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In its ninth decade of providing access to the American dream through excellence in higher education, Long Island University is a multicampus, diverse, doctoral institution of higher learning. One of the largest and most comprehensive private universities in the country, Long Island University offers more than 550 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs and certificates, and educates over 24,000* students in degree-credit and continuing education programs in Brooklyn, Brookville (C.W. Post), Brentwood, Riverhead, Rockland and Westchester. The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences prepares students for successful careers in the fields of pharmacy and health care. The University’s Global College provides a wide range of study abroad options at overseas centers in China, Costa Rica and India, and through program offerings in Australia, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

Long Island University’s more than 600 full-time faculty members provide outstanding instruction, which is supplemented by internships and cooperative education opportunities. The accomplishments of more than 182,000 living alumni are a testament to the success of its mission – providing the highest level of education to people from all walks of life. The University’s NCAA Division I and II athletic teams, nationally renowned George Polk Awards in journalism and Tilles Center for the Performing Arts provide enrichment for students and the community.

*This number includes high school students enrolled in one or more degree-credit courses.

The Brooklyn Campus is distinguished by… dynamic curricula reflecting the great urban community it serves. Distinctive programs encompass the arts and media, the natural sciences, business, social policy, urban education, the health professions and pharmacy, and include the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, the Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, the D.P.T. in Physical Therapy and the Pharm.D. in Pharmacy. A vibrant urban oasis in downtown Brooklyn, this diverse and thriving campus offers academic excellence, personalized attention, small class size and flexible course schedules. In 2006, a $45-million Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center was opened to serve the Campus and the surrounding community. In 2007, the Cyber Café was launched, providing a high-tech hot spot for students and faculty members to meet and eat. Dear Campus Community: extending this initiative in the upcoming academic year. Also last year, we implemented several blended learning programs that combine classroom As we embark upon what promises to be a challenging and fulfilling fall instruction with online learning to address the needs of students with busy semester, let us take a moment to acknowledge and commemorate our schedules. recent successes and our ongoing progress at Long Island University’s In student news, the competitive drive of our Blackbirds men’s basketball Brooklyn Campus over the past year. team, which advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since In confronting today’s difficult global economic environment and its 1997, made us proud, as did the accomplishments of the more than 1,800 competitive demands, we’ve broadened our institutional goals and student graduates who entered the world beyond the ivory tower. services resources to improve institutional effectiveness. We continue to As Deanine Copeland, a nursing major who was the Brooklyn Campus provide access and excellence in higher education to diverse communities, salutatorian at our May commencement exercises, so aptly put it, “My even as we expand our efforts to make the Brooklyn Campus more affordable, classes…have been comprised of people from so many different nations, accessible and flexible. ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds – we were like the U.N. If we are successful in these enterprises, our students will have the knowledge General Assembly… except we got along better. And one of the reasons we they need to make informed decisions and career choices, and to discover got along so well is that we understood that, despite any of our differences, strategies and ideas to greet the singular challenges of the 21st century. we all just want a chance at a better life. And it has been our capacity for Looking at the current state of our institution, we can be proud of the acceptance that I have been greatly encouraged by, and I hope that we carry environment we have created for our students in the classroom and across the Campus; this gift with us as we enter the real world.” we have elevated the student learning experience through curricular and extracurricular Our students can be confident that their education here will broaden their perspectives and opportunities that support our mission and upgraded our resources in multiple areas, including contribute considerably to their chance at a better life. And I, for one, am equally confident the latest technology, new programs, increased student financial support, and safe and modern that our students will embrace that gift for acceptance that Deanine noted and explore facilities. These improvements are imperative for creating an environment of integrity and opportunities to create solidarity in their communities. trust, one that inspires personal achievement in our students and moves the Brooklyn Campus As I look forward, I see many challenges ahead. Next year, for example, the University will forward in accomplishing its mission. be preparing its reaccreditation self-study report for the Middle States Commission on Higher The 2010-2011 academic year was notable for us in many ways. For example, we were Education. At the Brooklyn Campus, we have created a Retention Task Force to assess ranked the third-safest campus in the nation and the safest in New York City by the popular the status and effectiveness of our retention efforts. The task force of ten teams will present Daily Beast news website, in recognition of our focus on security, which most certainly affects measurable recommendations for implementation in the coming year. At the same time, others enrollment, student outcomes and faculty satisfaction. Because of our participation in many are deeply involved with assessing the efficacy of student learning on this campus and making humanitarian programs, we were named to the President’s Higher Education Community data-driven proposals to improve it. I ask for your help in these endeavors because each of Service Honor Roll for a second consecutive year. Further, G.I. Jobs Magazine named you – students, faculty, staff, administrators and community partners – is directly involved the Brooklyn Campus a Military Friendly School for a second straight year. In yet another in maximizing our effectiveness both individually and collectively. I’d like to take this oppor - milestone, the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences celebrated tunity to thank you for your past, ongoing and future support. I look forward to seeing you on its 125th anniversary of educating the finest pharmacists. Our congratulations to the school! Campus in the new academic year. Chief among our initiatives to prepare our students to be better learners was a program that put new technology in their hands. During the past academic year, all incoming freshmen Sincerely, and transfer students received a free Apple iPad to enhance their access to services and resources over the Internet and to provide them with a powerful tool for research and class work. Believing as we do that the iPad can be a valuable academic asset for students, we are Gale Stevens Haynes

