Hofstra University Honors College - Alumni Newsletter - Fall 2009

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Message From the Dean Heading into HUHC’s ninth year, it strikes me that the time is right for us to engage our graduates in a formal and meaningful way.

With this in mind, allow me to highlight what you can expect from your alma mater and specifically from HUHC. ៉ Continued improvement You invested a great deal in Hofstra and in your honors education. As a graduate, you’ve bound your name to Hofstra’s reputation. When that reputation rises, it lifts the profiles of all Hofstra graduates, including those with honors designations. Thus, Hofstra’s continued success benefits HUHC’s alumni doubly since your increasingly valuable Hofstra degree is marked as having been achieved with extraordinary distinction. ៉ Networking opportunities More than 115,000 Hofstra alumni are scattered across the United States and abroad, in just about every field. Together, you represent an important resource,

especially for our new graduates who are looking to break into the working world. Hofstra alumni are often in a position to help one another and are more than willing to do so. One of the reasons for maintaining a vibrant alumni connection is to enable you to capitalize on this resource. ៉ Regular feedback Based on the notion of continued improvement, alumni are a bit like “shareholders” whom we should keep engaged. Today’s alumni use a number of communication tools like social networking sites, Twitter feeds, and a host of other strategies designed to give access to a great deal of information. These same tools allow alumni to stay in touch with one another while simultaneously letting us know what you are doing and thinking. ៉ Socializing We know that alumni look forward to getting together with friends they can’t see on a regular basis.

Reunions, receptions, lectures and other campus events are all opportunities to reconnect. Also, you’ll remember from your days at HUHC, we have a lot of practice taking you to museums, plays, ball games, and lectures. It’s one of the ways many of you met your best friends!

Homecoming 2009

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៉ HUHC/Hofstra Alumni Affinity Group Under the auspices of the Hofstra University Alumni Organization, HUHC is launching an alumni affinity group for all HUHC and University Honors Program graduates. Situating our group within the Alumni Organization allows us to participate in and take advantage of the many resources offered by the Hofstra Alumni Organization. Please let us know if you would like to get involved with a new steering committee.

You can access our Web page at hofstra.edu/HUHC. ៉ PeggyAnn will be checking in!

Going forward, PeggyAnn Matusiak will serve in an important role as she helps HUHC alumni stay connected with the University. As an ambassador for the University’s Office for Development and Alumni Affairs, she is charged with staying in touch with you, making certain that we have updated contact information, the latest news about graduations, promotions, weddings, births, etc. We really want to know what you’re doing, and we’d like to share that news with the University community, where appropriate.

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Undergraduate Students Showcase Research Undergraduate Research Day gave 23 student presenters the opportunity to share their research projects in philosophy, English, speech-language-hearing sciences, chemistry, biology, political science and Spanish with the Hofstra community. The event took place on May 7, 2009, in the West Plaza Room of the Mack Student Center.

“Undergraduate Research Day was conceived as an opportunity for Hofstra students to report results of their work to the University community,” said Warren Frisina, HUHC dean. “Research accomplishes little if it is not shared. We want Hofstra students to see their work in that context. Research is about discovery and dissemination.”

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The daylong program included three sessions consisting of individual presentations, along with a poster session where several presenters discussed their work simultaneously. Please visit hofstra.edu/ResearchDay for the complete list of presenters and titles. Undergraduate Research Day has been a Hofstra tradition since spring 2002.

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Research accomplishes little if it is not shared. We want Hofstra students to see their work in that context. Research is about discovery and dissemination.

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– Warren Frisina, Dean, HUHC

HUHC Students Travel to the Far East HUHC was well represented in two study abroad opportunities to China this is summer – one in business and one in comparative literature and languages..

Honors College has a donor fund dedicated to the study of China and was able to provide these students with $2,500 in funding to help them earn honors credit for the program.

The China trip that focused on business was led by Yong Zhang, associate professor of marketing and international business. The first three weeks of the program took place on the Hofstra campus, where students studied international business principles. This was followed by three weeks in China, where the group was exposed to that country’s real-life business environment.

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Languages Zuyan Zhou’s program explored Chinese culture and language. Though the group was based at East China Normal University in Shanghai, there were also excursions to Beijing and Hangzhou during the five-week stay.

