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LIU to Launch New Facilities Service Response System to Improve Service Requests

Beginning this Monday, April 2, Long Island University will implement a new Facilities Service Request System on the Post and Brooklyn campuses.  This informative and interactive, user-friendly system will improve maintenance response by streamlining requests.

Once a request is entered, it is assigned a request code that is communicated back to the requestor so the request can be tracked from the initial call for service to the completion of the task at hand.

As shown in the screenshot, the new app allows anyone in the LIU community with access to the LIU IT intranet to use the link to submit a request for facilities services at the campuses. The buildings are organized in the system by their labels and their location codes. These key codes include: 16491—Post campus; 16952—Brooklyn campus; and 001025—Other.

The new system can be accessed here, beginning on April 2, which should be bookmarked for quick access.

We asked LIU Executive Director of Facilities Roy Fergus some questions about the new system and how it will improve service requests:

Q) What is this new system for?

A) “This is a new Facilities Services Request System that allows anyone on the LIU network to submit a request for facilities service using an app.  It is designed to be easy to use.  The system assigns a request code and notifies the requestor about the status of the request from start to completion. The system is organized by campus, building and floor.”

Q) Who needs to know?

A) “This new system is available to everyone within the LIU community.”

Q) Who may submit a request?

A) “The app and its use is available to everyone in the LIU community who needs to submit a facilities service request.”

Q) Why are we implementing it now?

A) “We are always looking for new ways to improve operations and better serve the LIU community.  We wanted to make sure that we had a system that is easy to use, easy to track, and improves operations.”

Q) Do you have examples of the kinds of requests that would be made?

A) “Any facilities service request, common requests can range from heating and cooling questions to leaks.  My advice is if there is an issue that is concerning you, put in the request, and let us sort it out.”

Q) What’s the most important information that you want to share about this new procedure?

A) “This new procedure is active, interactive, and easy to use and allows for a full audit trail of all service requests.”

 

Vice President Joe Biden Addresses Global Issues at LIU Post

On March 27, Long island University was honored to welcome Vice President Joe Biden to the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post as part of the Global Institute at LIU’s lecture series.

This prestigious event was just the latest in world-renowned speakers to come to LIU to share insight into the world at large, including President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and General David Petraeus. With well-documented experience across the globe, their studied experience and perspectives offer incomparable value to the LIU community. These conversations aim to untangle complex issues through in-depth discussion with Congressman Steve Israel, Chairman of the Global Institute at LIU.

The audience of more than 1,500 was welcomed by Congressman Israel and Long Island University President Kimberly Cline, who introduced the Vice President.

Vice President Biden addressed the audience of students, faculty, members of the community, and prominent elected officials—including Congressmen Peter King and Tom Suozzi, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, and more—in his warm, dignified manner that spoke with frankness about Russia, gun control legislation, the Biden Cancer Initiative, and the need for politicians on either side of the aisle to bring back meaningful and civil discourse.

Newsday reported:

Former Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of more than 1,000 in Brookville Tuesday night that Russian aggression, from meddling in the 2016 presidential election to military incursions in Eastern Europe, represents a “complex threat” to democracy both at home and abroad.

In a 25-minute speech at the Tilles Center at LIU Post, Biden railed against Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “ruthless leader” who has waged military and cyber campaigns to mask his nation’s failing economy and shrinking population.

Putin’s actions, Biden said, are designed to “undermine democracy. It’s purposely insidious. And it’s making some gains.”

 

 

 

 

 

Media Covers Special Pharmacy Lesson to Save Lives

More than 100 LIU Pharmacy students received a special lecture that taught them how to spot opioid overdoses and how to administer Narcan to reverse an overdose’s effects.

News 12 Brooklyn, along with other media outlets, covered the lesson, which was organized by Dr. Fernando Gonzalez, Director of Pharmacy Practice at LIU Pharmacy.

“That’s basically what I got into health care for,” LIU Pharmacy student Erica Carrasquillo said.  “I want to help people. I want to save lives.”

