News at Adelphi

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Adelphi University’s Bridges to Adelphi program and the Department of Health and Sport Sciences have joined forces for a collaborative mentorship program focused on promoting comprehensive physical activity for neurodiverse students.

Four new accelerated degree programs recently introduced at Adelphi University make it possible to obtain a bachelor's in four years then a master's in just one additional year of study. The programs include statistics, mathematics, health education, physical education and exercise science.

Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor of psychology, is featured in Healthline on millennials and health.

Sports medicine expert Greg McCue ’12 is treating elite and everyday athletes with acupuncture, says FOX21Delmarva.

Adelphi University's New York Noyce STEAM Pipeline: Preparing Next-Gen Science Teachers has been recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award.

Xiao-lei Wang, PhD, the new dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences, comes to Adelphi from the Pace University School of Education, where she was a professor and acting dean.

Alora Hague, a sophomore at New Hyde Park Memorial High School, loves to write poetry and fiction and wants to be a published writer. To perfect her craft, she joined more than a dozen other high school students who came to Adelphi this summer for the annual Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat.

The Department of Health and Sport Sciences (HSS) has gone all out with a jam-packed schedule of sessions and presentations for the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) Conference, to be held June 19–June 22, 2019, on Adelphi's Garden City campus.

This academic year, Adelphi University received four grants totaling nearly $1.7 million for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)-related projects. Three grants were awarded from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the fourth grant was awarded from the American Chemical Society.

At Adelphi, students reap the benefits of personalized attention from their professors and all the opportunities nearby New York City holds. But according to Peter West, Ph.D.—the newly appointed associate provost for student success—there's always room to do better.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Adelphi University a $1.2 million grant to to support The New York Noyce STEAM Pipeline: Preparing Next Gen Science Teachers at Adelphi University. This program aims to recruit, support and prepare 24 science teachers, including those from typically underrepresented groups, to take science teaching positions in high-needs school districts.

Patients of all ages come from surrounding communities for low-cost treatment of hearing, speech and language issues at Adelphi’s Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders.

Adelphi University's College of Education and Health Sciences (CEHS) organized a panel discussion, “Give Life America: Organ Donor Awareness," at the Ruth S. Harley University Center. The panelists--an organ transplant recipient and another on a wait list, two donor moms and an organ procurement organization representative--had their own personal stories to tell.

More than 300 high school juniors and seniors from 20-plus Nassau County school districts attended eight timely workshops during the Human Rights Awareness Day (HRAD) student conference at Adelphi on January 31, at the Ruth S. Harley University Center.

“Everyone has a story and every story matters," said Diana Muxworthy Feige, Ed.D., clinical associate professor with the College of Education and Health Sciences' Ruth S. Ammon School of Education.

After Kenn Apel, Ph.D., professor and director of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, spoke about "Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice into Instruction," attendees came away with ideas and approaches they'll use in their own classrooms and workplaces.

What challenges are Pre-K programs facing? How can teachers provide balanced curricula to our youngest learners? On April 5, 140 educators filled the Performing Arts Center to answer these questions and discuss the future of early education as part of the Evidence-Based Practice in Pre-K Conference.

This month, representatives of Bridges to Adelphi will be going around campus to educate others about the program as well as sponsoring events that draw attention and awareness of neurodiversity.