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There’s a place where cultural arts lovers can hear the New York Philharmonic play, see work by local and international artists, and watch Broadway actors perform live onstage — and Long Islanders don’t have to cross a bridge or tunnel to get there. It’s all right here.

In fact, buying a home on Long Island affords culture seekers “a very distinctive environment and culture for the arts that one cannot enjoy in either more urban or more rural venues,” says Karl Emil Willers, director of the Nassau County Museum of Art.

“There is both a sophistication and an intimacy to the arts scene on Long Island that is not available anywhere else,” he says. “We have major performing arts centers, important museums and innovative galleries, as well as many vibrant colleges and universities.”

Proximity to venues such as the NYCB Theatre at Westbury was part of what attracted Marc Bender, 38, an assets manager, to his Roslyn Estates home in 2010. “It’s not like going to an event at Madison Square Garden with 19,500 people . . . which doesn’t give you anywhere near the intimate feeling you get when it feels like whoever is performing is essentially performing for you,” he says. (Read about his home, listed for $2.998 million, in Rich Cribs. He’s building a new home elsewhere on the Island.)

Christine Petersen, vice president of the relocation division of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, says Bender’s desire to live near the Island’s cultural centers is not unusual — it’s a common wish list item for her clients. “When people are deciding where on Long Island to move, coming from another part of America or the world . . . very often people want to know about the cultural amenities, and it’s a big draw,” says Petersen.

Here are some picks for great places to live on Long Island if you want easy access to a cultural arts scene — and a sampling of what you can get for each county’s median sale price (or close to it): $390,000 for Nassau and $300,000 in Suffolk as of April, according to the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island.

EAST END
For artists, “the East End has always had its own attraction — initially, the combination of the light and the land is what visual artists were attracted to . . . the way the light diffused, because it was surrounded by water,” says Hofstra University journalism professor Peter Goodman, a former Newsday music critic and cultural arts writer.

A major opening in the art world last year was the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill (pictured). “The one place I think would serve as a year-round attraction is the new Parrish because of its size and its location,” says Goodman. The sunny, lofty space exhibits American artists, with a special focus on those from the East End.

East Hampton is home to Guild Hall, which has an art museum, a theater and an education program. Guild Hall Museum collects, preserves and presents the works of internationally known and new local talent. Events at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall include concerts, comedy, film and dramatic readings. East Hampton also has about two dozen art galleries.

Other live venues include Amagansett’s The Stephen Talkhouse, where the summer lineup features Dar Williams, Shawn Colvin and Suzanne Vega, the 425-seat Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, which will showcase big-name comics such as Kathy Griffin and Tracy Morgan and musicians such as Natalie Cole and Michael Bolton this season, and Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre, presenting plays and musicals (currently “Lend Me a Tenor”).

For East End cultural arts without the Hamptons price tag, follow the glow of the dazzling marquee to the 350-seat Suffolk Theatre in Riverhead. The restored movie theater-turned-playhouse has live performances several nights a week, including music, comedy, magic and dinner theater.

Riverhead is also home to East End Arts, which offers juried art exhibits and poetry shows, events such as Winterfest Jazz on the Vine and classes, workshops and mentorships in the arts. Riverhead’s Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, standing since 1881, entertains, too.

MONTAUK $300,000

This two-bedroom, one-bathroom co-op in the Montauk Soundview is about to have a face-lift: Listing agent Lillian Elsis of Douglas Elliman Real Estate says the building’s exterior is scheduled to undergo renovation. The lowest-priced home in the Hamptons is a mobile home in Hampton Bays listed for $50,000. At the high end, there’s a six-bedroom waterfront home listed for $12.5 million in Sag Harbor.

HUNTINGTON

“If you’re buying a home and looking for cultural life, Huntington is definitely the first place to look,” says Hofstra’s Peter Goodman. Music lovers rejoiced when the old vaudeville theater that housed Huntington’s former Inter-Media Arts Center was reborn in September 2011 as the Paramount, an urban-style concert hall boasting a diverse list of well-known performers. For instance, this month’s lineup includes the Psychedelic Furs, Peter Frampton and Courtney Love.

