Micah Jesse Koffler
Carolyn Kurek
Micah Jesse Koffler (BA, ’09)
Micah landed his first regular television gig in 2010 as a co-host on Music Choice Network’s on-demand show Certified. The following year, he hosted his very own entertainment segment, Plus 1, revitalizing the network’s presence on the red carpet with his vivacious celebrity interviews. He has appeared on LIVE! With Regis and Kelly, VH1’s Big Morning Buzz LIVE!, Associated Press TV, Fox News, and the CNN Headline News program Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell and has been featured in editorial spreads in YRB Magazine, Blackbook, and 944 as an emerging face in nightlife and entertainment. Micah also delivered the keynote at the opening reception for LGBTQIA Heritage Month at Hofstra this past fall.
Carolyn Kurek (BA, ’05) Carolyn Kurek is an associate production editor at Hachette Book Group in New York City. She graduated from Hofstra in 2005 with a BA from the School of Communication, having
majored in print journalism and minored in American history and English. During her time at Hofstra, she was a part of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, and Golden Key honor societies, and is a member of the inaugural class of Hofstra University Honors College. She also worked as a contributor and house copy editor for the School of Communication’s Pulse Magazine. When she is not at work, Carolyn enjoys spending plenty of quality time with friends (many of whom are fellow Hofstra graduates) and family and watching sports – particularly her beloved Mets, Islanders, and (football) Giants.
Leslie Pieters (BS, ’97) Leslie Pieters, founder of “OneMinute” Workout, credits her higher education (BS in athletic training from Hofstra and MS in physical education from Queens College) for resolving the challenge of finding time to work out. An award-winning dance educator (NYS Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s Amazing Person in Dance Education) and outdoor educator (North American Association for Environmental Education Outstanding Service Award), Leslie is the Roosevelt Middle School’s dynamic physical educator, who teaches with an emphasis on social and physical environmental responsibility.
Andy Pritikin
Committed to a healthy lifestyle, Leslie consistently conducts action research and publishes dance and peer-reviewed articles. As a veteran Afro-Latin social dance educator and dance aerobics instructor, Leslie is also the founder of Afrobics, featuring Reggaerobics, Socarobics and Salsarobics.
Andy Pritikin (BS, ‘89; MSEd, ‘91) Andy Pritikin grew up in Caldwell, NJ, as a high school athlete and musician for his school. At 17, Andy joined an accomplished local rock band and began performing throughout the NY/NJ areas, culminating with an appearance on Star Search with his Long Island-based band, Absolut Drama, who performed at Hofstra numerous times in the mid-1990s. Andy majored in music merchandising at Hofstra. He stayed for a fifth year of school and earned an MS in Education.
2013-2014 Alumni of the Month
When Micah Jesse Koffler moved to New York to attend Hofstra University, he began writing about his celebrity encounters. Within a year’s time, his eponymous blog, MicahJesse.com, was born. MicahJesse.com and Micah’s corresponding social media channels are destinations for his ever-growing audience to read positive and refreshing celebrity news, interviews and event coverage.
Leslie Pieters
Andy is the owner/operator/founder of Liberty Lake Day Camp in Bordentown, NJ – one of the largest summer day camps in NJ – and a founding partner at Everwood Day Camp in Sharon, MA. Andy is also the founder, former president and current board member of the New Jersey Camps Government Affairs Project, an organization created to protect the interests of all New Jersey summer camps. This past June, the New Jersey Leukemia and Lymphoma Society named Andy “2013 Man of the Year” for helping to raise $250,000 for blood
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