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The entire Iona community is invited to join the festivities for the annual Homecoming and Family Weekend, October 20-22. More than “just” a football game that brings alumni back to campus, Homecoming weekend provides faculty, staff and administration a time to reconnect with former students, as well as an opportunity to introduce your family members to the Iona community.

A highlight for all to enjoy is the second annual Community Fair Expo and Food Tasting. This “Taste of New Rochelle,” is presented in part with the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce, Liberty Mutual, New Rochelle Toyota, Nelnet and Jostens. “This year promises to be bigger and better than last, as we have a number of local businesses and restaurants ready to showcase their wares to the Iona community,” said Larry Estevez ’05MA, Alumni Relations.

With an expected attendance of over 3,000 people, the Office of Alumni Relations and Special Events knew it needed to offer a variety of activities. “From the President’s reception for parents in the art gallery and Identity Theft Seminar to the family-friendly carnival and memorial Mass, Homecoming offers something for everyone,” Estevez said.

For a complete list of events of the weekend click here.

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Activities and Events

Arts Faculty Exhibition 2006
On Sunday, October 15, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, the Council on the Arts will host the opening reception for Arts Faculty Exhibition 2006, at the Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery. Four Iona Fine and Performing Arts faculty members will exhibit their works from Sunday, October 15 - Thursday, December 7.

Sheila Kriemelman will exhibit tropical floral paintings, as well as paintings with images focusing on the Holocaust. Stan Lapa will present works from digitally manipulated photography. Ryan Seslow will display sculpture and mixed media, and Kenneth Chapman, CFC, will exhibit religious-inspired acrylic paintings.

A “Meet the Artists Gallery Tour” will be held Thursday, October 26 at noon. Admission is free (to all events) and the entire Iona community is welcome. For more information, please contact Madalyn Barbero Jordan, Arts Council, at ext. 7796 or mbarbero@iona.edu.

Iona Peace Camp Performance
“Coming to America: Walls and Bridges,” a theatrical celebration during Week of the Peacemaker for the Iona Peace Camp, will be held for New Rochelle fifth graders Monday, November 13, 5:00 pm in Joyce Auditorium.

Join Grandpa Mike-e-e! and his family and friends on his journey to America. An immigrant from Russia, Michael Greene is a children’s author, playwright and composer. He is the author of Tzedakah and the Precious Pushke on which this performance is based. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Elena Procario-Foley, PhD, Religious Studies, at ext. 2744 or via e-mail.

Free Flu Shots 
FREE Flu Shots are available for all faculty, staff and administrators from the Health Services Department. Quantities of the vaccine are limited so they will be administered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Flu Shots will be administered:

For a vaccination form, please contact either Human Resources at ext. 2496 or Health Services at ext. 2548. If you cannot attend any of the sessions, please call the Wellness Center to schedule an appointment.

Maroon Madness
Come meet the 2006-2007 men’s and women’s basketball team on Friday, October 13 at 7:00 pm in the Hynes Athletics Center. The night will feature skills challenges, dunk contests, and plenty of prizes. There will be a performance by Born Talent, along with the introduction of the basketball teams. Maroon Madness will end with a ceremony celebrating the 2006 MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) Champions including a video display and banner-raising ceremony.

The entire Iona community is invited to attend this free event.

Party of Five
The Council on the Arts, Office of Student Development and Hispanic Organization for Latino Awareness (HOLA) invite the College community to an evening performance by the AXIS String Quintet, Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm in Joyce Auditorium. This award-winning ensemble of versatile musicians will present works spanning the Baroque era (J.S. Bach) to the present (Carlos Gustavino).

Admission is $10 per person. For more information, please contact Madalyn Barbero Jordan, Arts Council, at ext. 7796 or via e-mail.

Sexual Harassment Workshop
The Office of the Provost has scheduled two Sexual Harassment Workshops for new employees and employees who have not previously participated.  J.L. Nasuti, JD, PhD, Finance, Business Economics & Legal Studies, will moderate the workshops, which will be held Monday, October 23, 2:00 - 4:30 pm and Thursday, October 26, 9:00-11:30 am, in the LaPenta Student Union, second floor, McGrath Room B. Attendance is required for all full-time employees. 

If you have not yet attended a workshop or, if you are interested in attending again, please contact Joan McShane, Provost’s Office, at ext. 2602 or by e-mail and state which workshop you would like to attend.

