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Decades of Pride 2011-2012 Honor Roll of Donors Calendar for A Letter from Summer/Fall 2013 Events President Stuart Rabinowitz Visit hofstra.edu/events for more information. he spirit of civic engagement that defines our university June 20 GOLD Summer Party in NYC Croton , emerged as one of our Reservoir Tavern – An opportunity to network T greatest strengths. We celebrated the with Hofstra alumni from the last decade in honor of the Class of 2013 honor of hosting a second consecutive presidential debate on June 22, 23 Gray Wig Alumni Theater Company presents October 16, 2012, and just weeks Our Town, Black Box Theater, New Academic later we came together to help each Building, South Campus other and the greater Long Island community respond and June 26 Southern Connecticut/Westchester Country rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. Club Reception, Stamford Yacht Club With commitment and creativity, our students, staff, faculty June 29, 30 Gray Wig Alumni Theater Company presents and alumni made history this year in so many ways. Our new Our Town, Black Box Theater, New Academic Building, South Campus and expanded programs in the sciences are thriving, as we answer the demand for more health professionals and a highly July 17 Zarb Alumni Association Summer skilled, high-tech workforce. Our students are winning major Networking event in New York City journalism, business and entrepreneurship awards. And the September 26 Alumni Awards Dinner at The Garden City work of our faculty is being recognized by the White House, Hotel honoring eight individuals for professional which invited Gregory Maney, professor and chair of achievements and service to Hofstra University Hofstra’s Sociology Department, to sit on a federal panel (see ad on page 37) investigating human trafficking, and the Museum of Modern September 28 Alumni Day at Fall Festival featuring Parade Art, which acquired for its permanent collection a poster of Floats, Vibe Live Music Festival and Carnival, designed by Tom Klinkowstein, Hofstra professor of design alumni parties and Comedy Night (see back and new media. cover) The Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine continues to December 8 George M. Estabrook Alumni Association Inc. transform the way doctors are trained, and recently broke Awards Luncheon, Hofstra University Club, North Campus ground on a facilities expansion that will double its size by 2015. Meanwhile, the Medical Scholars Pipeline program, December 9 NYC Alumni Holiday Party, Club 101, NYC which targets promising high school students in underserved communities who aspire to careers in medicine and health sciences, proudly witnessed the graduation of its first group of Visit hofstra.edu/alumni or call 20 students this year. Those students are heading to colleges 516-463-6636 for more information. such as Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University, Spelman College and, yes, Hofstra. Giving Doesn’t Have to The School of Health Sciences and Human Services, Be Done All at Once ... launched in fall 2012, sponsored an enormously successful Did you know that you can spread out your three-day series of events to mark National Public Health annual contribution to Hofstra over a series of Week, including several events conceived and run by students monthly payments? from Hofstra’s new Master of Public Health program. The We are happy to help set up a payment plan School of Engineering and Applied Science wrapped up its that will make giving easier and still create a significant first year with a $75,000 student entrepreneurship competition impact at Hofstra. sponsored by Hofstra alumnus Mike Seiman, who founded CPX Interactive while he was still a student. Two teams of We appreciate your generosity and will do students won seed money for their projects, and plans for an all we can to assist you in feeling at ease with the amount you give each year. even larger competition next year are already underway. For more information about a payment plan, Students from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, or planned gift (trusts, bequests, annuities) meanwhile, took top honors in regional and statewide to Hofstra University, please contact Gabrielle McCartin in the Office for Development at 516-463-5116 or [email protected]. A Letter from Every year when I compose this letter, I find myself inspired by all that we have accomplished, and so “ President Stuart Rabinowitz “ proud to be a part of the Hofstra community. I have never felt that more strongly than this year. competitions for innovative business ideas, creating apps that collection to help restock K-12 schools with damaged libraries. are now in the process of being brought to market. The first Clinics at the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services class of students in our new online MBA program – ranked Center are offering free counseling to families suffering from among the top 100 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report emotional trauma. Zarb School of Business students worked – graduated in May. the phones with Nassau County’s Economic Recovery Task Force, reaching out to businesses in flood zones to inform By far, the highlight of the year was the privilege of hosting them about aid and loan programs. the town hall-style U.S. presidential debate, becoming one of only two universities to host consecutive presidential debates. To help Hofstra students, faculty and staff with the financial Our goal was simple: to do more and to involve and inspire repercussions of the storm, the University created a more of our campus and community to participate than did in Community Disaster Relief Fund. The University announced 2008. Our students attended the National Conventions, some it would match the raised funds, up to $50,000. In the end, on fellowships from The Washington Center, others as more than $61,000 was raised. Hofstra also marshaled its reporters covering the story for our award-winning student- scholarly resources to help in recovery and prevention efforts. run radio station, WRHU-88.7 FM. More than 300 students To that end, the National Center for Suburban Studies at were debate volunteers, and more than 400 got the chance to Hofstra University hosted a conference focused on be in the debate audience. sustainability and post-Sandy recovery that was attended by A Letter from international experts. The conference was led by NCSS A reprise of Democracy in Performance, a series of historical Executive Dean Larry Levy, Academic Director Dr. Chris re-enactments by students, faculty and professional Niedt and Dr. Robert Brinkmann, director of our performers, first launched for the 2008 debate, drew hundreds Sustainability Studies program, and resulted in the creation of of middle and high school students to campus. And more than a hurricane research team that is seeking funding to support a dozen alumni returned to campus as media professionals research on issues associated with natural hazards that impact Rabinowitz Stuart President covering the 2012 debate, some crediting their success to their our region. experience as student journalists during the 2008 debate. In some cases, this work was both scholarly and intensely Eric Lane, an exceptional faculty member for more than 35 personal. Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti, Hofstra professor of years, became the ninth dean of the Maurice A. Deane School rhetoric and a resident of Long Beach, is working with a of Law in January 2013, after a distinguished career as a Hofstra graduate film student to create an oral history of the scholar and public servant. Under his leadership, the Law storm. They are interviewing residents, city workers and first School is meeting the needs and challenges of the legal responders about their experiences, and once the oral history industry with a new emphasis on experiential learning and is complete, it will become part of the University’s historical emerging specialties, such as the launch of the Gitenstein archives. Institute for Health Law and Policy. The institute, funded by the Kermit Gitenstein Foundation and in partnership with This year, the true character of the Hofstra community was Nassau University Medical Center, will train students for this revealed in the way we responded to the tests and the increasingly complex, diverse domain. triumphs. We met both the same way, with pride and purpose. The Law School also created a pro bono Disaster Recovery Preparing our students for successful careers is a central part Clinic to help victims of Superstorm Sandy. This clinic is of our mission. But it is not the only thing we must do. We providing a critical service to the community while giving must also prepare our students to be compassionate leaders second- and third-year students invaluable hands-on who are engaged in the world and committed to using their experience. While the Hofstra campus made it through the sophisticated skills to solve national and global problems. storm with minimal loss, our community mobilized quickly to Integrating these two goals is the mark of a great university. help neighbors, friends and colleagues, as well as residents in I am honored to lead Hofstra University. With your help, we neighboring towns and cities hit hard by the storm. There were will reach new heights in the years to come. supply, food and blood drives, and more than 200 students went out into the community immediately after the storm to assist with the cleanup effort and deliver care packages to elderly residents. The School of Education coordinated a book Hofstra Decades of Pride 3 We would like to thank those generous supporters of Hofstra University whose gifts of $10,000 or more continue to shape our institution and inspire our community. For almost 80 years, Hofstra University has been fulfilling the academic and professional needs of its student body, faculty, and staff, and we continue this legacy every day.

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