College Partners with MillionTreesNYC To “Green” Campus

Manhattan College’s delegation won five awards at the 2009 National Model United Nations conference in New York. Representing the Islamic Republic of Iran, Manhattan received the distinguished delegation award, one of the most prestigious and highest honors at the conference. The college’s chapter also won the outstanding position papers award, and six Manhattan student participants received “peer” awards for outstanding work: Irfan Ahmed ’10 and Dan Maher ’09 in the General Assembly Plenary, Matt Spano ’09 and Andrew Tratner ’11 in General Assembly First Committee (security and disarmament affairs), and Jaclyn Ambriscoe ’09 and Amanda Scott ’10 in UNAIDS. Other members of the delegation included Grace Zawol ’12, Dominika Wilk ’11, Chris Shemanski ’11, Chris Tucci ’11, Mansoor Ahmed ’10, Kelly Dantuono ’10, Britney Hayes ’10, Caitlin Boucher ’09, Emily Kouterick ’11, Valbona Sokoli ’12, Maria Thomas ’11, Amanda Connolly ’10, Megan McCarthy ’12, Elise Rae ’09, Rudylexis Núñez ’09, and Emily Atwater ’10.

 

Maura Costello ’10 and Dorothy Sinnott ’10 Receive Inaugural Mark Taylor Scholarships

English majors Maura Costello ’10 and Dorothy Sinnott ’10 are the inaugural recipients of the Mark Taylor Scholarship, named in honor of Manhattan College’s long-time professor of English, who passed away in April. The awards were announced in front of more than 400 people at Taylor’s memorial service on May 9 in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers. Contributions to the Mark Taylor Memorial Fund can be sent to Mary Ellen Malone, director of planned giving, with “Mark Taylor Fund” noted in the memo line.

 

Inaugural George B. Kirsch Scholarship for History Awarded to Philip Dorn ’10

The inaugural George B. Kirsch Restricted Scholarship for History was awarded to Philip Dorn ’10 at the induction ceremony for new student members of the Manhattan College chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the international history honor society, on May 1. The $5,000 scholarship was funded this year by Kirsch in memory of his wife, Susan Kirsch, and is awarded annually to the most outstanding history major in the junior class of the school of arts.

 

 

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.