Campus News
Ten Iona Student Teams Place in Top 100 Global Ranking
Ten student teams in BUS 470 – 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 Fall 2008 Semester.
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 most recent week there were 1,659 student teams from 98 colleges/universities participating in the simulation world-wide. The simulation will continue through the end of the Fall Semester.
Week of the Peacemaker 2008, November 13 - 20
Health Care: Why Should I Care?
Join us for a week of discussions, seminars and other activities as we explore global issues dealing with health care. Please click here for a full list of events and additional information.
Benefits Open Enrollment Period
On Monday November 10 the open enrollment period began for fulltime 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.
Recruitment Publications Shine at the 2008 Marcom Awards
Iona’s 2008-09 undergraduate recruitment publications recently received top and second- place honors from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The association’s Marcom Awards were given to the viewbook and leadpiece (platinum- top prize) and viewbook package (gold- second place).
Marcom Awards is an international competition for marketing and communication professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual and audio materials. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers. There were over 5,000 entries from throughout the United States and several foreign countries in the 2008 competition…more
Did you know?
The Registrar’s Office and Student Financial Services Have Merged.
As previously reported, the Registrar’s Office is now part of Student Financial Services. The decision was made to combine the offices to better serve the students. With the merger, students are now able to deal with their student account in one office instead of having to bounce back and forth between the two. The door to the Registrar’s Office has been closed and visitors are now encouraged to enter the office through SFS. If you have any questions about the merge, please feel free to contact Nancy Mills or Kelli Hudson and they will be more than happy to answer any of your questions.
Activities and Events
Plugged in
The Lecture Circuit
LIRIC Lecture Series
Fridays, 1:00 - 2:15 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
All members of the Iona community are cordially invited to join LIRIC in its study of China.
November 14: Topic: Homes of China. Lecturer: Jennie Chen Vogel
November 21: Topic: Zhang Ailing (Eileen Change): LIterary Star of War-torn
Shanghai. Presenter: Dr. Linda Ching Sledge, former Abeles Endowed Chair for Global Literature, Westchester Community College.
December 5: Topic: Chinese Dance Performance.
Lecture: “All Israel has a Place in the World to Come.”
Monday, November 17, 7:30 pm – Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Invited scholar and author Dr. Paula Frederiksen, who is the Aurelio Professor of Scripture in the Department of Religion at Boston University will present “All Israel has a Place in the World to Come.” Paul and Augustine on the Redemption of Israel, and related questions will be discussed.
Canvases, Clarinets, Costumes
Arts Central
Poetry Reading - Daniel Bosch
Friday, November 14, 5:30 – 7:00 pm - Iona College Arts Center
Critically acclaimed poet Daniel Bosch will present a special poetry reading for Iona students and faculty. All are welcome to attend and share in this wonderful experience.
Music Concert - Metro Chamber Orchestra
Friday, November 14, 7:30 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Under the direction of Artistic Director Phil Nuzzo, the Metro Chamber Orchestra will perform an all-Beethoven program featuring Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, ("Emperor") featuring pianist Christopher Vath, and Symphony No. 7 in A-major, Op. 92. Admission is $35.00 general, $30.00 senior citizens.
Theatre Production - Yasmina Reza’s “Art”
Thursday, November 20 - Sunday, November 23 – Doorley Auditorium
Thursday-Friday - 7:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday - 1:00 pm
Yasmina Reza’s “Art” performance presented by The Fine and Performing Arts Department, directed by Thomas Donnarumma. Admission is $10. For more information call ext. 7796
Special events
Community Interest
Meet a Career Mentor
Thursday, November 13, 5:00 - 8:00 pm - John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Alumni mentors will host round-table discussions and share: career information and advice; professional etiquette and skills desired by employers; how to obtain internship and entry level opportunities. Registration has passed; this is a reminder to those who signed up.
Maroon Out: Attention Gael Fans!
Friday, November 14 – John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
5:00 pm - Women vs. Hofstra
7:30 pm - Men vs. Hampton
The Iona College men's and women's basketball teams celebrate the first Maroon Out of the 2008-09 season on opening night. The Gaels encourage all fans in attendance to break out their Maroon attire in support of the teams in their first contests of the year!
If you don't have maroon, the first few hundred fans that come through the door will receive a shirt to wear for the game courtesy of Iona College Basketball.
All doubleheaders this year at the Hynes Athletics Center will be Maroon Outs!
For the complete 2008-09 schedule click here.
