Your Road Map to a Summer on Long Island

Hello to my fellow alumni, and Happy Summer Solstice!

My name is Jenn Maron and I am a proud Panther. I treasure every memory from my time as a student at Adelphi, and now I am thrilled to support fellow Panthers in my new position.

I officially welcome our Class of 2023 to Adelphi's alumni newsletter and share this sweet video that relives your Commencement Day. Congratulations to you all, and welcome to our alumni family! (As a graduate of Adelphi's music program, I also want to give major kudos to the quartet who sang our national anthem and alma mater—Bravi Tutti!)

Now, we welcome all alumni to summertime! As a native Long Islander, summer here has a special place in my heart—beautiful vineyards and breweries, wonderful family-friendly farms, mom-and-pop ice cream and pie shops, amazing beaches and some great campgrounds.

This month, we highlight some of Long Island's fun-filled options featuring alumni-owned and -operated businesses! We encourage you to support your fellow alumni by visiting these locations. I'd love to hear from you if you own a business, too.

If you enjoy Long Island this summer, I hope we meet and share some Panther pride.

Sending you warmth, sunshine and all my best,

— Adelphi celebrated its rich legacy in the arts at our 23rd annual President’s Gala on June 10 and raised $2.36 million for arts programming, student scholarships and initiatives that advance the goals of our University’s Momentum 2 strategic plan.

— Adelphi’s seventh consecutive Newman Civic Fellowship winner is sophomore Joe Sawma, who created an Adelphi program that lets students donate their outstanding meal plan balances toward items from our Panther Pantry.

— Adelphi's 2022–2023 Faculty Excellence Awards honored six dedicated and inspiring faculty members for their professional and teaching achievements in arts and sciences, education and health sciences, and psychology.

— Celebrating friendship and a shared commitment to community, the Blumenthal (Josh, MA ’09, and Cherilynn) and Purdie (Gordon ’89, Carol ’85 and Gordon Jr. ’20, MA ’21) families recently established the 9.13 Community Engagement Fund to support athletic teams that are engaged in community service.

— Ian Bergstrom ’14, JD, founded Bergstrom Law, P.C., which practices civil litigation, mortgage foreclosure defense, corporate filings and immigration filings.

— Judy Garczynski Fleishman, PhD ’92, was awarded the Glenn G. Bartle Distinguished Alumni Award by Binghamton University’s alumni association. Judy, a former adjunct professor at Adelphi, and her husband, Steve, established the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development at Binghamton in 2014.

— James J. Maggio Jr., MBA ’86, was reelected to serve on the Suffolk Credit Union Board of Directors.

— Gene Siegal ’70, MD, PhD, was appointed interim chair of the Department of Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Heersink School of Medicine.