Life-Changing Student Experiences and Opportunities
Adelphi believes an education with life-changing impact does not happen in the classroom alone.
It happens when students also become part of communities bound by shared interests and ambitions, or when they make a discovery conducting original research. It happens when students find a calling through an internship or experience the power of helping others. And it happens when students discover something in themselves that they didn’t know they had.
That is why we make experiential learning a vital part of an Adelphi education. We offer our students an extraordinary range of life-changing opportunities to step outside the classroom to learn new skills, deepen their understanding, follow their academic interests, volunteer, build leadership abilities, and prepare for their career. And Adelphi students take advantage of the opportunities; it is the rare student who does not.
Elevating Student Experiences
Support for eye-opening experiences is a powerful way to help Adelphi make an extraordinary impact on our students. Among the many options, donors can support our:
Opening Eyes, Broadening Perspectives
Extraordinary experiences that help set a student’s course in life can happen anywhere.
Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78 and Swati Bhisé
Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78 and Swati Bhisé, strongly believes that students must have a global perspective to succeed in today’s world. That’s why they established the Bhisé Global Learning Experience, a program that sends a select group of Adelphi undergraduates to India for a 10-day, faculty-led study tour exploring the country’s economy, politics and culture. They also brought the experience to campus by creating the Bhisé Center for Global Understanding, a multidisciplinary initiative bringing speakers and artists to Adelphi and funding faculty research.
LeeAnn Black ’83 and Jeffrey Black
A gift from LeeAnn Black ’83 and Jeffrey Black, along with support from other donors, helped expand Adelphi’s Women’s Leadership Conference. One of the University’s signature events, the annual conference provides students with career-building insights, connections and encouragement.
Carole Katz-Fetner ’68
Carole Katz-Fetner ’68 built a career as a writer, educator and executive on the English degree she received at Adelphi. The Endowment for Experiential Learning she created in her name will help the Department of English fund transformative hands-on learning experiences for majors.