of the State Campus • 1 Commencement

Our Campus’ shining moment came during the second week in May when we appropriately celebrated an outstanding academic year with two inspiring graduation ceremonies. University President David J. Steinberg conferred more than 2,000 degrees at commencement exercises for the Brooklyn Campus and for the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Commencement is a day of recognition, a life-changing moment that acknowledges the completion of a challenging journey. We are extremely proud of the Class of 2011 – confident that they will make their mark in this global economy and ever-shrinking world.

Brooklyn Campus During the May 12 commencement ceremony for the Brooklyn Campus, President Steinberg conferred 761 undergraduate degrees, 30 advanced certificates, 962 master's degrees and 48 doctoral degrees. Dance major Lauren Mackenzie Paxton, 22, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, was recognized as Brooklyn Campus valedictorian, and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and delivered an inspiring commencement speech. In addition, veteran journalist Soledad O’Brien of CNN received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Did you Know? The Class of 2011 Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences included 21 students The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences held its commencement ceremony on May 13, conferring 167 Master of Science degrees, 177 Pharm.D. degrees and 11 Ph.D. degrees. Nana N. Dwumfour, a Brooklyn resident born and raised in Ghana, was honored who were selected as the valedictorian of the College of Pharmacy’s Class of 2011. George S. Barrett, chairman and chief executive officer of Cardinal Health, for Who’s Who received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and served as the commencement speaker. New York Times columnist Jane Brody, a Among Students in noted authority on health and wellness issues, also was recognized with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree during the ceremony. American Universities and Colleges.

of the State Campus • 2 With students from nearly every race and culture around the world, our Campus is fertile ground for exchanging views and increasing intellectual and personal growth. Many of our students juggle jobs and families, while working hard on their academic responsibilities. The following students are some of those Student Excellence who achieved great success, often against great odds:

Zeniah Sinclair Victoria Abolencia Don Julien Deanine M. Copeland David Edward Hicks III Gregory Stein

Zeniah Sinclair Zeniah Sinclair survived a childhood in foster care homes and a year in a women’s shelter before leaving southern California when she was 25 to come to New York and enroll at the Brooklyn Campus. At commencement in May, Zeniah, at 28, proudly graduated from the University Honors Program with a bachelor’s degree in social work. In the summer of her sopho - more year, she took a course in the Brooklyn Campus’ Global College at its Costa Rica center, immersing herself in the culture. The experience spurred her interest in creating social serv - ices programs globally.

Victoria Abolencia and Don Julien Sophomores Victoria Abolencia, a biochemistry major, and Don Julien, a journalism major, both earned the competitive, three-year Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship this year. The fellow - ship provides paid internships at nonprofit organizations, educational opportunities and mentoring to exceptional students who demonstrate outstanding leadership skill and a commit - ment to the common good. In the third summer, Watson Fellows can apply for an international assignment with such organizations as the International Planned Parenthood Federation or Save the Children. Victoria worked as an intern at Beth Israel Cancer Center during Summer 20111, while Don spent his first Watson summer internship at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.

of the State Campus • 3 Deanine M. Copeland Forty-four-year-old nursing student Deanine M. Copeland overcame a tumultuous childhood and a busy adulthood to graduate as salutatorian — the second-highest ranking student – of the Brooklyn Campus’ Class of 2011. Deanine grew up in a broken household where domestic violence was often prevalent. She attended at least 10 elementary schools and by 17 was on her own. She put off college so that she could help support her four younger siblings. Her mother’s death from breast cancer in 2004 led her to return to school. Not only was Deanine named salutatorian, she also was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta and Alpha Chi national academic honor societies.

