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Iona College, NewYork-Presbyterian Team For New Health School At Former Concordia Campus Iona College, NewYork-Presbyterian Team For New Health School At Former Concordia Campus
Iona College, NewYork-Presbyterian Team For New Health School At Former Concordia Campus Iona College is making good use of its new campus at the former site of Concordia College in Westchester, teaming with NewYork-Presbyterian to establish a new school of health sciences. Officials announced the new union on Thursday, July 22, with the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences to be located on Iona’s campus on White Plains Road in Bronxville. Earlier story - Concordia College To Cease Operation, Iona College To Take Over Campus, Provide Education The new school was made largely possible with a $20 million gift from NewYork-Presbyterian. It is expected to begin clas…

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Concordia College To Cease Operation, Iona College To Take Over Campus, Provide Education Concordia College To Cease Operation, Iona College To Take Over Campus, Provide Education
Concordia College To Cease Operation, Iona College To Take Over Campus, Provide Education Concordia College in Bronxville will be ceasing its operations in the fall, with Iona College acquiring its campus and providing continued education for students in Westchester through a “teach-out” plan. On Thursday, Jan. 28, the two colleges announced that they are moving forward with a formal agreement that will allow Iona to provide continued education for Concordia’s students through a teach-out plan, enabling most Concordia students to complete their degrees at Iona. “Concordia’s challenges are reflected broadly in the higher education sector; accelerated by the pandemic, these chall…

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COVID-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases COVID-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases
Covid-19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Iona College that has been to a single event. New Rochelle officials warned that there have been more than 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases, confined to the student body, with no indication of a spread to the community. In response, Iona has been working with Westchester County and the state to contact trace and quarantine the affected students.  The college is also transitioning to remote learning for at least two weeks amid the outbreak. “Late last week, Iona’s surveillance testing identified an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases among certain at…

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Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach
Rick Pitino Coming Home To New York As Iona College Basketball Coach Rick Pitino's college basketball coaching comeback will be made in his native New York. Pitino, the only coach to lead three different schools to the Final Four, was fired as University of Louisville head coach in September 2017 after he was implicated in a federal investigation involving bribes to recruits. On Saturday, March 14, a day after announcing 10-year coach Tim Clueless had resigned due to health reasons, Iona College in New Rochelle has named Pitino as its new head coach. Pitino, a New York City native who attended high school on Long Island at St. Dominic in Oyster Ba…

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COVID-19: Iona College Cancels Classes Amid New Rochelle Coronavirus Outbreak COVID-19: Iona College Cancels Classes Amid New Rochelle Coronavirus Outbreak
Covid-19: Iona College Cancels Classes Amid New Rochelle Coronavirus Outbreak Iona College students are getting an extended Spring Break. With New Rochelle being ground zero for the spread of coronavirus in Westchester, Iona College announced it is canceling classes as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. “Out of an abundance of caution, Iona College will start Spring Break four days early, canceling all in-person and online undergraduate and graduate Arts and Science classes effective 10 p.m. on Monday, March 9,” officials announced, noting that, ”there remain no known or suspected cases of coronavirus at Iona College at this time. This action is a precautio…

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COVID-19: Two Iona College Employees Under Self-Quarantine Due To 'An Abundance Of Precaution' COVID-19: Two Iona College Employees Under Self-Quarantine Due To 'An Abundance Of Precaution'
Covid-19: Two Iona College Employees Under Self-Quarantine Due To 'An Abundance Of Precaution' Two employees at Iona College in New Rochelle have self-quarantined out of an abundance of precaution during the coronavirus outbreak. Iona College President Seamus Carey announced on Friday, March 6, that two employees had self-quarantined, but there remain no confirmed or suspected cases of Coronavirus at this time. Carey noted that the 14-day incubation period was simply a precaution. “These preventative steps were taken out of an abundance of precaution to protect the Iona community,” he said. “Neither employee is experiencing coronavirus symptoms and therefore neither qualifies for cor…

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Business Council Of Westchester Elects New Chairperson, Six New Board Members Business Council Of Westchester Elects New Chairperson, Six New Board Members
Business Council Of Westchester Elects New Chairperson, Six New Board Members The Business Council of Westchester has officially elected a new chairperson as well as six board members to its Board of Directors. The council elected Heidi Davidson, the Co-Founder and CEO of Galvanize Worldwide, as chairperson of the Board of Directors at the BCW’s Annual Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 10. Galvanize Worldwide is considered to be the largest distributed network of marketing and communications experts in the world. Davidson will succeed Anthony Justic, a partner with accounting firm Maier, Markey and Justic LLP, who has served as chairman for the past five years. She has serve…

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Iona College Names 'Leading Academic' As Its Ninth President Iona College Names 'Leading Academic' As Its Ninth President
Iona College Names 'Leading Academic' As Its Ninth President A “national leader in higher education” is taking his talents from Kentucky to New Rochelle and will become Iona College’s ninth president. Seamus Carey, the president of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, has been chosen following an extensive, nationwide search to take over at Iona, effective as of July 1. Carey replaces Joseph Nyre, who has led to college since 2011, during what the college called “a time of unprecedented growth.” According to the school, since 2014, Carey has “transformed (Transylvania University’s) campus, successfully led the school’s commitment to diver…

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