Campus News
Iona awarded grant from the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation recently awarded Iona with a grant for supporting the project entitled “RUI: Infrared Spectroscopy of the Martian Atmosphere,” under the direction of Robert E. Novak, CFC, PhD.
Mission Statement Revised
As mentioned by Br. Liguori at the Fall Convocation the College’s Mission Statement has been revised and the changes approved by the board of trustees. Please update your files.
Activities and Events
Plugged in
The Lecture Circuit
Faithful Citizenship Series: Looking Toward the 2008 General Election
Thursday, October 2, noon – Doorley Auditorium
“Human Dignity and the Criminal Justice System” – Tresmaines Grimes, PhD, assistant vice provost, featuring the insights of Br. Kevin Devlin, Student Retention; Christopher Godialis, JD, assistant chief State’s Attorney for Connecticut; Cathy Lavery, PhD, and Paul O’Connell, PhD, JD, Criminal Justice.
Wednesday, October 29, 7:00 pm – McGrath Rooms A & B
Closing Session - Brian Nickerson, PhD, dean of the School of Arts and Science, will open the discussion, which will feature a reunion of all participants in the series since it opened in November 2007.
Lecture: The US and China
Friday, October 17, 1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
LIRIC will present a lecture by Professor A. Tom Grunfeld on the US and China. Professor Grunfeld is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at Empire State College. An historian, he specializes in modern East Asia, with an emphasis on China and Tibet. He has traveled and lived in the region since 1966. He has published several books and more than 150 articles and book reviews including The Making of Modern Tibet. For further information go to http://www.iona.edu/liric or contact Linda Roemer Whetzel at (718) 324-1120 or lroemerw@aol.com. Sponsored by the NY Council on the Humanities.
Lecture: Rudin/Driscoll Distinguished Visiting Professor, Rüdiger von Rosen
Thursday, October 23, 3:30 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Rüdiger von Rosen, PhD, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, is an internationally-recognized expert on the German stock exchange, capital market policy, equity and social policy, and corporate governance and law. He is managing director and member of the board at the Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V. since 1995 and an honorary professor at Goethe-University Frankfurt in Germany. The event is hosted by the Hagan School of Business. All members of the Iona community are encouraged to attend.
Lecture: Leading in Lean Times
Friday, October 24, 1:00 - 3:30 pm - McGrath Room, Robert V. LaPenta Student Union
Iona College is hosting the Fall Leadership Series for the AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE) Network of Women Leaders Westchester/Rockland Region. Administrators and faculty from colleges around the region will be in attendance. Dr. Kimberly Cline, president of Mercy College, is scheduled to speak on “Leading in Lean Times.” Currently Br. Liguori is slated to offer welcoming remarks on behalf of Iona. For further information please contact Liz Olivieri-Lenahan, assistant vice provost for Student Development, who serves as the Iona College Institutional Representative or fill out the registration form.
Canvases, Clarinets, Costumes
Arts Central
Theatre Performance: The Mask Messenger
Faustwork Mask Theatre
Thursday, October 16, performances at noon and 1:00 pm
The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
This encouraging mix of monologue, physical comedy and theatre is a tour de force performance that explores the artistic, cultural and psychological use of masks throughout history.
Suggested donation: $5
Sponsored in conjunction with the departments of Fine and Performing Arts, Speech Communication Studies and Philosophy.
Theatre Performance: Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo
October 23-26
Doorley Auditorium
Thursday- Saturday 8:00 pm, Sunday 6:00 pm
Doorley Auditorium
This comedy will be directed and performed by the Iona Players.
Admission: $10; $5 faculty, students and staff
The Color of Tradition: Herencia Milenaria
October 25 – December 4
Opening Reception:
Saturday October 25, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
1:00 - 3:00 pm Artwork, Mariachi Music & Mexican Food in the Gallery
3:00 - 4:00 pm Curator’s Talk and presentation about Jalisco
The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Opera Performance: The Yellow Star: a little light dispels great darkness
Tuesday, October 28, 7:30 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht Commemoration. The Yellow Star: a little light dispels great darkness is an English-language, concert-style opera celebrating extraordinary acts by ordinary people. Composer/librettist Bradley Detrick brings to life the little-known story of how the Danish people miraculously conspired to save nearly all of the Danish Jews just as the Nazis were coming to take them to concentration camps in 1943. This production transports the audience to Denmark during the height of World War II, and into the lives of ordinary people as they grapple with the world crumbling around them. The libretto, a fictional account based on true events, centers around an ensemble of characters that make the difficult choices to act righteously and these seemingly small actions, combined with those of others, ultimately save so many. Holocaust survivor William Donat will deliver opening remarks. The production will feature performers from the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera companies. A reception with the composer and performers will follow. Please visit the opera’s official website for more information. The performance is being presented by the Brother John G. Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies and is co-sponsored by the Iona College Council on the Arts through the generosity of JoAnn and Joseph M. Murphy and the Baron Lambert Fund.