“Got Blood?”
The Health Services Department will sponsor a fall blood drive on Thursday, October 12 in Spellman Lounge from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester will be conducting the blood drive.

Please contact Maria Bradley, Health Services, at ext. 2548 for more information.

Buried Child Performance
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts will perform Buried Child by Sam Shepard as its fall theater production. The performance dates are Thursday, November 30, Friday, December 1, Saturday, December 2 at 7:00 pm, Sunday, December 3 at 1:00 pm, Thursday, December 7, Friday, December 8, Saturday, December 9 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, December 10 at 3:00 pm. Tickets for faculty, staff and administration are free.

After the December 7 show there will be a Q&A session with the cast and crew. For more information contact Thomas Donnarumma, Fine and Performing Arts, at ext. 2610 or via e-mail.

Second Dean’s Symposium
Alex Eodice, PhD , dean of the School of Arts and Science is pleased to announce the second event in his Dean’s Symposia Series: “Zombies and their Potential for Religious Symbolism” on Wednesday, October 25, in Spellman Hall, Faculty Reception Room, 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Kim Paffenroth, PhD, Religious Studies will present the lecture.

All members of the Iona community are cordially invited and encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

Thank You Lunch
The Office of Annual Giving invites all Iona employees who contributed to the Community Fund during the 2005-2006 fiscal year to a Thank You Luncheon, Thursday, October 12 at noon in Spellman Lounge. For more information, please contact John Traynor ’01, Advancement, at ext. 2066 or via e-mail.

Priests and the Nazi Regime Lecture
An address entitled, “What Did You Do During the Third Reich, Father? Catholic Clergy and the Nazi Party,” will be presented by Dr. Kevin Spicer, associate professor of History at Stonehill College on Wednesday, October 11, at 7:30 pm in Joyce Auditorium.

During the Third Reich, a small but vocal group of Catholic clergymen joined and/or publicly supported the National Socialist Party. The speaker has uncovered the lives and choices of these Catholic German priests under National Socialism. Contact Elena Procario-Foley, PhD, Religious Studies/Driscoll Professorship, at ext. 2744 for more information.

All members of the Iona community are invited to this free event.

CELTIC Seeks Travel Grant Proposals
The Center for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at Iona College (CELTIC) is seeking proposals for its 2006-2007 Faculty Travel Grants. A maximum of $1,500 will be awarded to each faculty member whose proposal's primary purpose is to present at or attend a workshop or conference focusing on pedagogy to improve student learning. Those interested are asked to submit a formal proposal outlining how they will accomplish this goal.

The deadline for Period 2 proposals is Monday, October 16, so the time to apply is now! Application details are available on the CELTIC website. All full-time faculty members are encouraged to apply for these travel grants. For more information on CELTIC awards and grants, call CELTIC on ext. 2146.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
Join the Iona College team of walkers or sponsor a team member with a donation!  The walk will take place Sunday morning, October 15, 2006 at Manhattanville College in Purchase. Registration begins at 8:00   and the walk starts at 9:30.  

To donate, send checks (payable to American Cancer Society) to Adrienne Franco, Team Leader, via campus mail at Ryan Library.  If you wish, you may donate online at our secure team web site, by clicking here.

Click on the name of any team member to donate. To join our team as a walker, or for more information call Adrienne at (914) 633-2348 or e-mail.

Immigrants’ Stories Wanted
Immigrant members of the Iona community are invited to participate in taped interviews for a program to be run as part of this November’s Week of the Peacemaker, “Coming to America: Walls or Bridges.” Interviews will be approximately 15 minutes and will be held from October 1-15 in the Mission Integration Office, Doorley Hall. Please contact Theresa Johnson at ext. 2045 or via e-mail.

Exploring Scripture Studies
The Brother John G. Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies presents “Sacred Scriptures, Sacred Study: Proclamation, Learning and Interpretation,” Wednesday, November 29, 7:30 pm in Spellman Hall. Dr. Ruth Langer and Dr. Audrey Doetzel from Boston College will be the featured scholars to explore the criteria used in choosing scripture for public prayer throughout the Jewish and Catholic liturgical years. They will explain the modes of devotional study for each tradition and discuss the problems and possibilities of joint text study.

