Adelphi University inducts its fourth class to the Order of the Sword and Shield

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - June 11, 2015 - PRLog -- Adelphi University’s Emergency Management Graduate Certificate and Master’s program recently inducted five students into the Emergency Management/Homeland Security Honors Society, The Order of the Sword and Shield.

The Order of the Sword and Shield (OSS) is the first national academic and professional honor society dedicated exclusively to homeland security, intelligence, and all protective security disciplines. The purpose of this organization is to promote critical thinking, high scholarship and professional development, and to further enhance the ethical standards of the protective security professions.  Adelphi’s OSS Chapter Advisor Meghan McPherson, CEM, assistant director of the Center for Health Innovation and program coordinator and faculty of the Emergency Management Graduate Programs, performed the ritual initiating the new class of high caliber students.  The ceremony was witnessed by inductee’s friends and family, as well as University College Dean Shawn O’Riley.

Adelphi University congratulates the five members inducted this year: Emily Rokitowski, Fabian Burrell, Geoffrey L. Rick, Roger Goodwin and Lynda Lamour. The Emergency Management Department is extremely proud of their achievement and will continue to grow this organization in the coming years.

For more details about Adelphi University’s Emergency Management Program, visit university-college.adelphi.edu/. To learn how the University is educating communities on disaster preparedness, visit chi.adelphi.edu.

Photo Caption:  Dean Shawn O'Riley, Dean of University College, Fabian Burrell, Geoffrey Rick, Emily Rokitowski, and Meghan McPherson (L-R)

About Adelphi University Center for Health Innovation

Adelphi University’s Center for Health Innovation (http://chi.adelphi.edu/) (CHI) is the primary resource in our region for innovative, multidisciplinary, evidence-based responses to improving healthcare, healthcare systems, and public health. It brings together many from professional and academic backgrounds to create and foster community-focused, interdisciplinary academic programming, healthcare research, community partnerships, and leadership—all with the goal of meeting current and emergent healthcare needs.

About Adelphi University

A world-class, modern university, Adelphi has excellent and highly relevant programs in which students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—the College of Arts and Sciences (http://arts-sciences.adelphi.edu/), the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies (http://derner.adelphi.edu/), the Honors College (http://honors.adelphi.edu/), the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business (http://business.adelphi.edu/), the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education (http://education.adelphi.edu/), University College (http://university-college.adelphi.edu/), the College of Nursing and Public Health (http://nursing.adelphi.edu/), and the School of Social Work (http://socialwork.adelphi.edu/)—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. As a nationally-ranked, doctoral research university, Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan (http://manhattan.adelphi.edu/), Suffolk County (http://suffolk.adelphi.edu/) and Poughkeepsie (http://hudson-valley.adelphi.edu/), the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.