The Fashion Merchandising and Management program’s annual fashion show featured clothing and accessories curated and modeled by students and sold at the Student Body Boutique, along with raffles and prizes donated by local businesses. A portion of the proceeds from the show were donated to the Olivia Hope Foundation to help fight childhood cancer.
Library Scholar Earns Prominent Internship at The Met
Megan Bardis, a student at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, was awarded the Metropolitan Museum of Arts’ highly competitive 2022 Stefan Soloviev Summer Internship in the Archives. This paid internship program allows participants to collect, organize, and preserve museum archives and participate in weekly seminars to learn about the different kinds of work that occur at The Met.
University Hosts Prestigious Enactus National Exposition
Students from around the country filled the Krasnoff Theatre at LIU Post for the 2022 Enactus US National Exposition, a renowned social entrepreneurship and experiential learning competition. Students participated in a career fair and showcased problem-solving, entrepreneurial leadership, business and innovation skills in their projects for a chance to be crowned National Champions and qualify for the Enactus World Cup.
Sharks Win Championships at Spring Golf Invitationals
Women’s golf senior Julia Towne won the individual title at the Quail Valley Spring Invitational, earning the distinction of Northeast Conference Golfer of the Week. The men’s golf team hosted the Shark Invitational and finished as team champions of the tournament, with freshman Lewis Wright earning NEC Golfer of the Week honors.
Long Island University Named Distinguished Delegation at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City
Brookville, NY, (April 28, 2022): The Long Island University Model United Nations team was named “Distinguished Delegation” in the world’s largest intercollegiate Model United Nations competition that took place April 10-14 in New York City. Long Island University students competed with thousands of delegates from prestigious universities representing five continents and dozens of United Nations member states, including the U.S., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Korea, Lebanon, Chile, Colombia, and the Philippines.
António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, celebrated the National Model UN participants for believing in the power of global cooperation and stated “the United Nations is your steadfast ally as we strive to build a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world for all…our world needs your engagement and ideas more than ever.”
Long Island University consistently ranks among the top Model United Nations delegations in national and global United Nations competitions. Long Island University received the top prize of “Outstanding Delegation” out of more than 50 national universities at the National Model United Nations Conference in Washington, D.C. from November 5-7, 2021. Long Island University won the prestigious award by competing against top national universities across the U.S., including Georgia Tech, U.S. Air Force Academy, Clemson University, Wake Forest University, Pepperdine University, Baylor University, Syracuse University, and many more.
In 2022, the National Model United Nations (NMUN) recognized Long Island University for over three decades of commitment to the ideals of the United Nations. Specifically, the National Model United Nations honored Long Island University for showing “commitment to experiential learning opportunities like NMUN as well as the ideals embodied by the United Nations. We are greatly indebted to them for their leadership.”
The National Model United Nations (NMUN), the world’s largest and oldest ongoing university-level Model UN, annually draws participants from more than 130 UN Member States to address current global issues. The National Model United Nations is associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications. Participating in the first post-COVID lockdown National Model United Nations conference in New York City since 2019, the twelve-member Long Island University team represented the nation of Guyana from April 10-14 in seven committees, ranging from the General Assembly to the International Atomic Energy Agency. After four days of intense debate and negotiation, the hard work and dedication of the team were recognized with the award of Distinguished Delegation.
Long Island University’s prestigious Honors College students were among the winning delegation that received official recognition for their performance. Winning team members included Abdullah Akl, Gracie Carpenter, Valerie Chateau, Ellen Hernandez, Hannah Kleinman, Barbara Knipe, Shania Libert, Elizabeth Rafailova, Abigail Bossa, Aidan Tuosto, Matthew Overton, Sage Gautier, and Vladimir Tobar.
Long Island University’s winning faculty team members included Hemendra Bhola, head coach, Model United Nations Program; Dr. Simon Sheppard, associate professor and faculty advisor to the Model United Nations Program; and Professor Heather Butts, assistant professor and faculty advisor to the Model United Nations Club, and co-chair of the Honors College.
The next National Model United Nations competition will be held in November 2022 in Japan for top universities around the world.
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LIU Names Graziela Fusaro as LIU Dean of Business
Fusaro returns to LIU, where she served as Assistant Dean of Business from 2015 to 2020. Fusaro is the founder and managing partner of the International Consulting Network (ICON).
Pharmacy Students Face Off in Inaugural “Shark Tank”
LIU Pharmacy students participated in the school’s first “Shark Tank” competition, presenting innovative business ideas to a panel that included LIU Trustee Sharon Sternheim (President, Zitomer); alumni Ian Ginsberg (President, C.O. Bigelow Chemists Inc.), Danny Dang (President, ESCO Drug Co) and Bernard Glezerman (COO, Enexia Specialty Pharmacy); and Megan Rein (Cofounder, SIIA Cosmetics).
Digitizing Project Results in Washington Spy Ring Discovery
The Palmer School of Library and Information Science’s groundbreaking project to digitize documents and photographs from historical societies across Long Island resulted in the discovery of previously-unknown tactics used by George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. The “Digitizing Local History Sources” project, which includes more than 70,000 scanned historical images and documents, was featured in Newsday.
Performing Arts Faculty to Star in Historic Theater’s Season Finale
School of Performing Arts professor Eric Jordan Young will star in a production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at The Muny, the oldest and largest outdoor musical theatre in the U.S. Young is an accomplished producer, director, choreographer, playwright and songwriter whose Broadway credits include Ragtime, Chicago and Seussical.
Finance Manager Named VP of Banking Corporation
Jim Cloudman ’87 has been named First Vice President, Relationship Manager of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., and will lead the bank’s business development throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Cloudman previously served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at People’s United Bank and held lending positions at State Bank of Long Island, Astoria Federal Savings and JP Morgan Chase.