Though many first responders carry Narcan, it can be minutes before they arrive on the scene. By increasing the pool of trained professionals who can spot and address overdoses, it increases the likelihood of saving lives.

LIU Post Professor Bill Schutt Featured in TED-Ed Lesson

LIU Post Biology professor Bill Schutt is featured in a new TED-Ed lesson that uses the format of featuring the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators.

Click here to see the TED-Ed lesson.

The lesson is based on Dr. Schutt’s work exploring cannibalism in the animal kingdom, which was the subject of his book, “Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History.”

Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals like the praying mantis and black widow were considered bizarre exceptions. But now we know they more or less represent the rule. Dr.  Schutt shows how cannibalism can promote the survival of a species by reducing competition, culling the weak, and bolstering the strong.

About TED-Ed
TED-Ed — TED’s youth and education initiative — aims to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning — from producing a growing library of original animated videos, to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons, to helping curious students around the globe bring TED to their schools and gain presentation literacy skills, to celebrating innovative leadership within TED-Ed’s global network of over 250,000 teachers. TED-Ed has grown from an idea worth spreading into an award-winning education platform that serves millions of teachers and students around the world every week.

Psychology Today Reports on LIU Study Whether Fear of Rejection can be Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Psychology Today, one of the nation’s leading publications in the field, recently reported on a study conducted by LIU Brooklyn researchers about whether having a fear of rejection ends up pushing other people away, creating “a self-perpetuating cycle of negative relational outcomes”

The LIU team was co-led by Dr. Kevin Meehan and Dr. Nicole M. Cain, both are Associate Professors in the Department of Psychology and the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology.

The article describes the study, as well as its conclusions, including the fact that by realizing these behaviors in themselves people can adopt strategies to build better, more fulfilling relationships.

Director of LIU Post Veterinary Technology Program Elected President of LI Veterinary Medical Association

Dr. Robin Sturtz, DVM, Program Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at LIU Post, has been elected president of the Long Island Veterinary Medical Association (LIVMA).

This Fall, she will lead the first class of LIU Post’s new Veterinary Technology Program.  The program at LIU Post is one of only a handful of four-year degree programs in Veterinary Technology available nationally, which is important for graduates looking for supervisory and administrative positions as Veterinary Technologists.

Dr. Sturtz came to veterinary medicine through a non-traditional route: she was Senior Audiologist at what was then North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, NY.

“It was not as big a leap as one might think,” Dr. Sturtz said. “My specialty as an audiologist was pediatrics, and in veterinary clinical practice I work with small animals. In both cases, my patients can’t tell me what’s wrong, and there’s both an art and a science to figuring out where the problem is.”

Dr. Sturtz is a 2004 graduate of the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine. While in veterinary medical school, Dr. Sturtz earned a Certificate in International Veterinary Medicine. She worked in Brazil for two weeks as part of a public health project, and in Mexico City for three months, doing research and learning about the Mexican veterinary health system.

Following veterinary school, she returned to New York. She is in clinical practice at The Cat Hospital in Williston Park, NY, where she has worked since graduating veterinary school.

“A significant percentage of my time is spent on outsmarting the cats so I can get my data, another part on diagnosing and treating, and another part on petting,” Dr. Sturtz said.

She has been involved with veterinary technology education since 2007. She was the Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at LaGuardia Community College, and the Associate Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry). In addition to teaching, she has been active in veterinary technology education as a member of the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators.

Dr. Sturtz has a number of publications, including articles and a pilot research study including as co-author of the textbook Assessing Essential Skills of Veterinary Technology Students, and as co-author (with a former student, Lori Asprea, LVT) of the textbook Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses: A Clinical Approach.

Dr. Sturtz has lectured at the Hills Vet Tech Educators Consortium, and at the Association of Veterinary Technology Educators Biennial Symposium. She presented a poster at the ASAHP conference in Fall of 2017, talking about the “One Health” concept.

