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Greetings! Our University has much to celebrate this season: our community's continued health and safety, our successful completion of an ambitious six-year strategic plan, Momentum, and the 125th anniversary of Adelphi. In the new year, we'll launch our next five-year strategic plan, Momentum 2. This month, I'm proud to share with you our 125th anniversary issue of Adelphi University Magazine for a glimpse of how we're “building tomorrow together.” I'm also highlighting important work by our faculty and students in the field of human rights and our fourth consecutive Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Most especially, I wish you and yours much happiness during this special season, and always. Happy holidays to all. All the best, Chris Georgia, my family’s bulldog, is a Panther at heart.

Our 2021 Holiday Message As we celebrate our 125th anniversary, we wish joy to you and yours during this special season and always. Happy holidays to all our friends and family!  VIEW OUR HOLIDAY GREETING>

Leadership in Human Rights December 10 is international Human Rights Day, established over 70 years ago by the United Nations. As we celebrate the 15th year of Adelphi's prestigious Levermore Global Scholars program and our long partnership with the UN, we continue to support the mission of shared human values: dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence.  LEARN MORE>

Fourth HEED Honor for Adelphi Adelphi University has received a fourth consecutive INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. It recognizes our commitment to inclusion across a wide range of areas, including culture, religion, physical ability, neurodivergence and the LGBTQIA+ community. LEARN MORE>

125th Anniversary Adelphi University Magazine Adelphi University has been transforming lives for 125 years. In honor of our milestone birthday, our annual magazine explores Adelphi’s journey since its founding in Brooklyn in 1896. And, we illustrate how we are “building tomorrow together.” READ THIS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE>

Adelphi is making local, national and global news: In an op-ed in The Hill, Elizabeth Palley, JD, PhD, professor of social work, shares her perspective on federal legislative proposals for high-quality child care. Her piece also ran on MSN.com. In U.S. News & World Report, Ganesh Pandit, DBA, associate professor in the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, contributes one of a dozen financial New Year's resolutions. Live Science reported on the nearly 650-year-old artifact unearthed in Greece by Anagnostis Agelarakis, PhD, professor of anthropology in the Department of History, and colleagues. The finding is making news in several other outlets, including Archaeology Magazine. In a story on all seven News 12 channels, Adelphi head swimming coach Marc Danin is featured for his work with Paralympic medalist Anastasia Pagonis. “The first week of COP26 has resulted in a lot of promises to curb the climate crisis. But the world has heard these promises before. We need actions, not words.”

—Brian Wygal, PhD, associate professor of anthropology and director of the environmental studies and sciences program, in a feature on WhoWhatWhy, At COP26, Nations Still Have to Do the Heavy Lifting to Mitigate Climate Change

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Let’s stay in touch I love sharing news about Adelphi. But even better is hearing from you. Reach out to me at president@adelphi.edu. You can also follow me on: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Follow Georgia the bulldog @georgiariordan

In 2015, Dr. Riordan became Adelphi’s 10th and first woman president. Learn more about her at adelphi.edu/president. An internationally known expert and speaker on leadership, diversity and inclusion, and career success, she is authoring a book, Shift Happens: How to Adapt and Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World of Work. For more information on her research, visit christineriordan.com.