News at Adelphi

With the launch of a Master of Arts in STEAM Teaching and Learning program focused on a creative, collaborative “maker" approach, Adelphi will become one of the first schools to offer a yearlong degree program leading to New York state's new computer science teaching certificate.

Adelphi’s Innovation Center (IC), located on the first floor of Swirbul Library, launched in February 2020. Its mission is simple: to develop opportunities for applied learning by connecting faculty and students with external business partners to prepare students for today’s competitive job market. “Employers are looking for recent graduates who have hands-on experience solving real-world problems,” said…

Dear Adelphi Community,  On November 19, 2021 the U.S.  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidance on booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to permit everyone over the age of 18 to receive a booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine if they are…

Goal 6 of Momentum: Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015–2021 committed Adelphi to taking steps to achieve “global recognition and renown.” Once thought of as a regional “commuter college” and cited as a “hidden jewel,” we aspire to being known across the country and around the world as a modern metropolitan university offering outstanding academics,…

Goal 5 of Momentum: Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015–2021, directed the University to build on its “financial and operational strength.” Over the past six years, we have taken greater advantage of our existing resources, streamlining operations and integrating new processes. Our goal is to maintain a seamlessly high-functioning, highly regarded enterprise. Below, we share…

Goal 4 of Momentum: Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015–2021, called for Adelphi to become a “powerfully connected university.” This goal committed us to strengthening our connections with alumni, friends, partners, our region and the Adelphi community. Our relationships in all these areas inspire Adelphi pride and help secure our University’s future, advance our mission…

Goal 1 of the Momentum plan committed the University to placing a new “emphasis on world-class academics.” Through Momentum, Adelphi adopted its first Statement of Scholarship and constituted a vibrant Scholarship Committee of our Faculty Senate. Adelphi scholars and artists are committed to supporting academic research and creative practice that advance knowledge and inspire the…

Goal 2 of Momentum: Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015-2021, committed the University to maintaining a “relentless focus on student success.” At Adelphi, helping students succeed is a foundation of everything we do. Below, we share some of the ways we have supported our students over the past six years. Our upcoming strategic plan, Momentum 2, will continue this work. We increased…

Goal 3 of Momentum: Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015-2021 committed the University to becoming a “model of diversity and inclusion.” Over the past six years, we have taken great strides toward reaching that goal. Here are just some of the ways we have worked to make our community more diverse, equitable and inclusive. Our…

Dear Adelphi Community, Thank you to everyone who is helping to make Adelphi a safe and healthy place at which to teach, learn and work! We are pleased to announce the thousands of rewards for our community members who submitted proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before the final deadline of September 13, 2021. These rewards…

On October 27, more than 150 students from various colleges and universities, including Adelphi, joined a scheduled HIVE Hangout Zoom conversation with Accenture, where they got some expert advice on how to stand out as employee candidates.

This fall, 24 Adelphi students are taking part in Kaplan Career Core's innovative pre-launch pilot program designed to jump-start their career planning with advice from industry experts and asynchronous online career planning course options.

Career success is more probable when built from a solid foundation. Because they attend the AACSB-accredited Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, our students clearly recognize that their academic credentials and the knowledge they will accrue during their business studies constitute a robust architecture from which to construct their careers.

As a teenager, Olivia Maybee, a senior, always had a passion for activism. She was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up on the Cattaraugus territory, one of three territories that make up the Seneca Nation, located just south of Buffalo.

In the Spring 2021, Carolyn Springer, PhD, associate professor of psychology, was named the new director of the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies (CABCS). Here, she tells us how her background as a social psychologist applies to her new role, her upcoming plans for the center and future events we can all look forward to attending.

When Izabelle Pinzon, now a senior, came to Adelphi, she missed the diversity of her high school and having a place to meet, socialize and share East Asian cultures with other students.

Michael Hughes is a human intelligence collector for the U.S. Army and a returning student now in his junior year in the College of Professional and Continuing Studies (CPCS), studying for a degree that will help him both professionally and personally.

Victoria Bruchhauser, a junior majoring in nursing, is one of the three students from the College of Nursing and Public Health who took part in the Innovation Center's virtual exchange program.

In January, Adelphi University's Ruth S. Harley University Center (UC) reopened after a two-year renovation and expansion project.

What should we do if we see someone inappropriately touched without consent?

Transgender Awareness Week runs from November 13 to November 19 this year and for the second consecutive year, Adelphi will hold events for the entire community.

When I first went to college, I didn't know what a first-generation student was or that I was one.

Medicare. Civil rights. The Watergate hearings. The Camp David Accords. The Taiwan Relations Act.

Dear Adelphi Students, Faculty and Staff, I’m pleased to have an opportunity to introduce myself to you. As chief of the new Office of Community Concerns and Resolution at Adelphi, I’m thrilled to be back at my alma mater to serve as a resource of support for our community. I stepped into my new role…

Parents of newborns often struggle with the question, Should I feed my baby on demand or try to get them on a schedule? In hospital nurseries, the traditional approach has long been schedule-based. Every three hours or so, a nurse or parent wakes the baby, changes the diaper and attempts to feed them.

The inspiration for the essay “Magical Aesthetics of Unicorns in Girlhood Visual Culture” by Courtney Weida, EdD, associate professor in the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, published in the journal Visual Culture & Gender, can be traced back to a room of young girls equipped with sparkling glitter, brightly colored markers, smooth glass stones and…

When Brian Stockman, PhD, became a professor of chemistry at Adelphi University after 18 years in pharmaceutical research and development, his research didn’t miss a beat. In the well-equipped labs on Adelphi’s Garden City campus, Dr. Stockman studies trichomoniasis, the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease, together with the students he teaches and mentors. Dr. Stockman, chair…