De La Salle Days Events To Feature The Faith Club Authors

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 highlights the College’s De La Salle Days, an annual celebration of Manhattan’s founder, John Baptist de La Salle. For a complete schedule of De La Salle Days events, click Here. The Faith Club was written by three mothers of different faiths who initially convened to write a book for their children that would highlight the connections among their religions. Only after realizing that their differences lead to misunderstandings did the trio write a memoir of spiritual reflections that allows readers to eavesdrop on their private conversations, provocative discussions and often controversial opinions and conclusions.

 

Manhattan College’s Sixth Annual Relay For Life

The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, an overnight event to raise awareness and funds for cancer research, will return to Manhattan College for its sixth year on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 3:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m. in Draddy Gymnasium. The event has become a school and community favorite, bringing students together for the common cause of fighting cancer. We hope to raise even more money than in past years and have set our goal at $50,000 to help the estimated 97,000 New Yorkers and 1 million Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. A team has been designated for alumni and friends of Manhattan College. To join the alumni team or donate online in support of the alumni relations office, click Here.  For more information about the event, e-mail relayforlife@manhattan.edu or click Here.

 

Holocaust Resource Center Presents Music Out of Oppression

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. Music Out of Oppression features composer and lecturer Dr. Ronald Senator, his wife, pianist Miriam Brickman, and soprano Marni Nixon. The night includes a discussion and presentation of examples from Senator’s Holocaust Requiem. Brickman and Nixon will perform piano pieces, soprano solos and cabaret songs written in or about the concentration camps. Read.

 

Robert J. Christen Program Welcomes Col. James Johnson

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. He will deliver the lecture The Hudson River: The Key to America in the American Revolution dressed in full Revolutionary War uniform. A retired army colonel, Johnson is an expert on the War for Independence in the Hudson River Valley and has written numerous essays and articles on the subject. The event, which is presented by the College’s Robert J. Christen Program in Early American History and Culture, also commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson, an English sea navigator who explored the New York City region and the river that would later bear his name in 1609. Read.

 

College Hosts 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. The program is designed for minority and female high school students in science, engineering and SAT preparation at no cost to the students and is co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the ACE Mentorship Program of New York, as well as individual corporate sponsors. It is meant to introduce students to a wide range of engineering-related career options, with some emphasis on civil engineering. Read.

 

Not-For-Profit Job Fair Scheduled for April 15

Undergraduates, alumni and graduate students are all welcome to attend the not-for-profit job fair on Wednesday, April 15 from 2:00-4:00 p.m in Smith Auditorium. Attendees can speak with interested employers about job opportunities and internship positions, have their résumé reviewed and set up interviews during the fair. For more information, contact the center for career development at (718) 862-7224 or e-mail careerdevelopment@manhattan.edu.