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Employee Campus Announcements, 10/28

In this edition:

  1. New Off-Campus Dining Vendors Added
  2. Chartwells Survey
  3. Tuition Remission Reminder
  4. Equity Collective Series Led by Morgan Stanley
  5. Iona Campus Store Employee Appreciation, 10/29
  6. Iona Rock Band Fall Semester Concert, 10/29
  7. Quaff & Quill: Book Talk with Alec Zuercher Reichardt, 10/29
  8. Montgomery Parking Lot Closure, 10/30
  9. Iona SAAC Trunk-or-Treat, 10/30
  10. It’s Sock-tober! Drop Off Donations in the Kelly Center & Bronxville Café
  11. Busy People Retreat, 11/2-11/7
  12. The Vatican Archives, the Holocaust, and its Aftermath: Kristallnacht Commemoration, 11/10
  13. 2025 Iona Celebration of Welcome, 11/12
  14. Collaboration in Complex Care: Interprofessional Strategies for Long-Term and Palliative Care, 11/13
  15. 2025 Week of the Peacemaker
  16. November 2025 Month of Remembrance
  17. Include Your Event in Killian’s Kickoff, 11/17
  18. 2025 Iona University Thanksgiving Basket Drive, 11/19
  19. One Table, Many Voices: Standing Together Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast, 11/20
  20. Tuition Exchange Scholarship Application, 12/1
  21. More Important News & Deadlines

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New Off-Campus Dining Vendors Added

Business Services would like to remind the Iona community about new off-campus vendors on the Iona University meal plan. Purchases can be made with flex points at the following locations:

• Graziella’s Market: 321 White Plains Road, Eastchester;
• The Taco Project: 65 Pondfield Road, Bronxville;
• The Taco Project: 596 North Avenue, New Rochelle;
• Toastique: 604 North Avenue, New Rochelle;
• Tuck’D Away: 90 Yonkers Avenue, Tuckahoe; and
• most recently added is Dantoni’s Pizza, located at 495 New Rochelle Road, Bronxville. 

Employees can add flex points to their meal plan by credit card or payroll deduction. Click here for more information.

Chartwells Survey

We want to hear from you! Through Voice to Vision, our annual campus dining survey, we gain insights for reinventing and enhancing the campus dining experience. This survey helps us better understand what is important to the Iona community in dining. Please click here to complete the survey and provide us with your feedback.

Tuition Remission Reminder

Just a reminder to all employees applying for Tuition Remission, we have automated the Tuition Remission Form. This form must be submitted prior to the start of each semester in which you or a qualified dependent take courses. At this time tuition remission forms are due for the Winter 2025 trimester and Spring 2026 semester.

As per the University policy, tuition remission will not be applied to a student account until all required fees, including the book fee, have been paid.

To view and pay your fees please follow the steps below:

Log in to your Single Sign-On, Select PeopleSoft, Student PeopleSoft, Campus Finances, Bill + Payment.

Questions on the Tuition Remission policy should be directed to HR@iona.edu and questions on student fees should be directed to SFS@iona.edu.

Equity Collective Series Led by Morgan Stanley

The Equity Collective Program invites students to participate in upcoming sessions to learn career insights, build a professional network, gain access to opportunities and more. 

Wednesday, October 29
Session 2 is open to all students with a cap of 60 students. This session will include presentations on resume best practices, how to prep for a finance interview and an inside look of the analyst experience.
Register: Equity Collective Session 2, 10/29

Wednesday, November 5
Session 3 is off-site at Goldman Sachs headquarters in Manhattan. It is open to all students with a cap of 25 students. There will be a tour of Goldman Sachs followed by a panel with analysts and associates as well as an overview of their recruiting process.
Register: Equity Collective Session 3, 11/5

Contact Dr. Alison Munsch for additional information: amunsch@iona.edu. Please register for these events on Handshake.

Iona Campus Store Employee Appreciation, 10/29

Stop by the Iona Campus Store on Wednesday, October 29, for Employee Appreciation Day savings and to enjoy complimentary snacks while you shop! 

Employees who spend $75 or more will receive an Iona-branded lunch tote as a gift. We will also have a 25% discount on drinkware. See you there!