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៉ Social networking tools HUHC has a new Facebook page. It is a place where we can share information, post announcements about upcoming events, and generally stay in touch with one another.

You can find us by searching for HUHC under groups in Facebook. In addition, we’ll be running a Twitter feed (we promise, no more than a few tweets a month!) to alert you to important Hofstra news or remind you about upcoming HUHC and other alumni events. You can follow us by subscribing to HUHC. ៉ HUHC alumni Web pages We have added to the HUHC Web site pages dedicated to alumni activity. We’ll use them to post news of accomplishments, list graduates, and highlight extraordinary alumni successes. Of course, these are specific to HUHC. The Hofstra Web site also has a robust section dedicated to all University alumni – a terrific resource as well.

៉ HUHC alumni events Last spring, we held our first HUHC/UHP (University Honors Program)/PBK (Phi Beta Kappa) alumni reception. It was a wonderful event, held at the recently renovated Hofstra University Club. This summer, we brought a group of students to see the play Self Portrait, directed by Gary Ferrar and starring Casey Geraghty (both HUHC Class of 2005). We expect to host several such HUHC alumni events in 2009-2010 and beyond. You should also be sure to avail yourself of the full smorgasbord of Hofstra’s alumni activities. Alumni events are important ways for you to network with one another. ៉ Professional networking The Hofstra University Alumni Organization has formed a partnership with a new professional networking site called MyWorkster.com, created by Jeff Saliture ’08.

This terrific site allows you the opportunity to connect with other Hofstra graduates as well as with more than 1,000 employers offering positions. There are “insider” job listings and ways to find other Hofstra alumni at organizations and companies where you want to work. Sign up and develop your unique profile at hofstra.edu/alumni and click the MyWorkster@Hofstra icon.

Your feedback on these initiatives is important and relevant. Please let us know how we can assist you in reaching your personal and professional goals. You can write to us at honors@hofstra.edu.

Hofstra University is proud of its graduates and sees you as the best advertisements for the University’s success. We want to promote your achievements to the University community, to other alumni, and to the world. The best way for us to do that is by keeping us up to date. Remain involved with HUHC and the University – there are so many ways in which to do so. Your support of our efforts and your participation in our activities and events enhance the experience for all.

Yours,

HUHC Dean W arren Frisina an Associate De an Neil Donahu d e.

Warren Frisina, Ph.D., F i i Ph D Dean Hofstra University Honors College

2009 Honors College Graduates Honors College Graduates With Distinction Syeda Ahmad, Political Science Hunter Altman, English and American Literature Bethany Atchison, Fine Arts Education Christina Biedny, Political Science Amanda Braverman, Psychology Dominka Klubek, Psychology John Nadon, Mechanical Engineering John Terrana, Marketing Honors College Graduates Daniel Apgar, Electrical Engineering Saira Bajwa, Political Science Elizabeth Bryant, Marketing Alexander Burt, Mathematics Kathryn Carlson, Biology Shawn Clauther, Political Science Michael Cunha, Psychology Stephen Dagnell, Accounting Meaghan Davidson, Public Relations George DellaRatta, Marketing Angela Eatz, History Alexander Ehrlich, Accounting Michael Finkelstein, Video/Television David Fletcher, Psychology Julia Gardiner, Print Journalism Monika Goldstein, Accounting Shamim Habib, Accounting Lauren Keough, Mathematics

Caroline Kirkwood, Accounting Matthew Koraus, Music Katazyna Kupiszewska, Accounting Linda Lattanzio, Psychology Catherine Legnetti, Political Science Sabbir Liakat, Computer Engineering Katherine Lozier, Print Journalism Alison Marchioni, Music Kristina Mendez, Accounting Mojdeh Moheban, Psychology Christine O’Neill, Spanish Rachel Perera, Political Science Sandy Pletikosic, English Daniel Prisco-Buxbaum, Geology Daniel Richford, Physics Michael Rieger, Video/Television and Film Susan Rodriguez, Accounting Katlyn Roedel, History Samuel Rubenfeld, Print Journalism Mallory Rudinger, Marketing Fawad Shah, Accounting Diana Stanley, Marketing Kelsey Stanton, Psychology Melissa Storino, Accounting Lindsay Strott, Audio, Video and Film Kristine Suapengco, Biology Linh Thoi, English Caitlin Thoreson, Public Relations Peter Wang, Mathematical Business Economics

