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Just three years after earning a master's degree in creative writing, Robin Gow, MFA 鈥20, has sold three books to major publishers.
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Dear Adelphi Community, I鈥檓 saddened to inform you of the passing of 茄子视频 Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Thomas F. Motamed, BA 鈥71, JD, on April 18, 2023. The namesake of our Garden City campus stadium, Motamed Field, Tom was a loyal friend and generous supporter of Adelphi who served with distinction as a…
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New York State Assembly Member Chantal Jackson, MSW 鈥14, had a busy day April 7.
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Paying It Forward: Polina Minchuk Macklin '12 Loves Mentoring Because She Loved Being Mentored
CategoriesPublished:Polina Minchuk Macklin '12 is sharing her technical theater expertise with Adelphi students and alumni.
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How do you get to Sesame Street? Design your own major in puppetry and take it to your dream career in Broadway鈥檚 Winnie the Pooh, on Sesame Workshop鈥攁nd even on a Super Bowl commercial featuring Cookie Monster.
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More than $100,000 was raised in support of women鈥檚 leadership programs.
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To study theater at 茄子视频 is to find accomplished working professors, friends-for-life classmates, the proximity of New York City and a legacy of successful, supportive alumni. Adelphi trains 鈥減eople of the theater,” said Maggie Lally ’82, associate dean of faculty programs and associate professor of theater. 鈥淭he professional experience of our faculty and their…
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Bharat Bhis茅, MBA 鈥78, believes Adelphi students should have global exposure to other countries, cultures and economies鈥攁nd he funded an all-expenses-paid study tour to India to prove it. Meet the students who benefited from this extraordinary inaugural trip.
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When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, three Adelphi alumni鈥攊nternational students Aleksandar Aleksiev ’11, Gabriel Hardy-Fran莽on ’14, and聽Camille Pajor ’09, MBA ’16鈥攓uickly decided they couldn’t stay on the sidelines. All three made humanitarian trips to the border鈥攁nd inside Ukraine鈥攖o bring aid and to help refugees escape and get resettled away from the war zone.…
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Music Teacher LuAnna Lasso '08 Shows Her Fifth-Grade Choir How to Dream Big鈥攁nd Win Big鈥擜ll Year
CategoriesPublished:Just two days before Thanksgiving last fall,聽The Kelly Clarkson Show announced to the world that The Fairview School Choir from P.S. 14, a Queens, New York, elementary school, had been named the 2022 NBC Star Choir. That meant that a couple of weeks later, the students, dressed in festive red and green, were singing and…
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Remembering Duncan Edward Walton, PhD '56: Derner Institute's First Black Doctoral Graduate
CategoriesPublished:The Adelphi and Derner communities have lost a crusader for racial equity. Duncan Edward Walton, PhD '56, died on September 30, 2022, at his home in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. He was 94.
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Greg Bouris asked 200 high school athletes to lift their left foot off the floor. All gamely followed his instructions, leaning on teammates for balance in the Ruth S. Harley University Center鈥檚 main ballroom on January 6. Then Bouris, lecturer and director of 茄子视频鈥檚 undergraduate sport management program, quipped: 鈥淣ow you鈥檙e all starting off the new year on the right foot!鈥 The room erupted into adolescent groans, but his point was well received.
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In 2020, Carolina Cambronero Varela 鈥09 and adjunct faculty member and artist Argie Agelarakis, MA 鈥00, began working on a special project鈥攖o harness the power of art in support of social activism. Together, with the critical support of Stephanie Lake, PhD, director of Adelphi鈥檚 criminal justice program, they inaugurated聽Artivism聽in the spring of 2021.
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Supporting a Uniquely Inclusive Community聽
CategoriesPublished:With a generous gift of $25,000, Deborah Viola 鈥84, PhD, established the endowed Daniel Viola Family Scholarship for Neurodiversity.
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The Hunter Performing Arts Scholarship will help propel the careers of drama majors in Adelphi鈥檚 Department of Theatre.
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Honors College alumna Camille Pajor 鈥09, MBA 鈥16, shares her inspiring life story and explains how her career brought her to the war-torn Ukrainian border to assist refugees. It鈥檚 a story of determination, compassion and strength.
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The next event in the Great Minds, Great Conversations series鈥"Sprinting Toward Success With Two Legendary Adelphi Olympians"鈥攚ill feature Olympians and Adelphi track alumni June Griffith Collison '81, MBA '84, and Dennis Collison '80.
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Isuri Wijesundara '18, is a perfect example of how an arts education at Adelphi can lead graduates to careers as working artists. The combination of strong professors, talented classmates, the proximity of New York City, and a legacy of accomplished, supportive alumni guides a student's journey from their first day to beyond graduation.
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When Bharat Bhis茅, MBA 鈥78, CEO and founder of Bravia Capital, established a distinctive new program for the Levermore Global Scholars program at 茄子视频, he said one of his objectives was to help students learn to be critical thinkers.
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Little America, an acclaimed anthology series on Apple TV+, is inspired by the true stories of U.S. immigrants. All eight episodes will become available on December 9 on Apple TV+. And the third episode, 鈥淭he 9th Caller,” is about a young Sri Lankan woman who is played by聽Isuri Wijesundara ’18. Like the title character, Wijesundara…
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Christy Mulligan, PsyD: Helping Troubled Youth and Sharing Her Knowledge With Her Students
CategoriesPublished:Christy Mulligan, PsyD, assistant professor of school psychology, researches how to help young people with selective mutism and those who have sexually harmed others, specifically targeting the inequalities within our juvenile justice system.
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Jonathan Jackson, PhD, Steps Down After Nearly Four Decades of Guiding Psychology Doctoral Students
CategoriesPublished:When Jonathan Jackson, PhD, started his role as director of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology Center for Psychological Services, he thought it was one of those positions he might grow into鈥攁nd 36 years later, he thinks he might have done just that.
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In August, Monica Pal, PhD '13, became director of Adelphi's Center for Psychological Services and director of Practicum Training鈥攕tepping into the shoes of her former professor, Jonathan Jackson, PhD, who retired after 36 years in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology.
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Catherine Eubanks, PhD, who joins the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology faculty as a professor, is enthusiastically including her students in her research, which is focused on repairing ruptures in therapist/patient relationships.
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Emily Ladau '13 has been speaking up for people with disabilities for most of her adult life.
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This fall, Adelphi proudly welcomed a renowned alum back to campus. Eduardo Vilaro '85 is the CEO and artistic director of Ballet Hisp谩nico, the largest Hispanic arts organization in the United States.