Adelphi University President Robert A. Scott's TV Show Wins Telly Award
Garden City, NY
June 26, 2007
Adelphi University President Robert A. Scott, host of the television show Exploring Critical Issues on Telecare, has become a two-time winner of the prestigious Telly Awards. His show features business and community leaders who explore critical local, regional, and national issues. The Telly Awards honor the best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. The national competition received more than 14,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.
This year, The Values of Sports episode with guests Donald G. McPherson, executive director of the Sports Leadership Institute, Adelphi University; Mara Manson, assistant professor, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University; Donna A. Lopiano, CEO, Women's Sports Foundation; and Pat LaFontaine, National Hockey League Hall of Famer, won over the judges. In 2003, the Ethics in Sports episode was recognized.
Since his appointment as Adelphi's ninth president in July 2000, Dr. Scott has built on the University's rich traditions in undergraduate and graduate education and continues to link the liberal arts and sciences with professional programs. Adelphi now offers a B.F.A. in studio art for aspiring visual arts professionals. Adelphi offers the only Ph.D. in nursing on Long Island, and its new master's in emergency nursing and disaster management was the first program of its kind in New York State. Adelphi is the first university in the metropolitan New York area to offer an M.S. in physics with a concentration in optics. Under his leadership, Adelphi opened its first new residence hall in 36 years to accommodate growing student demand, and constructed a new Fine Arts Facility for sculpture, ceramics, painting, print-making, and exhibit space. Adelphi has also embarked on an historic construction project that will add new recreation, sports, and performing arts centers to the Garden City campus. Adelphi was one of only 26 private universities nationwide to be named a "Best Buy" by the top-selling Fiske Guide to Colleges 2007.
Click here to learn more about Adelphi University and Dr. Scott. About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls more than 8,300 students from 40 states and 50 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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