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‘It means everything’ Rockville Centre resident runs to remember his late brother By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
Courtesy Kenny Owens
KENNY OWENS, RIGHT, was set to run 27 miles in 24 hours on Wednesday, after the Herald went to press, in memory of his brother, Kevin, who died of cancer in 2017. The outing supported four local families who recently lost loved ones.
For Kenny Owens, every mile was for his brother. The Rockville Centre resident was set to run 27 miles through the village in 24 hours on Wednesday, after the Herald went to press, in honor of the final 27 days of the life of his younger brother, Kevin Owens. Kevin spent those days in the intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital before succumbing to cancer on April 6, 2017, at age 39.
“It means everything to me,” Kenny, 46, said. “I just wanted to raise money to put awareness out there for other families that are struggling, and let them know that it’s OK to talk about it, to be vulnerable about it and let people know that there are a lot of people out there to help if they need it.” Owens’s clothing company, Buoy4, partnered with the Tommy Brull Foundation for the second annual Kevin Owens Run to Remember, in which CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
Molloy College will soon become a university By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Rockville Centre’s largest educational institution will soon have a new name. Molloy College has officially earned university status from the New York State Board of Regents, allowing the Dominican institution to adopt the Molloy University moniker beginning June 1. It is the culmination of work university officials have conducted for more than a decade. Founded in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, Molloy is known for its strong nursing program, which has been especially important during the coronavirus pandemic. Molloy is a private institution with roughly 3,500
undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students. Its president, James Lentini, unveiled a new logo for Molloy last week, which keeps the school’s burgundy lion mascot, but is now enclosed by an off-white “M” and “U.” This is essentially full circle for Lentini, who said university status was discussed even when he interviewed for his job back in 2019. “Some of the regents finally softened,” Lentini told the Herald. “I’m
probably lucky with my timing a little bit, but I was involved in lobbying pretty hard with our regents.” Both Lentini and his predecessor Drew Bogner — who retired in June 2020, after 20 years in the position — worked with 10th Judicial District Regent Roger Tilles to change some of the language the regents used to describe universities. New York’s definition was far stricter than the rest of the country, Lentini said. In fact, if Molloy had been located
in any other state, its four schools — nursing, business, education and the arts — would have qualified it for university status as early as 2018. After retiring, Bogner moved on to become an interim president with the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, where he lobbied the regents even more to change the university designation. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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