Manhattan College And Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Announce Multiyear Collaboration
Summer Literacy Institute is opening event from July 9-12.
Manhattan College and the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s College Directions Program will host a Summer Literacy Institute from July 9-12. It is the opening event in a multiyear collaboration between the Bronx institutions.
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Manhattan College Names Dr. Richard Emmerson As Next Dean Of Arts
Dr. Richard Emmerson has been named the next dean of Manhattan College’s school of arts, effective July 1. Emmerson will replace Dr. Mary Ann O’Donnell, who will step down from her position after 38 years at Manhattan, 15 of which she spent as dean.
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Vincent Desimone ’59, Founder And Chairman Of Desimone Consulting Engineers, To Deliver Keynote Address At Manhattan College’s Spring (Graduate) Commencement
Manhattan College will award master’s degrees to students in the graduate programs of education and engineering, as well as bachelor’s degrees in organization management to students in the adult degree completion program, at its Spring (Graduate) Commencement on Wednesday, May 20. The ceremony will be held in the College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers at 4:30 p.m.
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Manhattan College To Award Undergraduate Degrees At 167th Commencement
College to honor Br. Thomas Scanlan; NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly ’63 to deliver keynote address.
Manhattan College will award close to 700 degrees in some 40 major fields of study from its five schools in arts, business, education, engineering and science at its 167th Undergraduate Commencement on Sunday, May 17. Students who completed their studies in September 2008, February 2009 and May 2009 will participate in the ceremony in the College ’s Draddy Gymnasium.
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Manhattan College’s Robert J. Christen Program Welcomes Col. James Johnson, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Hudson River Valley Institute to lecture in full Revolutionary War uniform.
Col. James Johnson, Ph.D., executive director of the Hudson River Valley Institute, will speak at Manhattan College on Tuesday, April 7 at 4:00 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. Presented by the College’s Robert J. Christen Program in Early American History and Culture, the event is free and open to the public.
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Manhattan College Names Dr. Salwa Ammar As Next Dean Of Business
Dr. Salwa Ammar has been named the next dean of Manhattan College’s school of business, effective July 1. Ammar will replace Dr. James Suarez, who will step down from his position after 18 years.
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Manhattan College’s Holocaust Resource Center Presents Music Out Of Oppression
Event features composer Ronald Senator, pianist Miriam Brickman and soprano Marni Nixon
The Manhattan College Holocaust Resource Center will host a special program, Music Out of Oppression, on Monday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The event, which is co-sponsored by the College’s department of fine arts, is free and open to the public. The program also commemorates Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is April 21.
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First Ladies Historian Dr. Betty Boyd Caroli To Speak At Manhattan College
Dr. Betty Boyd Caroli, historian and biographer of first ladies in the United States, will speak at Manhattan College on Saturday, March 28 at 1:00 p.m. in the Capalbo Room of De La Salle Hall. The event, part of Manhattan’s celebration of Women’s History Month, is free and open to the public.
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The Faith Club Authors To Speak At Manhattan College
Event highlights three-day celebration of College’s founder.
Authors Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner will speak about their acclaimed book The Faith Club in Manhattan College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers on Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, highlights the College’s De La Salle Days, an annual celebration of Manhattan’s founder, John Baptist de La Salle.
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Manhattan College To Host Screening Of Acclaimed Documentary Call+Response
Film explores human rights offenses and fight against modern-day slavery.
Manhattan College will host a free screening of the acclaimed documentary Call+Response on Thursday, March 26 at 8:00 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. Following the presentation, director Justin Dillon will lead a discussion about the film and human rights offenses plaguing the world.
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Manhattan College To Host 28th Annual Engineering Awareness Program
Manhattan College’s Engineering Awareness Program, which aims to introduce high school students to potential careers in the various fields of engineering, will be held for the 28th straight year in July.
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Manhattan College Names Dr. Brennan O'Donnell As 19th President
O'Donnell brings 21 years of experience in Catholic higher education to Riverdale institution.
Manhattan College has named Dr. Brennan O’Donnell as its 19th president, effective July 1, at which time Br. Thomas Scanlan, F.S.C., will step down from his position after nearly 22 years of leadership.
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Manhattan College’s Holocaust Resource Center Welcomes Dr. Ben Kiernan
Award-winning author will address genocide in world history.
Dr. Ben Kiernan, author and editor of numerous works on recent events in Southeast Asia, will speak at Manhattan College on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The event, presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, is free and open to the public.
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Best-Selling Author And Journalist Hooman Majd To Speak At Manhattan College
Acclaimed author is a new voice on one of America’s top foreign policy concerns.
Best-selling author and journalist Hooman Majd, a new voice on Iran, one of the United States’ top foreign policy concerns, will speak at Manhattan College on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the William J. Scala Academy Room of Leo Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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Manhattan College Honors John V. Magliano ’66, Chairman Of Syska Hennessy Group, Inc., At Annual
De La Salle Medal Dinner
De La Salle Medal Dinner raises more than $1 million for Manhattan College.