Honors College Associates Tameeka Bailey, Legal Studies in Business Joseph Bennethum, Fine Arts Emilia Benton, Print Journalism Michael Billotto, Finance Brittney Boehm, Public Relations Alexa Buccieri, Psychology Ariel Camp, Biology Jessica Caramico, English Erin Carr, Biology Lorraine Carroll, Marketing Roxanne Davoodzadeh, Political Science Nicole Dodd, Psychology Joseph Donnelly, Biochemistry Annalise Ellis, Biology Allen Garvey, Music James Gilligan, Marketing Katherine Goldberg, Anthropology Theodore Goldstein, Accounting Brandon Gorkey, Marketing La Toyra Graves, Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies Jonathan Greenidge, Legal Studies in Business Rachael Higgins, Fine Arts-Painting Carolyn Hoffman, Film Studies and Production Abigale Hoke, Marketing Marisa Ikeda-Iyeki, Finance Emilio Iturrino, Psychology

Tara Kavanagh, English Nicole Kavanaugh, Biology Collin Kornfeind, Film Studies and Production Carol Koslap, English Elizabeth Lacey, Marketing Andrew Levinson, Political Science Pamela MacDonald, English Christina Martin, Political Science Alexandra Miciotta, Art History Carol Moravcik, Psychology Peter Napoli, Legal Studies in Business Pascale Ngo, Mathematics Delia Paunescu, Print Journalism Edwina Payen, Biology Marissa Perrotta, Marketing Stephanie Piscitelli, History Ashley Porter, Psychology Lindsey Ross, Political Science Dana Schmidt, English Andrzej Sienko, Print Journalism Meagan Simpson, English Brendan Smyth, Broadcast Journalism Jillian Sorgini, Drama Andres Soto, Music Catherine Sustarsic, English Jennifer Tevere, Finance Megan Valenti, Broadcast Journalism Duciel Veras, Finance Elizabeth Warren, Political Science Edmond Wong, Psychology

Congratulations HUHC couple Tom Bishop and Saundra Dobbs celebrated the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Justice Dobbs-Bishop, on May 26, 2009.

Jay Chaplin has been accepted to the medical schools of University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University.

Joseph Donnelly has been accepted to Rush Medical College and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Margarita Kats has been accepted to Drexel and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Pascale Ngo was awarded an elite French Government Teaching Assistantship from the French Ministry of Education. This is the French equivalent to a Fulbright in the United States. The selective award will allow Pascale to teach English at a French high school during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Lydia Pleimann plans to attend William & Mary Law School.

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he football team, led by fourth-year Head Coach Dave Cohen, will look to use a tough defense led by Luke Bonus and Ray McDonough, and an offensive attack spearheaded by running backs Everette Benjamin and Brock Jackolski and receiver Aaron Weaver to compete for a CAA Football Championship. Second-year Volleyball Coach Kristina Hernandez will look to seniors Monica Knight and Chrissey Cruz to lead a squad that includes five newcomers back to the CAA Championship after a quarterfinals appearance last season.

Fall Sports Preview

The women’s soccer team, led by fourth-year Coach Simon Riddiough, looks to return to the top of the CAA after falling in the CAA Championship match last season. Returning CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year Jess Crankshaw and fi rst team All-CAA pick Tiffany Yovino lead a talented group of players into the 2009 campaign. Richard Nuttall, now in his 22nd year as coach of the men’s soccer program, will look to All-CAA performers Richard Martinez, Rob Youhill and Brett Carrington to lead the Pride in 2009.

The field hockey team was hit hard by graduation, but 12th-year Head Coach Kathy De Angelis has a solid nucleus of young players ready to step in, led by CAA All-Rookie selection Genna Kovar and goalkeeper Amanda Heyde.

Seniors Kristin Thompson and Ashleigh Daniles will provide veteran leadership.

The cross country team, which is led by second-year Head Coach Pete Alfano, will look to build momentum in 2009 behind All-Metropolitan performer Riti Dhillon on the women’s side and junior Phil Giackette on the men’s team.