Also in Huntington is the Heckscher Museum of Art (pictured), which offers exhibits and art education. The current show, “Car Culture: Art and the Automobile,” is an exhibition of car-related works by photographers, painters and sculptors.

And Huntington is also home to several art galleries. Goodman highlights b.j. spoke gallery, which is a cooperative gallery owned and run by 21 member artists. It is the result of the 1990 merger of two long-standing cooperative galleries. “The benefit for the public is there is a constant stream of new work coming in. They have a fairly eclectic group,” says Goodman.

And don’t forget the Cinema Arts Centre, which screens classic, international and art films in the venue’s three theaters, as well as classes, discussion groups, talks and special appearances.

HUNTINGTON $286,200

This two-bedroom, one-bathroom cottage dates back to the 1920s. It’s listed with Kristi Munder of Signature Premier Properties. Prices in Huntington range from $199,000 for a five-bedroom high-ranch — that’s a short sale — to $3.295 million for a six-bedroom Tudor.

NASSAU NORTH SHORE

For home buyers who love theater and music, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts (pictured) at the LIU Post campus is a huge draw, says Daniel Gale’s Christine Petersen. “They have award-winning shows straight from Broadway or the New York City Ballet,” she says. Scheduled performances this year include artists such as Lyle Lovett and the New York Philharmonic.

Petersen says relocation clients also are attracted to the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor. “People relocating to Long Island often want to know . . . that there are cultural benefits in whatever town they choose to live in.” The main museum building is a 19th century Georgian mansion on the former Frick Estate. Summer is a great time to stroll the grounds and visit the museum’s outdoor sculpture park, which features about 40 works by artists such as Tom Otterness, Richard Serra, Mark di Suvero, Manolo Valdés, Allen Bertoldi and Fernando Botero.

If you want a community that offers proximity to these venues and an artsy vibe, you might consider Roslyn, Glen Cove, Sea Cliff or Port Washington, Petersen says. “Sea Cliff and Port Washington, which are close to each other, have excellent amateur theatrics, amateur dance. There’s a strong tradition of town-based arts and culture in Sea Cliff and Port Washington. People tend to get very involved in those communities in the arts there.”

Port Washington’s 425-seat Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street offers an entertaining mix, from folk music to children’s theater to comedy. This month’s lineup includes a performance by Broadway actress Megan Hilty, who plays Ivy in the NBC series “Smash.”

GLEN COVE $395,000

This three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom town house features a wood deck off the kitchen. It’s listed with Damian Ross of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty. Prices in Glen Cove range from $105,000 for a one-bedroom co-op to $4.138 million for a five-bedroom waterfront villa.

SUFFOLK NORTH SHORE

The Three Village-Port Jeff area boasts a diverse mix of arts offerings. The summer concert series at Port Jefferson’s Theatre Three has a little bit of everything, from “A Tribute to Johnny Cash” to The Amazing Kreskin. “Les Misérables” opens in September. For a more casual experience, each spring the village holds its annual Art Walk and Pet Adoption Awareness Weekend during which visitors can stroll, see the works of local artists on display — and possibly adopt an animal.

Stony Brook University’s Staller Center (pictured) is home to the Stony Brook Film Festival, an annual summer event featuring new, independent shorts and features. This year’s festival runs from July 18 to 27. At other times, you can see everything from concerts to circus acts to comedians.

Don’t overlook Stony Brook Village’s Long Island Museum of Art, History & Carriages, says Hofstra’s Peter Goodman. “They have one of the world’s greatest collections of carriages and a permanent display, but they also . . . have rotating shows.” The museum exhibits Long Island pieces from its collection of art and artifacts from the late 1700s to today, including an extensive collection of works by 19th century Setauket artist William Sidney Mount.

Setauket offers artist exhibitions. The nonprofit Gallery North displays the works of local contemporary painters, photographers and sculptors. The Setauket Neighborhood House, a historic house and former inn, periodically showcases musicians and artists.

