CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTS FACULTY RECOGNIZED FOR RESEARCH, SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE Six faculty were presented with the 2015-2016 Faculty Awards, granted in recognition of a variety of areas including student and faculty research, integrated-service learning, service to Iona College, and innovation and excellence in teaching. The recipients were recognized at the Honors Convocation in May. The awards are sponsored by Trustee Chairman James P. Hynes '69, '01H, and his wife, Anne Marie, along with Iona President Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D., and his wife, Kelli. The Irene Hammerbacher Outstanding Faculty Research Award Kim Paffenroth, Ph.D., professor of Religious Studies, chair of Religious Studies Department The Br. Arthur Loftus Outstanding Student Research Award Paolina Centonze, Ph.D., professor of Computer Science The Br. Richard B. Power Award for Integrating Service Learning into the Classroom Jennifer Gerometta, Ph.D., assistant professor of Speech Communication Studies The Br. William H. Barnes Memorial Award for Service to the College Miles Beckwith, Ph.D., associate professor of English The Catherine McCabe Award for Innovation & Excellence in Teaching Nicholas Beutell, Ph.D., professor of Management The Br. William Cornelia Distinguished Faculty Award Sunghee Lee, Ph.D., Board of Trustees Endowed Professor of Analytical Chemistry, chair of the Chemistry Department
LOFTUS DINNER Iona’s annual Loftus Dinner celebrates employees for their service to the College. Long-serving faculty, administrators, and staff members are honored with awards for achieving milestone years of service from 10 to 50 years. Additionally, an outstanding Christian Brother is honored with the Br. Arthur Austin Loftus Award. This year’s Loftus Award was awarded to Br. Henry P. Dillemuth, retired professor of English (pictured with President Nyre). Learn more about the Loftus Dinner and read event remarks from Br. Dillemuth.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed over 30 years of teaching college students. I am convinced that this dimension of the personal, a truly human element, is a quality in a teacher that our college students hardly can adequately articulate and rarely, if ever, express, yet sorely are in search of and need.”
Br. Dillemuth
WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT Catherine Stratton, Ph.D., professor of History, was awarded the 2016 Woman of Achievement Award in April. Stratton was selected by a committee of prior honorees for her contributions to the College as well as for the personal and professional impact she has had on her colleagues and students since joining the faculty in 1972. Summer 2016
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