Video Archive of Past Events

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Oct. 15, 2007
Speaker		 Dr. Lynne Elkin
Watson's the Double Helix

Adelphi University welcomed Dr. Lynne Elkin, an expert in biological sciences and recognized authority on the life and work of Dr. Rosalind Franklin, who is best known for her research that led to the understanding of the structure of DNA. Dr. Elkin delivered the Jerry March Memorial Lecture, "Watson's the Double Helix: Fact Versus the Fictional Rosalind Franklin."
Oct. 10, 2007
Speaker		 United States Social Forum: The AU Delegation Reports Back to Campus

The AU delegation to the first US Social Forum held June 27th - July 1st in Atlanta, Georgia shared reflections, artwork and a slideshow about their experience at this historic event.
Oct. 3, 2007
Speaker		 Paul Loeb
"The Impossible Will Take a Little While"
Paul Loeb has spent three decades researching and writing about citizen responsibility and empowerment. His 2004 book on social change, The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, has gone through 17 printings.
Oct. 2, 2007
Speaker		 Ngugi wa Thiong'o
"Decolonizing the Mind"

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family. He was educated at Kamandura, Manguu and Kinyogori primary schools; Alliance High School, all in Kenya; Makerere University College (then a campus of London University), Kampala, Uganda; and the University of Leeds, Britain. He is recipient of seven Honorary Doctorates viz D Litt (Albright); PhD (Roskilde); D Litt (Leeds); D Litt &Ph D (Walter Sisulu University); PhD (Carlstate); D Litt (Dillard) and D Litt (Auckland University). He is also Honorary Member of American Academy of Letters. A many-sided intellectual, he is novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist.

Oct. 1, 2007
Speaker		 Women's History as a Tool for Social Change

Gerda Lerner, who fled Nazi persecution at age 18, became a pioneer in the field of women's history, and founder of the first women's studies program in the U.S. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She chronicled her experiences as a refugee and political activist in Fireweed: A Political Autobiography.

High school faculty, students and the public were invited to Gerda Lerner's presentation at Adelphi University's University Center Ballroom.
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August 3, 2007
Speaker		 Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat

This past summer the Adelphi University Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, in partnership with best-selling author and Adelphi graduate, Alice Hoffman '73, offered the Adelphi University Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat. This annual program is an intensive writing workshop where high school students and their teachers can experience the power of arts-based learning.

The four-day summer retreat on Adelphi's main campus in Garden City, New York, featured creative writing workshops with Adelphi faculty, accomplished writers and artists, and English education graduate students. All admitted students received a full program scholarship.
May 21, 2007
GRAD		 Adelphi University's 111th Commencement Exercises:
The Class of 2007

Adelphi University's 111th Commencement was held on May 21, 2007, at the Nassau Coliseum.
February 24, 2007
Speaker		 Black History Month Celebration

The Fifth Annual Black History Month Celebration took place on Saturday, February 24, in the University Center. This was the most successful event to date, bringing back over 200 students, alumni, staff and friends to celebrate athletes of color at Adelphi.

The Multicultural Alumni Chapter honored Gregory Johnson and Dr. N. Gerry House was the keynote speaker. The Salvation Army of Hempstead, New York and its Double Dutch team peformed. The raffle prizes raised $412, with all proceeds going to the Salvation Army.

As part of the program, a 10-minute video montage was produced by Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator, Denee Rivera, featuring interviews with Adelphi student-athletes of color.
May 22, 2006
GRAD		 Adelphi University's 110th Commencement Exercises:
The Class of 2006

Adelphi University's 110th Commencement was held on May 22, 2006, at the Nassau Coliseum.
February 16, 2006
Speaker		 Dr. Harvard Sitkoff
"The Martin Luther King, Jr., Hidden From You"
Sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Distinguished Lecture

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Professor Sitkoff is the author and editor of some ten books including the enormously popular The Struggle for Black Equality and the pathbreaking A New Deal for Blacks: The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue. He has lectured at nearly a hundred colleges and universities around the world and his scholarship and teaching have garnered numerous awards and honors including appointments as scholar-in-residence at the Rutgers University Center for Historical Analysis and the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University.
November 21, 2005
Speaker		 Mustapha Tlili
"Islam and the West: A Clash of Civilization or a Clash of Perception"
Sponsored by the William E. Simon Lecture in American Civilization

