News at Adelphi

After the Army, he renewed a boyhood fascination with ocean-going ships by apprenticing with a global steamship brokerage company at age 25.

After receiving his B.S. cum laude from Adelphi, Mr. Hood completed an M.B.A. at New York University and the advanced management program at the Wharton School of Business.

Like many a working adult, it took Marcia Feuer quite a while to get her baccalaureate degree. “It took me 17 years,” including stints in Vermont and at Hofstra University before coming to Adelphi.

As a family man and director of emergency services at a hospital, Anthony Pellicone’s schedule is hectic.

After losing a job he had for nearly 10 years, Robert Chinosi decided that a degree “could bring me more opportunities in my career and my life.”

Venis Sudu-Brown, who works in the administrative field as a clerk typist in Nassau County, hopes that earning a degree will lead to a more promising career.

A full-time student, married with two young children, Levana Levy plans to pursue a Master of Social Work degree right after her May 2011 graduation.

Married with a nine-year-old son in Levittown, New York, Ronald Goodwin found out when he returned to school in January 2010 that “I was eligible for benefits under the G.I. Bill.”

In May 2010, Carmen Rojas returned to college after a long absence to pursue her lifelong dream of obtaining her bachelor’s degree.

Susan Villegas-Argis works full time and wanted to complete her B.A. in business as quickly as possible.

“University College has made my goal of being a teacher an arm’s reach away!” says Vanessa Velluci.

Creativity has always provided a solid foundation for her firm The Louis Marketing Group.

“There is great beauty and craft in the way things used to be made.”

M.S. and Advanced Certificate in Health Information Technology To answer the increasing demand for well-trained health information technology professionals, Adelphi University is pleased to announce that it will begin offering a Master’s of Science and an Advanced Certificate in Healthcare Informatics in the Spring 2012 semester designed for IT professionals pursuing health information management and/or healthcare professionals…

Adelphi has been named a “Best Buy” by the Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2012 edition. This is Adelphi’s sixth consecutive year on the elite list. Adelphi is one of 49 Best Buy schools—24 public and 25 private—noted by the best-selling guide for offering outstanding academics at exceptional value. For further information, please contact: Todd Wilson…

Adelphi’s University College has been named the newest member of the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning’s (CAEL) coalition of Adult Learning Focused Institutions (ALFI). University College becomes one of just three ALFI member institutions in New York State. More than ten years ago, in 1999, CAEL launched the ALFI Initiative in an effort to…

A comprehensive listing of faculty scholarship and creative work in 2010.

University College is pleased to announce the launch of two new accounting certificate programs in partnership with the Adelphi School of Business. These new certificates include the Basic Certificate in Accounting and the Advanced Certificate in Accounting. The Basic Certificate in Accounting is a 30-credit program, which a student should complete in one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half…

Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy in Education” for the past five years. In the 2011 guide, Adelphi was one of 45 institutions (21 public and 24 private) to be recognized by the best-selling college guide. For further information, please contact: Todd Wilson Strategic Communications Director  p – 516.237.8634 e – twilson@adelphi.edu