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Long Island Business News has chosen to honor Anne Mungai, PhD, ºüÀêÊÓƵ's associate provost for strategic initiatives and graduate studies, with a 2020 Diversity in Business Award.

ºüÀêÊÓƵ is joining the battle against COVID-19, supplying masks, gloves and hazmat suits to New York state hospitals and providing volunteers to frontline efforts.

President Christine M. Riordan will co-chair the Restart Plan for Higher Education, a task force that aims to formulate broad guidelines for restarting higher education in New York state as announced per the Cornell Chronicle.

As we look ahead, I'd like to give an update on our plans for the fall semester and share the important factors that will guide our University's decisions moving forward.

Herald Community Newspapers has selected Elaine L. Smith '78, MS '88, EdD, dean of ºüÀêÊÓƵ's College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH), as a recipient of the 2020 Premier Business Women of Long Island Award.

With the decision to move classes online, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ faculty has been hard at work revising syllabuses, getting up to speed on technology, and thinking outside the box about how to teach and support students virtually.

An update for about continuing the Spring Semester from the Provost and Executive Vice President.

An update for students about classes from the Provost and Executive Vice President.

An update for students about classes from the Provost and Executive Vice President.

An update for students about classes from the Provost and Executive Vice President.

Dr. Dinan will take her position as dean of ºüÀêÊÓƵ's Honors College on July 1.

Every year ºüÀêÊÓƵ honors exceptional employees and faculty members. “Our honorees are ºüÀêÊÓƵ employees who shine for a number of reasons," said President Christine M. Riordan at the awards ceremony on May 7. “You set extraordinary standards for serving the ºüÀêÊÓƵ community. We admire and thank you."

At ºüÀêÊÓƵ, students reap the benefits of personalized attention from their professors and all the opportunities nearby New York City holds. But according to Peter West, Ph.D.—the newly appointed associate provost for student success—there's always room to do better.

Debbi A. Smith, M.A., M.B.A., M.S.L.S., has been appointed Interim Dean of University Libraries for ºüÀêÊÓƵ effective April 1.

Peter West, Ph.D., has been appointed associate provost for student success at ºüÀêÊÓƵ, effective May 2019.

Inside and outside the classroom, experiential learning works. Hands-on, high-impact learning experiences are central to ºüÀêÊÓƵ's personalized approach to education. A panel at the conference provided examples of their benefits to students.

In this issue devoted to the annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Provost and Executive Vice President Steve Everett, D.M.A., discusses the University's approach to diversity and understanding—and how our students benefit from it.

After a national search, ºüÀêÊÓƵ's new provost and executive vice president, Steve Everett, D.M.A., officially starts his position on July 1, 2018.

Irving Roth, a survivor of the Nazi death camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, recounted his experiences and spoke about the importance of Holocaust remembrance in a campus event on April 23.

High impact learning practices don't just improve students' experiences within the ºüÀêÊÓƵ community—they also prepare students for their postcollege careers.

The President's Leadership Fellows Program provides ºüÀêÊÓƵ faculty members interested in pursuing a career in academic leadership with unique and valuable hands-on experiences.

Interim provost and executive vice president Sam L Grogg, Ph.D., shares some important pointers on getting your master’s degree.

An Open Letter to the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Community

" We write to reassure you that we are committed to being a University where students, faculty and staff, regardless of their faith, country of origin, race, gender or sexual, political, ideological or intellectual orientation feel safe and respected."

This newly structured position within the provost’s office will support faculty scholarship, creative work and teaching at ºüÀêÊÓƵ.