News at Adelphi

Adelphi University also offers Rebecca the flexibility she needs. She takes graduate courses on Sundays year-round.

Faculty scholarship highlights from the School of Education.

Caption: Mentored by Daryl Gordon, Ph.D. (third from left), M.A. in TESOL students (from left to right) Huan Ren, Wenxiu Ma, Yang Yang, Maki Nakayama and Alyssa Pinto made two presentations at the Applied Linguistics Winter Conference at Teachers College Columbia University on March 1, 2014.

During three weeks in rural Uganda last July, Dr. Meredith Whitley served as an adviser to four female leaders who wanted to develop a women’s empowerment program that included training in basketball.

Several weeks ago, Dean Jane Ashdown joined other deans from local schools of education at a meeting with New York City schools chancellor Carmen Farina.

A polarized Congress and a child care industry that profits from selective access are significant obstacles to universal early child care.

Supported by two New York State Race to the Top grants, Emily Kang, Ph.D., is helping to reform elementary school science education.

Meredith Whitley, Ph.D., has worked with leaders and organizations across the United States and Africa to implement programs that engage underserved youth in sports in order to foster life skills.

Adelphi University is helping to inspire a new generation of leaders in the sciences through hosting the annual L.E.G.O. Robotics Competition.

The New York University professor initiated a deeply provocative discussion about the state of education today.

The former chair of the Department of Exercise Science, Health Studies, Physical Education and Sport Management weighs in on Adelphi students.

Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. will be speaking on “Challenging Racial Inequality in Our Schools” for the Ruth S. Ammon endowed lecture.

Through Herstory, students craft memoirs that lead to social change.

Professor Emeritus Ronald S. Feingold will be joined by Olympic legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee as an AAHPERD Hall of Fame inductee.

To say that Honors College and S.T.E.P. graduate Rebecca Raymond '02, M.A. '03, is devoted to teaching would be an understatement.

Famed educator to lecture at Adelphi on Wednesday, April 2

Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch and The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley, reviewed by Jane Ashdown, Ph.D.

As an Adelphi University student, Al Trautwig majored in business but had a fanatical interest in sports.

After earning a B.S. in Applied Social Science and an M.S. in Speech Language Pathology, Nellyzita Nwosu pursued her doctorate at the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education.

Adelphi and Freeport Public Schools have begun a three-year program to improve the physical fitness and nutrition of students in grades K–12.

Rani Pappan found an ideal mentor in Adelphi's Dorothy Phalen. And Professor Phalen found in Ms. Pappan a young woman destined to become an excellent teacher.

Christina qualified for funding through the Noyce Scholarship and earned her master's degree in math education. She now teaches math at Summit Academy Charter School in Brooklyn.

New York State students are being given too many tests, which leads to an improper evaluation of students, teachers and principals.

Emilia Zarco, M.D., Ed.D., who earned a medical degree in the Philippines, spent the previous four years as associate dean in the Ammon School of Education.

Schools across New York State are working hard to provide students with a safe and supportive environment.

The semiannual event was cosponsored by the Ammon School of Education and the Long Island School Media Association.

Former NFL All-Pro Kevin Mawae, M.A. ’06, prepared for life after football by pursuing a master’s degree at Adelphi.

Janine Sena-Saputo, M.A. '03, changed careers after 9-11, earned a master's degree and became New York State Social Studies Teacher of the Year.

Adelphi professors on Asperger's, internships, media use; awards for President Scott and Provost Gayle Insler