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>> DR.NYRE:  Iona forever is a 150 million dollar
campaign directly supporting our
students, our faculty, our programs, our
campus and our legacy.
We've reached an important milestone raising 100 million
dollars and that's reason to pause and
celebrate the Iona community and our
supporters who are coming together to
create a brighter future and move the
world.

>> NARRATOR:  Iona forever is about our students.
Our ability to offer endowed scholarships
gives deserving students access to a
world-class education they could not
have attained otherwise.

>> ALESSANDRA ARMETTA:  The endowed
scholarship made it possible for my
parents to send three kids to college at
the same time. If they had not been able
to offer the scholarship to us we would
have been somewhere else.

>> CHRISTOPHER ARMETTA:  Ever since I
was little I was the kid who wanted to
be the police officer I was like oh I'm
gonna be a detective but coming here I
kind of grew. I didn't think I was gonna
be a lawyer. It was thanks to the Iona
endowed scholarship that I was able to
come to Iona and really figure out
through my classes that I wanted to
become a state prosecutor eventually and
then pursue law school. Without them I
wouldn't have done it.

>> NARRATOR:  Iona forever is about our faculty. Our
ability to attract the most talented
professors and researchers inspires our
students and raises our profile in the
academic community.

>> ALESSANDRA ARMETTA:  I'm working with Dr.
Lee and project symphony.
It's her program. she calls it project
Symphony because she takes different
aspects of everything and we all work
together which is very much so what
science should be. She's my mentor in
like every aspect of the word.
She's just caring in a way I wouldn't
expect a professor to be.

>> MICHAEL MORALES:  If ah Dr. Lee had
not been here and I definitely would not
have developed the experimental, physical
and leadership skills that I have
because of her.

>> NARRATOR: Iona forever is about our programs. Our
ability to provide expanded program
opportunities like the new Heinz
Institute for entrepreneurship and
innovation brings students together from all
disciplines to develop ideas, solve
problems and pursue dreams.

>> ERIN KUTCH:  One of the
big things when this new Institute was
created that they wanted to stress was
that it wasn't for just business
students or it wasn't just for arts and
science students.

>> ELIJAH WARE:  Working with students
from other disciplines is great because
you can really get more of an empathetic
mindset. As you work with someone else
you can understand that we're both
chasing the same dream, we both have the
same aspirations, so we can put our minds
together and come up with something
great.

>> ALBERTO GONCALVES:  but the Heinz Institute it got me
some experience in an incubator working
with entrepreneurs, developing their
ideas and taking it to the next step.
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>> NARRATOR: Iona forever is about our campus. Our
ability to provide contemporary spaces
supports our students as they realize
their fullest potential.

>> ERIN KUTCH:  The North Avenue
residence hall really brings people
together not through only just six
floors of rooms for people who live
together but for them to program
together in our lounges.

>> JOE DASILVA:  As a student
leader I am very excited for the new
business school. Having all the different
business disciplines under one roof
gives Iona the ability to really prepare
students for a world where they're going
to have to cooperate with other people
from different backgrounds and come
together to create something of value.

>> ERIN KUTCH:  We say the greatest thing at Iona is the
community and I think that producing
spaces like this is really just
reinforcing that commitment to community
and people being together.

>> DR.NYRE:  Iona forever is about our legacy.
We've accomplished so much already. Each of you
play an important part in this historic
effort. We are grateful to all of those
who have made a commitment and welcome
everyone who believes in the power of an
Iona education. This is your college. You
are Iona. And Iona remains, forever yours.
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