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Events
Year in Review: 2008
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Ninety-year-old Roslyn Klein accepted her long-awaited diploma from Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz in August. Though she was very close to completing the M.S.Ed. 40 years ago, family obligations interrupted her studies. University administration and faculty helped her complete her degree.
August
Hofstra Law School received funding from Joan Hermanowski '76, chair and sole shareholder of Americable International, to establish a two-year pilot mock trial program at Hempstead High School.
August 5: Ninety-year-old Roslyn Klein earned an M.S.Ed. from the School of Education, Health and Human Services after a 40-year hiatus in her studies. Ms. Klein missed her final exams in 1968 due to urgent family obligations. Just prior to the start of Hofstra's spring 2008 semester, she wrote a letter to Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz explaining that she would like to complete this bit of unfinished business in her life. With the help of Dr. Laurie Johnson, director of the graduate programs in counseling in the Department of Counseling, Research, Special Education and Rehabilitation, and the Provost's Office, a plan was devised to help Ms. Klein earn her degree which was conferred at a special ceremony.
August 8 to 10: Hofstra Entertainment presented the New York premiere of the comic love story Rachel and Julio, starring two successful Hofstra alumni in the performing arts -- Lainie Kazan and Robert Davi. The play, directed by Bob Spiotto, is about two kids from Brooklyn -- a Jewish girl and a Cuban boy. More than 30 years later, they recall two sides of a love affair that forever changed the way they felt about themselves, each other, and the world around them.