Second-year Tennis Coach Amanda Foukas has a good foundation of veteran players on the women’s team in juniors Christie Gattelaro and Lauren Clifton, as well as sophomore

Brooke Sailer. On the men’s side, junior Stian Tvedt and senior Matt Wacks will anchor a largely inexperienced roster in 2009-10.

The women’s golf team, coached by second-year mentor Maren Crowley, will look to make strides in 2009-10. A veteran roster returns, including the top five scorers from a season ago, led by junior Morgan Heyrman. The men’s team, led by second-year Coach Joe Elliott, is in the exact opposite position, as the team lost all five of its top players from last season and will enter 2009-10 with a largely untested roster.

Fans can follow these teams, as well as all the Hofstra Athletics news, at GoHofstra.com. The site, which was launched in May, features an entire suite of new products and services for Pride fans, including: live and on-demand streaming video and audio of Hofstra events and features, rosters, live stats, schedules, online purchase of Pride event tickets, a complete online apparel store featuring the latest Pride gear, online auctions, and much more. Also, be sure to check out upcoming promotions and activities surrounding Hofstra Athletics Jess Crankshaw through the promotions tab.

Please visit GoHofstra.com to sign up for free e-news and have your Pride news sent directly to your inbox.

Luke Bonus

News From Around HOFSTRA NEWS Around Hofstra Hofstra Receives Middle States Reaccreditation Hofstra University’s reaccreditation was affirmed by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education on June 25, 2009.

Accreditation and assessment play a critical role in strategic planning and academic enterprise at Hofstra.

Accreditation provides the University with the means to examine itself, the institution’s values, mission and goals, and verify the high quality of academic programs and student services. By participating in this process, Hofstra sends the message that it employs best practices, both in the classroom and in academic and administrative structure.

More than 100 faculty, administrators, and students were directly involved for almost two years in the development of the self-study, a comprehensive and inclusive appraisal of values, strengths, structure and resources. The selfstudy was reviewed by representatives of Middle States.

Middle States convened a very well-qualified visiting team, who came to the University in April 2009 and spent three days with hundreds of faculty, students, and administrators.

Hofstra University is pleased to share the letter from Middle States and the full report of the visiting team at hofstra.edu/middlestates.

MyWorkster@Hofstra Launches to Help Students and Alumni With Job Searching and Networking After two years of development, Hofstra University and MyWorkster.com launched a special “Alumni Advisor” module called MyWorkster@Hofstra on March 11, 2009.

The “Alumni Advisor” module allows Hofstra students and graduates to connect with Hofstra alumni who have volunteered to serve as career mentors for a wide variety of professions.

Though MyWorkster has a presence at a number of other college campuses, MyWorkster@Hofstra is the fi rst partnership that allows students and graduates to find alumni advisors who can offer professional guidance and networking opportunities. Both job seekers and those volunteering as advisors will find MyWorkster@Hofstra to be a rewarding service. MyWorkster@Hofstra is free and offers the University’s current students and graduates a way to connect with their alma mater while taking advantage of unique professional opportunities.

Hofstra students and alumni interested in registering for MyWorkster@Hofstra should visit hofstra.edu/careers and click on “MyWorkster@Hofstra” to complete an online profile. Alumni interested in participating as career mentors will see an option to register as an alumni advisor during the sign-in process.

MyWorkster was founded by Hofstra alumnus Jeffrey Saliture ’08 while he was still an undergraduate student, and he is currently the CEO of MyWorkster Enterprises, based in New York. MyWorkster was created to help professionals advance their careers through simple and effective technologies.

For more information about the program, please call The Hofstra Career Center at (516) 463-6060 or send an e-mail to AlumniAdvisor@hofstra.edu.

Hofstra University Museum Receives Unprecedented Gift of Andy Warhol Art The Hofstra University Museum has received an unprecedented gift of Andy Warhol art from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, a portion of which will be on display through September 20, 2009, at the David Filderman Gallery, located on the ninth floor of the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus.

The gift, made through the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, was in honor of the foundation’s 20th anniversary. The museum took ownership of its gift of 103 Polaroid prints and 50 black and white gelatin silver prints valued at $150,300 at the beginning of July 2008.

