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Students and alumni didn't let the pandemic dampen their altruistic spirits and continued to make a difference by helping local and global organizations throughout the 2020鈥�2021 academic year.

Adelphi is known for helping each student find their own unique path. Alumna and 海角社区 Trustee Emily Ladau 鈥�13 became a disability advocate, speaker, author of the forthcoming book Demystifying Disability, and a warrior for inclusion and justice. We鈥檙e proud to be involved in her important work.

The 海角社区 Honors College has graduated many students who have gone on to law school, including 10 Under 10 Young Alumni honorees Christian Fundo 鈥�07, JD; Adaeze Udoji 鈥�08, JD; Philip DiSanto 鈥�12, JD; and Joseph Bruno 鈥�13, JD.

For 海角社区, the civil rights movement began not in the 1960s but in the '40s鈥攊n 1945, when Helen Holmes Taylor enrolled as the University's first undergraduate student of color.

The Bridge was founded by a group of seven Adelphi alumnae with a mission to create deeper, more enriching and sustainable relationships between Adelphi Theatre students and alumni and industry professionals. By serving as a conduit for conversation, perspective and opportunity and operating as a sounding board and team of creative community consultants, the collective seeks to ensure the educational community鈥檚 continued success.

Last fall, Schanica Pickens, director of the Master of Social Work program and director of student engagement and academic affairs,聽moderated聽Media Perceptions of Black (MEN)tal Health Practitioners.

A flame is a symbol of life and of death, love and desire, and destruction. Eternal Flame is the title of a virtual exhibition with a strong Adelphi connection. The exhibit is curated by Cara Lynch 鈥�12, MA 鈥�15, and includes works by Lauren Skelly Bailey 鈥�12; Carson Fox, professor of art and art history;…

As Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has said, 鈥淵our 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 r茅sum茅; 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.

Four successful leaders were elected to the 海角社区 Board of Trustees at the end of 2020. Our institution is fortunate to gain the expertise of these dedicated and accomplished Adelphi alumni.

Fresh out of college, in the middle of a pandemic and during a nationwide economic shutdown, 21-year-old Jared Stern ’20, from Seaford, Long Island, somehow landed his dream job. The 鈥渋nterview” process, however, was anything but typical for the dancer and Adelphi alumnus. 鈥淚t was such an experience,” Stern said. 鈥淭he whole [process], start to…

Gabrielle Deonath, an Adelphi alumna who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications in May 2018, is the co-editor of the new anthology, untold: defining moments of the uprooted, which will be released in March 2021 by Mango and Marigold Press. The focus is on representing Muslim and South Asian females. During her time at…

Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Beamon '72, '00 (Hon.), will be the featured guest in 鈥淎 Giant Leap in a Time of Struggle," a discussion scheduled for Thursday, February 4, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A collaboration of Adelphi Athletics and the 鈥淕reat Minds, Great Conversations" series, the event is also part of the University's observance of Black History Month.

Fifty years ago, as protests by Black students across the United States gained prominence, Black and Puerto Rican students at 海角社区 seized the moment to push for the creation of a program of study about their own histories in America.

In 2007, 海角社区 launched Bridges to Adelphi, an award-winning program that helps students on the autism spectrum or who have nonverbal learning disabilities transition to college life and succeed academically and socially.

Geralyn (Geri) Caliendo 鈥�84, MS 鈥�20, and her daughter Gina Faiella 鈥�20 are celebrating two 海角社区 graduations. Caliendo, currently assistant director of case management for Northwell Health-Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was awarded a Master of Science in Nursing Education on December 17. Faiella, a biology major and public health minor, received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in May.

How do you get to the Adelphi PAC Living Room? Practice, of course, plus a webcam and you're there.

Here’s the perfect antidote to this year’s unconventional Thanksgiving: a new film that The New York Times calls “a surprisingly charming and hilarious approach to a traditional holiday.” The comedy stars Jane Seymour, Kat Dennings and Wanda Sykes, among others, and was produced by Ben Stiller. It was written and directed by Nicol Paone ’94.…

The Winchester Mystery House is an architectural marvel, a historical landmark and, as its website notes, 鈥渢he world's most beautiful, yet bizarre mansion."

What happens to live entertainment production during a pandemic? It stops, then it adapts. On October 1, two alumni in the business鈥擩oe Minoso '01 and Dana Blair '04, MBA '08鈥攇ave 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.