Adelphi University

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 23% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 8% of housing units are Singles.
• 81% of housing units are Doubles.
• 11% of housing units are Triples.
• In total, there are 6 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 45% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Adelphi University is a leader in arts and cultural programming, providing a year long celebration of visual and performing arts including Special Invitation Exhibition and Performances; Endowed Lectures Series; presentations of Pulitzer Prize winning musical compositions; Award Winning Student Theatre and Dance Performances; and the U. N. Ambassadorial Lectures Series. Other activities include: Intercollegiate And Intramural Sports; annual Spring Fling Spring In/Spike It@; Homecoming; Career Day; Disabilities Awareness Week; and Black History Month programs and lectures.
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, yearbook
• In total, there are about 79 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: ALPHA EPSILON DELTA (PREMED), ALPHA KAPPA DELTA (SOCIOLOGY), ALPHA PSI OMEGA (DRAMA), BETA BETA BETA (BIOLOGY), DELTA MU DELTA (BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION), DELTA PHI ALPHA (GERMAN), ETA SIGMA GAMMA (HEALTH EDUCATION), ETA CHI ALPHA (ACCOUNTING), GAMMA SIGMA ALPHA (GREEK), KAPPA DELTA PI (INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION), LAMBDA PI ETA (COMMUNICATION), OMICORN DELTA KAPPA (National Leadership Honor Society), PHI ALPHA (SOCIAL WORK), PHI ALPHA THETA (HISTORY), PHI EPSILON KAPPA (PHYSICAL EDUCATION), PI DELTA PHI (FRENCH), PSI CHI (PSYCHOLOGY), PI MU EPSILON (MATHEMATICS), PI SIGMA ALPHA (POLITICAL SCIENCE), SIGMA DELTA PI (SPANISH), SIGMA THETA TAU (NURSING),
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) CATHOLIC CAMPUS COMMUNITY, CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, GOSPEL CHOIR, HILLEL, MUSLIM STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION, Interfaith Center
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) AFRICAN PEOPLES ORGANIZATION, ASIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, CARIBBEAN CULTURAL AWARENESS CLUB, HELLENIC SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SOCIETY, LATINO STUDENTS UNITED, LE CERCLE FRANCAIS (FRENCH CLUB)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N. A. A. C. P. ), GERMAN CLUB
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) ACCOUNTING SOCIETY, ADELPHI CHEERLEADERS, ADELPHI DANCE TEAM, AMNESTY INTL, ANIME CLUB, ANTHROPOLOGY CLUB, AVANTI, BALLROOM CLUB, CALIBER, CIRCLE K, COMPUTER & MATH CLUB, ENGLISH CLUB, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION, GLOBAL IMPACT, HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION & EXERCISE SCIENCE, HIP HOP TEAM, HUMAN RESOURCES SOCIETY, interAct, JAZZ CLUB, MARKETING AND ADVERTISING CLUBS, NATIONAL STUDENT SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION, ONE NIGHT STAND, OPERATION END HATE, ORACLE, P. A. W. S. RADIO, PAWS STEP TEAM, PHYSICAL EDUCATION/FITNESS CLUB, PHYSICS CLUB, PRE-LAW SOCIETY, PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, RESIDENT STUDENT ASSOCIATION, SNAP, STARS, STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD, STUDENTS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS, STUDENT ART LEAGUE, STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, STUDENT HISTORY SOCIETY, UMOJA, UNDERGRAD HONOR COUNCIL, UNDERGRAD SOCIAL WORK COUNCIL, WORKS IN PROGRESS, SPECTRUM,
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Delphian (weekly), Magnum Opus (once each semester)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): New York City (J.F.K. Airport) (10), New York City (La Guardia Airport) (10)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): New York City (LIRR from Penn Station) (20)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Hempstead Line to Nassau Boulevard Station (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 16% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,676
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 1 fraternities
• 6% of students are fraternity members
• There are 5 sororities
• 4% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Hofstra University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (New York Institute of Technology)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, other