February 2017: Winter Traveling Professor Series

NEWS RELEASE

Immediate:  January 23, 2017

ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ Announces Its Winter 2017 Traveling Professor Lecture Series

Garden City, NY — The ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ Winter 2017 Traveling Professor Lecture Series has something for everyone. Explore the world through this unique and engaging travel series. From Austria to Peru, these diverse speakers from the ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ faculty will share their fascinating travel experiences and observations with the community:

Traveling the Blue Danube: Hungary,Austria and GermanyProf. Nicole Simon, Engineering/ Physics/TechnologyWednesday, February 19:30 a.m., College Center Building(CCB), Room 251 An International Journey in Poetry: Europe, NorthAmerica and the Middle EastProf. Barry Fruchter, EnglishThursday, February 910:00 a.m., CCB, 254
Visiting NFL Stadiums: Dallas Cowboys,San Francisco 49ers and the NY GiantsProf. John Despagna, Accounting andBusiness AdministrationThursday, February 91:00 p.m., Tower 11th floor Cancer Research in England and the Joys of Studying in EuropeProf. Faiza Shah, ChemistryFriday, February 1011:00 a.m., CCB 251
The Slovak Republic: Historical Villagesand Cities; Natural BeautyProf. Alfredo Mellace, ChemistryWednesday, February 1511:00 a.m., CCB 251 Afro-Brazilian Culture and ReligionProf. Chris Schwertman, EnglishMonday, February 272:00 p.m., CCB 254
Heading South to the Beautiful Islandof GuadeloupeProf. Pierre Desroches, Foreign LanguagesTuesday, February 281:00 p.m., CCB 254  

All Traveling Professor programs are free and open to the public. Visitors are asked to stop off at Public Safety and pick up a parking permit when they arrive on campus. The series is sponsored by the ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ Cultural Program. For further information, call 516.572.7148.

About ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½, a division of the State University of New York, is an institution where more than 20,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More 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, ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.

Media ContactAlicia Steger 516.572.9634alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

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