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Year in Review: 2007
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April
A group of Hofstra students and administrators spent spring break doing volunteer work on a Navajo Indian reservation in Bluff, Utah. This program, sponsored by Hofstra’s Campus Catholic Parish and the Office of Student Leadership and Activities, was the second annual alternative spring break trip for Hofstra students. A team of Hofstra graduate students took third place at the Fourth Annual New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) Commodity Challenge. From March to April, the students from the Frank G. Zarb Business School competed against 36 other teams from 21 schools, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia and New York University.
April 2 President Stuart Rabinowitz announced that Hofstra had submitted a formal application to the Commission on Presidential Debates to host a 2008 presidential or vice presidential debate.
April 12 Hofstra hosted the 33rd annual Hempstead for Hofstra/Hofstra for Hempstead Scholarship Ball, which raises money to help Village of Hempstead students attend the University. Scholarship money raised from this annual event has helped hundreds of Hempstead students pursue their education goals at Hofstra.
April 12 The Department of Speech Communication, Rhetoric and Performance Studies welcomed Fulbright Scholar Soyini Madison, who discussed “Acts of Activism: Human Rights and Radical Performance.”
April 17 The West Pedestrian Bridge, which spans Hempstead Turnpike at Oak Street, was officially opened.
April 18 The Department of Religion presented a lecture by Mary Gordon, an award-winning novelist, essayist, and critic whose most recent works include The Stories of Mary Gordon and the novel Pearl. Professor Gordon’s talk was part of the inaugural Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman Lecture Series in Catholic Studies.
April 18 “Sustainable Growth on Long Island” was the topic of a Distinguished Speaker Lecture delivered by Parris N. Glendening, president of Smart Growth Leadership Institute.
April 18 Hofstra Law School presented the 2006-2007 Visiting Scholar-in- Residence Lecture, “Sovereignty, Mercy, and the Limits of the Law: The Case of Clemency in the Killing State,” delivered by Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat.
April 19-21 An editor of Vogue, the curator-in-charge of the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the nation’s leading bridal retailers, and a host of television’s Full Frontal Fashion were among the participants at the Hofstra Cultural Center conference Defining Culture Through Dress: Individual and Collective Identities. The conference was directed by Elena Cevallos, professor of library services, and Martha Kreisel, associate professor of library services. As part of the event, Hofstra Entertainment premiered the original show Fashion Statements! on April 19.
April 22 Both the American Chamber Ensemble, co-directed by Blanche Abram and Naomi Drucker, and the Hofstra Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bob Bowen, presented concerts.
April 24 Bruce Stillman, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, spoke about the impact of genetics research on the diagnosis and treatment of cancers at the 14th annual Axinn Lecture.
April 25 A reception was held for Opening Windows to Gernika, a multimedia exhibition created by Honors College students Matthew Ferry and Michael LaFemina to commemorate the massacre at Gernika during the Spanish Civil War 70 years ago.
April 25 Hofstra Law School presented the 2007 Sidney and Walter Siben Distinguished Professorship Lecture, “Domestic Agreements,” delivered by Brian H. Bix, the Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota.
April 25 “China’s Impact on the Global Economy” was the subject of the fifth annual Roundtable on the State of Economic Globalization, sponsored by the Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business.
April 25 Hofstra celebrated Earth Day with a day of “green” activities and events. The University’s Environmental Priorities Committee kicked off the day’s activities with a cleanup of Hofstra’s bird sanctuary, located behind the University Club at David S. Mack Hall.
April 26 The Commission on Presidential Debates met with Hofstra officials and local political leaders as part of the University’s bid to host a 2008 presidential or vice presidential debate.
April 26 and 27 The Hofstra Cultural Center sponsored its second international conference on the legacy of Primo Levi, titled Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi’s Science and Humanism After the Fall, directed by Stanislao G. Pugliese, professor of history. As part of the conference, Hofstra Entertainment premiered “But When We Started Singing …” A Performance Inspired by the Life and Works of Primo Levi, conceived and performed by Bob Spiotto ’84.
April 27 to May 6 Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan, presented by the Department of Drama and Dance and directed by Royston Coppenger, opened at the Black Box Theater in the New Academic Building.
April 27 and 28 The speech and debate team placed third at the Great Eastern Seaboard Forensics Tournament. Additionally, Sid Nathan ’07 placed fourth overall, Allison Bishop ’08 placed third in Prose Interpretation, and Megan Kirkpatrick ’07 placed first in Persuasive Speaking.
April 28 The Center for Continuing Education and Professional Advancement presented the 23rd Annual Children’s Literature Conference, an opportunity for both published and aspiring writers and illustrators to gather with librarians, educators, editors, booksellers and others who create or wish to create good children’s books.
April 28 and 29 The Music Department presented a concert by the Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band on April 28, directed by Peter Loel Boonshaft. The performance featured the world premiere of a work by renowned composer Stephen Melillo, commissioned by and dedicated to the Hofstra University Symphonic Band. The next day, Hofstra Opera Theater performed scenes from famous operas as part of its annual spring concert.
