Long Island has the best chances of any region in New York to take the lead in pushing life sciences to new breakthroughs.

The featured speaker was John Preston, founder of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, who was introduced by Dr. Randy Burd, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at LIU.

“He really stands at the forefront of technology transfer,” said Dr. Burd, “and he is always pushing the boundaries of innovation.”

As Preston told the audience with a smile, “The rate of technological change is insane right now. It’s hard for me to even keep up with it, and I spend my life working on technology.” Currently, Preston is the managing partner of TEM Capital, a privately held equity investment company, as well as the director of many private companies. He compared Long Island’s economy favorably to that of other countries and saw a great deal of potential in Suozzi’s initiative if small-dollar investors can be encouraged to get in on the ground floor.

“Right now, only the ultrarich are getting invited to do the founding investment,” he said.

Kara Cannon, global head of sales and marketing for Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., a leading life sciences and biotechnology company, said that her division has almost 400 employees working on Long Island. “We’re committed to staying here,” she said, and praised the forum for connecting established companies, startups and investors. “There’s a lot of technology and opportunity on the Island.”

And Long Island University is proud to play its part.

LIU Post Hosts University of Salzburg Dean to Discuss How Students Can Learn More About Teaching Diversity in a Changing World

LIU Post Professor Shaireen Rasheed, left, and Dr. Ulrike Greiner, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Salzburg

As a further sign of the growing collaboration between LIU and the University of Salzburg, its Dean of the School of Education, Dr. Ulrike Greiner, came to the College of Education, Information and Technology as a visiting professor and gave a public lecture on “The Austrian Landscape and the Diversity Beliefs of Students.”

Dr. Greiner’s host was Professor Shaireen Rasheed, who recently became the co-director of the doctoral program in Interdisciplinary Studies at CEIT. They first met in 2016 when Dr. Greiner visited LIU Brooklyn. Last year, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, Professor Rasheed spent two weeks at the University of Salzburg, working with undergraduate and doctoral students as well as giving a public lecture at the Austrian university. She has also been doing research in Europe on immigration issues—a topic that has become increasingly charged on both continents.

“I found out from my work over there that even though the issues are different, they are not uncommon. They overlap,” said Professor Rasheed. “The challenges are the same.”

This spring Dr. Greiner and Professor Rasheed virtually co-taught an undergraduate course via Skype and Blackboard so education majors from both LIU and the University of Salzburg could learn about teaching diversity within an international framework. The professors hope to initiate a month-long exchange program beginning next spring with students and faculty.

One of the LIU Post students who participated in last semester’s cross-Atlantic class via the Internet was Georgina Peralta, a junior majoring in childhood education with a specialization in Spanish.

“We asked the Austrian students what kind of economic and academic challenges they go through,” she said. “It was very refreshing to walk in someone else’s shoes from across the world.” She found the experience very rewarding. “It made me think about policymaking and what goes into the laws of education.”

“We should exchange students so they get to know a broader horizon of how teaching and learning works in different countries,” said Dean Greiner. She cited a recent study that found that one of every two students attending Austria’s primary schools is multi-lingual, meaning that even though they might be born in Austria, their parents were immigrants—and German was not the only language spoken at their new home.

“We have an increasing number of students coming from a diverse background,” she explained, “so we have to equip our teachers to handle a really diverse classroom. We have to adapt our pedagogy.”

Student demographics have also been changing in American classrooms, noted Professor Rasheed, who stressed how important diversity training is for today’s educators. “When you have teachers who are more aware of cultural diversity, it makes for better students, and it makes for a better climate in the school.”

Until now, just the business schools at LIU and the University of Salzburg had formed a relationship, so this collaboration marks the first time for the colleges of education.

So far, five LIU undergrads have signed up for the spring exchange program, and there’s room for many more.

“We will really mentor them,” said Dean Greiner. The LIU students will be placed in English classes in Salzburg so they can observe classroom instruction firsthand, and they’ll be taken on cultural outings to Vienna as well. “One month gives you the opportunity to change your beliefs and have a deeper experience,” she noted. In the fall, students from the University of Salzburg are expected to come to LIU. “Our schools want teachers with international experience,” Dean Greiner added. “What you gain is experience in adapting to new situations.”

In October, Dean Greiner, in conjunction with colleagues in Political Science, Philosophy and the Teacher College in Salzburg, is co-hosting an international conference at the University of Salzburg on the topic, “National Populism and Education,” and Professor Rasheed will be the keynote speaker.

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