Cultural Event

Naomi Zeitlin – Celebrate French Music – Ms. Zeitlin will sing a capella, with guitar, and with CD accompaniment. Enjoy favorite melodies such as “La Vie En Rose,” “Autumn Leaves” & “I Love Paris!” Listen to French songs & music originally written in English which had French lyrics added, plus those written in French which became English songs.

No tickets are required.  Seating is limited and on a first-come first-served basis.

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Naomi Zeitlin's web page - including Music Bytes

Lori Bongiorno – Green, Greener, Greenest – Make Eco-Smart Choices Part of your Life – Lori Bongiorno is a journalist who was on staff at BusinessWeek magazine for 6 years before becoming a freelance writer. She has written about the environment for The Green Guide and Glamour, Verdant, and Plenty magazines, among others.

Lori Bongiorno, author of Green, Greener, Greenest, will speak to a general campus audience about what individuals can do to help the environment - Gleeson 202 at 11 am. See the book website and Ms. Bongiorno's biography at

Lunch with Ms. Bongiorno immediately after her talk at approximately 12:30. Lunch is limited seating and by invitation only for students who are interested in taking a leadership role in the formation of a new Green Team Club which will focus on campus and other environmental issues, and faculty, other clubs with similar interests, and staff who want to act as club resources or advisors. Ms. Bongiorno will speak informally of the knowledge gained while researching her book about campuses that are addressing environmental issues. Those interested in attending the lunch should contact Dr. Paul Kramer in the Physics Department kramerpr@farmingdale.edu.

No tickets are required.  Seating is limited and on a first-come first-served basis.

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Lori Bongiorno's Roundup of Sustainability Efforts on College and University Campuses in the United States

Lori Bongiorno – Ms. Bongiorno, author of Green, Greener, Greenest. will speak again at 2 pm in the Peachtree Lounge, Knapp Hall to a general audience of those specifically interested in participating in a Green Team Club. She has a great deal of knowledge about things that have been done on other college campuses.

Seating is limited and on a first-come first-served basis.

Naomi Zeitlin – Celebrate Italian Music – Ms. Zeitlin returns for a second performance. She will sing a capella, with guitar, and with CD accompaniment. Enjoy favorite melodies such as “Con Te Partiro,” “Volare” & “Thatʼs Amore!” Listen to songs in Italian, music in English with Italian themes, plus melodies made popular by Italian-American singers such as Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin..

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Naomi Zeitlin's web page - including Music Bytes

Dominick Salvatore – The Global Revolution -– Dr. Dominick Salvatore is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Economics at Fordham University in New York. We are lucky and proud to have him for this special event.

See Dr. Salvatore's web page

Barry Capella, Ph.D. , Professor of English & Humanities – They Were Nnever Silent - Social Commentary in Early Films.

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Richard Hell – Richard Hell first became known as an originator of punk at CBGB. His album Blank Generation, by Richard Hell and the Voidoids, was an influential landmark of the style.

See biography in the VWP brochure.

Conference on Science and Technology with a Focus on Health Sciences
For class credit, you must attend sessions comprising at least 1 1/2 hours of this conference.

Call for student and faculty presentations and brief description

Naomi Zeitlin – Celebrate Latin-American Music – Ms. Zeitlin returns for a third performance. She will sing a capella, with guitar, and with CD accompaniment. Enjoy songs from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Santo Domingo, Brazil, Cuba, & Chile sung in Spanish, Portuguese & English. Hear musical styles such as: Salsas, Merengues, Boleros, Folk Music, & Bossa Novas.

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Naomi Zeitlin's web page - including Music Bytes

Hope Deferred - Documentary Film on the importance of Stem Cell Research - Brooke Ellison will lead a discussion following the showing of the film. Brooke Ellison was the focus of the late Christopher Reeve's film project titled The Brooke Ellison Story. Last year Brooke ran for public office while pursuing her doctorate at Stony Brook. She is active in the education and awareness of stem cell research. This event is co-hosted by Professor Nancy DiMonte of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. All are welcome.

The Brooke Ellison Project Facebook page

Wendi Fox - Trashed: A Shot Of Common Sense - A Program of Inspiration / Educational Comedy. Light refreshments will be served. For information, please contact Kathleen Casserly 631-420-2690

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Yvonne Jackson - 2007 Paumanok Poetry Award Winner – Yvonne Jackson's work has appeared in The Potomac Review, Chattahoochee Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, Drumvoices Review, and Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review.

See biography in the VWP brochure.

Francis Santiago-Schwarz, Professor of Biology - Emerging Biological, Health and Social Issues Related to Tobacco Use - In a program to support the Great American Smokeout, Dr. Santiago-Schwarz will discuss various aspects related to the current global health crises prompted by tobacco use. Her educational approach offers a novel forum for anyone seeking insight into health and socioeconomic issues related to tobacco use.

Open to all students and faculty. A free pizza lunch will be served.

See the announcement for this event and the Live Smoke Free for a Wii raffle

Joseph Graffeo – Why Music? – Sound Bytes from the Ancient to Today – The evolution of music from pre-history, through ancient Greece, and up to modern rock. Joseph Graffeo has a Ph.D. in Musicology from Columbia University, is an orchestra conductor and composer, has recorded on the pipe organ, and taught at the Julliard School of Music and the SSMA Festival in Sienna Italy. Dr. Graffeo will be introducing his new spring 2009 music course, MUS108 - Survey of Western Music, with this concert & lecture on Farmingdale's nine-foot Steinway grand piano.

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Richard Lloyd – Richard Lloyd was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but grew up in New York's Greenwich Village during the 1960s. He attended Stuyvesant High School, but upon deciding to become a guitarist, he threw away all of his textbooks and began taking his guitar to school. His best friend as a teenager was friends with Jimi Hendrix, so they ran around a lot with famous rock stars.

See biography in the VWP brochure.