About the Long Island Veterinary Medical Association
The mission of the Long Island Veterinary Medical Association is to promote the advancement and promotion of veterinary medicine, the protection of the public health, elevation of standards of integrity, honor and courtesy, and to maintain high ethical standards and the cooperative protection of its members.

 

Long Island University Named to Prestigious National Transfer Honor Roll

Named as One of Just 112 Top Universities in Nation by Phi Theta Kappa

Long Island University was recently recognized by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as one of the top four-year universities in the country for creating dynamic pathways to support community college transfer students. Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is the world’s largest and most prestigious honor society for two-year college students. LIU is among just 112 colleges and universities nationwide recognized as members of PTK’s 2018 Transfer Honor Roll. This is the second consecutive year that LIU has achieved this honor.

LIU will be honored at PTK Catalyst 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri, based on its programs that support transfers, including: increasing the number of Phi Theta Kappa scholars into the University’s Honors College, creating a policy to respond to transfer student admission applications within 48 hours, and providing dedicated academic and admission advisors to transfer students.

“This honor is very meaningful because LIU places high importance on welcoming and supporting transfer students,” said William Martinov, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Strategy. “We value PTK scholars from our local institutions such as Nassau Community College, Suffolk County Community College, and Queensborough Community College, as well as across the country, and we hope they will make LIU their new home for undergraduate and graduate studies.”

Additionally, LIU was recognized for instituting the LIU-PTK Honors Scholarship Program, which provides one of the nation’s highest academic merit scholarships to PTK transfer applicants with a GPA of 3.5 and higher.

“Increasingly, students of all ages and achievement levels are choosing the community college, not only as their first step, but also their first choice in the pursuit of a quality, affordable bachelor’s degree,” said Phi Theta Kappa CEO Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner. “These students are scholars, leaders, and global citizens, and it has been shown over and over that they do as well as students beginning college at a four-year college or university.”

Transfer students considering their next step can learn more at LIU Post’s Transfer Registration Night on Wednesday, May 17, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library.  For more information, students can contact LIU Post Transfer Admissions at (516) 299-2900 or email post-transfer@liu.edu.

As Confirmation Hearings Approach, LIU Hornstein Poll Highlights Opportunities to Shape Public Opinion on Administration Picks

In Open-Ended Question, Americans Favor Moderate Foreign Policy Voices

Brookville, NY (March 20, 2018)– A new Long Island University Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis poll on items ‘in the news’ shows that even in a polarized nation, there remains an opportunity to shape public opinion on key events and issues.

The LIU Hornstein poll showed that a pluarality of Americans (39 percent) had no opinion on President Trump’s decision to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, while the remainder were evenly divided on whether or not they agreed with the decision. An even greater plurality (47 percent) registered no opinion on CIA Director Mike Pompeo serving as the next Secretary of State, while just 30 percent came out in immediate opposition to the pick.

“One premise of recent coverage is that Americans are almost reflexively divided into partisan camps on any decisions regarding the Trump Administration,” said Dr. Edward Summers, Fellow at the LIU Hornstein Center. “This poll shows that on certain issues, however, there remains an opportunity to shape public opinion. As confirmation hearings begin, we can expect a battle to form a narrative and shape opinion on these key nominees.”

Half of Americans expressed no opinion on the selection of Deputy Director Gina Haspel to replace Director Pompeo as head of the CIA, while just 23 percent expressed immediate opposition.

On an open-ended question about who would make a better choice than CIA Director Pompeo to serve as the next Secretary of State, many Americans named well-known, moderate foreign policy voices. More than 10 people named the following—former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as well as former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

On an open-ended question about who would make a better choice than Deputy Director Haspel to serve as the next CIA Director, no choices were named by 10 or more people. However, reflecting coverage about Deputy Director Haspel’s prior service with the agency, the only double-digit response was a variant of “someone who does not believe in torture.”

