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Robert Prevost/Pope Leo the XIV did it like most executives do it.

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  Robert Prevost/Pope Leo the XIV did it like most executives do it. The more I read about Pope Leo the more he resembled a lot of people who moved up to the top of large organizations.   Tuition Reimbursement/tuition waiver to obtain a graduate degree : Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Catholic Theological Union  in Chicago, Ill. (1) He earned a Licentiate of Canon Law (JCL) in 1984, followed by a Doctor of Canon Law (JCD) degree in 1987, both from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.(2) 9 Visits to Nigeria He traveled often on “business” trips (Nigeria). Broaden his experiences and answered the Church’s call(s). Broaden his experiences and answered the Church’s call(s). Pope Leo XIV, First Pontiff in Modern History with Firsthand Knowledge of Africa: https://www.aciafrica.org/news/15597/pope-leo-xiv-first-pontiff-in-modern-history-with-firsthand-knowledge-of-africa?fbclid=IwY2xjawKWFkJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE5RTFFWXAzdkxWYWhWMFZLAR66uIhrUen...

Michele Beach Harrington: Executive Director- Alumni and Employer Engagement Long Island University

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  Michele Beach Harrington                                                                                             Executive Director- Alumni and Employer Engagement Long Island University  I was a little nervous meeting her; In large part because she drove up to meet me. We picked a diner in Brewster, NY so she could return home easily, via I-684, to the Long Island campus. For those of us, of a certain age, Michele was quick to remember, “That Brewster is the town where ‘That Girl’ was from.” (Marlo Thomas’ character in the ...

The Rewrite (2014) Filmed in Brookville, right on the LIU campus.

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  The Rewrite (2014) Filmed in Brookville, right on the LIU campus.  Starring: Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei IMDb.com says: An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there. Grant & Tomei walking across the C.W. Post campus. Although it is filmed on the Long Island campus, the producers wanted to set it on the SUNY Binghamton Campus. It is interesting that they make attempts to ensure that we don’t find out the location change. Frankly, I think they just imported the one Binghamton baseball cap and passed it around to almost every actor-Hugh Grant included-when it was their turn to shoot an exterior scene. Notice Chris Elliott all done up in Binghamton SWAG.  Note: At the beginning of the film, Hugh Grant, who takes on the teaching assignment as a screenplay writing professor,  has to choose 10 students, out of 100 who applied, by reading their 30 page...