News at Adelphi

Over the past several weeks, Adelphi's leadership, faculty and staff have been actively preparing for our Fall 2020 semester. We are anxious to welcome you back but are mindful that we must do so in a safe and healthy way.

I am so proud to honor the resilient Class of 2020! With your entire Adelphi family, I am thrilled to celebrate you today—what would have been your Commencement Day.

For 17 years, the Student Government Association and Center for Student Involvement have hosted the Brown and Gold Awards honoring student leadership.

As we approach the end of the 2019–2020 academic year—one of the most challenging in Adelphi's history—we look at all that the SGA accomplished this year and welcome the new board.

Admission to Adelphi University will become standardized-test-optional for current high school juniors applying for admission this coming year, recognizing the difficulty of taking SATs or ACTs during the pandemic.

Dena Gassner, PhD candidate, is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting autistic individuals.

Due to this year's current pandemic, holding an in-person event was out of the question, said Arianna Livreri, but so was canceling or postponing Relay For Life.

In less than one week, we received more than 1,000 applications for assistance, totaling more than $3.4 million in requests.

As we look ahead, I'd like to give an update on our plans for the fall semester and share the important factors that will guide our University's decisions moving forward.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. One of the President's Awards for Excellence for 2020 was given to Samantha Bassford, Residence Hall Director of Waldo Hall.