50 Alumni Events Spring 2008
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Homecoming 2007
Spirits, as well as the mercury, soared as
students, alumni, and their families and
friends flocked to the Garden City campus
on October 6, 2007 to kick off this year’s
Homecoming Weekend. Temperatures
reached into the 80s, but the heat didn’t
slow the pace of the Alumni Spirit Festival
under the Levermore Lawn tent or the
lively alumni lacrosse, baseball, and soft-
ball matches. Amid the festivities, Adelphi
held an opening ceremony for its new turf
baseball field, which has been dedicated in
memory of William J. Bonomo, father of
Adelphi supporter Anthony Bonomo P ’10
and grandfather of Anthony Bonomo Jr.
’10, an infielder on the baseball team. Fans
cheered when Yankees legend and Baseball
Hall of Fame member Whitey Ford threw
out the first pitch to his grandson Eddie
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Ford ’09. Celebrations continued into the
evening with a Retro Reunion for alumni
of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, and a G.O.L.D.
(Graduates of the Last Decade) reception
at the Garden City Hotel. Back on
Adelphi’s campus, Omicron Pi members
partied in Woodruff Hall. In all, nearly
500 alumni and their guests took part
in the day’s events.
Beth Tenser ’91, who was drawn back
to campus for the first time since 1992,
says of her experience, particularly at
the Retro Reunion, “Everyone is just so
warm and giving and kind. It felt good
to relive those times. It was just ter-
rific.” She and others are already look-
ing forward to next year’s event.
Color-image consultant Paul DeLuca advises
a student on how to dress for success.
Sartorial Success =
Career Conquest
Color-image consultant Paul
DeLuca believes in biochromatics.
“Biochromatics is the scientific study of col-
or,” he said at the December 2007 Dress
for Success event sponsored by the Office
of Alumni Relations (OAR) and the Center
for Career Development. “ Everyone is
color, but color also has form and texture.
If you can understand how to look at your-
self in the mirror, you have the best tool to
go into the world and know who you are.”
Mr. DeLuca addressed a small crowd of
undergraduates who gathered to gain wis-
dom from him and others on appropriate
job interview attire. The event was one of
a series of OAR-sponsored programs de-
signed to help students find personal and
professional success as alumni.
Mr. DeLuca uses biochromatics to discern,
based on skin tone and hair and eye color,
a person’s color palette, or season—sum-
mer, fall, winter, or spring. Mr. DeLuca
illustrated his expertise by offering free
color-image consultations to student vol-
unteers. He advised one male student that
his romantic color is purple. A female vol-
unteer learned that her season is summer;
the nuances of blue fit her most graciously,
and yellow complements her eyes.
Director of Alumni Relations Joseph
Geraci, who also spoke at the event,
underscored the importance of dressing
appropriately.
By Ana Barbu ’10
4/16/08 11:50:02 AM