The Prep for Success Program, created by Adelphi's Center for Career and Professional Development, has been recognized with a John L. Blackburn Exemplary Models Award from the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA).
Colleges today face the growing expectation that they will prepare students for their careers. To meet this challenge head-on, Adelphi’sCenter for Career and Professional Developmentcreated thePrep for Success Program. This year, the innovative program has been recognized with a John L. Blackburn Exemplary Models Award from the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA). The award recognizes examples of solutions to common problems in higher education.
Launched in September 2015, Prep for Success is a comprehensive program that provides Adelphi students with basic job-search skills and valuable work experience through paid internships with leading organizations. The program is designed to help any student begin preparing for a career almost upon arrival on campus. It stresses that successfully starting a career depends on more than just earning a college degree; it requires planning, the development of new skills and relevant experience.
With an increasingly diverse student body that includes a significant number of first-generation college students, Adelphi offers career guidance that is appropriate and helpful for students of any background, age, culture or ability.
Prep for Success reflects Adelphi’s emphasis on experiential learning. It is also an expression of the University’s core values of diversity and inclusion, community engagement, and ethical leadership.
Pathways to success
该计划的主要部分是完全自愿的，通过一个结构化的、进步的计划，帮助学生关注自己的未来，并为未来做好准备，该计划由三个途径和两个创新的实习项目组成:领导力证书、在线职业培训、Jaggar Community Fellows和Panthers with Purpose实习项目。
“Adelphi University’s Center for Career and Professional Development is honored to receive national recognition for its creative programming designed to prepare students for rewarding and enriching careers dedicated to purpose, service and entrepreneurship,” said Thomas J. Ward, Jr. ’93, executive director of Adelphi’s Center for Career and Professional Development. “Selection for the distinguished Blackburn Award serves as a testament to the Center’s relentless dedication to student success, outstanding career outcomes, strategic community partnerships and innovative workforce development strategies.”
Recent Prep for Success students have worked as interns at companies and organizations including IBM, CNBC, PwC, Northwell Health, Merrill Lynch,Saturday Night Live全国城市联盟和萨福克郡议会。其他人则利用他们的经验进入哥伦比亚大学(Columbia University)和纽约大学(New York University)等学校攻读研究生课程。项目毕业生现在成为学生大使，并在他们的社区中激励同伴导师，作为榜样，并在职业社交活动中发言。
This program, created to enhance and transform career paths for all students, is showing remarkable and measurable results and fostering brighter futures for Adelphi students.
Learn more about thePrep for Success program.