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Iona College Celebrates Founders' Week
April 11 - 18 New Rochelle, NY, April 10, 2002 - The College's values of justice, peace, and service will echo throughout the campus from Thursday, April 11 through Thursday, April 18 in celebration of Blessed Edmund Rice and the founders of Iona College. A Hospitality Dinner will launch the week on Thursday, April 11 at 5:30 pm at Montgomery House (34 Montgomery Place, New Rochelle) and a Mass honoring the Christian Brothers will take place Sunday, April 14 at 7:00 pm in the Arrigoni Center on Mayflower Avenue. On Monday, April 15 at 1:00 pm a panel of students, faculty and employees from many diverse backgrounds will discuss "Was Iona Founded for Me?" in the Faculty Reception Room. Keeva Young-Wright, coordinator of Special Events, will facilitate the discussion. A complimentary lunch will be offered. RSVP to Felicia Colangelo at 633-2270. The Founders' Week Committee will host a dinner discussion, "Prizing it More than Silver or Gold: Service to the Poor and the Founders' Vision," Monday, April 15 at 5:00 pm in the Faculty Reception Room. Carl Procario-Foley, director of Campus Ministries, will moderate the discussion, which will include reflections from Brothers Robert Fitzsimmons, John Manyeh, J. Kevin Devlin, and Charles Miller, exploring the connections between the Iona mission and the Christian Brothers' global outreach to the poor. Space is limited. RSVP at 633-2632 or e-mail cprocario-foley@iona.edu. Founders' Week concludes with the annual carnival Thursday, April 18, from noon - 4:00 pm in the Spellman Lot on campus. Festivities include a barbeque, laser tag, gladiator joust, dunk tank, caricaturist, palm reader, vendors and live entertainment by Bruce Jaques from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, co-educational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.
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