News at Adelphi

LIBN’s spotlight of dynamic young professionals includes Adelphi’s senior assistant director of admissions.

Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, believes Adelphi students should have global exposure to other countries, cultures and economies—and he funded an all-expenses-paid study tour to India to prove it. Meet the students who benefited from this extraordinary inaugural trip.

With a generous gift of $25,000, Deborah Viola ’84, PhD, established the endowed Daniel Viola Family Scholarship for Neurodiversity.

The next event in the Great Minds, Great Conversations series—"Sprinting Toward Success With Two Legendary Adelphi Olympians"—will feature Olympians and Adelphi track alumni June Griffith Collison '81, MBA '84, and Dennis Collison '80.

When Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, CEO and founder of Bravia Capital, established a distinctive new program for the Levermore Global Scholars program at Adelphi University, he said one of his objectives was to help students learn to be critical thinkers.

Lance A. Gumbs '93, whose tribal name is Fierce Eyes, walks in two worlds.

Your network needs to be built and maintained before you ever need to call on it yourself.

Industry-steering alumni share their insights and perspectives on the future.

Throughout our 125-year history, many of Adelphi’s women leaders were the only women in the classroom, boardroom or corner office—and had to blaze a trail for the women who followed in their respective fields.

Three inspiring alumni have joined the Adelphi University Board of Trustees, bringing a wealth of international experience and business success. We are delighted to introduce them.

On March 23, 2022, Trustee Emerita Helene Sullivan ’79 challenged our community to make at least 500 donations of $125 or more for Giving Day.

For nearly two decades, Phyllis and Frank ’77 Angello have been devoted champions of an Adelphi education and generous benefactors to the University.

In honor of the University’s 125th anniversary, Robert B. Catell ’99 (Hon.) pledged to grow his Catell Family Endowed Scholarship Fund to $125,000.

As the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of September 11, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City commemorates and honors those killed in the terrorist attacks of that day—as well as the earlier terrorist truck bomb attack that occurred on February 26, 1993—and the survivors and first responders, and recognizes the many ways in which the world came together in the aftermath.

Ismael Voltaire, MS '21, had already come a long way by the time he entered Adelphi's first Strategic Plan Competition in 2018.

Beyond the academic direction and the life lessons I learned at Adelphi, I also met some of my best friends there and I am forever grateful for them.

As Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room." But how do you develop a brand identity? The answer isn't to add more achievements to your résumé; it's to package and showcase your skills and who you are, what you have to offer, where you're going and why someone should hire or work with you.

What happens to live entertainment production during a pandemic? It stops, then it adapts. On October 1, two alumni in the business—Joe Minoso '01 and Dana Blair '04, MBA '08—gave an online audience an inside look at the industry's struggles this year, how it's changed now that production has resumed and where it's headed.

Adelphi instructors and students aren't only making the best of remote learning during the time of pandemic. In some cases, they're taking advantage of it and building on it.

Two distinguished alumni, Joseph Westphal '70, PhD, and Charles Fuschillo '83, joined the Adelphi University Board of Trustees in October 2019. Both men bring considerable experience in areas such as politics, diplomatic relations, academia, public service and leadership.

Omar Grant ’03 always wanted to be in music. Now the co-president of Roc Nation’s record label, he said he never would have gotten there without his business degree from Adelphi.

Marc S. Strachan '81 found his career path at Adelphi and is committed to helping today's and tomorrow's students do the same.

Thomas J. Donohue, MBA '65, '98 (Hon.), shows no signs of slowing down—either in his successful career, advising tomorrow's leaders or supporting his alma mater.