David Edward Hicks III David Edward Hicks III, a dual major in management and marketing who has been featured in Who’s Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges, was instrumental in leading a team of his peers in raising awareness of the importance of organ donations and enrolling new donors. David was the recipient of the 2011 School of Business Marion Pincar Award. Two months before his graduation in May, David, a captain on LIU’s basketball team, helped lead the Blackbirds to the 2011 Northeast Conference championship and a trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament.

Gregory Stein Fifth-year pharmacy student Gregory Stein is vice president of Phi Lambda Sigma, the pharmacy leadership society, and president of Latinos Unidos, the Hispanic student association on campus. He works part time as a pharmacy intern for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Greg has been training for a triathlon this year and has, with the help of Campus students, faculty and staff, raised thousands of dollars for Fred's Team, a world-wide fundraising program in which hundreds of athletes of all abilities compete in endurance events to raise funds for pioneering research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Did you Know? Center. 90 students in the Class of 2011 graduated with honors.

of the State Campus • 4 Support Services

To help ensure student success, the Brooklyn Campus provides numerous academic support programs. Each is designed to allow our students to succeed in school and remain on course to graduate. First-Year Programs prepare students for college life and include an orientation sequence; a Welcome Week; and Orientation 1, a one-semester, credit-bearing course. The Campus’ award-winning University Honors Program is available to qualifying students from all majors, nurturing critical and independent thinking and offering interdisciplinary seminars. The Writing Center, the Mathematics Center and the Tutoring Center offer one-on-one and group learning assistance. The Campus’ Arthur Did you Know? O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program, one of the largest HEOP programs in New York State, guides and supports economically and educationally disadvantaged students. The Office of Career Services helps students to acquire valuable internship experience and launch their careers. Over a lifetime, students with a Highlights of New Support Programs baccalaureate earn Sophomore Year Programs almost $1 million Sophomore Year Programs develop students scholastically, professionally and fiscally; while encouraging student potential and active participation more than those with in campus life. Sophomore Year Programs smooth the transition of students from their first year to their second, support them throughout their a high school sophomore year, and enable them to progress into their junior year with confidence and focus. diploma only and The Programs include pre-professional advising, undeclared major counseling, career assessments, resume reviews, interviewing techniques, those with higher financial literacy workshops and the Scholarship Assistance Program. Sophomore Year Programs sponsor several special events throughout the degrees can earn up year, including a sophomore Welcome Back Week; Major Day; and the Sophomore Showoff, which is a talent show and academic achievement presentation. to $4.4 million more.

of the State Campus • 5 New Advising Model This past year, the Office of Student Development and Retention introduced a new advising model that offers students specialized advising determined by their academic needs. Freshman advisers help students achieve a full understanding of university core requirements, as well as institutional policies, procedures, resources and programs. Sophomore-year counselors provide pre-professional program advising and counseling for students who have not declared their major. Career counselors and senior-year advisers provide a comprehensive array of programs and services to help undergradu - ate and graduate students successfully and confidently prepare for and manage their professional careers while fulfilling graduation requirements.

Financial Support Preparing our students for success in the 21st century means freeing them to focus their energies on their education rather than on their finances. We have taken a number of actions in this regard. First, we invested over $300,000 to restructure the financial aid operation, combining the former bursars and financial aid offices into the Office of Integrated Student Financial Services to make the financial aid process easier to navigate. Through this mix of personal and online services, we have developed a system that supports our students in managing all aspects of financing their education. We also are committed to making a quality private education affordable. That is why, for the coming academic year, the Campus has allocated more than $37.5 million in scholarship support and finan - cial aid. For our undergraduates and graduate students, the institutional scholarship awards include: Undergraduate Awards Graduate Awards • Adult Completion Award ($1,500): First-time entering and re-entering students who have • Graduate Assistantships/Fellowships: More than 500 awarded annually. registered for at least 12 credits in the Adult Completion Program • LIU Alumni Incentive Program: Students who have recently graduated from LIU with a minimum 3.0 G.P.A. • Rising Freshman Award ($1,000): First-time entering freshmen who have completed at least are given scholarships ranging from $2,500-$6,000 when they enroll in a graduate program . 12 credits with a minimum 2.0 G.P.A. • LIU Distinguished Alumni Award: Scholarships for students with a minimum 3.5 G.P.A. who, because of • Scholars Award ($2,000 annually): Students who have earned at least 30 credits from LIU their academic achievement as LIU undergraduates, are given awards ranging from $ 3,500-$7,000 annually. and achieved a minimum 3.0 G.P.A. • Graduate Excellence Award: For full-time (12 credit) enrollment in graduate phase of a B.S./M.S. or • Upperclassman Recognition Award ($2,000 annually): Continuing students who earn at least Pharm.D. with 3.5 G.P.A., $2,000 annually. 60 credits at LIU and achieve a minimum of 3.0 G.P.A. • Campus Activity Program ($5,000 annually): A competitive service award granted with faculty/staff or Additional scholarships from external sources are also available to students through our Scholarship Committee recommendation Scholarship Assistance Program, operated by the Office of Student Development and • Continuing Student Scholars Award ($4,000 annually): For students with 30 or more credits and a Retention. The SAP currently lists more than 700 scholarships in its database; and for 3.6 G.P.A. or above • Dean’s Award (up to $1,200): Students who have completed 16 credits a term with at least a 3.7 G.P.A. the first time, students may also apply for more than 120 endowed scholarships through • Dean’s Scholarships ($10,000 annually): Students who receive four consecutive Dean’s monetary awards, the SAP. with recommendation from Dean

