News at Adelphi

Dear Panthers and Families, It was great to see so many of you engaged and having fun during our successful Virtual Spirit Weekend last weekend. Capturing our Panther Pride virtually was a challenge we’ve been working on for months, and I think our community knocked it out of the park. Whether you mixed and mingled,…

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures web page features the headline “Preparing Students for a Multicultural World." That seems to sum up department chair Raysa Amador's career and involvements over the last four decades at Adelphi—and going well beyond the classroom.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. A presence on the Adelphi campus for four decades, Dr. Amador is the first recipient of the Presidential Award for Diversity and Inclusion for her commitment to advancing our goals for diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism.

Spirit Weekend 2019 continued what will become a new tradition at Adelphi. Instead of naming two accomplished seniors homecoming king and queen, we now name three seniors to preside under the gender-inclusive title of Prestigious Panthers.

Election Day is next week and early voting is already underway for New York state voters. With the convenience of early voting and Adelphi not holding classes on Election Day, Adelphi students are primed to participate in the voting process.

Spirit Weekend 2018 ushered in a big change for Adelphi. For the first time, instead of a king and queen, the undergraduate body selected three winners to be given the more gender-inclusive title of Prestigious Panthers.

When Kelly Swartz, PhD, assistant professor of English, started teaching at Adelphi University two years ago, ensuring her students got the most out of her class was her number-one concern. This year, she was nominated and went on to win the award for Professor of the Year at Adelphi's Brown and Gold Awards.

This month the Long Island Press will announce that Adelphi University, nominated in eight categories for the annual Bethpage Best of Long Island competition, will be declared a winner in three: Best College President, Best College Sports Coach and Best College Sports Program.

Sharing a reminder about our updated schedule and announcing some very good news about dining.

To kick off the holiday season, Adelphi University's Graduate Student Council (GSC) and Student Government Association (SGA) set a goal to collect and donate 100 baby hats for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of two underserved hospitals in Nepal and Guyana.

It's nearing Election Day, and it's not a big presidential contest, only the midterms, so you're likely to hear a lot more people asking the age-old American question: “Does my vote still count?"

She was sexually abused as a child. Now, she dedicates her life to helping other survivors break the silence.

View some of the recent highlights of our faculty's activities including research, achievements, study abroad programs and curriculum developments.

Adelphi's personalized approach to higher education is paying off with a record seven Best of Long Island Awards—including Best College or University and Best College President.

A digest of Adelphi University in the news.

Adelphi's Kathleen Watchorn and Shannon Lane were featured in a story about the absentee ballot voting process.

Anderson, a senior political science major and history minor, is interning in Washington this fall.

As part of the larger Adelphi Votes event, Manhattan Center students were involved with registering a total of 80 new registrants.

As part of the larger Adelphi Votes event, Hauppauge Center students were involved with registering a total of 65 new registrants.

A digest of Adelphi University in the news.

Politics are a hot topic on campus, and students, faculty, staff and administration have rolled up their sleeves to build awareness, advocate and have some fun this election season.

Adelphi Votes is fortunate to have the assistance of members from the Nassau County League of Women Voters (LWV).

The Intercultural Connections program's Election Research Project encourages students from all over the globe to participate September 1-November 8 .