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“Dear Dr. Rosenberg,” wrote Adelphi student Alicia Dent to her former professor, Dr. Daniel Rosenberg, in an email. “I am so glad I ran into you the other day. I’ve been meaning to reach out to you but didn’t know where to start.” Dent, who first came to Adelphi as a freshman in 2005, had previously been a student in the General Studies program. However, by her own admission, she was not ready at the time to meet the challenges of college life and she soon found herself on academic probation. This led to a fateful meeting with Dr. Rosenberg. “I begged you to give me a second chance. I don’t know why you agreed to let me stay, but I am forever grateful for your choice,” wrote Dent. “[But] you warned me I’d have to be a totally different person. I would have to meet with an advisor twice a week, not miss any more

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Alicia Dent’s educational path has taken many turns, but she persevered thanks to caring professors.

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classes, and I wasn’t allowed to join any teams. I promised you I could do it.” Dent made good on her promise. Her grades gradually improved and she became an outstanding student. But then, for financial reasons, she left the university. Dent returned to Adelphi in 2015. A lot had changed on campus since her last visit and much had changed in her life. She was now married, had a child, and employed by the department of education as a classroom paraprofessional. Yet, a burning desire to receive an education that would transform her life remained. Now, most days she travels from her job in Brooklyn to classes at Adelphi’s Garden City campus. Since coming back to Adelphi, Dent has made the Dean’s List every semester and she was also the recipient of the Toni Morrison Scholars Award last May from the African, Black and Caribbean Studies program. She is on track to graduate in May with her B.A. in social science and is currently in the process of applying to Brooklyn College to enter their M.A. in the Early Childhood Education program. “I never thought my academic path would take this many turns, but I did learn a valuable

lesson from all of this. I persevered and buckled down when necessary, and look at me now!” said Dent, who went on to conclude her email to Dr. Rosenberg by saying, “I’d also like to say a special thank you to you for believing in me. You didn’t have to give me a second chance, but you did. Because of you and your decision, I was able to see my true potential. I didn’t know it then but that day would change my path for the better. Thanks for your time and I hope that I can help someone else in the same manner you helped me!” There are many more students at Adelphi who are just like Alicia Dent. They believe in the power of education to transform their lives for the better. All they need is the opportunity. Alicia Dent’s life was changed forever because Dr. Rosenberg and Adelphi saw her potential and supported her.

The Power of EducationInclude Adelphi in your estate plan and take a chance on some of our other deserving students. Contact Rory Shaffer-Walsh at 516.877.3098 or shafferwalsh@adelphi.edu and transform a life today.

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“Thank you...for believing in me. You didn’t have to

give me a second chance, but you did.”—Alicia Dent

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Our relentless dedication to student success, as shared in the previous story, points to the highly personalized college experience that our faculty provides each and every day. For many Adelphi students, a college education may not always have been certain. Many are the first in their families to attend college and they often rely on financial assistance to make their dreams a reality. Your Will or living trust can be used to make those dreams come true and transform our students’ lives.

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MEMBERSCarol Ammon, M.B.A. ’79, ’10 (Hon.) Phyllis and Frank Angello ’77 Barbara Wanamaker ArnottWilliam J. and Judith

G. AshworthDonna J. Austin ’88 George and Linda Bader Les Baltimore Dorothy Bergmann Pennington ’65Eve Mechur Blohm ’64 Judith Sue Becker Borten ’57, ’07 (Hon.) William Borten ’57, ’07 (Hon.) Judith Ammerman Brielmaier,

M.A. ’64, M.S. ’73Janet Skner Brown ’41Noel Donaghy Burks ’43, M.S.W. ’65 Marilyn ’01 and Timothy P. Burton Olaf Z. Butchma ’84 Katherine Grover and Michael J.

