Le Moyne College News

Norrell Edwards, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and the 75th Anniversary Endowed Professor of Humanities, has been awarded a $60,000 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education program. The two-year grant represents the maximum award possible under this highly competitive program; in this round of competition, the NEH received nearly 100 applications and funded only 22 projects, with the Le Moyne ...

Evelyn C. Ingram, who serves as director of community relations for the Central New York Region of Wegmans Food Markets, will be the commencement speaker for the 2024 graduate ceremony, which will take place on Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. in the Event Center on the Le Moyne campus. Ingram has served on Le Moyne Board of Trustees since 2020. In her role at Wegmans, Ingram’s primary responsibilities are oversight of activities in the community investment and media relations ar...

A $1 million gift has established the Wright, III '85 and Cathy Lassiter Endowed Head Men's Basketball Coach. The gift is the first seven-figure athletic gift in College history and the first time a coaching position has been endowed. During the first four month of 2024, the College has received one eight-figure gift and four seven-figure gifts. "We are profoundly grateful to Wright and Cathy for this milestone gift," said Jim Joseph '83 Ed.D. '23, vice ...

Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan Mother Whatwehni:neh of the Onondaga Nation, will give the undergraduate commencement address as part of Le Moyne College’s 74 th commencement ceremony, which will be held on Sunday, May 19 at 9:30 a.m. in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds

Le Moyne College has announced a record $12 million gift by James Carroll, Ph.D., a graduate of the class of 1966, that will name the College of Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne. The announcement was made to faculty, staff and students at an on-campus event on Tuesday, March 26. The gift will name Arts and Sciences as the Dr. James J. ’66 and Mary A. Carroll College of Arts and Sciences. Jim, a double major in history and political science at Le Moyne, retired last month fro...

At last night’s Le Moyne in New York gala, the College announced an anonymous $7 million gift that will be used to establish and fund the William J. Bosch, S.J., Teaching and Learning Center. The creation of the center is an important investment in academic excellence, which is a key priority of Le Moyne’s  Tomorrow Together  strategic plan. The naming of the center came on an evening where Father Bosch’s many contributions were celebrated by ...

Frank Haig S.J., who served as Le Moyne’s seventh president from 1981 to 1987, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the age of 95. During his presidency Father Haig was instrumental in developing initiatives that focused on Indigenous peoples; among these were an annual lecture on the Iroquois, scholarship aid for Native American students, and a 1985 Kateri Tekakwitha conference that brought 2,500 to campus. A charismatic speaker, he was highly engaged in the regional community and beca.....