Adelphi Earns 5-Star Campus Pride Rating
Garden City, NY (06/28/2022) — Adelphi University has achieved a 5-star rating on the Campus Pride Index for 2022 - a perfect score. According to Campus Pride, Adelphi has scored 93 percent for overall campus pride, 92 percent for sexual orientation and 94 percent for gender identity and expression, all up from last year. Read the full rating break-down.
The Campus Pride Index is the premier national LGBTQIA+ benchmarking tool and overall indicator of institutional commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive policy, program and practice.
"In less than five years, Adelphi has gone from three to five stars on the Campus Pride rating," said Sentwali Bakari, PhD, vice president for student affairs at Adelphi. "This achievement is a primary example of our commitment to incremental change year over year to create a truly inclusive and welcoming environment for our LGBTQIA+ community."
Since its creation in 2009, the Adelphi Pride committee has addressed challenges, influenced University policies and changed student procedures to promote the acceptance, respect and inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community. In conjunction with University partners, some of the group's achievements include gender-inclusive campus housing and bathrooms, rainbow pride and transgender banners on campus, transgender awareness events, specialized training for students and staff and counseling, and support groups for the community and its allies.
Primary initiatives that increased Adelphi's status this year include the University's new Multicultural Center, the shift of the Gender Studies minor to the Gender & Sexuality Studies minor, establishment of a scholarship and funding opportunity for students to attend an LGBTQIA+ conference, and the formation of a new student organization, "Beyond the Binary."
To learn more about Adelphi Pride, please visit: adelphi.edu/adelphi-pride.
About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four: Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.
Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,500 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York -- just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities -- and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.
More than 118,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.
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Adelphi University has achieved a 5-star rating on the Campus Pride Index for 2022 – a perfect score.