PORT JEFFERSON $300,000

This two-bedroom town house in the Highlands condo community has 11 / 2- bathrooms and access to amenities such as a pool and tennis courts. It’s listed with Laura Panetta and Melanie Karakatsanis of Signature Premier Properties. Prices in Port Jefferson range from $115,900 for a one-bedroom cottage in the Comsewogue school district to $1.295 million for a waterfront contemporary.

SUFFOLK SOUTH SHORE

East Islip has the double appeal of live theater and an art museum. Those who love stage performances can visit BroadHollow Theatre Company’s BayWay Arts Center, which offers dramas, musicals, comedies and more. “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is playing June 22 through July 7. And the Islip Art Museum (pictured) presents five exhibitions a year in the galleries of East Islip’s Brookwood Hall Mansion, featuring contemporary works by international, national and emerging local artists.

The YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in nearby Bay Shore offers a main stage concert experience with shows such as this month’s “Drum Wars: The Music of Carmine and Vinnie Appice.”

If you prefer not to be bound by ticketed seats, you often can find live music with your dinner and drinks at local venues such as Fatfish Wine Bar and Bistro and Molly Malone’s Pub and Restaurant.

A short drive away, you can find a mini-Huntington experience in up-and-comer Patchogue. At the 1,166-seat, nonprofit Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, you’ll find a mix of music, theater and comedy; this month’s schedule includes the Mickey B’s Golden Oldies Summer Spectacular. Patchogue’s Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center offers film screenings, classes and events such as an all-female comedy night.

You also can catch bands performing at local nightclubs such as The Emporium and the BrickHouse Brewery.

EAST ISLIP $299,000

This four-bedroom, two-bathroom Colonial is on a 50-by-150-foot lot in the East Islip school district. It’s listed with Laura Prince Vomvos of Meg Smith & Associates. Prices in East Islip range from $91,000 for a one-bedroom co-op to $4.5 million for a seven-bedroom home on 3.31 acres.

Narrative
Humor – 2nd Place
Hofstra Pulse Magazine
Planet of the Octopuses
Max Knoblauch ‘14

Best Website – 3rd Place
Long Island Report
Kelly Fincham – Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations
Tom Uddo, MA ‘13 – Editor at Large, Long Island Report

Arts – 1st Place
Up on the Roof with Daniel Van Benthuysen
Village Connection
Daniel Van Benthuysen – Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations

Crime and Justice – 3rd Place
Long Island Press
Turf War: Is SCPD Brass Playing Politics
Shelly Feuer Domash ’68

Education Reporting – 1st Place
Newsday
LI Teachers: Take a Course, Get a Raise
Sandra Peddie – Adjunct Assistant Professor

Breaking News – 3rd Place
Long Island Press
NY Islanders Skating to Brooklyn in 2015
Rashed Mian ‘11

In-Depth Report/Series – 3rd Place
Long Island Press
Turf War: Is SCPD Brass Playing Politics
Shelly Feuer Domash ’68

Non-Local News/Feature – 2nd Place
Merrick Herald
The Road Less Traveled
Scott Brinton – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations

Profile – 1st Place
Merrick Herald
Friend of the environment, “Voice of the people”
Scott Brinton – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations

Sports News – 3rd Place
Long Island Press
Local Olympians: LI Hopefuls Go For The Gold in London
Rashed Mian ‘11

Video
In-Depth Report/Series – 3rd Place
Long Island Press
Ripple Effect – Bethpage’s Toxic Plume
Rashed Mian ‘11

Neighborhood/ Community News – 3rd Place
Long Island Press
Hurricane Sandy: Long Island Endours
Rashed Mian ‘11

Radio
Education Reporting – 2nd Place
Sachem News Hour
Chris R. Vaccaro ’07 – Adjunct Instructor

Government/Politics – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
2012 Election Night Coverage
Gary Duff ’14 and Rick Rissetto ‘13