of the State Campus • 6 New Initiatives

With the new millennium, the world has changed dramatically and has steadily become more influenced by the technological revolution. As an institution of higher learning, we must keep pace with these rapid changes to successfully educate and prepare our students. At the Brooklyn Campus, we firmly believe that we must anticipate and integrate new ideas, new methodologies, new technologies and new realities to provide an effective education to all our students. Our graduates must be ready for all the exciting opportunities and challenges ahead. We have instituted the following new initiatives and new programs during the past year: iPad Initiative Our iPad initiative is intended to empower our students with unprecedented access to resources and services via cloud computing, which is web-based processing of information. In 2010-11, all incoming, full-time freshmen and transfer students received the iPads at no cost, while other qualifying students were eligible to purchase them at a substantial discount. The University distributed approximately 3,000 iPads last year and will be extending the program in 2011-12. Blended Learning We offered new blended learning programs in computer science, nursing anf educational leadership that combine online and traditional Did you Know? instruction to cut down on time in the classroom for busy students juggling family, work and school. Master of Public Health Long Island University Recognizing the need for public health professionals, for the first time the School of Health Professions offered a Master of Public Health degree. has deployed more It graduated its first group of students in May. Our students gained valuable field experiences at the Department of iPad technology than Health and Mental Hygiene’s Brooklyn District Public Health Office and at the Harm Reduction Coalition. any other school in Hip Hop and the Spoken Word the nation, and was A new course, “Hip Hop and the Spoken Word,” used the poetry of the 1930s to 1960s as a foundation to discuss the first in the today’s hip hop culture, while also incorporating writing and performance. Professor Bryonn Bain’s class was covered tri-state area to by the Daily News, MTV and several other media outlets. provide the M.F.A. in Writing and Producing for TV revolutionary device Our Media Arts Department, in conjunction with Emmy-winning screenwriter/producer Norman Steinberg, to students at launched the TV Writers Studio to groom students for careers in television. Two-dozen students are working toward an M.F.A. in writing and producing for television, with classes held at Steiner Studios, located in the Brooklyn Navy no cost. Yard. A second cohort of students will begin the program in Fall 2011. Bryonn Bain of the State Campus • 7 Internships and Graduate Assistantships

Nik Conklin Adriano Medina (with microphone) Edna Oliveros

Many students at the Brooklyn Campus complement their work in the classroom with paid and unpaid internships that enhance what they have learned at school. Many internships lead to later employment. Graduate assistantships – which may be in the form of teaching fellowships, teaching assistantships, research fellowships and administrative assistantships – offer tuition or stipend awards. More than 500 graduate assistantships were awarded last year.

J.P. Morgan Heading into his senior year majoring in history, Adriano Medina’s career goal is to work in the financial services industry. He has secured several internships with the assistance of the Campus’ Office of Career Services, including assignments at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in Did you Know? Houston, DKNY, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, NYSE Euronext and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Through the University Honors Many employers Program, Adriano received a 2011-2012 Presidential Fellowship with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. consider internship WCBS-TV experience invaluable As an intern in the newsroom at WCBS-TV in New York, graduate student Edna Oliveros gained valuable experience researching stories, in the hiring process, setting up interviews, assisting producers and reporters in the field and collaborating with the graphics department. Edna, an international and often look to student from Colombia, even pitched and developed her own story, a May 2011 report that examined how video game addictions are wreaking havoc on marriages. She also assisted in news coverage of the New York Knicks and New York Mets. Edna is set to obtain her Master of Arts their own interns as in Media Arts this fall. She teaches Spanish at the Campus’ summer youth camp program, Children’s Academy. the best potential condidates for full-time positions.

of the State Campus • 8 Peter Cruz Edna Oliveros (teaching Spanish at the Brooklyn Campus Chidren’s Academy)

