News at Adelphi

Launching a career in the video-game industry takes skill. Daniel Hickey ’20 is hoping he’s found a winning strategy by creating his own game-development studio while interning for an established one.

Still looking for a permanent position where she can get the supervision needed to earn her license as a mental health therapist, Aaiza Kausar ’17, MA ’20, is gaining experience—and strength—as a consultant counseling parents of children with special needs.

Jillian Myers ’20 finished her five-year BBA/MBA program in four years, passed the notoriously difficult CPA Exam on her first try, and is now on staff at the Big Four accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The Annual Women’s Leadership Conference allows Adelphi University to recognize careers of graduates and friends while providing the opportunity to create meaningful business connections.

In late summer 2019, Adelphi University constructed a temporary dining hall on campus to serve meals while the Ruth S. Harley University Center (UC) was undergoing major renovations and expansion. Called the Panthers’ Den, the facility has served students and others on campus well. But with the impending completion of the UC renovations—planned reopening will…

This fall, Adelphi met an enviable goal that many colleges and universities failed to accomplish: keeping campus—including the residence halls—open up to the Thanksgiving holiday. Not only did residence halls stay open, students made the most of the semester, enjoying days, evenings and weekends on our beautiful grounds and socializing while remaining socially distant.

How do you get to the Adelphi PAC Living Room? Practice, of course, plus a webcam and you're there.

Over the past 20 years, sources of knowledge have rapidly increased. In addition to traditional media and library collections, we can find information in blogs, social media, Wikipedia, big data, Zoom Rooms and Google Hangouts, among many other sources. With this expansion come questions on how we create, obtain and share knowledge and how we make knowledge accessible while respecting privacy.

With all learning taking place in a remote format after Thanksgiving for the safety of our students, faculty and staff, we plan to enter a quiet period on our Garden City campus and throughout our centers. All student support services will continue to be available remotely.

Here’s the perfect antidote to this year’s unconventional Thanksgiving: a new film that The New York Times calls “a surprisingly charming and hilarious approach to a traditional holiday.” The comedy stars Jane Seymour, Kat Dennings and Wanda Sykes, among others, and was produced by Ben Stiller. It was written and directed by Nicol Paone ’94.…

Who is better prepared for success in college: first-generation students, meaning the first in their families to pursue higher education, or non-first-generation students, those whose parents and perhaps earlier generations in the family attended college?

Panther pride went virtual this year for Adelphi Spirit Weekend. The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) and the Office of Alumni Relations spearheaded this tradition for the fourth year. Ten departments hosted 42 virtual events that Panther participants—whether they were current students, alumni or family members—could attend from the comfort of their own homes. CSI…

Osvaldo Alvarado enlisted in the Army Reserve while still a senior in high school. After six years, he wanted to continue to serve others, this time by becoming a social worker. “I enjoy helping people and serving the community," he said. "It's a calling."