Iona Rock Band Fall Semester Concert, 10/29

The Iona Rock Band (formerly the Faculty-Students Band) will have its fall concert on Wednesday, October 29, at 12:30 p.m. on Murphy Green (rain location: Murphy Auditorium). The band will play a mix of pop, rock and metal songs from the 1960s to the 2000s. Come support your friends and faculty, and enjoy an hour of music and fun.

Quaff & Quill: Book Talk with Alec Zuercher Reichardt, 10/29

Join the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies for a talk with Professor Alec Zuercher Reichardt (University of Missouri) about his book "Roads to Power, Roads to Crisis: The War for the American Interior and the Infrastructural Routes of Revolution" (2025) to learn about imperial competition to control communication networks during the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution.

Date: Wednesday, October 29, 6–7 p.m.
Location: Ryan Library

Light refreshments will be served.

Presented in partnership with the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association.

Montgomery Parking Lot Closure, 10/30

Please be advised that the Montgomery Parking Lot will be closed on October 30, 2025. Thank you.

Iona SAAC Trunk-or-Treat, 10/30

Costumes, candy, music, games and fun for all!  Bring your kids, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to Iona's second annual Trunk-or-Treat, presented by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Commuter Life and additional Iona clubs! Athletics teams, commuter students, and Iona club members will decorate car trunks and dress up in costume to give out candy to all children.

Open to SAAC community partners, families of the Iona community and the Beechmont Association. 

Please park in the Iona garage and walk over to the Montgomery Parking Lot.

When: Thursday, October 30, 5 – 7 p.m.
Where: Montgomery Parking Lot
Rain Location: Mulcahy Gym

Questions? Please reach out to Katie Falotico at kfalotico@iona.edu.

It’s Sock-tober! Drop Off Donations in the Kelly Center & Bronxville Café

This October, the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences is excited to partner with The Sharing Shelf of Port Chester for Sock-tober - our campus sock drive to support children and teens in need.

We’re collecting brand-new socks (still in their packaging) in all sizes, from infants to adults.

Socks may be small, but they make a big difference. Having this everyday essential helps kids and teens feel comfortable, confident, and ready to learn and grow.

Drop your donations in the collection boxes located in the Kelly Center lobby and the Bronxville Café through October 31.

Let’s come together to fill these boxes and show our community the power of small acts of kindness!

Busy People Retreat, 11/2-11/7

oo busy for a getaway? We get it! Take a retreat on your own time. Pause from studying to pray and reflect on the beauty of creation as inspired by St. Francis’ Canticle of the Creatures.

• Attendees meet with a spiritual guide for daily prayer and reflection.
• Partners meet each day, Monday–Thursday, at an agreed-upon time.
• On Friday, the retreat concludes with lunch and reflection.

All are welcome! This is a free retreat, but registration is required. Sign up here.

The Vatican Archives, the Holocaust, and its Aftermath: Kristallnacht Commemoration, 11/10

Join us on Monday, November 10, at 7:30 pm in Burke Lounge as Iona's Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies and the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center host an expert panel from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to speak about the last findings from the Vatican Archives during the period of Pope Pius XII (1939-1958).

2025 Iona Celebration of Welcome, 11/12

Employees who have joined the Iona University community within the last year are invited to the Celebration of Welcome. This annual reception invites new employees and their supervisors from all corners of Iona University to enjoy each other’s company while we formally welcome our new employees to the Iona community.

This year's Celebration of Welcome will be held on Wednesday, November 12, at 3 p.m. in the Arrigoni Center.

To RSVP, please click here.

Questions? Please reach out to Sean D'alfonso, Ed.D., director of the Office of Mission & Ministry, at sdalfonso@iona.edu.

Collaboration in Complex Care: Interprofessional Strategies for Long-Term and Palliative Care, 11/13

Join us for the second presentation of the Symposium on Health and Well-Being.

Caring for individuals facing chronic or terminal illness requires teamwork, empathy, and holistic understanding. Through two case studies, professionals from NewYork-Presbyterian will share how healthcare and spiritual care teams collaborate to provide comfort and continuity of care supporting patients, families, and one another through some of life’s most challenging moments.

