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51±¬ÁÏ Libraries has thousands of print and digital books available. But this month it will add a different type of book—that of the human variety.

Social change begins in the classroom. Dr. Michael J. Sorrell has transformed Paul Quinn College, the small, private institution in Dallas. In his keynote address at the conference, he called for universities to help bring about social change and end poverty.

In this issue devoted to the annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Provost and Executive Vice President Steve Everett, D.M.A., discusses the University's approach to diversity and understanding—and how our students benefit from it.

On Thursday, February 14, Prison Reform and Rehabilitation: 46th Annual History Conference dove into the history and current state of criminalization, punishment and rehabilitation in prisons.

"Adelphi was the right size because you can get a lot of attention there that you wouldn't get at these huge campuses with 50,000 or 60,000 students. For me, it was a very nurturing campus."

A study by Professor Geoffrey Ream Ph.D. on suicide rates in LGBTQ youth is featured by many media outlets including Reuters and Huffington Post.

When the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies asked Jon Duff, Adelphi exhibitions and art collection curator, to curate an exhibition in honor of Black History Month, he immediately thought of multimedia artist Coby Kennedy.

On Wednesday, February 13, dozens of students and faculty members filled the Ruth S. Harley University Center's Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom to hear the day's guest speaker, Premilla Nadasen, Ph.D., who informed them, “If you all have come here to hear how black feminism will save us, you've come to the right place."

For the third year, members of the Adelphi community have the opportunity to experience what guests have called a transformational experience when they attend the Oxfam Hunger Banquet.

The Interfaith Center has been at Adelphi for over 20 years. It has grown to not only be a welcoming space for those seeking spiritual worship and guidance, but a place to receive counseling.

Adelphi has made significant gains in reaching its Momentum strategic plan goal of becoming a model of diversity and inclusion in the past two years—and now awards like INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award are the icing on the cake.

Perry Greene, Ph.D., Adelphi's vice president for diversity and inclusion since July 2016, has been presented with two awards recognizing his leadership in diversity initiatives at Adelphi.

Adelphi's “Facing Racism" discussion sessions likely will be back for a third year in Fall 2019.

Adelphi's various diversity task force chairs—all multitasking between new initiatives and their ongoing positions—enthusiastically looked back at their task forces' major accomplishments in 2018 and ahead at this year's top priorities.

On Monday, January 21, Perry Greene, Ph.D., vice president for diversity and inclusion, was presented with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition Award by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee of Nassau County.

Perry Greene, Ph.D., vice president for diversity and inclusion, shares his advice for building a more diverse faculty with University Business Magazine.

Perry Greene, Ph.D., vice president for diversity and inclusion, shared with Inside Higher Ed how Adelphi successfully increased our number of new faculty hires who are people of color.

On October 17, 2018, Cholena Smith, Shinnecock scholar and educator, brought her people's culture, history and traditions to Adelphi in honor of Native American Heritage Month in November and Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 8.

In response to the shooting on October 27, 2018, in which 11 members of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh lost their lives, the Adelphi community came together on the evening of Monday, October 29, for a multidenominational service on the Flagpole Lawn.

When Chotsani West, M.A. '07, returned to Adelphi in 2014 to start the University's Mentoring Program, her task was to help improve the retention rate of students of color.

This year's Spirit Weekend saw a major change, as the king and queen handed over the "reigns," so to speak: Henceforth, the rulers of the Spirit Court will preside under the more gender-inclusive title of Prestigious Panthers.

Adelphi's LGBTQ+ students, and the welcoming environment they find here, are points of pride for the University.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion launched the series of conversations, "Facing Racism" last year in response to the rallies in Charlottesville and decided to hold them again each Friday this September.

In honor of National Coming Out Day, we're rolling out a new update (version 4.5) to our mobile app, AU2GO, to further support diversity and inclusion on-campus.

Launched last year in the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Adelphi's series of discussions about racism will return to campus this fall.