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some of the grants Iona College has received in the academic year 2006 - 2007:
THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY PETROLEUM RESEARCH FUND AWARDS $35,000 FOR FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES ON THE INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF INDIVIDUAL AQUEOUS MICRO-DROPLETS IN HYDROCARBON The American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grants Dr. Sunghee Lee with $35,000 for her project in the Fundamental Studies on the Interfacial Properties of Individual Aqueous Micro-droplets in Hydrocarbon. THE BALM FOUNDATION, INC. DONATES $14,000 TO THE IONA SPIRITUALITY INSTITUTE IN CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE “OPENING OF ISLAM” SERIES The Balm Foundation awarded a $14,000 grant to the Iona Spirituality Institute in continued support of the “Opening to Islam” series, a program which aims to broaden understanding of the Islamic world and the Muslim faith. CON EDISON GRANTS $15,000 TO THE SUCCESS CENTER & Iona College was awarded $15,000 from Con Edison and $2,500 from St. Vincent DePaul Foundation to support the Students United in a Community Center for Educational Success (SUCCESS), which provides academic support to seventy (70) at-risk youths from the New Rochelle community. This represents a 20% increase in the number a children assisted last academic year. INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND OF NEW YORK (ICFNY) SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS AT IONA The Independent College Fund of New York, Inc. (ICFNY), awarded Iona $4,770.31. This organization is a non-profit corporation founded in 1952 by a council of college presidents and corporate executives in order to advance and strengthen New York’s independent colleges and universities by securing financial support from corporations, foundations, and individuals. The efforts of ICFNY will allow us to continue providing financial support to deserving students. THE CAMILLE AND HENRY DREYFUS FOUNDATION, INC. CONTRIBUTES $25,000 TOWARDS THE DYNAMIC VIDEO MICROSCOPY IN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY EDUCATION The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. grants Iona $25,000 towards Dr. Sunghee Lee’s efforts to integrate Dynamic Video Microscopy (DMV) across the undergraduate chemistry curriculum which will foster and deepen the students’ educational experience and conceptual understanding in the chemical sciences. JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE HOPKINS FOUNDATION GRANTS IONA $5,000 FOR THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE SERIES The Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant, in memory of the late Josephine Lawrence Hopkins, in continued support of Iona’s Science and Technology Lecture Series. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANTS $141,000 IN SUPPORT OF IONA’S STEP PROGRAM The New York State Department of Education awarded $141,000 in support of Iona’s Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP). This program was developed to enhance the math and technology skills of minority and low-income regional high school students. The goal of STEP is to support their participants in continuance of their studies after graduation in the fields of mathematics, science, technology and/or the licensed professions where minorities have been traditionally underrepresented. RIVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AWARDS $1,500 TOWARDS THE RIVER COMMUNICATIONS FUND River Communications, Inc. awarded $1,500 towards The River Communications Fund. This program was developed to defray expenses incurred for eligible direct marketing students while engaging in hands-on marketing experiences and career-related activities, including attendance at internships, professional meetings and conferences that are otherwise unpaid. UNITED STATES OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH GRANTS IONA $78,268 FOR FUZZY COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN BEHAVIOR MODELING The United States Office of Naval Research awarded $78,268 to Dr. Ronald Yager for his project “Fuzzy Computing Technology for Human Behavior Modeling WACHOVIA FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES $10,000 TO SUSTAIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND The Wachovia Foundation replenished the Wachovia Foundation Scholarship Fund for 2006-2007 with a $10,000 grant. This scholarship is awarded annually to full-time junior or senior business majors who are residents of the New York Metropolitan Area and have demonstrated financial need. Iona College encourages faculty, administrators and staff to work in cooperation with the Office of Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations to seek grants from public and private sources that will support the educational objectives of the College. For more information on a particular grant opportunity, please contact Dan Konopka at (914) 633-2069 or via e-mail at dkonopka@iona.edu. For general information about the grant process, please visit our Web page at: http://www.iona.edu/advancement/grants/.
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