The findings are based on a published public opinion poll conducted from March 15-17, 2018, of 1007 Americans with a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.

Dr. Summers, who obtained his Ph.D. in Public Policy, is a Fellow at the Hornstein Center. His career includes experience in public policy, higher education, and opinion research.

Long Island University

Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis

National Survey on Items ‘In the News’

March 15-17, 2018:

Q1. Was President Trump correct to ask Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to resign?
Yes, the Secretary of State serves at the pleasure of the president; 20.06% 202
Yes, their policy differences were too severe to bridge; 11.12% 112
No; 30.19% 304
No Opinion; 38.63% 389
Q2. Was President Trump correct to tap Director of Central Intelligence Michael Pompeo
to serve as the next Secretary of State?
Yes; 22.94% 231
No; 29.59% 298
No Opinion; 47.47% 478
Q3. If not Director Pompeo, who would have been a better choice for Secretary of State?
Q4. Was President Trump correct to select Gina Haspel, Deputy Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, to replace Director Pompeo as Director of Central Intelligence?
Yes; 26.81% 270
No; 23.44% 236
No Opinion; 49.75% 501
Q5. If not Deputy Director Haspel, who would have been a better choice for

Director of Central Intelligence?
 

Q6. With which party to you primarily identify?
I primarily identify with the Republican party; 21.96% 220
I primarily identify with the Democratic party; 34.43% 345
I primarily identify with another party; 5.69% 57
I do not primarily identify with one party; 31.64% 317
Unsure; 6.29% 63
Q7. Are you registered to vote?
Yes; 87.82% 880
No, but I plan to register before the next election; 4.49% 45
No, and I do not plan to register; 5.09% 51
Unsure; 2.59% 26

 

Polling Methodology

This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling & Analysis poll was conducted through Suveymomkey March 15-17, 2018 in English to 1007 Americans over the age of 18. Polling data was sorted by age, gender & geographic location in efforts to ensure a nationwide representative sample. This poll has an overall margin of error of +/- 3 points.

 

The Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis at LIU 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.

LIU Polk Awards Seminar Features Insider Scoop on Impactful National Stories

Long Island University Polk Awards Seminar Features Insider Scoop on Impactful National Stories
Top Reporters to Discuss “Getting Sources to Talk” Including Coverage of Roy Moore’s Alabama race and Harvey Weinstein’s sex scandal

Brooklyn, NY— Long Island University will celebrate the 69th George Polk Awards during two important events—the David J. Steinberg Seminar, “Getting Sources to Talk,” April 5 at the Kumble Theater at LIU Brooklyn and the 69th Annual George Polk Awards Ceremony Luncheon, April 6 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.

The seminar will highlight three Polk Award-winning journalists discussing how they reported some of the most impactful national stories of the past year.  Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault of PBS will moderate the seminar on “Getting Sources to Talk.”  The panel includes Jodi Kantor of The New York Times, winner of the Polk Award for National Reporting for exposing the decades-long sexual predation of the movie producer Harvey Weinstein and the campaign to cover it up; Stephanie McCrummen of The Washington Post, winner of the Polk Award for Political Reporting for digging into the past of Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama to disclose on-the-record accounts of sexual assault upon a 14-year-old girl and the pursuit of other teenagers; and Elle Reeve of VICE News, winner of the Polk Award for National Television Reporting for on-the-scene coverage of the Charlottesville demonstrations that probed the motivations and tactics of the white nationalist leaders who turned a “Unite the Right” rally at the University of Virginia into a tragic weekend.

The Seminar is open to media and the public.

David J. Steinberg Seminar, “Getting Sources to Talk”

Featuring panelists and 2018 George Polk Award Winners Jodi Kantor of The New York Times, Stephanie McCrummen of The Washington Post, and Elle Reeve of VICE News.
Moderated by Charlayne Hunter Gault of PBS

Thursday, April 5, 2018, 6:30 p.m.