Campbell ’65 Margaret Olstad Cleary ’66 Sally-Ann Cohen, B.A. ’55 Judith De Felice, D.S.W. ’82 Robert DeCarlo ’83 Richard Dina, D.S.W. ’93 Robert Dunhill ’52 Leonard Fabrizio ’62 Doris Kurzius Fehmel ’59, M.A. ’71 Diana Muxworthy Feige

Carole Katz-Fetner ’68 Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Judith Fishman ’61 Carolyn Bordini Flapan ’57 Eileen Barry Flood ’49 Betty L. Forest ’47 Thelma R. Frankel ’46 Beverly J. Fraser ’66, M.B.A. ’74 Leonard J. Garigliano ’57 Richard K. Garner Robert W. Gary ’61 Robert Gianguzzi ’77 Andrew ’74 and Kathy Gordon Joanne and Frank Gumper John J. Gutleber ’68, M.B.A. ’70 Cleavert Guyton ’87 Gloria Mertens Hager ’50 Gerard ’57 and Martha Harrigan Amelia Harrison, M.A. ’93 Robert G. Hartmann ’54 Erik T. and Sue Hendrickson Carol Hirschfeld Hochberg ’56,

M.A. ’58 Monica McKeon Homer ’57, M.A. ’72 Jacqueline Rose Hott G.C. ’89 Gayle Insler and Harris Insler, M.S. ’80 Georgiana Russell Baker ’69 and

William J. Irwin Steven L. Isenberg ’00 (Hon.) Angela Maestri Jaggar ’62, M.A. ’65

and Scott Jaggar

Martha Shupack Jantho ’59 Mark William Jordan ’63Mildred Loughlin Kahane ’49 Adele Klapper ’92, M.A. ’99Shelly Kleiman, M.B.A. ’83 Joan MacLeer Kuster ’51 Janet and George Larie, M.B.A. ’75 Allan and Nanette LarsonRon Lawner ’70 Jo-Ann and Ronald B. Lee ’67 Judith Lev, M.B.A. ’83Vicki and Alexander H. Levi,

M.A. ’73, Ph.D. ’75 Muriel Gasch Lewis ’40 Erna Fritz Lovely, M.A. ’65 Thomas Dixon Lovely ’54, ’04 (Hon.) Betty Kipniss MacDonald ’58 Kevin G. Mahony ’83Ruth Bronfman Marcus ’64 David Martin ’62 Horace G. McDonell ’52, ’02 (Hon.) Carolyn, M.S.W. ’93 and Sung Moon Mykael Goldstein Moss ’71 Elinor Nacheman ’71 Jessica and Stanley Norwalk ’65,

M.B.A. ’68 Geoffrey D. Palmer ’61 Joel J. Pesapane ’66 Grace Pilcer, M.A. ’79, Ph.D. ’84 Leon M. Pollack ’63 Michael S. Raphael ’58

Ruben B. Rivera, B.S. ’89Gary Rosenberg, M.S.W. ’63 and

Linda Waxman ’69 Leonore, M.A. ’00 and George Russell Barbara Tucker Sawitsky ’75, M.B.A. ’78 Alice Schmidt Walter Schulz ’66, M.B.A. ’68 Robert A. Scott Anthony Scozzafava ’62 Paul Serrato, M.A. ’98 Freddye Kaufman Silverman ’71 Steven D. Silverman ’69 Roxane Blumberg Spitzer ’60 Eugene Steger ’76 Diane Goodman Steinbrink ’58 Joanna Sterber ’69, M.B.A. ’81 Steve Straus ’69 Carole Hamm Stuber ’64 Neal Stuber ’63 Myrna C. Thomas, M.S. ’62 Demaris Tisdale, M.S.W. ’81 Robert Tricaro ’59, M.A. ’61, M.S. ’66 Christian Vaupel ’96, M.S. ’03 Cindy Oliveira Vaupel ’96, M.A. ’00 Sarah U. Viault Dianne Coates-Wamsley ’84 Marjorie Weinberg Berman, M.S. ’61 Marcia G. Welsh Barbara Sprung Wilkes ’59 Robert B. Willumstad ’05 (Hon.)

L E A V E Y O U R L E G A C Y

The Ruth S. Harley Society Founded by the Class of 1941 on the occasion of their 50th Reunion, the honorary society is named for Ruth S. Harley, Dean Emerita and member of Adelphi’s Class of 1924. When individuals include Adelphi in their estate plans, they help to ensure an Adelphi education for future generations of talented women

and men. Membership in the Ruth S. Harley Society is open to those who: • inform the University of the

bequest provision in their Will or living trust

• make a life-income gift • create a charitable lead trust • name the University as a

beneficiary of a life insurance policy, tax deferred annuity or IRA.

Society members enjoy a host of benefits. Foremost is the satisfaction of knowing that your exemplary generosity will play a fundamental role in supporting those activities that make a difference in the lives of today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders.

Adelphi notes with sadness the passing of: Albert Kahane, Naomi Kronfeld Shapiro, B.A. ’60, and Annette Shroeder.