Sorbonne-educated Mustapha Tlili is founder and director of Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West, a senior fellow at the Remarque Institute of New York University, and NYU research scholar. He is a former senior United Nations official, having served the organization in various capacities over a long career.
October 6, 2005
Speaker		 Josh S. Weston
"Leadership and Integrity from a CEO’s Perspective"
Sponsored by the Hagedorn Lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility

As chairman, CEO, and COO of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Mr. Josh S. Weston headed an international service company of 30,000 employees that aids the management of industrial, retail, non-profit, financial, and government organizations, bringing in five billion dollars in revenues.
September 19, 2005
Speaker		 Peter G. Peterson
"Running on Empty"
Sponsored by The Hagedorn Lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility and presented by Bank of America

Peter G. Peterson is chairman and co-founder of tThe Blackstone Group and currently a director of Sirius Satellite Radio. He is author of several books, including the current bestseller, Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties are Bankrupting our Future and What Americans Can So About It. In this book, Peterson takes us behind the politicians' smoke-and-mirror games, and forcefully explains what we must do to rescue the future of our country.
September 19, 2005
Speaker		 Seymour Hersh
"Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib"

Seymour Hersh is widely acknowledged as the most influential and acclaimed investigative reporter of the past 35 years. His exclusive reports include the Iraqi prisoner scandal detailed in his new book Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib.
May 14-15, 2005
GRAD		 Adelphi University's 109th Commencement Exercises:
The Class of 2005

Adelphi University's 109th Commencement was held on May 15, 2005, at the Nassau Coliseum. The Doctoral Hooding Ceremony was held on May 14 at the Garden City campus.
March 30, 2005
Speaker		 Kevin Everod Quashie
"Be Quiet, Quiet Like Buddha: Rethinking Black Expressivity"
Sponsored by The James Baldwin Lecture on Literary and Social Criticism

Kevin Everod Quashie earned his Ph.D. in English at Arizona State University. Dr. Quashie is a professor of literature and African American studies at Smith College, and a talented and widely read poet and literary critic. His first book New Bones: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Writers in America, and companion audio CD, Living Words: An Audio CD of African American Oral Traditions, received strong praise from artistic and literary critics.
March 9, 2005
Speaker		 Augusten Burroughs
"Magical Thinking–An Evening with Augusten Burroughs"
Sponsored by Rita Diamandopoulos Lecture in Literature

Formerly a leading copywriter for a New York advertising firm, Augusten Burroughs has jumped into the country's literary and entertainment spotlight. Both his books Running with Scissors and Dry are New York Times best sellers. Entertainment Weekly named him one of the "Fifteen Funniest People in America."
February 16, 2005
Speaker		 David William Blight
"Has the Civil War Memory Divided or United America?"
Sponsored by The John Hope Franklin Distinguished Lecture

David W. Blight '54 is a professor of American history at Yale University. He is currently director of Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Dr. Blight is the author of numerous books on slavery and the Civil War.
September 29, 2004
Speaker		 Oliver Sacks
"Journey into Wonder: Reflections on a Chemical Boyhood"
Sponsored by the Lindenmann Lecture in Human Development and The Jerry March Memorial Lecture

A master at creating compassionate drama from the uncanny dysfunctions of the brain, Dr. Oliver Sacks is a world-renowned neurologist, humanist, and bestselling author on the neuroanthropology of Tourette's syndrome. His bestselling book Awakenings inspired a play by Harold Pinter, A Kind of Alaska, and then the Hollywood movie, Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture
May 15-16, 2004
GRAD		 Adelphi University's 108th Commencement Exercises:
The Class of 2004

Adelphi University's 108th Commencement was held on May 16, 2004, at the Garden City campus. Honorary degrees were given to Judith S. Kaye, chief judge of the State of New York, Howard Dodson, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library, and Thomas Dixon Lovely, retired chairman and CEO of Fidelity Bank of New York and former Adelphi University Trustee.

Below are links to the Commencement Exercises:

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