New York Jets Peter Cruz, who graduated in May 2011 with a B.S./M.S. in Athletic Training, earned an internship in the NFL to work as an athletic trainer intern with the New York Jets during the 2011 season. He submitted his resume to the Jets’ medical staff and was interviewed back in early April. A hard-working, dedicated and passionate student, landing this internship was a goal Peter set for himself upon entering the athletic training program at the Brooklyn Campus. Tyra Banks Cherry Lynn Pasaoa, a journalism graduate of the Class of 2011, received this year’s Career Services Coop Student of the Year Award. Cherry Lynn completed an internship in Bankable Enterprises, owned by former supermodel Tyra Banks, where she wrote and edited articles for the Tyra.com website. In 2010-2011, she interned at Digital Brand Architects, a social media and public relations agency.

EMI Music Nik Conklin, a senior double-majoring in media arts and English, Nik Conklin is working toward a career in the film industry. From the Media Arts Department, he has obtained several internships that surely will help him toward his career goal. In his sophomore year, Nik interned at Brooklyn Cable Access Television, and last summer he was a technical operations intern at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. This year, Nik was an intern in the video promotions department at EMI Music.

of the State Campus • 9 Serving Our Communities

The Brooklyn Campus remains committed to providing programs and services that improve and enrich the quality of life of our neighbors Did you Know? and surrounding communities – and our efforts have not gone unnoticed. For the second year in a row, the Brooklyn Campus was The Brooklyn named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, an annual recognition program that celebrates exemplary Campus offers more commitment to service and volunteering from institutions of higher education. The Campus’ culture of service is clear – by supporting student volunteer work and by the direct example of our faculty and staff members, we can make a difference! than 60 programs that are provided free Brenda Pillors Asthma Education Program or at low cost to the In January, the Brenda Pillors Asthma Education Program of the Brooklyn Campus teamed up with Not One More Life, an asthma education program, and Evening Star Baptist Church to promote asthma awareness. Free screenings were conducted, and medical professionals partici - community. You can pated in daylong workshops. The partnership is the first in a series of events that will be conducted across Brooklyn. learn more in the Campus’ new Smart Scholars Program The Campus, in partnership with Boys and Girls High School, announced the formation of the “Smart Scholars” initiative. The program, “Community funded by a $405,000 state grant, will provide increased academic and co-curricular support to more than 75 students at the Bedford- Connections” guide, Stuyvesant high school. This state-funded program is geared toward assisting groups of students who historically have not had access to college. which can be VITA downloaded from the Hundreds of low-income taxpayers in the community, many of them seniors, non-English speaking or disabled, participate each year in the “Community and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA), which has operated at the Brooklyn Campus for nearly four decades. Taxes are prepared for Culture” page on the free by student members of the Campus’ Accounting Society, who are trained in tax preparation by the Internal Revenue Service. campus website, www.liu.edu/brooklyn.

of the State Campus • 10 MAP Visual Arts Program in Partnership with MoCADA During the summer, 17 students participated in the first-annual MAP Apprentice program for high school juniors and seniors interested in the visual arts. The two-week art intensive was presented in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art and the Brooklyn Campus’ Visual Arts Department.

Summer Writers Lab The Brooklyn Campus hosted its first annual writers workshop in June. Hosted by the M.F.A in Creative Writing Program, the Summer Writers Lab featured three days of exciting work - shops, readings and performances from prominent authors in fiction, including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan.

Brooklyn Parent Conference In May, the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Professions partnered with the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President to present a free day of resources for parents with children who have disabilities. More than 200 parents attended.

of the State Campus • 11 Serving the Global Community

Sierra Leone A contingent of 34 students, faculty and staff from the Schools of Business, Nursing and Pharmacy traveled to Sierra Leone to help determine ways to improve the efficiency of health services in the African nation. The Brooklyn Campus team adopted two hospital wards in Freetown and will continue to work with the West African Fistula Foundation in the village of Bo. Our ongoing humanitarian and educational efforts in Sierra Leone are funded by an annual grant awarded by Santander Universities, Global Division in the USA. We are providing life-saving services to a nation where hospitals are few and where the people cannot afford medication. Tanzania In an effort spearheaded by the Brooklyn Campus’ chaplain, Father Charlie Keeney, the Campus raised $31,000 to cover the cost of a bus to transport a group of very needy children to a school run by the Sisters of St. Gemma Galgani in the city of Arusha, Tanzania. The fundraising efforts of numerous Campus clubs, including Helping Hands and the Newman Clubs, and members of our athletic teams were instrumental in the purchase of the bus. For five years, the Campus has faithfully helped raise money for a home and a school for the children of Arusha. Haiti Did you Know? The School of Nursing at the Brooklyn Campus continued to support the ongoing disaster relief efforts in Haiti. Nursing Dean Dawn Kilts was During 2010-2011, the keynote speaker at the First Annual New York Haitian American Nurses Association Dinner in May, and she has joined the group in its Brooklyn Campus support of nursing students and faculty in Haiti. She is expected to spend several weeks in Haiti during the coming academic year, accompanied students volunteered by students and alumni, giving direct care and teaching in nursing schools. more than 12,000 Costa Rica Members of the Student Government Association spent their Spring Break carrying out volunteer work with the Costa Rica Humanitarian hours to service Foundation. The group tutored young children, planted trees at an indigenous reserve and laid cement floors at a health clinic during their projects in the local weeklong stay in Heredia, Costa Rica. community and across the globe. of the State Campus • 12 Athletics

