Scott Zotto, Coordinator of Substance Use Counseling and Prevention Programming, Student Counseling Center gave physics majors Gabi Vidad (Class ’21) and Katie Gifford (Class ’22) A Shout Out in this latest news post from Adelphi University:

Q&A with Scott Zotto, Coordinator of Substance Use Counseling and Prevention Programming, Student Counseling Center

Here is a paragraph from that article:

I’m also inspired when students step up and turn an idea into a full program. Here’s an example. Back in the fall, we learned of the event LGBTQ+ STEM Day, presented by the Physics Club and the Adelphi University ACM [Association for Computing Machinery] Student Chapter. The organizers, Gabi Vidad, Aaqil Khoja and Katie Gifford, attended a committee meeting to share their reasons for the event. At this virtual event, participants would learn a bit more about physics in a fun and interactive way, using lasers to create rainbows. So creative! But they also wished to raise awareness of the dearth of LGBTQ+ representation within the STEM fields. It was such an ideal program: Have fun while learning something new.

Beautiful! Go Physics Club!

* by “lasers” I think they meant directed white light.