In-Depth Report/Series – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
A Victim Speaks Out
Shannan Ferry ‘14

Neighborhood/Community News – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Hurricane Sandy
Shannan Ferry ‘14

Profile – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Women Military Veterans (A League of Our Own)
Fran Spencer ’72 and Marisa Spano ‘14

Sports Feature – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Joe Burg Rhodes Scholar
Kevin Dexter ’13

Sports News – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Islanders Live Game Broadcast 2012
Kevin Dexter ‘13

Student Journalism
College News Radio Broadcast – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Newsline
Dilpreet Kainth ‘14 and Joseph Pentz ‘15

College News Radio Broadcast – 2nd Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Newsline
Shannan Ferry ’12 and Rick Rissetto ‘13

College News Radio Broadcast – 3rd Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
Newsline
Bill Goodenough ’13 and Ashley Armstrong ‘14

Narrative – College News Story – 2nd Place
Long Island Report
Long Island voters weigh immigration issues
Carson Olivares ‘13

Narrative – College News Story – 3rd Place
Long Island Report
Woodward and Bernstein stress the constraints of journalism
Jim Mancari, MA ‘12

Narrative – College Feature Story – 1st Place
Hofstra Pulse Magazine
Planet of the Octopuses
Max Knoblauch ‘14

Narrative – College Feature Story – 3rd Place
Hofstra Chronicle
Active Minds engages in National Day without Stigma
Jeannine Russaw ‘15

Radio – College News Story – 1st Place
Long Island Report
Sunday Times boss hails Marie Colvin
Alycia Powers, MA ‘13

Radio – College Sports Reporting – 1st Place
WRHU 88.7 FM
The Locker Room
Kevin Dexter ’13 and Mike Murabito ‘13

Video – College Feature Package 2nd Place
Long Island Report
Sandy hits close to home for Hofstra student reporter
Kristen Maldonado ‘12

Social Media
Blog Created and Maintained by an Individual – 1st Place
Sachem Report
Chris R. Vaccaro ’07 – Adjunct Instructor

Best Use of Social Media by an Individual – 1st Place
Live Coverage of 2012 Olympics
Chris R. Vaccaro ’07 – Adjunct Instructor

Best Use of Facebook – 2nd Place
Sachem Patch
Chris R. Vaccaro ’07 – Adjunct Instructor

Best Use of Twitter – 1st Place
Sachem Report
Chris R. Vaccaro ’07 – Adjunct Instructor

Phil Spahn Memorial Award
Chris R. Vaccaro ’07 – Adjunct Instructor

The WRHU News Team, including Bill Goodenough, Ashley Armstrong, and Dennis Foley, placed first in the Bill Leaf Memorial Award for Best Regularly Scheduled Local News Program.

New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association (NYSAPBA)
WNYC, WENY win top honors in AP’s broadcast awards
Published by Associated Press
June 2, 2013

WNYC radio in New York City and Elmira’s WENY-TV have won the top awards in the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s annual news awards competition. The awards were presented June 1, 2013 during the NYSAPBA’s annual banquet in Saratoga Springs.

WNYC won eight first-place awards to earn the NYSAPBA’s Steve Flanders Award, given to the radio station with the most top finishes in the competition for news stories aired during the previous calendar year. WENY took first place in six categories to win the grand prize in the television competition. The station also won the award in 2012. WNYC edged out WRVO-FM in Oswego, which won seven first-place awards. Buffalo’s WIVB-TV won five first-place awards.

Other TV stations winning multiple first-place awards included WKTV in Utica with four and Buffalo’s WGRZ-TV and WNBC-TV in New York City with three apiece. The News 12 stations for Long Island, Westchester-Yonkers and the Hudson Valley won a total of six first-place awards. Other radio stations taking home first-place awards included Buffalo’s WBFO and WBEN with six and three, respectively, and WCBS in New York City with two.

In the college competition, WHRU-FM at Hofstra University, WFUV-FM at Fordham University and Syracuse University’s Newhouse School were first-prize winners. WFUV in the Bronx won the inaugural Chris Ulanowski Memorial Award for best news story, named for the former longtime WRVO news director and NYSAPBA board member who died in 2011.