Dance Concert
The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Thursday, October 30 - Noon
R.U.G.S The Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Repertory Understudy Group
Directed by Robert Swinston
The talented understudy group for the legendary Merce Cunningham Dance Company performs selected works by master.
Suggested Donation $5
Special events
Community Interest
Volunteers Wanted
Administrators, faculty, staff, students, family members and friends are invited to serve the less fortunate through the LAMPcafé, a mobile canteen street outreach sponsored by LAMP Ministries, a Catholic lay missionary association located in Throgs Neck in the Bronx. It brings simple food to the hungry and homeless on the streets of the South Bronx. The LAMPcafé serves on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm, and Saturdays, 10:15 am - 12:30 pm. If anyone would like to volunteer once a month or even once, any and all assistance is welcome. Also, since all of the lunch food distributed to these less fortunate people is donated, volunteers are needed to make sandwiches (simple bread with a slice of cheese and two slices of meat). Please contact Malissa Scheuring-Leipold, EdD, at ext. 2553 for more information, or to donate snack foods or sandwiches.
Mass Schedule
Mass is celebrated at noon, Monday through Thursday in St. Mary’s Chapel. All are invited.
Please contact Jeanne McDermott, ext. 2772, for Mass cards and/or intentions.
Homecoming and Family Weekend 2008
Friday, October 3 – Sunday October 5
Come back to campus to cheer on the football team (vs. Stonehill College), and for other exciting events such as:
- Annual Community Business Expo & Food Tasting
- Iona experience tour
- Clam Slam, the annual athletics food fest,
- the music of The Bookends Band and more!
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Join the Team: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
Sunday, October 19, Manhattanville College
It’s almost time for Westchester’s annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, and the Iona College team is forming now.
If you would like to help represent Iona in this worthy event, contact Adrienne Franco, ext. 2348. If you can’t participate, please make a donation online or send a check to Team Captain Adrienne Franco, Ryan Library, payable to the American Cancer Society.
Free Creative Dance Classes at Iona!
Children in grades 2-5 are invited to attend free creative dance classes on Mondays from October 20 – December 8 in the Arts Center. Classes will be taught by student-teachers taking Dance Outreach & supervised by Professor Marty. Children will learn dance concepts & create their own dances! Class Schedule: Grades (2-3) 4:15 - 5:00 pm Grades (4-5) 5:15 - 6:00 pm Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 14. Please contact Professor Marty to receive a registration form. Class size is limited to 15 per age group based on the order the registration forms are received.
Professional Activities
Richard J. DioGuardi, PhD, Psychology, presented a poster titled, "Electronic Discussion Boards: Uses, Management, Benefits, and Scoring Rubrics" at the 2008 American Psychological Association, in Boston, MA from August 14-17. Recently, Dr. DioGuardi was selected as a recipient of the 2008 The Virginia Staudt Sexton Award for Distinguished Early Career Psychologists, presented by the New York State Psychological Association's Academic Division "in recognition of [their] outstanding accomplishments in scholarship, teaching, and service."
Malissa A. Scheuring-Leipold, EdD, Education, recently gave a presentation entitled, "Leading Through Service: Characteristics of Effective Service Professionals" for current and aspiring missionaries at the LAMP Institute in the Bronx, NY.
Jeanne Zaino, PhD, Political Science, published an article entitled “Beyond Transference: The Pedagogical Benefits of Metaphoric Critique and Construction,” in the latest edition of the Journal of Political Science Education (Volume 4, Number 3). The article calls attention to the pervasiveness of metaphors in the political science literature and argues that the traditional conception of metaphors as useful merely for transferring knowledge is unduly restrictive. The article then presents new research on the pedagogical benefits of engaging students in metaphoric critique and construction exercises.
E. Mark Stern (Counseling Emeritus Professor) presented a half day Continuing Education workshop on "The Darker Side of Psychotherapy as Illustrated by the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale (patient) and "Dr" Roger Chillingworth in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlett Letter' " at the Second Annual Conference of the Society of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association, in Boston on August 13. Dr. Stern also presented a paper at the APA Convention on the conflicting roles of the psychotherapist in assisted physician suicide. At the Association's Convention, Dr. Stern was presented (with the late Dr. Myron Arons of West Georgia University) with the initial Lifetime Achievement Award which in subsequent years will be named after Professors Arons and Stern.
James Stillwaggon, PhD, Education, had an article, "Performing for the Students: Teaching Identity and the Pedagogical Relation" appear in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol. 42, No. 1 (February 2008).
Lisa J. Evered, PhD, Mathematics, was a member of a curriculum design team which met at the Kings Academy in Amman, Jordan in July 2008. The role of the design team was to prepare a Ministry of Education approved nine-month curriculum to train university graduates in mathematics to teach in high schools throughout Jordan. The curriculum prepared by the design team included mathematics content, as well as professional and pedagogical knowledge components. While in Jordan, Dr. Evered worked closely with the Queen's office, with Ministry officials and representatives of Jordan's principal universities.