The Hofstra University Museum is one of 183 college and university art museums that received some of the 28,543 original Warhol photographs valued in excess of $28 million. Each institution received approximately 150 original Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints selected by Jenny Moore, curator of the Photographic Legacy Program.

According to The Andy Warhol Foundation President Joel Wachs, the aim of the Photographic Legacy

Capital Campaign Exceeds Goal With $110 Million Raised Hofstra University’s Capital Campaign exceeded its $100 million goal with a total of $110 million raised, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced at the 2009 Hofstra Gala on May 7 at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Only the second such campaign in the University’s history, it focused on development in five areas: endowment; capital projects and renovations; technology upgrades; academic programs; and the Annual Fund.

“Exceeding our $100 million goal demonstrates the faith and support that Hofstra enjoys from our alumni and friends,” said President Rabinowitz, noting that the campaign had received two gifts of at least $10 million and more than 20 gifts of $1 million or more. “This historic achievement will make a real difference to Hofstra’s future and will enhance our national reputation for academic excellence.”

“The generosity of our trustees, alumni, friends, and parents will allow us to continue to improve Hofstra University and attract the brightest students through scholarships and financial aid, provide those students with the finest technology and learning facilities, and recruit and support the best faculty,” said Capital Campaign Chair and Hofstra Trustee John D. Miller ’79. Mr. Miller added, “I would like to personally thank everyone who invested in Hofstra’s future through the Capital Campaign.”

The Gala itself raised $1 million, thanks to contributions announced at the annual fund-raiser by Gala honoree and Hofstra Trustee Peter S. Kalikow ’65 and fellow Hofstra Trustee and Gala Co-Chair David S. Mack ’67. Proceeds from the Gala benefit Hofstra’s student scholarship fund.

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The Capital Campaign was launched at the University’s Gala on May 3, 2006,

by President Rabinowitz and then-Chair of the Board Miller. That year, Hofstra had already announced significant gifts from Mr. Miller; Mr. Mack; Hofstra Trustee Joe Gregory ’74 and his wife, Niki; current Chair of the Board Marilyn Monter ’76; and Hofstra Trustee Helene Fortunoff.

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is to provide greater access to Warhol’s artwork and process, and to enable a wide range of people from communities across the country to view and study this important yet relatively unknown body of Warhol’s work.

Hofstra University Museum Director Beth E. Levinthal ’73, ’75, stated that the museum “is honored to have been a recipient of this generous and historically meaningful gift from the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. This gift enhances the museum’s collection of photography, while expanding our ability to contextualize our prints and other collection works also created by Andy Warhol.”

University Honored with CIO 100 Award for Innovative Technology A project giving Hofstra students virtual lab and mobile computing capabilities to access academic software from any location on campus earned the University a spot on CIO magazine’s list of the top 100 companies that are creating new business value through technological innovations.

“This prestigious award is quite an honor, and it recognizes our innovative work in testing and implementing our Virtual Lab system for students to access their academic software from anywhere,” said Robert W. Juckiewicz, Hofstra’s vice president for information technology. “This is just one component of an ongoing strategy to support students who use technology ubiquitously and constantly for academic, social and work needs. More than 90 percent of incoming first-year students come to campus with a laptop; almost all carry a mobile phone. Recognizing this, Hofstra is working to create a fully mobile learning environment for students, so that all services are available to our students wherever they are in the world.”

The top CIO 100 list includes AT&T; Dell; GE Energy; Infosys Technologies; JetBlue; Raytheon; T-Mobile; UPS; the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center; and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Hofstra is one of only seven colleges and universities listed. Some of the features for which Hofstra was cited include: ៉ The creation of Hofstra’s Virtual Computer Lab, which provides mobile access to software from any device running a browser. ៉ The availability of high-speed wireless technology on campus. ៉ In partnership with Google, Hofstra provides students with access to e-mail, calendars and Google Apps where they can create documents and invite others to work collaboratively from any location. ៉ The University has created “collaboratories,” innovative workspaces that utilize the latest software along with a physical environment to foster collaborative work among students. Hofstra utilizes the best technology from all major providers, such as Microsoft, Cisco, Google and IBM.