Student-Athletes Succeed in the Classroom…. The Department of Athletics continued to demonstrate its strong commitment to its fundamental goal of securing the fullest development of its student-athletes' health, academic success and social well-being. Our student-athletes are encouraged to achieve high levels of excellence in the classroom as well as on the field. And during the 2010-2011 academic year, they did not let us down.

• Brooklyn Campus student-athletes posted a cumulative 3.17 grade point average during 2010-2011 – the 11th consecutive year they have had a better than 3.0 G.P.A.

• Over 100 student-athletes were named to the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll for maintaining at least a 3.2 G.P.A., while Did you Know? 15 earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition for having a 3.75 G.P.A. • Seniors Desiree Conley and Juan Lanza were named LIU Student-Athletes of the Year. Conley, of the women’s track and field and cross-country program, compiled a 3.9 G.P.A. as an accounting major. Lanza, who plays on the men’s soccer team, graduated with a 225 student-athletes 3.64 G.P.A. in accounting. competed for the • The women’s bowling and tennis teams earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting APR scores among the top 10 percent in Brooklyn Campus’ 17 their respective sports. NCAA Division I sports programs in • The men’s soccer program posted a 3.45 G.P.A. as a team – the second-highest among all Division I soccer teams in the nation. 2010-11.

of the State Campus • 13 …And on the Field • Guided by Northeast Conference Coach of the Year Jim Ferry, the men’s basketball team enjoyed a record-setting campaign, winning its first conference championship and earning its first bid in the NCAA Tournament since 1997. In March, in front of a national TV audience on ESPN2, the Blackbirds defeated Robert Morris at a packed Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center in the NEC championship game. Later that month, the Blackbirds lost a competitive contest to North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Did you Know? • Junior Jessie Gaines won four individual events and set three meet records to help the women’s indoor track and field team win its second Late Night with straight NEC Championship. Gaines was named Most Valuable Performer for a third time and also claimed both Most Outstanding Track Jimmy Fallon and Most Outstanding Field Performer honors. adopted LIU as • The baseball team, under head coach Don Maines, tallied a school-record 28 wins. Maines was named NEC Coach of the Year, while Tyler Jones, a junior, earned First Team All-NEC and First Team All-Northeast Region honors after ranking fifth nationally with a its 2011 NCAA .425 batting average. Tournament team • The women’s soccer team won its second regular-season conference title in three years, while posting a 15-3-3 record. Freshman Jessica and featured LIU on Sexton led the country in goals against average and save percentage as the Blackbirds set a program record with 15 shutouts during the year. three consecutive • Junior Anna Palsson and senior Rocky Co both earned All-NEC honors for the second time in women’s and men’s golf, respectively. broadcasts, including Palsson won the NEC individual championship by two strokes. Co capped his career with a personal-best third-place finish at the league a guest appearance championship. by our school’s famed mascot, the Blackbird.

