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Week of the Peacemaker
Economic Nightmare or Wake Up Call?
Re- Imagining the American Dream
Sunday, November 15 - Friday, November 20
Full Schedule
Benefits Open Enrollment Period
An annual enrollment period began this week for full-time employees interested in enrolling in the following plans: the Flexible Spending Account, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, HIP Health Insurance or Aetna dental. The open enrollment will continue through Friday, December 4. Full-time employees opting for coverage before December 4 will be enrolled as of January 1, 2010. Please contact Rosemary Bartolomeo at ext. 2049 for additional information.
Seven Iona Student Teams Place in Top Global Ranking
Seven student teams in BUS470A and BUS470B - Business Policy and Strategy taught by Jeffrey Alstete, EdD, Management and Business Administration, have earned a Top 100 global ranking for their performance in the GLO-BUS capstone business simulation during the week of October 26 - November 1.
GLO-BUS is a completely online global simulation published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, where the focus is on competitive strategy, and teams of students run a digital camera company in head-to-head competition against companies run by other class members.
Company operations parallel those of actual digital camera companies. Just as in the real-world, companies compete in a global market arena, selling digital cameras in four geographic regions-Europe-Africa, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Each week, the best-performing GLO-BUS companies measured on four performance variables (Overall Score, EPS, ROE, and Stock Price) are honored on the website.
During the week there were 1,844 student teams from 128 colleges/universities participating in the simulation world-wide. The simulation will continue through the end of the Fall Semester.
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Students Benefit from Career Mentors
"Despite this tough recession, people are hiring. There is a job for everyone in this room if you work real hard at it," said Joseph A. Armentano '88MBA, CEO of Paraco Gas Corp. and the keynote speaker of "Meet a Career Mentor" which took place in the Hynes Athletics Center on November 5. Full story...
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Brother Devlin continues to help Abraham House
Br. Kevin Devlin, CFC, EdD'61, director of Student Retention, continues to be an avid contributor in an organization he feels strongly for, the Abraham House in the Bronx, NY. Abraham House was founded in 1993 and is the only parish in the US that serves to help and restore victims of incarceration. Full story...Activities & Events:
Plugged in
The Lecture Circuit
Thomas G. Bullen, CFC, Memorial Lecture Series: "GFP: Lighting up Life"
Thursday, November 19, noon - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Special guest Dr. Martin Chalfie, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry will present. More...
Canvases, Clarinets, Costumes
Arts Central
Arts Recap: Faculty Display Art to Iona Community
The walls of the Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery are currently filled with the 2009 Faculty Exhibition featuring works by Iona faculty Stanley Lapa, Sheila Kriemelman, Ryan Seslow, Robin Tedesco and Br. Kenneth Chapman. Full Story...
Classical Music: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, November 14, 8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Founder and Artistic Director Barry Charles Hoffman leads the orchestra in an all-Dvorak concert. Internationally-acclaimed cellist Amit Peled will perform the Cello Concerto, Op. 104, B minor and New World Symphony, Op. 95, E minor. Admission: Free to the Iona College community.
Theatre: "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre
Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, 7:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22, 1:00 pm
Doorley Auditorium
This performance will be directed by faculty member Thomas Donnarumma and performed by members of the Iona student body.
Gallery Exhibition: "The Faculty Exhibition"
Art and Dessert Closing Reception:
Thursday, December 3, noon - 3:00 pm
Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
This exhibition features artwork by Iona's talented art faculty. A variety of media will be presented in the works of Stanley Lapa, Sheila Kriemelman, Ryan Seslow, Robin Tedesco and Br. Kenneth Chapman.
Classical Music: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, December 12, 8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
In addition to featuring a selection of Baroque music, the WCO, under the direction of Barry Charles Hoffman, will perform works by JS Bach. Violinist Alex Abayev is featured in JS Bach's Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BWV 1050, in D major. $40 general admission; $35 senior citizens; free to Iona College community.
Special events
Community Interest
Alumnae Spa Day
Sunday, November 15, 1:00 pm
Mulcahy Gym, Hynes Athletics Center
Reserve your place today for an afternoon of pampering, socializing and education (wellness forums). $45 per person. Visit IonaConnections for more information or call ext. 2409.
Careers in Science at Iona - Special Guest: Philip Barnett, PhD, Information Science
Tuesday, November 17, noon - Room 108, Cornelia Hall
Film Screening: Abigail Disney's Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Wednesday, November 18, 6:30 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Please join us for Tribeca's Best Documentary Award-Winning film Pray the Devil Back to Hell. The film chronicles the true story of a group of brave and visionary women who, armed only with T-shirts, demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn apart by a decades-old civil war. This event is free and open to the public. A Week of the Peacemaker event!
Campus Ministries: Thanksgiving Basket Collection
Monday, November 23, 5:00 pm- Mulcahy Gym, Hynes Athletics Center
My Favorite Things: An Iona Christmas Cocktail Party & Silent Auction!
Saturday, December 5, 7:00 pm - Winged Foot Golf Club
Join us for a lovely evening of friends, festive cocktails, food and fun! Visit IonaConnections for more information. or call ext. 7759. Donated items for the auction are most welcome.
Christmas Mass and Santa Breakfast
Sunday, December 6, 10:30 am
Mulcahy Gym, Hynes Athletics Center
Join us as we celebrate the Christmas season at our annual Christmas Mass and Santa Breakfast. All members of the community are invited. Visit IonaConnections for more information.
