The healthcare industry is booming—find out what it takes to be a part of it
(GARDEN CITY, NY) Are you considering a career as a nurse practitioner, medical doctor, dentist, healthcare administrator, pharmacist or veterinarian? Adelphi University will present an open campus event to help you get started on your journey.
The Office of Pre-Professional Advising and Fellowships will co-host a Graduate Health Opportunities Fair in partnership with the University’s Center for Health Innovation and the Center for Career Development. The event will take place in the Ruth S. Harley Ballroom in the University Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, Long Island on Tuesday, October 22 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Learn more about where your bachelor’s degree can take you in the ever-growing healthcare field.
This program is open to all Adelphi students as well as anyone in the area considering higher education and graduate studies in the health industry. Visitors will get to meet leaders and gather information from Adelphi’s own graduate level programs from the Center for Health Innovation, College of Nursing and Public Health and the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies. Representatives for the post Baccalaureate certificate program, Master’s Degree in Biology, Master of Science in Public Health, Master of Science in Nutrition, Healthcare Informatics, Mental Health Counseling will be available to answer your questions. The University’s Center for Career Development will also be on hand to talk about the various internships Adelphi students can take advantage of in this high-job growth field. This event will also feature information on scholarships for those in the Armed Services.
The day will feature seminars on OMM-Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine from the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine; Diversity and Inclusion in Medicine with Adam Aponte, MD from Hofstra University/LIJ School of Medicine; The Personal Statement with Hinda Barlaz of Adelphi University’s Learning Center; The Physician Assistant with Audra Perrini, MS of SUNY Stony Brook University and The Nurse Practitioner with Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health.
Confirmed exhibitors for the event include SUNY’s College of Optometry; St. George’s University: Medical and Veterinary Programs; Hofstra University/LIJ School of Medicine; New York Medical College School of Public Health; Cornell University’s Division of Nutritional Sciences Post Baccalaureate Program; Farleigh Dickinson University: School of Pharmacy; New York College of Podiatric Medicine; Sacred Heart University’s PT, OT, Nursing-DNP and FNP, Exercise Science and Nutrition, Healthcare Informatics and Speech-Language Pathology; American University of Antigua, Kasturba Medical College; Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dental School, School of Pharmacy; NYU College of Dentistry; New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) Physician Assistant and Doctor of Physical Therapy Program as well the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine; Quinnipiac’s Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine; Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine and more representatives are to be added.
For more information contact the The Office of Pre-Professional Advising and Fellowships at 516-877-3140.
About Adelphi University:
Adelphi is a world class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, the College of Nursing and Public Health and the Schools of Business and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 41 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