of the State Campus • 14 Campus Jewels

Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts Our very own Kumble Theater – a dynamic performance venue serving one of the most diverse campuses and communities in the country – continues to energize our cultural programming and nourish our students artistic exploration, as well as provide the Campus’ neighboring communities with top-notch, Broadway-quality performances. This year, as part of a new relationship with the Center for Communication in connection with the Journalism and Media Arts Departments, Kumble hosted three events for students, including a screening of “Restrepo” with the filmmaker and other leading journalists covering the war in Afghanistan; a discussion on producing reality TV programs with top producers from Bravo, MTV and the Discovery Channel; and a screening of an episode of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” Some of the other noteworthy events at the theater were Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center’s Thirty 5 in 5 Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival; the IFNY Monologue Grand Slam – Battle of the Champions; “What It Iz,” directed by Brooklyn Campus professor Bryonn Bain; and “Call Me Crazy: Diary of a Mad Social Worker.” Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center The WRAC – the largest building project in Campus history – turned five years old this winter. And it rang in its sixth year with a bang when our Long Island University Blackbirds knocked off Robert Morris in the Northeast Conference basketball championship on March 8. The thrilling 85-82 overtime win was nationally televised on ESPN2, showcasing our team and our sold-out arena to the entire country. Throughout the 2010-11 academic year, the WRAC lived up to its promise to enhance the Campus experience for our students and the community. Aside from serving as the home to exciting men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball games, the facility hosted numerous prestigious events that were enjoyed by the community. In October, youngsters from Brooklyn were invited to participate in a basketball clinic and were then surprised with a visit from several New York Knicks, including all-star Amar’e Stoudemire. In January, the WRAC was again the site of the SNY Invitational, a two-day high school basketball tournament that featured four of the top boys high school teams in the country. The Brooklyn Campus will again host the tournament in January 2012. On May 31, about 2,000 students visited the WRAC for an Education Day event for the WNBA’s New York Liberty. Participating schools received educational workbooks for their students and the students had an opportunity to meet and see Liberty players.

of the State Campus • 15 Capital Transformation

Knowing full well that learning benefits from the stimulation of the environment in which it occurs, we continue to transform our Campus facilities. During the past academic year, the Campus took on numerous capital improvement projects, including a renovation project at 490 Fulton St. that will provide 236 new apartments for our graduate students and the replacement of the aging surface of our athletic fields with new state-of-the-art AstroTurf.

Turf Replacement at Athletic Field After more than 10 years, the Campus replaced the turf on the LIU athletic field. Our multi-use field sees plenty of activity, providing practice Did you Know? and event space for our men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, softball and women’s lacrosse teams, as well as for community games, tournaments The Arnold & Marie and programs. The $1-million turf replacement is a major step in the Campus’ ongoing efforts to become completely NCAA compliant with the Schwartz College of size of its athletic fields. Our Campus is working toward obtaining New York City agency approval for a $25 million athletic field expansion Pharmacy and Health project. Sciences was estab - New Graduate Apartments at 490 Fulton St. lished in 1886 as the An ambitious $11.3 million renovation project during Summer 2011 has transformed the third, fourth and fifth floors of 490 Fulton St. into Brooklyn College of living spaces for 236 graduate students, as our Campus looks to boost the number of graduate students residing in Campus housing by over 400 percent. The brand new studio apartments and private bedrooms feature all the comforts of home in a safe and nurturing environment. Pharmacy by the For a virtual tour of this amazing facility, visit our website at www.liu.edu/brooklyn. Kings County Pharmaceutical Society. The Brooklyn Bridge had been open for three years. of the State Campus • 16 Exterior Renovation of Campus Buildings The Campus invested $3.2 million toward the exterior renovation of numerous Campus buildings and facilities, including Metcalfe Hall, Richard L. Conolly Hall, the Humanities Building and Goldner Garage.

Laboratory Renovations Students began using four newly renovated organic chemistry and science research laboratories. The Campus invested nearly $2.5 million in the project, which also included the installation of central air conditioning to more than half of Metcalfe Hall.

College of Pharmacy Embarks on $12.5 Million Capital Campaign As part of its 125th anniversary celebration this year, the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences kicked off its $12.5 million “Our Founding, Our Future” capital campaign. The College plans to expand research and graduate education initiatives; to complete renovation and new construction projects; and to increase the number of scholarships available to the College’s students. More than $3.2 million has been donated or pledged to the campaign, including leadership gifts from Dr. Leon Lachman, a University trustee and chancellor of the College of Pharmacy; Joan Williamson, a former professor at the University’s C.W. Post Campus; University Trustee Martin Sperber; one of the College’s naming donors, Marie Schwartz; and the pharmaceutical supply company, Cardinal Health.

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Ralph Engelman Dawn Kilts Jonathan Haynes The Brooklyn Campus has a celebrated faculty of scholars, artists, researchers and scientists, many of whom have earned such prestigious Anthony awards as Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships. They are master teachers, nearly all of whom hold a doctorate or the highest equivalent DePass degree in their respective fields. Most importantly, however, they are here to guide and inspire students to go the distance and reach their goals. The following faculty members were among those who achieved great success this past year: Dawn Kilts, Dean of the School of Nursing Winner of the University’s esteemed Chancellor’s Award for 2011, Professor Kilts is the holder of the Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn ’32 Endowed Chair for Nursing. The Dean of the Campus’ School of Nursing since 2001, Professor Kilts has been an inspiration to countless nursing students and colleagues in her nearly four-decade career at the Brooklyn Campus. She has coordinated the effort to send health-care teams, including health professions students, to Haiti and Sierra Leone. Anthony DePass, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Research Development and Associate Professor of Biology Did you Know? Dr. DePass co-authored a major report released by the American Association for the Advancement of Science that calls for historic changes in The average student how biology is taught at the college level. The critically acclaimed study, which engaged some 200 leading biology faculty and administrators to faculty ratio at the across the United States, concluded that biology classes should involve real-world research and have a greater emphasis on student-centered learning. Brooklyn Campus is 14:1.