LAMPcafe Outreach
Malissa Scheuring-Leipold, PhD, Education, invites students and faculty to serve the less fortunate through the LAMPcafe - a mobile canteen street outreach - sponsored by LAMP Ministries, a Catholic lay missionary association. It brings simple food to the homeless on the streets of the Bronx. The LAMPcafe serves on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10:30 am -1:00 pm and Saturday from 10:15 am - 12:30 pm. Volunteers are specifically needed on the first, third and fifth Saturday of every month. Contact Dr. Scheuring-Leipold at ext. 2553 if you are interested or would like to serve by donating snack foods or sandwiches.
Faculty 2010 Trip
Costa Rica trip planned for January 4-11, 2010. $1,099 per person double occupancy (does not include airfare). Includes 4-star hotels, breakfasts, tabacon hot springs with dinner, arenal volcano tour, Monteverde Rain Forest tour with zip-lining over tree tops, Tamarindo Beach Resort on the Pacific Coast. All transfers and tours with a naturalist guide. Contact George Bournoutian, PhD, History, for more information. This is not an Iona affiliated trip.
Book Drive
Are you overrun by books you no longer need? Don't throw them away! Bring them to the big bin in the English department. Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, is collecting books for the charity, Books for Africa. Your used books will be used for a great cause! Books will be collected through the end of the semester.
CELTIC Workshops
CELTIC is offering new hands-on workshops for faculty throughout the spring semester in Ryan Library's new Technology Classroom 201. Topics include: Test Drive Wimba; Faronics Insight Lab Control; APA and MLA Style Changes; What's New in Blackboard and iTunes U at Iona College. Visit the CELTIC site for more information.
Seeking Musicians
The Iona Players are looking for musicians; drums, bass, guitar and piano, for their spring musical theatre production of Grease. For further information, please contact Chantal Gagnon.
Weekday Mass
Weekday Mass is celebrated Monday through Thursday at noon in the Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel. All are invited.
Library Instruction Class
Would you like your students to know how to find quality information for research assignments and be more aware of library resources and services? Schedule a library instruction class! Classes may be taught for any discipline, undergraduate or graduate. Librarians will work with you to plan a class relevant to your students needs. Classes may be taught in the library or elsewhere at New Rochelle and Rockland campuses. To schedule a class please complete the online request form and contact Adrienne Franco at ext. 2348 for more information.
Learning in Retirement at Iona College (LIRIC) Offering Courses
LIRIC offers courses and social activities for people of retirement age. LIRIC meets Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at the Elks Lodge, 19 The Boulevard, New Rochelle. LIRIC meets at Iona College's New Rochelle campus on Fridays. For more information, contact LIRIC Director, Suzanne Page, PhD, director of LIRIC, or check out the LIRIC catalog.
Professional Activities
Reviews by James T. Carroll, CFC, PhD, History, of "Salvation Through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier (H. Henrietta Stockel) and Catholicism in the American West: A Rosary of Hidden Voices (Roberto Trevino and Richard Francaviglia, eds.)" appeared in Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History and Culture (Fall 2009): 109-111.
Brother Carroll's articles on "US Public Reaction to the Spanish-American War," "Political Cartoons," "Spanish-American War in Film," and "US Financing of the Spanish-American War," appeared in Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine American Wars (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2009).
Frank A. Salamone, PhD, Sociology, will present a paper by invitation at the Johnny Mercer Centennial Conference sponsored by Georgia State on November 13 in Atlanta.
Gregory Selitto, PhD, Mathematics, Dean's Office, A&S, presented at the School Science and Mathematics Association Annual Meeting held in Reno, Nevada from October 22 - 24. His presentation was entitled, "Using Learning Styles to Become Better Teachers."
Bulletin Board
Saturday, November 14
Classical Music: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Sunday, November 15
Week of the Peacemaker Begins
Economic Nightmare or Wake Up Call? Re- Imagining the American Dream
Alumnae Spa Day
1:00 pm - Mulcahy Gym, Hynes Atletics Center
Community Mass
7:00 pm - Arrigoni Center
Tuesday, November 17
Careers in Science at Iona - Special Guest:Â Philip Barnett
Noon - Room 108, Cornelia Hall
Graduate Information Session
5:00 - 6:30 pm - New Rochelle
Wednesday, November 18
Film Screening: Abigail Disney's Pray the Devil Back to Hell
6:30 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Thursday, November 19
Thomas G. Bullen, CFC, Memorial Lecture Series: "GFP: Lighting up Life"
Noon - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Graduate Information Session
5:00 - 6:30 pm - Rockland Graduate Center
Theatre: "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre
7:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium
Friday, November 20
Theatre: "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre
7:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium
Saturday, November 21
Theatre: "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre
1:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium
Sunday, November 22
Theatre: "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre
1:00 pm - Doorley Auditorium
Community Mass
7:00 pm - Arrigoni Center
Monday, November 23
Campus Ministries: Thanksgiving Basket Collection
Wednesday, November 25 - Sunday November 29
Happy Thanksgiving! - College Closed
Thursday, December 3
"The Faculty Exhibition" Art and Dessert Closing Reception
Noon - 3:00 pm - Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
Saturday, December 5
My Favorite Things: An Iona Christmas Cocktail Party & Silent Auction!
7:00 pm - Winged Foot Golf Club
Sunday, December 6
Christmas Mass and Santa Breakfast
10:30 am - Mulcahy Gym, Hynes Athletics Center
Tuesday, December 8
Last day of day classes
Saturday, December 12
Classical Music: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
December 21 - January 1
College Closed
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