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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