February 2012: Traveling Professor 2012

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Immediate: January 4, 2012Media Contact: Alicia Steger: 516.572.9634Email: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Announces its 2012 Winter Traveling Professor Lecture Series

Garden City, NY - The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Winter 2012 Traveling Professor Lecture Series has something for everyone. Explore the world through this unique and engaging travel series. From Cuba to Estonia, these diverse speakers from the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï faculty will share their fascinating travel experiences and observations with the community:

Musician to Musician in Cuba, November 2011Prof. Gene Glickman, MusicTuesday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m.

Cuba: A Land of HopeProf. Delores Edwards Sullivan, EnglishTuesday, February 14 at 1:00 p.m.

From Estonia to Cyprus: Searching for the Absent Mother God of the WestProf. Neela Saxena, EnglishThursday, February 16 at 10:00 a.m.

Arabian Tales from the United Arab Emirates: An American's PerspectiveProf. Elizabeth Fonseca, LINCC (Language Immersion at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï)Thursday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m.

All Traveling Professor programs, which take place in the College Center Building, are free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Cultural Program. For further information, call 516.572.7153.

About ÍøÆØ³Ô¹ÏÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where over 23,000 full- and part-time students and almost 15,000 continuing and professional studies students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. Mor than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.

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