THE COLLEGE
OF NEW ROCHELLE TO HOST ANNUAL FOUNDER’S DAY
NEW
ROCHELLE, NY, October 17, 2006 -- On Thursday, October 26, The College
of New Rochelle (CNR) will host its annual Founder’s Day. The
College will honor its heritage by recognizing four students with the
Serviam Award from The Ursuline Institute at CNR. This award is given
annually to students who best embody the Ursuline philosophy of
“Serviam,” i.e., “I will serve.”
2006
Serviam Awardees:
• Tegan Nguyen (School of Arts
and Sciences, Class of 2007)
• Gabrielle Carrasquillo
(School of Nursing, Class of 2008)
• Helene Forster (School of
New Resources, Class of 2007)
• Taisha Medina (Graduate
School, Class of 2008)
“We
celebrate a Catholic liberal arts college for women; the extraordinary
gift of the Ursulines to the world, which has touched and transformed
lives for 100 years; and more than 38,000 graduates who have shaped
this special university community,” said Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, CNR
president. “CNR is a privileged place, sacred space, where women
and men can fully discover what it means to be human and develop the
tools necessary for success throughout their lives.”
The
Founder’s Day festivities at CNR’s Main Campus in New Rochelle will
include:
11:00
am Founder’s Day Liturgy in Holy Family Chapel
2:00
pm Book signing in Castle Gallery by author Sister Irene Mahoney
for Lady Black Robes:
Missionaries in the Heart of Indian Country
7:00
pm “Stuck in Traffic”
Campus
Ministry and CNR’s Pax Christi chapter, Peacebuilders, will co-sponsor
this event to spotlight Human Trafficking.
Their
goal is to educate the community and advocate for our people throughout
the world. In the U.S., a woman or child is trafficked into the
country every 10 minutes for forced labor.
Founder’s Day commemorates the 1904 founding of the
College by Mother Irene Gill of the Ursulines. At that time, 16
years before women won the right to vote, the institution was
established as the first Catholic college for women in New York
State. However, the spirit of CNR actually dates back to the 16th
Century, when St. Angela Merici established the Ursuline order in
Brescia, Italy to engage in works useful to society, particularly the
care, protection, and instruction of young girls and women.
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