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Celebrate Survivorship with the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program
Join the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program’s Celebration of Survivorship on October 17, 2013, in the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom in the Ruth S. Harley University Center. Celebration of Survivorship is the program’s largest annual event.
Artist, activist, author and Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer Matuschka will be among six speakers at the event. The other speakers are: LaKesha Jackson, the co-founder of the nonprofit Pink S.H.O.E.S. (Strength, Hope, Optimism, Endurance, Survival); Robin Healy, an Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program volunteer; Millie Jones, East Meadow Chamber of Commerce chair; and Fran and Joe Mercolino who have been married for 60 years and were both diagnosed with breast cancer. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Irene Virag will moderate the discussion.
A light supper will be served. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., and speeches begin at 7:00 p.m.
RSVP at 516.877.4325 or by email: breastcancerhotline@adelphi.edu.
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 is one of just four companies and the only university on Long Island to be named among America’s Best Employers by State for 2023 by Forbes.
A surge in 2024 rankings by U.S. News & World Report—up 19 spots as a Best College, up 85 spots for Social Mobility and up 35 spots as a Best Value College—supports Adelphi’s rising reputation. Adelphi serves more than 7,400 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 Brooklyn, 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.
For further information, please contact:
Todd Wilson
Strategic Communications Director
p – 516.237.8634
e – twilson@adelphi.edu
