To return to the page this video is embedded on please visit https://www.iona.edu/support-iona/iona-forever-campaign.aspx [Music] >> 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. [Music] >> 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. [Music]