NEW ROCHELLE, NY – Iona University celebrated the academic achievements of its most outstanding students at its annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, May 18. All graduating seniors who were members of honor societies were recognized during the ceremony.

Among all the graduating seniors were numerous student-athletes. Three Gaels earned the event's top awards as gold medalists in their respective degrees.  Women's soccer senior Jenna Daly earned the medal for excellence in Business Administration and women's soccer warned the Br. Joseph G. McKenna Memorial Award for Academic Excellence, both presented by the faculty of the LaPenta School of Business.  Women's cross country/track senior Gabrielle Toth was awarded the medial for excellence in the social and behavior sciences by the faculty of the School of Arts & Science. 

Volleyball's Julia Thomas earned the George and Margaret Pappas Scholarship Award, an endowed scholarship given to a full-time senior accepted to a school of medicine or to a program in a related health science. The scholarship award is a perpetual tribute to the many years of devoted service given to Iona University by Dr. & Mrs. Pappas.  

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

Each department of Iona University's School of Arts & Science, School of Business and NewYork-Presbyterian School of Health Sciences awarded its top-performing students with its respective Departmental Awards. Five student-athletes earned these distinctions:

UNDERGRADUATE
Communication Sciences and Disorders: Allie Taylor, softball
Finance: James Carey, men's basketball
History: Emma Jacobs, volleyball
Psychology: Gabrielle Toth, women's cross country/track

GRADUATE
Sports Communication Management: Malia Naugle, women's water polo

HONORS PROGRAM

Students involved in the honors program at Iona University were recognized for their thesis work:

STUDENT: Timothy Bergamini, men's water polo
TITLE: "The Perception of Mandatory Study Hall From College Athletes"
MENTOR: Marie Gioiosa, Accounting
 
STUDENT: James Carey, men's basketball
TITLE: "A New Regulatory Framework for The Cryptocurrency Market"
MENTOR: Muhammad Qayyum, Finance, Business Economics & Legal Studies
 
STUDENT: Emma Jacobs. volleyball
TITLE: "The Evolution of Ethical Curatorial Practice"
MENTOR: Jimena Perry, History
 
STUDENT: Sergey Karpov, men's rowing
TITLE: "Document Level Text Simplification with Quad Extraction"
MENTOR: Raj Korpan, Computer Science
 
STUDENT: Jim Pasquale, baseball
TITLE: "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) as a Criminal Defense: A Legal and Policy Analysis"
MENTOR: Paul O'Connell, Criminal Justice
 
STUDENT: Emily Stewart, lacrosse
TITLE: "The Influence of Social Media Opinions on Consumer Behavior"
MENTOR: Lauren Poupis, Marketing & International Business
 
STUDENT: Julia Thomas, volleyball
TITLE: "The Fus3p and Bni1p gene interaction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
MENTOR: Eric Muller, Biology
 
STUDENT: Mia Tovar, women's water polo
TITLE: "What Influence does Perception of Retail Store Value and Key Brand Attributes Have on Brand Loyalty of Retail Customers in the New Digital Age and Across Omni Channels"
MENTOR: Chrissy Martins, Marketing
 
STUDENT: Dante Ubriaco, men's cross country/track
TITLE: "NCAA Cross-Country All-American Indicators"
MENTOR: Alison Munsch, Finance, Business Economics & Legal Studies
 

ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES

BETA ALPHA PSI (Accounting)
Timothy Bergamini, men's water polo
Jenna Daly, women's soccer
Michael Faughnan, men's swimiming & diving
Lucas Haddad, men's swimiming & diving
David Son, men's swimiming & diving
Emily Stewart, women's lacrosse
 
BETA GAMMA SIGMA (Business)
Undergraduate
Timothy Bergamini, men's water polo
James Carey, men's basketball
Megan Josephs, women's swimiming & diving
Jamie Sheeran, softball
Grace Sparrow, women's cross country/track
Emily Stewart, women's lacrosse

Graduate
Graham Baird, men's cross country/track

UPSILON PI EPSILON (Computer Science)
Cara Du Preez, women's cross country/track
Sergey Karpov, men's rowing
 
ALPHA PHI SIGMA (Criminal Justice) (Lambda Gamma Chapter)
Jim Pasquale, baseball
 
PI LAMBDA THETA (Education)
Amber Brewster, women's lacrosse
Samantha Juran, volleyball
 
SIGMA TAU DELTA (English)
Amber Brewster, women's lacrosse
Katelyn Nieves, women's lacrosse
 
SIGMA NU TAU (Entrepreneurship)
William Fleck, golf
Federico Russo, men's soccer
Kendell Thomas, men's soccer
 
MEDIA AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS HONOR SOCIETY
Nick Soldevere, men's cross country/track
Lillian Thomas, volleyball
Lachlan Wellington, men's cross country/track
 
PI MU EPSILON (Mathematics)
Sergey Karpov, men's rowing
 
PSI CHI (Psychology)
Gwyneth Sauter, women's rowing
Tristan Urso, women's swimming & diving
 
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY
Allie Taylor, softball
 
DELTA EPSILON CHAPTER OF DELTA EPSILON SIGMA - National Scholastic Honor Society
History: Emma Jacobs, volleyball
Psychology: Gabrielle Toth, women's cross country/track
Finance: James Carey, men's basketball
Speech Language Pathology & Audiology: Allie Taylor, softball