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  name Adelphi University
  latin Name Adelphi Universitas
  motto Vita sine litteris mors est<br />(''Life without learning is death'')
  established June 24 , 1896
  type Private
  president Robert A Scott
  city Garden City
  state New York
  country USA
  undergrad 4,157
  postgrad 3,775
  staff 239
  campus Suburban , 75 acres (304,000&nbspm&sup2)
  mascot Panther
  free Label Athletics
  free 15 sports teams
  website wwwadelphiedu


Adelphi University is a private coeducational nationally accredited institute of higher education, with its main campus located in Garden City , in Nassau County, New York . It is the oldest institution of higher learning on Long Island . The college was founded in 1896 in Brooklyn, New York , and takes its name from its location on Adelphi Street in Brooklyn, where it is related to the Adelphi Academy, a private secondary school. The Garden City campus was established in 1929. Five of the Garden City campus buildings were designed by noted architectural firm McKim, Mead, And White . Today the university also has campuses in New York City , Poughkeepsie , and Hauppauge . According to New York Magazine in 2004 Adelphi surpassed Hofstra University , Long Island University C.W. Post Campus and State University Of New York At Stony Brook as the #1 college in Long Island, and continues to expand every year. The university has announced construction of new academic facilities and expansion of existing structures commencing in March 2006.

In addition, the school uses Lackman for its food services, amounting to what may be the worst on campus food in the nation.


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