The banquet’s guest speaker was former New York Gov. David Paterson, who was a radio talk show host on WOR in New York City after he left office in 2010.

Join the Hofstra Radio Alumni Association for a social/networking gathering before we help kick off the 3rd Annual Radio Alumni Marathon.

Meet and network with fellow radio alums and learn how you can be a part of the HRAA. Refreshments will be served.

Details below:
When: Sunday, June 2nd, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Dempster Hall
Who: Any and all Hofstra radio alumni

About Us:

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Responsibilities:

NBC Universal’s internship opportunities give students real world experience and exposure to one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment. Internships are the perfect way to gain experience while learning what a career at NBC Universal might hold in store for you. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Internships at NBCUniversal may include (but are not limited to):
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NBCUniversal interns must meet the following criteria:
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Please apply on line at http://www.nbcunicareers.com/view-job?id=165220

Evan Cornog, Ph.D.

Dean, School of Communication

Preparing students for journalism careers in the 21st century requires that they learn to use systems that are new to many journalism faculty — a conclusion underscored by a 2012 report from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, which concluded that the typical newsroom process is “almost entirely anachronistic” and “must be rethought.”

However, many small programs are held back by a lack of funds or knowledge about digital systems and how to create them. And even if a platform is built, faculty advisers still struggle with the lulls of student publishing. If you’re a faculty adviser to a student news site, you’re probably now preparing for three months of hibernation when students leave for the summer, content dries up and sites go dormant.

This annual lull has become a big problem: With the news cycle having shrunk to the speed of a tweet, nothing looks more dated than a site that hasn’t been updated in days, let alone months.

We’ve faced that issue for the past six semesters at Long Island Report, our “scrappy student start-up” published at Hofstra University on Long Island. Our publication has been around since the fall of 2010, but the site more or less closes down as students depart for graduation, internships, or even just summer vacation.

We’ve fought the lull by trying to stagger content or recycle it, but our success has been limited — in past years, Long Island Report’s front page has stayed pretty much the same from May until September. But this year is different: With student volunteers on social media, we’re using RebelMouse to power our front page, using social-media content to avoid the hiatus effect.

Most of us know RebelMouse, which was recently named as one of Time’s top 100 websites, as a platform for curating and aggregating social-media content. It pulls from the user’s Twitter and Facebook feeds (among others) and creates a page that showcases social content or organizes content around a single topic or user. The pages can be hosted at RebelMouse (this is mine) or integrated in a site built with WordPress (like this one).

RebelMouse also offers a paid service for $9.99 a month called Powered Sites — but if you already have a WordPress account you can simply integrate RebelMouse into your existing site.

We’ve added it to the back-end of our WordPress site, which gives us huge flexibility when updating Long Island Report’s front page. With RebelMouse installed, we can choose between our regular front page and our RebelMouse front page, as shown below:

Our site’s home page.

Our site’s RebelMouse page.

As you can see, the RebelMouse version retains much of the look and feel of the original website while allowing Long Island Report to use social-media content in place of regular content when students are away.

We have a menu button for RebelMouse under “Social Stream” to maintain our social-media presence and we can toggle between using WordPress or RebelMouse content for the front page by changing settings on the back end, as I’ll explain in more detail below.

How do we get content? We have set up filters in our RebelMouse account to publish tweets with the hashtag #lireport and @lireport. We update our Twitter and Facebook accounts daily with comments and links to stories making the news on Long Island, including those hashtags so they can be posted into the “social stream” front page.

We have also changed the front page to accommodate big stories. For instance, we used RebelMouse to help update our front pages during the presidential debate at Hofstra and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy; we linked to our own content as well as external material to ensure the front page was as up-to-date as we could manage. We also used RebelMouse extensively after Sandy because widespread power outages left many students only able to send content via Twitter or Facebook.

We used the #sandy hashtag to gather news.

