Student Scholarship Spotlight: Monica Horan
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N TODAY’S ECONOMIC CLIMATE, success in business requires an ethical foundation in support of a strong liberal arts education. Industry leaders are already looking to the future by establishing new scholarship opportunities at Manhattan College. Among the beneficiaries is Monica Horan ’15, one of six recipients of the new John Cullen ’62 Scholarship for Accounting Majors, who will earn her combined B.S. and M.B.A. in accounting in May. The scholarship supports students pursuing their licenses to become Certified Public Accountants (CPA). As one of two family members currently in college — and another in law school — Horan says the financial support is greatly appreciated. “Through his generosity, Mr. Cullen has played a major role in my education,” she says. “I can take the CPA exam, and I don’t have the burden of student loans. It is nice to know someone believes in my ability.” While an undergraduate, Horan had internships in both the public and private sectors. She worked for CNC Apartment Management, a subsidiary of LNM, as an accounting intern. Her internship with KPMG and participation in KPMG’s Leadership Conference has led to the promise of a full-time position upon graduation, once she successfully becomes a CPA.
A resident student who came to Manhattan from Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia, N.Y., Horan is a second-generation Jasper. Her mother, Eileen (Stevens) Horan ’81, played basketball at the College. As a result, Horan values the Lasallian tradition she has known her entire life. She points to the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program as one example of sharing Lasallian values. “We dedicated Saturdays and weeknights during tax season to help low-income residents of New York City get the most out of their tax returns,” she says. “This program brought together our professional and Lasallian educations, something Mr. Cullen placed great importance on.” Horan also participated in Relay For Life while on campus. She wrote for The Quadrangle all four years as an undergradraduate, serving as business manager for two years. Horan was also a member of the Manhattan College Senate, Beta Alpha Psi (accounting honor society), Epsilon Sigma Pi, the Accounting Society and the Finance and Economics Society. She says one of her goals is to bring her Lasallian values to the workplace. “There is a need for CPAs with Lasallian values,” Horan says.
Celebrating Supporters at the President’s Dinner GUESTS ATTENDING THE ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S DINNER this year were treated to a first glimpse and tour of the newly opened Raymond W. Kelly ’63 Student Commons in September. The President’s Dinner honors donors who have given more than $5,000 to the College. Raymond Kelly ’63 with wife Veronica and Mark ’71 and Christine Codd gather for a photo and some conversation in the Kelly Commons’ Great Room. MAnHAttAn.eDU N 43