Fall Honors Convocation
Sunday, November 16 – 3:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
52 new members will be inducted into Delta Epsilon Sigma (DES), the National Honor Society for Colleges in the Catholic Tradition. These students were recommended by departmental chairs and moderators familiar with their outstanding scholarship, leadership and service. Aaron Rosenfeld, PhD, will also be inducted into DES based on his selection as the 2007-2008 Faculty Speaker of the Year. An honorary doctoral degree will be awarded to Dr. Paula Fredriksen, William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University. She will also present to the audience “The love of learning and the desire for God.” Dr. Fredriksen has published widely in the social and intellectual history of ancient Christianity from the late Second Temple period to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West. Her most recent study is Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism (Doubleday, 2008). The entire college community is invited to attend.
Thanksgiving Basket Blessing
Monday, November 24, 4:45 pm – John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Campus Ministries announces its Thanksgiving basket drive for families in the surrounding community. All food baskets (decorated laundry baskets) are to be brought to the Mulcahy Gymnasium in the Hynes Athletics Center at 4:45 pm on Monday, November 24. The baskets will be blessed in a brief service beginning at 5:00 pm. All members of the college community are encouraged to participate and share the spirit of gratitude.
To receive a family name and how many members there are in the family (so you know how much food to provide), please contact Tiffany DiNome, Campus Ministries, at ext. 2340. For further information and a complete list of items please click here.
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
Mass is celebrated at noon, Monday through Thursday in St. Mary’s Chapel. All are invited to attend. Please contact Jeanne McDermott, ext. 2772, for Mass cards and/or intentions.
Following the noon mass each Thursday in St. Mary’s Chapel, members of the Iona community pray the Rosary. All are welcome to join. Rosary beads are provided. For more information, contact Campus Ministries at ext. 2772.
Fifth Annual Iona College Winter Auction
Saturday, December 6, 6:00 pm – Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, NY
Honoring Mr. & Mrs. Phillip N. Maisano ’76MBA
For more information, please contact Jennifer Feely at ext. 7759.
Annual Christmas Mass & Santa Breakfast
Sunday, December 7, 10:30 am - John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
All members of the Iona community are invited to attend the annual Christmas Mass and breakfast with Santa. For more information contact Tsahai Amazan at (914) 633-2409 or click here.
Professional Activities
Vincent Maher, JD, Legal Studies and Health Care Management, has had two of his poems juried and accepted for publication by Waterwood Press. “Memorial Day” and “Memorial Day 2” will be published in an anthology entitled Against Agamemnon: War Poetry. The anthology is scheduled for publication in February 2009.
Carl Procario-Foley, Center for Campus Ministries, presented a paper, “Autobiography and Curriculum: Its application to Religious Education in a Millennial Era,” at the annual convention of the Religious Education Association of America, in Chicago, IL, November 7-9.
Jeanne Zaino, PhD, Political Science, will present a paper entitled "De Facto Disenfranchisement: When it Comes to Election Administration are all Districts Created Equal?" on the "Democratic Structures and Laws Panel" at the Northeastern Political Science Associations (NPSA) Annual Meeting in Boston, November 14-16. The paper presents the results of primary research conducted during the summer and fall of 2008 regarding whether disparities in election administration that can lead to voter disenfranchisement exist when districts of various sizes, socio-economic status, populations, and other relevant factors are compared.
Bulletin Board
Now through December 4
Art Exhibit: The Color of the Tradition: Herencia Milenaria
The Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
Thursday, November 13- 20
Week of the Peacemaker, “Health Care: Why Should I Care”
Thursday, November 13
Meet a Career Mentor
5:00 pm - Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
Friday, November 14
LIRIC Lecture: Homes and China
1:00 pm – The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Maroon Out: Women and Men’s Basketball games
5:00 pm & 7:30 pm – John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Poetry Reading: Daniel Bosch
5:30 pm – Iona College Arts Center
Music Concert: Metro Chamber Orchestra
7:30 pm – The 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
Friday, November 21
LIRIC Lecture: Zhang Ailing (Eileen Change): Literary Star of War-torn
Shanghai
1:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Thursday, November 24
Thanksgiving Basket Blessing
4:45 pm - John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Wednesday, November 26 - Friday November 28
Thanksgiving Recess – College Closed, Classes not in Session
Thursday, November 27
Thanksgiving
Friday, December 5
LIRIC Lecture: Chinese Dance Performance
1:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Saturday, December 6
Fifth Annual Winter Auction
6:00 pm – Winged Foot Golf Club
Sunday, December 7
Alumni Christmas Mass & Santa Breakfast
10:30 am - John A. Mulcahy Gymnasium, Hynes Athletics Center
Saturday, December 13
Music Concert: Westchester Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm - The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium
Monday, December 22 – Friday, January 2
College Closed
Thursday, December 25
Christmas Day
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