Frank A. Salamone, PhD, Sociology, was a consultant on Coast Learning Systems Emmy Award Series Physical Anthropology: The Evolving Human, as well as the series Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World and their General Anthropology: The Four Fields.
A review ofThe Land Beyond: Italian Migrants in the Westward Movement by James T. Carroll, CFC, PhD, History, appeared in Catholic Southwest (Fall 2008): 90-91.
Bulletin Board
Ongoing through October 9
Gallery Exhibition: Combustion: Art That Ignites
Gallery Hours – Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery
Wednesday, October 1
First meeting of the College Council
3:30 pm - Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Thursday, October 2
Faithful Citizenship Symposium: Human Dignity and the Criminal Justice System
Noon – Doorley Auditorium
Friday, October 3 – Sunday October 5
Homecoming and Family Weekend
Friday, October 3
Presidents Reception (for current parents)
7:00 pm – John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Let’s Get FIRED up!
Performances by: Step Team, Cheerleaders, Gael Dancers, and other performing groups on campus. A Different Spin also performs with FIRE stunts
8:00 – 9:30 pm –“Union Square” Robert V. Lapenta Parking Lot
Football Movie and Free Wings!
9:00 pm - Robert V. Lapenta Student Union
Saturday, October 4
Iona Experience Tour
See the new buildings! Or take a complimentary class and place yourself in the shoes of a current student
Fourth Annual Westchester Business Expo and Food Tasting Showcase
From Food and drinks to products and services, area merchants will be on hand to provide samples and information.
Homecoming CARNIVAL
Over 60 campus clubs and organizations with tables of food, games and entertainment
Big Bouncy Castle- Fun for all ages
Noon – Outside Robert V. Lapenta Student Union
Homecoming Game
Iona vs. Stonehill
1:00 pm – Mazzella Field
Dedication of Conese Hall (North Hall)
4:30 pm (or immediately following the Homecoming game)
Seventh Annual Athletics Clam Slam
Live music provided by The BookEnds Band
Sunday, October 5
Memorial Mass and Community Brunch
10:00 am – Arrigoni Center
Friday, October 10
Celebration of Welcome for all new employees
Noon – Hegarty Multipurpose Room, Hynes Athletics Center
Lecture: The Re-emergence of China as a World Power
1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Thursday, October 16
Theatre Performance: The Mask Messenger
Noon and 1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Friday, October 17
Lecture: The United States and China: Friends or Enemies?
1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Monday, October 20
35th Annual Iona College Invitational
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, NY
Wednesday, October 22
Graduate Degree Programs and Professional Studies Program Information Session
6:00 pm – New Rochelle campus
Thursday, October 23
Graduate Degree Programs Information Session
6:00 pm – Rockland Graduate Center
Lecture: Rudin/Driscoll Distinguished Visiting Professor:
Rüdiger von Rosen, PhD
3:30 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
October 23 – 26
Theatre Performance: Moon Over Buffalo
Thursday – Saturday 8:00 pm, Sunday 6:00 pm
Doorley Auditorium
Friday, October 24
Lecture: Human Rights and Chinese Cultural Values
1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Lecture: Fall Leadership Series -“Leading in Lean Times”
1:00 – 3:30 pm - McGrath Room, Robert V. LaPenta Student Union
Saturday, October 25 - December 4
Art Exhibit: The Color of the Tradition: Herencia Milenaria
The Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
Sunday, October 26
Alumnae Spa Day and Wellness Forum
1:00- 4:00 pm – Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Tuesday, October 28
Opera Performance: The Yellow Star: a little light dispels great darkness
7:30 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Wednesday, October 29
MBA Chapter Event
Guest Speaker: Peter G Riguardi ’83, President, NY region, Jones Lang LaSalle
6:30 – 8:30 pm – End Zone, Robert V. LaPenta Student Union
Faithful Citizenship Symposium: Closing Session
7:00 pm – McGrath Rooms A & B, Robert V. LaPenta Student Union
Thursday, October 30
Dance Concert: R.U.G.S The Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Repertory Understudy Group
Noon – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Friday, October 31
Lecture: Angel Island: Reflections on Early Chinese Immigrant Experience in America
1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Sunday, November 2
Undergraduate Open House
10:00 am – 3: 00 pm
Thursday, November 6
Community Fund “Thank you” Luncheon
Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Criminal Justice Chapter Event
6:00 pm – Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Hip – Hop Classical Concert: Black Violin
Noon - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Saturday, November 8
Classical Music: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Thursday, November 13
Meet a Career Mentor
5:00 pm - Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Friday, November 14
Classical Music: Metro Chamber Orchestra
7:30 pm - Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Sunday, November 16
Fall Honors Convocation
3:00 pm – Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Monday, November 17
Lecture: “All Israel has a Place in the World to Come”
7:30 pm – Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Thursday, November 20- 22
Theatre Production: Yasmina Reza’s “Art”
Thursday & Friday – 7:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday – 1:00 pm
Doorley Auditorium
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