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June 2026 Calendar - Lifelong Learning Lecture Series - Hofstra University

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Lifelong Learning Lecture Series

Featuring speakers from PEIR (Personal Enrichment In Retirement), Hofstra Faculty, and Other Partners Every Monday & Thursday Room 122 Hofstra (except if Hofstra Closed) Oak Street Center

Come in person or online

Zoom link: hofstra.edu/peirlllszoom The Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, hosted by the School of Health Sciences, focuses on timely, interesting, and important topics. Who should attend? Anyone who is curious about the world around them, who has a growth mindset, and who is committed to lifelong personal and professional development.

JUNE

Monday Morning

Monday Afternoon

Thursday Morning

June 1, 10:00-11:30 AM

June 1, 12:45-2:15 PM

June 4 10:00-11:30 AM

Discussion of the short story by Toni Morrison entitled Recitatif Craig Rustici, PhD, Professor of English and Disability Studies, Hofstra University and Micky Friedman, PEIR

June 8, 10:00-11:30 AM

Irene Sendler - The Female Schindler

Jackie Schwartz, PEIR

June 15, 10:00-11:30 AM

Conflict Transformation: Changing how we perceive and engage with conflict Laurie Johnson, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Counseling and Mental Health Professions, School of Health Sciences, Hofstra University

June 22, 10:00-11:30 AM

Cultural Arts: The New Deal and the Federal Arts Project Micky Friedman, PEIR

June 29, 10:00-11:30 AM

A Near “Civil War” breaks out in Near Rockaway, Long Island: It’s the Tories vs. the Patriots Art Mattson, PEIR

Scouting in the 21st CenturyOpportunities and challenges

Motivational Communication

Sharon Phillips, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Community Health; Steven Lindo, DPS, Asst. Prof. of Health Informatics; Lauren Arnone, OTD, Asst. Prof. of Occupational Therapy; and Elizabeth Ploran, PhD, Prof. of Psychology, Hofstra University

Fred Waxenberg, PhD, Psychologist & Member of Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer, PEIR

June 8, 12:45-2:15 PM

June 11 10:00-11:30 AM

History of Comic Books and Gothic Novels Bob Rozakis, American Comic Book Writer and Editor, DC Comics 1973-1998

The History & Variety of Murano Glass

Judy Paris, PEIR

June 15, 12:45-2:15 PM

Impacts on Environmental Disasters on Mental Health of Vulnerable Populations Ibraheem M. Karaye, MD, DrPH, The Joseph L. Dionne Endowed Academic Chair & Assoc. Prof. of Population Health, Hofstra University

June 18 10:00-11:30 AM

Norway – Journey Home of the Mountain King Hedva Lewittes & Laurie Everett, PEIR

June 22, 12:45-2:15 PM

Fearless Russian Women Judie Wiesel, PEIR

June 25 10:00-11:30 AM

June 29, 12:45-2:15 PM

Science: The Medical Issues Astronauts Face From Being in Space

Long Island’s Native American Community Sandi Brewster, Executive Director & Government Affairs Officer, Montaukett Indian Nation

For questions, please contact 516-463-5301 or email SOHS@hofstra.edu

Sid Krimsky, PEIR

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