Manhattan College presented John Magliano ’66, chairman of Syska Hennesssy Group, Inc., with the De La Salle Medal at the College’s annual fundraising dinner on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City.
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Manhattan College’s School Of Business Receives Extension Of Accreditation From Prestigious AACSB International
The school of business at Manhattan College has received an extension of accreditation by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the premier accrediting agency for business programs worldwide. Of the 555 institutions throughout the world to hold AACSB accreditation, only 42 institutions are undergraduate-only programs such as Manhattan.
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Manhattan College Partners With WCBS-TV To Sponsor Special Television Advertising And Web Programming Surrounding Obama Inauguration
Manhattan College has partnered with WCBS-TV New York on a special sponsorship of television advertising and web programming scheduled to cover the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
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Manhattan College Announces Presidential Proclamation Declaring College’s Efforts To Increase Its Sustainability
Manhattan College has announced a presidential proclamation declaring the College’s intent to take all feasible steps to increase its sustainability while ensuring that “going green” issues are a factor in all future major decisions, policies and contracts. The proclamation has the concurrence of Manhattan’s council of vice presidents and the executive committee of the board of trustees.
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Manhattan College Students Work To Establish Mentor Program At New Explorers High School In South Bronx
Manhattan College students David Ellison ’09, Dinorah Pena ’10, Emily Murtaugh ’09 and Ayana Rainford ’09 have started to make strides toward the creation of a permanent mentor program at New Explorers High School.
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Manhattan College Engineering Students Win Scholarships From Prestigious Industry Group
Manhattan College electrical engineering students Margery Hines ’09 and Robert Stigliano ’09 have been awarded scholarships from the Association of Old Crows (AOC), a nonprofit professional group that promotes careers in the defense industry.
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Men’s Basketball Star Jason Hoover ’97 And Baseball Standout Thomas Walraven ’76 Among Those To Be Inducted Into Manhattan College’s Athletic Hall Of Fame
Inductees include five track and field stars and softball’s Carrie Wujcik-Drum ’96
Men’s basketball star Jason Hoover ’97 and baseball standout Thomas Walraven ’76 headline the list of 2008 inductees into Manhattan College’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 30th annual induction ceremony, sponsored by the Manhattan College Alumni Society, will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 5:00 p.m. in the College’s Smith Auditorium.
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Manhattan College Presents A Candlelight Christmas Celebration
The Manhattan College Singers and Orchestra will host their holiday program A Festival of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers, with preludes beginning at 4:00 p.m. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public.
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Manhattan College To Host Three-Day Visit By Mexican Coffee Farmer As Part Of Fair Trade Month
Manhattan College’s office of campus ministry and social action (CMSA) and the student group JustPeace will host a coffee farmer from Mexico in the Bronx and on campus from Oct. 8-10. This is possible due to a small grant from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to promote fair trade.
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Cartoonist And Comic Book Theorist Scott McCloud To Speak At Manhattan College
Cartoonist and comic book theorist Scott McCloud will speak at Manhattan College on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
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Jesuit Priest John Dear To Speak At Manhattan College
Dear is the former executive director of the fellowship of reconciliation.
John Dear, a Jesuit priest and former executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, will speak at Manhattan College and sign copies of his autobiography on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the Alumni Room of O’Malley Library. The event, sponsored by the College’s peace studies program, is free and open to the public.
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Manhattan College To Award Doctor Of Humane Letters To Thomas J. Heffernan ’68 At Fall Honors Convocation
Dr. Thomas J. Heffernan ’68 Ph.D., who holds the Kenneth Curry Professorship at the University of Tennessee (UT), will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Manhattan College’s Fall Honors Convocation on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 4:00 p.m in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers.
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Acclaimed Authors James Patterson And Michael Ledwidge To Speak At Manhattan College
College to officially launch the next generation of its communication department.
Best-selling authors James Patterson '69 and Michael Ledwidge '92 will speak at Manhattan College on Tuesday, Sept. 9, highlighting the official launch of the College's “next generation” communication department in the school of arts. The department is designed for students planning to enter the rapidly evolving field of mass communication, and features state-of-the-art facilities, outstanding faculty and an updated curriculum.
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Manhattan College Names Dr. Tim Ward New Dean Of Engineering
Dr. Tim Ward has been named the new dean of Manhattan College’s school of engineering, effective Aug. 18.
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Manhattan College’s School Of Engineering Among The Best In The Nation
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Manhattan College’s chemical engineering program fourth in the specialty category of best undergraduate engineering programs. The College’s ranking appears in the print and online versions of U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” released this week.
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Manhattan College Begins Search For 19th President
Br. Thomas Scanlan to step down from position in June 2009
Manhattan College will commence its search for its next president this summer as Brother Thomas J. Scanlan, F.S.C., prepares to step down from the position in June 2009, after nearly 22 years of unparalleled leadership.
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