Adelphi Named Best of the Best, Five-Star Rated LGBTQ-Friendly Campus for Second Year

Adelphi is the only University on Long Island included on the list

Garden City, NY (08/24/2023) — Adelphi University has once again achieved a five-star rating on the Campus Pride Index, a nationally recognized measure of LGBTQ+ friendliness and inclusivity. Campus Pride also chose Adelphi as one of this year's Top 30 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Campuses. Adelphi is the only University on Long Island included on the list.

To earn a ranking of five out of five stars, campuses receive a percentage score from 90 to 100 based on their reporting of LGBTQ-friendly features. Campuses are scored on eight LGBTQ-friendly factors, including housing, campus safety, academics, student life, and recruitment and retention efforts.

"Earning a spot on Campus Pride's Best of the Best list recognizes an institution's efforts to create a safe and welcoming campus for their LGBTQ+ students, staff and faculty," said Campus Pride Founder, CEO and Executive Director Shane Mendez Windmeyer. "In the current climate, in which LGBTQ+ identities have become political talking points and laws are being weaponized against LGBTQ+ people, the commitment to creating campuses that welcome and protect LGBTQ+ students can not be taken for granted. The colleges and universities that made our list this year deserve this recognition for the efforts they have made and continue to make."

According to Campus Pride's LGBTQ-friendly break-down by inclusion factors, Adelphi received a perfect score in LGBTQ student life, campus safety, counseling and health, recruitment and retention efforts and support and institutional commitment. Read the full rating breakdown.

"We are thrilled to hear the news of this recognition by Campus Pride, which highlights the exemplary work of Robby Fahrenholtz, coordinator of Adelphi's Multicultural Center, and our campus partners," said Chotsani Williams West, assistant vice president of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Adelphi. "Collectively, we have maintained a welcoming and inclusive environment for our LGBTQ+IA community."

Adelphi's LGBTQ+ Programming and Initiatives

Throughout the year, Adelphi offers a number of programs, student engagement events and initiatives for the LGBTQ+ community, hosted by Adelphi's Multicultural Center and Pride Committee, including:

New events in the 2022-2023 academic year included Drag History Night, LGBTQ+ Inclusive Sex Ed, a World AIDS Day documentary screening, Found Family Holiday Party and a National Poetry Month speakers event, among others.

Adelphi has two student organizations involved in the planning and engagement of the University's LGBTQ+ initiatives and programing, including the Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) and Students Beyond the Binary (SBB).

"Working closely with various units, the Pride Committee, task force groups, and cross departmentally, while uplifting the voices of our students, this campus is a space for belonging," said Williams West. "There is still more work to do and our intentions include raising the bar for this important work."

Learn more about 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 at the undergraduate and graduate level 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 7,250 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 119,000 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 once again achieved a five-star rating on the Campus Pride Index, a nationally recognized measure of LGBTQ+ friendliness and inclusivity.