The entire Iona community is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Elena Procario-Foley, PhD, Religious Studies, at ext. 2744 or via e-mail.

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Kathleen Deignan, CND, PhD , Religious Studies, will participate in an interfaith dialogue sponsored by Pax Christi New York on October 15. She will be engaged with a Rabbi and Muslim scholar discussing "Sacred Texts: Ways to Peace or Ways to Violence."

She will also offer a program for the diocese of Albany's 2006 parish on Saturday October 28, LaSalle Institute, Troy, NY entitled "Christ the High Priest is Waking in My Soul: Thomas Merton on Worship and Contemplation.”

Huldah A. Ryan, PhD, Accounting, Vincent Calluzzo, PhD, IDTM, and Charles J. Cante, PhD, IDTM, presented their paper entitled “Corporate Governance: Pre- and Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002” at the Ninth Annual International Conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences at the London School of Economics on August 11-12, 2006.

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Wednesday, October 4
Registration deadline for free children’s creative dance classes.

Thursday, October 5
CELTIC Workshop: Blackboard III: Communicating with Students Online continued
Noon - CELTIC Training Lab

Tuesday, October 10
CELTIC Workshop: Blackboard IV: Integrating Library Services
3:00 pm - CELTIC Training Lab

Wednesday, October 11
Br. Driscoll Professorship in Jewish Catholic Studies presents, “What Did You Do During the Third Reich, Father? Catholic Clergy and the Nazi Party”
7:30 pm - Spellman Lounge

Thursday, October 12
Fall Blood Drive
10:00 am - Spellman Lounge

CELTIC Workshop: Blackboard IV: Integrating Library Services
Noon - CELTIC Training Lab

Community Fund Thank You Luncheon
Noon - Spellman Lounge

Friday, October 13
Maroon Madness
7:00 pm - Hynes Athletics Center

Saturday, October 14
100th Anniversary Celebration Dinner for Christian Brothers
Waldorf= Astoria

Sunday, October 15
Breast Cancer Walk
9:30 am - Manhattanville College

Opening Reception: Arts Faculty Exhibition 2006
1:00 pm - Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Arts Center

Monday, October 16
Application deadline for CELTIC Travel Grants

Tuesday, October 17
Free flu shots
1:00 pm - Spellman Hall, Faculty Reception Room

Wednesday, October 18
Free flue shots
10:00 am - Spellman Lounge

Thursday, October 19
Free flue shots
1:00 pm - McSpedon Hall, 2nd floor conference room

AXIS String Quartet performance
8:00 pm - Joyce Auditorium

Friday, October 20
Free flue shots
10:00 am - McSpedon Hall, 2nd floor conference room

Homecoming and Family Weekend

Monday, October 23
1:00 pm - Spellman Hall, 2nd floor conference room

Sexual Harassment Workshop
2:00 pm - LaPenta Student Union, McGrath Room B

Tuesday, October 24
CELTIC Workshop: Blackboard V: Assessments and Gradebook
Noon - CELTIC Training Lab

Wednesday, October 25
Dean’s Symposium: Dr. Kim Paffenroth, “Zombies and their Potential for Religious Symbolism”
3:00 pm - Spellman Hall, Faculty Reception Room

Thursday, October 26
Sexual Harassment Workshop
9:00 am - LaPenta Student Union, McGrath Room B

Meet the Artists Gallery Tour: Arts Faculty Exhibition 2006
Noon - Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Arts Center

Iona Players Theatre Production: Kiss Me Kate
8:00 pm- Doorley Auditorium  

Friday, October 27
Iona Players Theatre Production: Kiss Me Kate
8:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium  

Saturday, October 28
Iona Players Theatre Production: Kiss Me Kate
8:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium  

Sunday, October 29
Iona Players Theatre Production: Kiss Me Kate
3:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium

Tuesday, October 31
CELTIC Workshop: Blackboard V: Assessments and Gradebook
3:00 pm - CELTIC Training Lab

Monday, November 13
Iona College Peace Camp: “Coming to America: Walls and Bridges”
5:00 pm - Joyce Auditorium

Wednesday, November 29
“Sacred Scriptures, Sacred Study: Proclamation, Learning and Interpretation”
7:30 pm - Spellman Hall

Thursday, November 30
Fall Theatre Production: Buried Child
7:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium

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