Date: Thursday, November 13
Reception: 5:30 p.m. 
Program and Q&A: 6-7:30 p.m.
Location: Sommer Center, Iona Bronxville Campus

All students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to attend. RSVP here. 

2025 Week of the Peacemaker, 11/16-11/21

For over 40 years Iona University has chosen the time surrounding Veterans Day to dedicate academic and co-curricular attention to peacemaking. Each year the University chooses a theme for its Week of the Peacemaker, and through a variety of activities, conveys this theme in diverse and dynamic ways. The 2025 Week of the Peacemaker, "Living Iona’s Mission: Fighting the Good Fight for a World in Crisis," will be held from November 16-21.

This year's week will host events aimed at raising awareness of and responding to the many concerns across our world that call for action as inspired by the Christian Brothers’ values of presence, compassion, and liberation, and our University’s motto, Certa Bonum Certamen.  

The Week of the Peacemaker Committee seeks faculty members whose research/work is related to this year's topic to consider leading a teach-in during this year's week. Interested faculty members are invited to contact Sean D'Alfonso, Ed.D., at sdalfonso@iona.edu. 

To see the full calendar of events for this year’s Week of the Peacemaker, click here. 

November 2025 Month of Remembrance

The month of November is a time in which the Church traditionally remembers those whom God has called through death to eternal life. Beginning with the Mass for All Souls Day, and at all Masses throughout the month of November, the Office of Mission & Ministry will pray in remembrance for deceased alumni, staff, friends and relatives and Christian Brothers of the Iona University community. 

We kindly ask that you use this link to write the names of your beloved departed who will be remembered at November's Masses.

Include Your Event in Killian’s Kickoff, 11/17

The Killian’s Kickoff booklet is a key resource for welcoming students back and highlighting events across campus - don’t miss the chance to be included!

The deadline to have your event included in the Winter Killian’s Kickoff booklet is Monday, November 17, 2025.

To ensure your event is featured, please submit and confirm it in 25Live no later than November 17. When submitting, please make sure to select the “Public Master Calendar” and “Student Event” calendars in your 25Live reservation.

If you have any questions, please contact studentactivities@iona.edu.

Thank you for helping us make the Winter Killian’s Kickoff a success!

2025 Iona University Thanksgiving Basket Drive, 11/19

Iona’s legacy of service and spirit of generosity will once again be on full display for this year’s Thanksgiving Basket Drive! The Office of Mission & Ministry invites all members of the Iona University community to join in this year’s drive, which will provide all of the necessary ingredients for more than 140 local families to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal.

Baskets from this year’s drive will support families from many of our local community partners including HOPE Community Services and Big Vivs Inc. in New Rochelle, A.C.T. Inc. in White Plains and Thrive for Life in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Please click here to learn more about this year's drive, and to sign up to sponsor a basket.

Our annual Thanksgiving Basket Blessing ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 19, at 4 p.m., in Mulcahy Gymnasium.

We are so appreciative of your support for the drive and thank you in advance for your generosity!

Questions? Please contact Sean D'Alfonso, Ed.D., in the Office of Mission & Ministry, at: sdalfonso@iona.edu. 

One Table, Many Voices: Standing Together Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast, 11/20

On Thursday, November 20, come celebrate the power of community, connection and shared purpose. This annual gathering brings us together to honor the richness of our differences and to listen, learn, and grow in understanding. Join the Iona Pipers, the Iona NightinGAELs, and the Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies as Iona hosts this breakfast gathering of over 300 interfaith leaders, congregation leaders, advocates for fair housing & fair wages, and workers for peace from all over Westchester and Fairfield counties. 

Iona employees can register here. 

When: Thursday, November 20, 8 - 10 a.m.
Where: Mulcahy Gym

Tuition Exchange Scholarship Application, 12/1

Iona University is a member of Tuition Exchange, Inc. (TE), a program that provides an opportunity for eligible dependent children of active full-time employees to apply for undergraduate tuition scholarships at participating member institutions.

TE applications for the 2026-2027 academic year must be submitted on/before the deadline of December 1, 2025. The EZ Application and instructions can be found here.

Questions on the Tuition Exchange policy should be directed to HR@iona.edu or SFS@iona.edu.

More Important News & Deadlines

Submitted on: October 28, 2025

Submitted by: University Marketing & Communications