A Great Neck resident is returning to Long Island University more than 13 years after graduating to take over school system’s Department of Strategic Partnerships and University Advancement, the university announced last Wednesday.
“It is a great privilege to return to my alma mater in this new role,” said Michael Glickman, a resident of the Village of Great Neck Plaza for the past nine years. “LIU is a remarkable institution, and I look forward to supporting the university’s efforts as it enhances opportunities in higher learning for students, faculty and staff.”
Glickman, the former director of the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, said he will oversee the programming and fundraising efforts of the university, and will also oversee outreach programs to the school’s alumni and communities.
His position at the university became effective on June 1, according to university officials.
Glickman is also the incoming president of the Gold Coast Arts Center board of directors in Great Neck.
The position overseeing LIU’s Department of Strategic Partnerships and University Advancement is not Glickman’s first at the university.
He was named as the director of C.W. Post’s alumni affairs office after graduating from the school in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in political science.
“We are thrilled to welcome Michael back to LIU,” said Kimberly Cline, president of the university.
Glickman, a New Hyde Park native, attended C.W. Post after graduating from Herricks High School.
“I had a really wonderful experience at LIU as a student,” Glickman said.
Following a second graduation from C.W. Post in 2001, where he obtained a master’s degree in political science, Glickman worked as a media relations agent for New York City.
He then began to work for the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, a historical institution that has thousands of documents on Jewish history.
“It was a cultural institution and some private research was done there,” Glickman said.
Glickman said although he loved his work at the center, he knew that if an opportunity opened up in Long Island he would take it right away.
“My family and I moved into Great Neck nine years ago,” Glickman said. “Since I’m based on Long Island, I knew there was no question that if the right opportunity came about that I would go for it.”
Glickman said he has been working at the university and the Center for Jewish History simultaneously for the past three months to prepare for his new role.
“I had the flexibility and the ability to be at both places,” he said.
Since returning to the university, Glickman said, he’s run into a few familiar faces.
“There are definitely people I’ve had the opportunity to reconnect with,” he said.
