“Morning Edition” Host/Anchor on WNYC Coming April 27
(Long Island, NY) Soterios Johnson, local host of National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” on New York City public-radio station WNYC, is coming to Farmingdale State College on Wednesday, April 27.
His talk will take place in the Little Theater in Roosevelt Hall from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.The event – sponsored by Farmingdale’s Artists & Lecturers Speaker Series – is free and open to the public.
WNYC Radio host Soterios Johnson is coming to Farmingdale State College. Photo Credit: WNYC.
Johnson grew up in New Jersey, where as a high schooler he worked at a local FM station. That led to four years at WKCR, while he did his undergraduate work at Columbia University. He continued his studies at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he earned a master’s degree.Johnson worked in science journalism for several years, and as associate producer at Newsweek On Air.
Farmingdale’s Artists & Lecturers Speaker Series was created to enrichthe cultural, intellectual, and social life of the campus and the greater community. ALSS sponsors lectures, art exhibits, and performances.
Farmingdale State College prepares students with the education, skills, and critical thinking needed to meet tomorrow’s challenges. As the largest of SUNY’s colleges of technology (with almost 8,700 students), FSC equips students with the resources and knowledge sought by today’s emerging industries. Offering bachelor and associate degrees, FSC will soon offer its first graduate program. At FSC, students learn in small, personalized classes and have abundant opportunities for applied learning—internships, clinical training, and guided research—that provide practical instruction and personal growth. Located an hour east of Manhattan, the campus offers residential halls, a lush 380-acre campus undergoing major renovation, and a highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program with modern facilities to make FSC one of the fastest-growing colleges in the region. In addition, in 2015, 2014 and 2013, FSC was listed one of the best colleges in the North and in 2013 FSC was the only SUNY school (and the only LI school) listed in the LEAST debt category in the section titled Student Debt Load at Graduation for regional colleges in the north. In 2015 UniversityPrimeTime.com again listed FSC the fifth safest college in the nation. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/farmingdale.