of the State Campus • 18 Jonathan Haynes, English Professor Having emerged as one of the preeminent sources on Nigeria’s booming film industry, Nollywood, Dr. Haynes this spring was awarded the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship to write his third book on the subject. Helisse Levine, Assistant Professor in the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences Dr. Levine, an assistant professor in Public Administration program, co-edited “Women in Public Administration: Theory and Practice,” which was published in Fall 2010. The book covers topics from female managers in municipal and state governments to legal frameworks for gender equality, minority women, women in the military and women in public budgeting and financial management. Ralph Engelman, Professor of Journalism, Chairman of the Journalism Department and Faculty Coordinator for the George Polk Awards in Journalism The Board of Trustees voted to confer senior professorial status on Dr. Engelman. This rare honor is bestowed on faculty members who have excelled as teachers, scholars and leaders in their fields. It has been given to only three other professors at the Campus in previous years. Newly Tenured Faculty Members The tenure system is a key component of our mission to providing access to academic excellence. With tenure, faculty members secure intellectual autonomy and become stakeholders in our institution. Nine faculty members at the Brooklyn Campus received Helisse Levine tenure during the 2010-11 academic year. Conolly College School of Business School of Education School of Health Professions Library Mrinal Bhattacharjee Adva Dinur Andrew Livanis Yasser Salem Julia Bock Yusuf Juwayeyi Ellen Short David Spierer Gustavo Rodriguez

New faculty members Additionally, the Brooklyn Campus hired 19 new faculty members this year. Anna Acee James Eckert Cristiana Kahl Collins Carole Maccotta Thomas Peele Sutapa Aditya Dalia Fahmy Michael James Kavic Jeanmaire Molina Arpi Siron Terzian Nicole Cain Karin Denard Goldman Rachel King Stephen Molton Donna Wang Kevin Duffy Anayo Ikeme Su-Hwan Kwak Amber Pabon

of the State Campus • 19 Third-safest Campus in the Country Campus Honors Recognizing Long Island University’s impeccable security record, The Daily Beast ranked the Brooklyn Campus the third-safest campus in the nation. The popular news and opinion website also deemed the Brooklyn Campus as the safest in New York City. New York’s Daily News and numerous other publications reported on The Daily Beast’s findings, highlighting the Campus’ superb track record for safety. The special attention we give to security allows our students, faculty and the entire Campus community to remain focused on the task at hand – delivering and receiving a quality education. Military Friendly Did you Know? Scheduling flexibility, help with tuition and an array of on-campus support services for veterans helped land the Brooklyn Campus on G.I. Jobs The George Polk magazine’s list of “Military Friendly Schools” for a second-consecutive year. The Military Friendly Schools list recognizes the top 15 percent of Awards in Journalism colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s veterans as students. Our faculty and staff work with military students every step of the way – from admission through graduation and career placement. We have enjoyed a long history of educating students with were established in military backgrounds. 1949 by Long Island President’s Honor University to For the second-consecutive year, the Brooklyn Campus was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The Honor commemorate Roll recognizes schools that demonstrate that their students, faculty and staff are engaged in meaningful service that achieves positive results in the George Polk, a CBS community. correspondent who George Polk Awards Sponsored by Long Island University and judged by a committee based at the Brooklyn Campus, the 61st annual George Polk Awards in Journalism was murdered in were presented on April 7 at The Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings was among the winners, for “The Runaway 1948 while covering General,” a history-making article that prompted President Obama’s dismissal of U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of all U.S. and the Greek civil war. NATO forces in Afghanistan. Awards were given in 13 categories. On the eve of the awards presentation, the Brooklyn Campus hosted the annual George Polk Seminar; this year’s lively panel discussion was entitled “Piercing the Veil of Secrecy.” The Polk Awards are conferred annually to honor special achievement in journalism, with a premium placed on investigative and enterprise reporting. In May, the University and administrators of the Polk Awards began a program to fund investigative reporting projects taken on by print and broadcast reporters who have been laid off from jobs in journalism. The George Polk Grants for Investigative Reporting are underwritten by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation.

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