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Volume CVI, Issue 7
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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 25, 2022
President Emeritus Brennan O’Donnell Takes On a New Role Mack Olmsted
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Several of the Senior Students Inducted into Epsilon Sigma Pi Honor Society Jaspers across all academic disciplines celebrated their induction this past week.
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Epsilon Sigma Pi Sets Record Number of Inductees in 2022 Andrew Mannion and Isaiah Rosario Epsilon Sigma Pi, the highest scholastic honor society at Manhattan College, welcomed a record high number of 225 new inductees this past weekend, according to manhattan. edu. Epsilon Sigma Pi is open to all undergraduates students of all programs. Induction into this honor society requires a cumulative grade point average of no less than a 3.5. Executive Vice President and Provost William Clyde, Ph.D, explained that despite a record number of inductees, a factor that played a major role
in the size of this inducted class was the size of the graduating class.. Clyde also emphasized the community’s resilience towards the challenges of the past two years for everybody leading up to the 2022 Epsilon Sigma Pi induction. “People are working hard. The last two years have been very challenging for students, faculty and for the whole world,” Clyde said. “There have been some unusual grading pieces in there because of that, but all in all, people have been working hard, hopefully have been learning what they needed to and to be successful out in the world.” Katie Rachman, one of this year’s inductees, felt the cere-
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Epsilon Sigma Pi Sets Record on pg. 1
MC Students Walk for Breast Cancer on pg. 4
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mony was enjoyable. “It was really nicely put together,” Rachman said. “We walked in a procession and then got to watch everyone get their awards and they set up a nice little reception for us after, they did a really great job making us feel special and welcomed.” Being inducted to the highest educational honor society means a lot to the students of the college. Victoria Correia took this opportunity to look back on her hard work. “It felt refreshing and it was just a good accomplishment because it felt like a lot of my work just paid off at that mo __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Manhattan College’s president emeritus, Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D, has recently been selected to join the board of trustees at Misericordia University. O’Donnell was president of Manhattan College from 2009 to 2022. O’Donnell was one of three new board of trustees members that were appointed by Misericordia University. Interim President Brother Daniel Gardner, who took on the role of president after working under O’Donnell for five years, shared his admiration for O’Donnell as well as his history and impact working for Manhattan College. “Brennan O’Donnell established a fine legacy as Manhattan College president during his 13-year tenure,” Gardner wrote in an email to the Quadrangle. “Throughout those years Dr. O’Donnell was able to expand the college’s footprint with the opening of the Raymond W. Kelly ’63 Student Commons, and Patricia and Cornelius J. Higgins ‘62 Engineering and Science Center while also maintaining and reinforcing our core Lasallian principles. He also successfully guided the College through one of the most critical moments in our history during the coronavirus pandemic.” O’Donnell has been involved in the higher education community for multiple decades, working to improve the system for students. He has taken on numerous roles in higher education such as editor of the national magazine, Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, a member of the National Seminar on Jesuit High Education and sat on the board of directors of the Asso-
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English Honor Society Book Drive on pg. 8
ciation of Catholic Colleges and Universities. O’Donnell explained in an email to The Quadrangle how the selection process for the board of trustees works and why colleges reach out to multiple schools to gain different perspectives and experiences to help them improve their goals. “It’s pretty common for presidents or president emeriti of one college to serve on the board of trustees of other schools,” O’Donnell wrote. “Presidents and boards alike appreciate having someone with presidential experience to help guide the mission of the university. It is considered as service to the profession and to higher education in general.” O’Donnell is very passionate about joining the board of trustees at Misericordia University and shares personal connections with the university. O’Donnell explained why he took on this new role and what he hopes to bring to the table to help further Misericordia University’s overall mission. “The president there is in his second year, and he reached out to our professional organization, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), for recommendations on someone who might be a good fit,” O’Donnell wrote. “In addition—as the press release notes—I already had a strong association with the school, it is very close to where I grew up. My mother was an alumna, as was her sister and many other relatives, my high school was a kind of feeder to MU as well, so I know lots of people who have connections with the university. It was in part to recognize these connections that they awarded me an honorary doc __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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