Campus News
CELTIC Wins Thanksgiving Basket Drive
The Center for Campus Ministries held its annual Thanksgiving basket drive for families in the surrounding community on November 24. Campus Ministries partnered with Greyston Youth and Children Services, Abraham House and Hope Community Services to distribute the collected food to 
those in need.
At the event, the baskets were blessed in a brief service and also judged by various administrators. 110 baskets were collected this year, surpassing last year’s participation. CELTIC was the overall winner and the department received a pizza party as their prize. Campus Ministries thanks everyone for their participation.
Did you know?
Alumni Art Exhibition 2009
All alumni are encouraged to submit artwork for the very first Iona College Alumni Art Exhibition. Relevant media include watercolor, oil, acrylic, photography, sculpture, etc. All selected artwork will be on exhibit in The Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery from Sunday, March 8 through Thursday, April 2.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to Tuesday, January 6. Please click here for the registration form and information.
Activities and Events
Canvases, Clarinets, Costumes
Arts Central
Classical Music: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, December 13, 8:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Take a break from the Christmas hustle and bustle and come spend an evening listening to wonderful live music. Founder and Artistic Director Barry Charles Hoffman leads the orchestra in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, E-flat major, K.364 and Handel’s Water Music Suites, Nos. 2 and 3 and the Royal Fireworks Overture. Soloists Liz Dutton and Larry Dutton will perform.
Admission: $40 general; $35 senior citizens; free to the Iona College community.
Please email mbarbero@iona.edu for tickets.
Gallery Exhibition: From Africa to America: Visual Reflections on the African Diaspora
Monday, January 26 - Thursday, February 26 - The Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
Opening Reception: Sunday, February 1, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Art and Dessert Closing Reception: Thursday, February 26, noon - 3:00 pm
Curated by Jennifer Zazo as part of Black History Month, this exhibition will examine the African Diaspora and its rich infusion into contemporary culture through a diversity of artists and media. Admission is free.
Special events
Community Interest
Basketball Home Game
Sunday, December 14, 2:00 pm - John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Come show your school spirit and support the Men’s basketball team as they take on Saint Francis University!
World Wide Candle Lighting Ceremony
Sunday, December 14, 6:45 pm - Holy Name of Jesus Church
A special ceremony will be held in memory of Justin Samela-Miceli. This ceremony unites families and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember our children who have died at any age from any cause. For more information please contact (914) 907-7311. Holy Name of Jesus Church is located at 75 Petersville Road, New Rochelle, NY.
Travel Opportunity for Faculty and Staff
Few spaces are left for the upcoming trip to Greece and Turkey departing May 18, 2009. The trip will include Athens, Mykonos and Santorini, with an optional trip to Istanbul. Those interested should contact Dr.George Bournoutian as soon as possible.
Benefits Open Enrollment Period
On Monday November 10 the open enrollment period began for full-time employees interested in joining the Flexible Benefit plans, the Empire BlueCross BlueShield medical plan, the HIP Health Insurance medical plan, the Aetna dental plan, or the Hartford Life Insurance plans. The open enrollment period will continue through Friday, December 12. Full-time employees opting for coverage before December 12 will be enrolled as of January 1, 2009. Please contact Rosemary Bartolomeo at ext. 2049 for additional information.
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.
Tuition Exchange Program
Iona College is a member of Tuition Exchange (TE), a program that provides an opportunity for eligible dependent children of active full-time employees to apply for undergraduate scholarships at participating member institutions. The TE program is a scholarship program, not a fringe benefit provided by Iona College. Certification for the TE program does not guarantee acceptance at a TE member institution or insure a TE scholarship. The number of TE scholarships available to us depends on the balance between imports and exports over time. Currently we have very few TE scholarships available to Iona employees. We need to attract students from TE member institutions to Iona College in order to provide more scholarship opportunities for dependent children of Iona employees. A list of member institutions is available at TE's web site, www.tuitionexchange.org. To request more information on the 2008-09 Tuition Exchange Program at Iona College, please contact Kathy Reilly in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, ext. 2439 or kreilly@iona.edu.
Mass Schedule
The last Sunday Mass on campus will be celebrated December 14 at 7:00 pm in the Arrigoni Center. It will be Father Jack Replogle’s last as Iona’s chaplain. Please join us on this third Sunday of Advent. A light reception for Father Jack will follow.
Professional Activities
Cathryn Lavery, PhD, Criminal Justice, was invited to attend the first regional conference, Femicide: Understanding & Preventing the Murder of Women in Intimate Relationships at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY on November 7.
Cathryn Lavery, PhD, and Paul O'Connell, JD, PhD, Criminal Justice, presented a paper entitled, “Creating a Successful Sexual Assault Training Module for College Faculty” at the 2008 National Conference on Sexual Assault in Our Schools, on October 27 in Orlando, FL.
Malissa A. Scheuring-Leipold, EdD, Education, presented a paper at the first international educational leadership conference sponsored by the European Union entitled, “Educational Leadership: Nurturing Meaning in a Context of Change in Malta” (Europe) on November 14. The paper addressed the variables that attract teachers to the profession and those that retain them and keep them satisfied with their career path. It also provided school building leaders with multiple approaches for teacher satisfaction enhancement, ultimately enabling a maximum number of teachers to experience fulfillment within their career.
Robert Novak, CFC, PhD, Physics, was a co-author on a paper titled "D/H ratio during the northern polar summer season" that was recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research. The paper explained measurements that show that the ratio between heavy water and regular water on Mars is about five times that of the terrestrial value. The principal author was David Fisher of the Geological Survey of Canada; Michael Mumma of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was a co-author.
George Bournoutian, PhD, History, has donated the bulk of his library of more than 3,000 volumes in Armenian, Persian, Russian, and English sources, valued at over $150,000 to the National Association of Armenian Studies and Research in the Boston area. The library will be used by scholars and graduate students of Tufts, Boston University, Boston College, and Clark University, whose own libraries do not contain most of the donated material.
Dr. Bournoutian was also one of the scholars featured in the television special, "Everyone Prays at Etchmiadzin," shown on ABC affiliates throughout the US on December 6, 7, and 8. Various scholars, churchmen, Muslim clerics, and rabbis presented their view on the Armenian Church.
Frank A. Salamone, PhD, Sociology, was a discussant on Panel History of Anthropology, Annual Meetings of Anthropology, San Francisco, CA, April 18-23, 2008 and presented paper on Panel Long Term Fieldwork "Wrestling with Identity: From Newbie to Elder."
Bulletin Board
Saturday, December 13
Music Concert: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Sunday, December 14
Men’s Basketball Home Game vs. St. Francis
2:00 pm - John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
World Wide Candle Lighting Ceremony
6:45 pm – Holy Name of Jesus Church, New Rochelle
Wednesday, December 17
President’s Christmas Celebration
2:30 pm – Spellman Hall
Monday, December 22 – Friday, January 2
College Closed
Thursday, December 25
Merry Christmas!
Thursday, January 1
New Years Day- Happy New Year!
Monday, January 5
All Administrative Offices Reopen
Monday, January 5 – Friday, January 16
Intersession
Tuesday, January 6
Alumni Art Exhibition Deadline
Monday, January 26 – Thursday, February 26
Gallery Exhibition: From Africa to America: Visual Reflections on the African Diaspora
The Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
Please submit your good news to Inside Iona, including marriage announcements, baby births or special awards and recognitions.
Inside Iona is edited by College Communications, Advancement, (914) 637-7705 || Online Submission Form
Back to Top
Activities & Events