Social-media publishing still has its challenges. Students need to remember to think before they tweet, and we’re constantly exasperated by the lack of a post-publication “edit” button in Facebook (though you can edit comments). We work around that by making every post a “picture” post, as images on Facebook pages can be edited after publication.

However, there’s an upside to this: Using social media in this way forces students to use social media the way professional journalists do, or at least the way they should — such as by seeking out sources, promoting content and engaging with readers.

We use the cloud-based versions of Hootsuite and TweetDeck to manage the social-media flow from Long Island Report’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. Tweets and Facebook posts can then be saved as drafts in the dashboard so the faculty advisor can log in to check the posts before they go live.

There are no major differences between the two services, but there is one useful distinction for educators: Hootsuite offers educators free, semester-long professional access for faculty and students, as well as the chance for students to become “certified” on Hootsuite, which is a good addition to a resume.

As journalism educators, we’re all familiar with how long it takes students to finalize content for publication during the semester. RebelMouse offers faculty advisers a new way to think about college news sites, as well as a creative way to extend the shelf life of the front page when school isn’t in session.

Here are step-by-step instructions if you’d like to follow our lead. Before you get started, make sure you have the following:

•Admin user name and password for your WordPress news site
•Username and password for your news site’s Twitter account
•A good sense of humor, in case something goes wrong

Step 1

Make sure you use the Twitter account that you will associate with the page. For my Kelly Fincham account I use my personal Twitter; for Long Island Report I use the site’s Twitter account.

Step 2

Once you’ve signed up with a social-media account, RebelMouse will prompt you to give your new site a name. Ours is Rebelmouse.com/LongIslandReport so our site name is LongIslandReport. This is the area where you claim your RebelMouse site name!

Step 3

Once logged in, you will see a screen similar to this. The navigation tabs at the top are self-explanatory but we are only looking at “Embed here” to connect RebelMouse and WordPress.

Step 4

The Embed tab is where you get the code to integrate with your WordPress site. As you can see, it offers the option to either generate the HTML or use the WordPress plugin. For this example we are using the plugin and will click the hyperlink. Which will bring us…

Step 5

…to this page. Click Download and it will install a ZIP file to your preferred download destination.

Step 6

Once the ZIP file is downloaded, log in to your WordPress site and go to the plugins section. Select “Add New,” upload and then navigate to the place where you downloaded your ZIP file.

Step 7

Once the ZIP file has been uploaded, you will see a new item for RebelMouse in your Settings panel.

There are two options here to be concerned about: home setting and page setting. Home setting will integrate RebelMouse into your home page, while page setting creates a permanent page on your website which is available when you aren’t using RebelMouse as the front page. We call our RebelMouse page “social stream,” as you can see highlighted in the menu above.

To set up the home setting you must use the same site name that you used to create your site at the very start. So, in this instance, that’s longislandreport.

Step 8

When you’ve added the home setting, move over to page setting to create a permanent page for your website separate from the home page. That’s why this page needs a name — it will live in the pages section of WordPress. Give your page a name and save the changes.

Step 9

The default WordPress settings allow you to choose if you want to put your blog posts on a static page on the home page or landing page. In this example, I will change the setting to static page and then I can choose either the home page “longislandreport” or “Social stream.”

Step 10

Save the changes and you can see your new front page.

Once the RebelMouse plugin is installed you can toggle back and forth between social-media content and student content, which keeps the site looking fresh and updated when school isn’t in session.

Documenting Diversity is looking for Mentors.

Mentors work with Hofstra faculty to mentor, instruct and assist high school students in making short documentary films.

The ideal applicant must be familiar with documentary film techniques, computer editing systems (both AVID and Final Cut) and video cameras.

The period of employment runs 5 weeks from July 1st – August 2nd. The salary is $1500 for the period.

If you are interested please send a cover letter detailing your qualifications and a resume care of Bill Jennings and Aashish Kumar at documenting.diversity@hofstra.edu with the following subject line: [Your Name] – Mentor Application