July 7, 2025

Hope you had a great holiday weekend. 🇺🇲 🎆 In this week’s Insider, we’re sharing info about one big reason you chose Adelphi: exceptional academics. Yep, you’re about to be a student at the top private university on Long Island. See more that might interest you below! 

If you have any questions, email us at orientation@adelphi.edu and expect a response within 24 hours. 

🐾 —Adelphi’s Student and Community Engagement team

👍🏽 RESOURCES

General Academics

• Adelphi’s core curriculum is called P.A.T.H.—general requirements for a well-rounded academic journey. Explore your first-year courses and the rest of your learning goals.
• Are you pre-professional? Our pre-professional and joint degree programs can put you on a direct path to a prestigious grad program in health, law, environmental studies, and engineering. 
• Undecided? Explore all our undergraduate courses of study. 

Experiential Learning

• Looking for hands-on experiences? Our Innovation Center offers cutting-edge, collaborative experiences in AI, extended reality, and digital studies, guided by faculty and industry pros.
• Interested in studying abroad? We offer over 100 programs for entire semesters or intersessions.
• Want to do research? Whether your passion is history, dance, business, literature or science, our SPARK Center will help you explore it.  
• Passionate about giving back? Check out our Alternative Break opportunities.

Internships and Career Prep 

• Over your time at Adelphi, our Center for Career and Professional Development will help you craft a resume, land internships and ace interviews. 
• Our prestigious Jagger Community Fellows Program offers paid internships in the nonprofit world.
• Through Podium Education, we offer the Global Career Accelerator to add credits, experience and workplace connections to your resume.

Support 

• Need advisement? Our Office of Academic Services can help you stay on track. See some helpful FAQs. 
• Want a mentor? Our Jovia Mentoring Program is especially great for first-year students to help you build confidence and develop skills in leadership, academics, career planning and more.
• Need a tutor? Peer-to-peer tutoring and writing support are free services offered in our Center for Academic Support and Enrichment.
• Need special learning accommodations? Our Student Access Office supports access to all documented needs.

🤩 GREAT EXPERIENCES 

• In our neighborhood? Join us this Friday, July 11, for Mid-Summer Meet-Up on campus. Food, fun, future friends—and help with financial aid and class registration if you need it. Bring your parents/guardians too. 
• Not in our neighborhood? Sign up for ExploreNY in August. You’ll move into your residence hall early and spend three days having an immersive New York City experience with us, for no cost!

✅ TO-DOs

• Register for Orientation Weekend (Friday–Sunday, August 22–24). 
• Submit your health and immunization forms before the start of classes.

📆 IMPORTANT DATES

• August 21: First-Year Resident Student Move-In
• August 22-24: Orientation Weekend (including for parents and families on Friday)
• August 24: Matriculation Ceremony
• August 25: First Day of Classes
• August 25: Health and Immunization Forms Due to Health Services
• September 8: Final add/drop/change/withdraw day for Fall 2025 (+ opt-out programs deadline)
• October 1: Health Insurance Waiver Period Ends

📲 CONNECTIONS

Follow official Adelphi accounts to stay connected across campus and contact these offices as needed:  

• Community Concerns and Resolution: occr@adelphi.edu  
• Health Services: healthservicescenter@adelphi.edu  
• One-Stop Student Services Center: onestop@adelphi.edu 
• Residential Life and Housing: housing@adelphi.edu  
• Student Affairs: divisionofstudentaffairs@adelphi.edu

Get ready for Adelphi! Watch your mailbox each Monday for more great info and resources.