News at Adelphi
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
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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,…
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Dear Adelphi Community, October is LGBTQ+ History month! Adelphi stands with pride to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and values the lived and shared experiences of each member of our community. With joy, we celebrate innumerable contributions within every school, discipline and professional community. The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion launched its inaugural “First Fridays”…
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With racial tension continuing across the country, Adelphi has responded to include voices of students, faculty and administrators by creating a new diversity and inclusion action team this summer, the Equitable Adelphi Action Team. Formed by the Division of Student Affairs, the Equitable Adelphi Action Team is “a student-centered council that will provide the University…
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Melissa Randazzo, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, is taking her expertise to Uganda to train educators and therapists there.
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Dear Adelphi Community, We are still reckoning with the impact of a global pandemic, one that has demonstrated the way we come together as a university community. And it is time, again, for us to rally together. Since June, we have had many conversations, open and individual, to hear the concerns and pain of our…
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Beginning September 30, the Adelphi University community will come together to “take a stand" during its annual Fall Arts Festival.
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Aptly nicknamed “the voice of the students," The Delphian has been Adelphi's sole campus newspaper for 69 years. It has been named Best College Newspaper several times in the past nine years by the Press Club of Long Island, and staff members and writers have also won numerous awards.
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Dear Students, At noon today we met with approximately 40 students in a forum dedicated to hearing your experiences of racism at Adelphi. Some of you told us about very specific personal experiences of microaggression, bias and racism. Thank you for your honesty, openness, trust and respectfulness. We commit to responding actively to what you…
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Dear Students, We at Adelphi want to reconcile with our 124-year history and address the institutionalized racism here, in higher education, and in society. Institutional racism must be eradicated. To do that, we must first become self-aware and identify the areas for change. Your valued experiences are bringing to light additional processes that require immediate…
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Alma Lorena Monreal Munoz is a painter and designer who has been honored as a young entrepreneur in her hometown of Hermosillo, Mexico. She's also a winner of this year's You Are Welcome Here Scholarship, coming to Adelphi for our five-year BBA/MBA program.
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Adelphi is committed to the issues of race, social justice and equality and is now offering a new special topic course, Race: A Critical Perspective.
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Dr. Monique Mohammed ’14, MS ’16, earned her Doctor of Optometry degree this spring. She couldn’t have done it, she said, without the support she received from the CSTEP and mentoring programs as a student at Adelphi. Read her inspiring story.
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Adelphi University’s commitment to helping students overcome obstacles and achieve academic and personal success has earned the institution several badges from Colleges of Distinction, a guide for college-bound students. The University was first honored with a Colleges of Distinction badge in 2010.
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Malika Grayson ’11, PhD, is an application portfolio manager at Northrop Grumman, a member of the 2018 10 Under 10 and the second Black woman to obtain a PhD in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. She’s also a speaker, educator and an advocate for women of color in the STEM fields. Now she’s featured in Wall of Wonder:…
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The Faculty of Color Network at Adelphi University has been recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity as one of only 38 employee resource groups nationwide to receive an Inspiring Affinity Group Award. The award recognizes the Faculty of Color Network’s efforts to encourage recruitment and retention of diverse faculty by bringing new members fully into the…
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The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the Allies Conversation Series on Wednesday, July 29, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
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Adelphi virtually hosts two college-readiness programs for high school students: the Hispanic Community Partnership Program and Pre-College Certificate Program.
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Dear Adelphi Community, We are delighted to see that the firm advocacy and determination of Adelphi University and all our peers in higher education—coupled with support from representatives across the nation—have resulted in the reversal of the July 6 announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to prohibit international students from remaining on campus…
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Although written in 1978, Professor Emeritus Kermit Frazier's play Kernel of Sanity still resonates as it examines modern Black issues.
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Dear Adelphi Community, On Monday, July 6, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released guidelines prohibiting international students from remaining on campus if all of their classes are online. This was an unexpected and senseless policy that runs counter to what we stand for as a university. We write to express our unqualified support for our…
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Join our next virtual discussion “The Work of the Academic Diversity Implementation Team"
CategoriesPublished:Dear Adelphi Community, We look forward to continuing our shared conversations about the role of diversity, equity and inclusion at Adelphi. We invite you to join our next virtual discussion, “The Work of the Academic Diversity Implementation Team,” being held on July 15, 2020, at 12:00 noon, via Zoom. These forums are open to all…
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ParentChild+ helps young children in underserved communities across 15 states. The organization's goal is to use education to break the cycle of poverty for low-income families, engaging early in life to help toddlers, their parents, and their family child care providers access a path to possibility.
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June is a time when individuals across the country and the world celebrate the LGBTQ+ community as part of Pride Month. Adelphi University, too, celebrates the many contributions of the LGBTQ+ community within our campus and honors their continued struggle for equity within our nation and the world.
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Dismantling Racism, Bias and Inequity at Adelphi University—A Message from the Board of Trustees
CategoriesPublished:Individually and collectively, we are committed to upholding the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion at Adelphi, beginning with the approval of the Momentum strategic plan in 2015 and, specifically, Goal Three—to be a model of diversity and inclusion.
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While adjusting to teaching and learning online, Jennifer Perrone finds hope during the pandemic with the birth of her son.
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We continue to work in partnership with students, faculty and staff to develop actionable antiracism plans that work toward dismantling racial inequities and demonstrating our authentic commitment to racial justice.
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Being at home wasn't going to stop Corrada Spatola '20 from making the most of her last semester at Adelphi. Thanks to the virtual student chats offered by various departments at Adelphi, she got to interact with her fellow students and learned how to navigate our new normal.
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In recognition of Juneteenth, a nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States of America, Adelphi University is joining other colleges, universities and organizations around the country in offering a paid day off to employees.
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Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, adjunct faculty member in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology and director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, is quoted in a New York Times story about healing from the trauma associated with racism.
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Stephanie Lake, PhD, director of Adelphi's criminal justice program, shares her perspective on this timely topic. The story was published in The Christian Science Monitor and also ran on Yahoo! News.