Ep 74: Defining the Edges

Glass ceilings were made to be broken and throughout Dr. Christine Riordan’s education and career, she has done just that. As an undergraduate engineering student, she often found herself to be the only woman in the class. This year Adelphi University is celebrating its 125th anniversary and Dr. Riordan, as the first female president of the university, has had to deal with extraordinary circumstances and has worked tirelessly to ensure that not only Adelphi but all New York State’s Higher Education institutions have been able to persevere and come up with new ways of teaching during the global pandemic.

Each one of us fulfills a piece of a larger puzzle and as President Riordan puts it so aptly, in her leadership role, she helps provide the border of complex puzzles that are missing the picture of where it is going to go. 

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