Adelphi Schedules Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Tour of Renovated University Center
Garden City, NY (06/01/2022) — Adelphi University will celebrate the renovated and expanded Ruth S. Harley University Center with an official ribbon cutting ceremony at its Garden City campus on Friday, June 10. A tour of the building will follow.
The reimagined and redesigned state-of-the-art center for life at Adelphi, which officially opened in January 2021, includes new lobby and meeting spaces, improved student lounge, the reimagined Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom, a full Starbucks, art gallery, expanded dining hall and outdoor terrace.
"The result is a beautiful, efficient and environmentally friendly structure that was completed with more than 41 percent of the labor costs going to minority- or women-owned businesses," said Jim Perrino, executive vice president of finance and operations at Adelphi.
In 2021, Adelphi's university center received Long Island Business News' Real Estate, Architecture and Engineering Award for Top Education Renovation, citing the building's excellent redesign, accessibility and commitment to sustainability.
Speakers at the event will include Adelphi Board Chair Marc S. Strachan, President Christine M. Riordan and student Tyler Masure, incoming president of University's Student Government Association. Many other Adelphi trustees will be in attendance as well as this is the first largely in-person gathering of that group since before the pandemic.
The ribbon-cutting will run from 10:30 to 11 a.m. in the University Center outdoor amphitheater. See more at adelphi.edu/uc/uc-ribbon-cutting - and more about the University Center at adelphi.edu/uc.
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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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