Alumni journeys

Learn about Adler University alumni as they share their paths, accomplishments, and impact. These journeys highlight the diverse ways our graduates bring Adler’s mission to life in their communities and careers.

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Alumni authors: Stories that inform, inspire, and empower

Across genres and audiences, Adler University alumni are publishing titles that move beyond personal narrative or professional instruction, engaging urgent questions about how people heal, relate, and lead. The authors featured here bring that perspective into distinct contexts, offering a view into how Adler’s approach to education translates into practice, and how those ideas take shape in the lives and systems they are designed to serve. 

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‘May Contain Anxiety’: How an Adler alum fills a critical gap for food allergy families

When Tamara Hubbard’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy, she found plenty of medical guidance, but nothing to help her family cope with the anxiety. The answers she needed didn’t exist. So, Hubbard created them.

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A life devoted to teaching: Jay Colker’s Adlerian legacy

Jay Colker ’80, D.M., may have officially “retired” in 2017, but his work and his passion for teaching have not slowed down. Nearly a decade later, Dr. Colker remains deeply engaged at Adler University, serving as an industrial and organizational psychology faculty member — still in the classroom, still mentoring students, still driven by the same purpose that has guided him from the start.

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Q&A with Gus Raymond
June 20, 2023

‘Small but mighty’: Alum on the challenges, triumphs of mental health, LGBTQI+ advocacy work in rural Iowa

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May 23, 2023

Future of law enforcement: Alum offers insight on co-responding to mental health crisis calls

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May 10, 2023

Faculty, alumnus Mark Bilkey on why Adler is ‘the gift that keeps giving’

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May 2, 2023

For one graduate, a decade of learning at Adler was a fabulous, magical time

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March 13, 2023

VA to honor Adler military psychology graduate for research on homeless veterans

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March 1, 2023

Adler University Alumni Association relaunches council to better engage alums

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October 26, 2022

Combating PTSD: Adler graduate seeks to expand mental health access for veterans, homeless populations

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September 30, 2022

Words of wisdom: Adler alumni offer advice to the Class of 2022

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September 19, 2022

Serving others through mental health advocacy in British Columbia

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December 9, 2021

Adler Vancouver Graduate Named CEO of Executive Search Firm

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July 20, 2021

Navigating Through Life Transitions with Hope, Community, and Resilience

A woman with long black hair and light skin smiles at the camera, standing indoors near a window with a blurred outdoor background, radiating positivity while supporting others on their addiction recovery journey.
July 6, 2021

Supporting Addiction Recovery through Art Therapy

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