The Kumble Theatre at LIU Brooklyn
One University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Free and Open to the Public.  Space is Limited.  Reserve a seat by emailing Polk.Awards@liu.edu

69th Annual George Polk Awards Ceremony Luncheon
Awards citations read by Charlayne Hunter-Gault of PBS
Friday, April 6, 2018, 11am
The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E 45th St, New York, NY
Tickets: Must be purchased in advance at https://community.liu.edu/68thPolk

History of the Polk Awards

In 1949, Long Island University established a new journalism prize to memorialize George Polk, a CBS correspondent who was killed while covering the civil war in Greece. The mission of the George Polk Awards, as distinguished from other journalism honors, focused on recognizing not the news organizations or publishers, but investigative reporters themselves.

Much about journalism has changed in the six decades since the inaugural Polk Awards, including the rise of the Internet and the technological disruption it has caused. But one constant has endured and even thrived: intrepid, courageous reporters committed to doing whatever it takes—even at risk of their own life and liberty—to uncover matters of critical importance to an informed public and the very foundation of democratic society.

As the only major American journalism prize that has always honored work across all media platforms, the Polk Awards has consistently been at the fore of the changing ways we access news and information. The list of Polk winners includes some of the biggest names in journalism. Seymour Hersh, Christiane Amanpour, Jimmy Breslin, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Friedman, Edward R. Murrow, Bill Moyers, A.M. Rosenthal, Jane Mayer, Sidney Schanberg, Pete Hamill, I. F. Stone, Studs Terkel, and the teams of Woodward and Bernstein and Barlett and Steele are all Polk laureates.

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It’s a “Perfect Match” for LIU Brooklyn Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Students

It was a “perfect match” for LIU Brooklyn on Psychology Internship Match Day.  All of the doctoral students in the LIU Brooklyn Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program who applied for year-long clinical internships got their first choice of training site.

“Our students applied to many of the finest training sites in the nation,” said Dr. Phil Wong, Coordinator, Externship Program, Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology. “We are very proud that each of our students was selected among a highly competitive national pool of students and matched for their first choice.”

LIU Brooklyn’s elite Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program is a highly competitive program that is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association. It integrates new developments in the field without changing its core mission to provide doctoral training that gives rise to theoretical and clinically oriented questions which can become the basis for scholarly work and enable students to become excellent clinicians.

The program features a very strong student-faculty ratio. The faculty serve as academic advisors, clinical supervisors and research mentors in an atmosphere of stimulating intellectual dialogues about both clinical and research phenomena. The diversity of the student body at the Brooklyn Campus and the Ph.D. Program’s collaborative relationships with a range of training facilities in the New York area help students to develop their skills in a multicultural learning environment. The Ph.D. Program prides itself on the attention given to its doctoral students and the supportive, intellectually challenging atmosphere it provides.

LIU Brooklyn congratulates the following students on a successful match:

  • Solara Calderon, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Adult Track
  • Rachel Diamond, SUNY Stony Brook – Counseling Center Stony Brook, NY Psychology
  • Internship ProgramAdam Formal, Kings County Hospital Brooklyn, NY Adult Clinical Psychology Track
  • Sophie Foss, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Pediatric Neuropsychology
  • Anita George, Lenox Hill Hospital New York, NY Psychology Internship
  • Joshua Haag, Kings County Hospital Brooklyn, NY Adult Clinical Psychology Track
  • Marie Hansen, New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY Adult Psychology Track
  • Andrew Hartz, Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY Adult Track
  • Anna Jadanova, VA Hudson Valley Health Care System Montrose, NY Psychology Internship
  • Daniel Judes,  Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA Psychology Internship
  • Elspeth Kelly, Mt. Sinai Services/Elmhurst Hospital Elmhurst, NY Adult Psychology Track
  • Monica Sicilia, Oakes Children’s Center San Francisco, CA Psychology Internship
  • Jonah Teitelbaum, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA Adult OPD/Adult Acute Services

 

 

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