Le Moyne College News

More than 900 students are eligible to process at two Le Moyne College commencement ceremonies taking place on Friday, May 19 and Sunday, May 21 as the College celebrates its 73 rd commencement weekend. On Sunday, May 21 at the undergraduate commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. at the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, 623 students are eligible to participate, with 224 receiving a Bachelor of Arts and 386 receiving a Bachelor of Science. (Several students ar...

New Heights , Le Moyne’s alumni magazine, recently received third place in the “Alumni Magazine of the Year” category in the Catholic Media Association's (CMA) annual competition. The competition is open to all Catholic ​higher education ​institutions across the U.S. Here's what judges stated in their writeup: Two standout additions bump this publication above many other alumni magazines. One is asking grads what campus lif...

Erica Brandt, left, who will receive her Master’s in occupational therapy, will be the speaker at the graduate commencement ceremony on Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m. in the Event Center. A native of Medina, Ohio, Brandt graduated from Dallas Baptist University in 2003 with a B.A. in sociology. After spending 12 years raising three children as a stay at home mom, she earned an associate’s degree as an occupational therapy assistant. Brandt worked in the field and ...

Le Moyne College has accepted an invitation to become a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) starting in fall 2023, a decision that follows a comprehensive study and discernment process involving all key campus constituencies. In joining with the eight other institutions who are NEC members, Le Moyne’s 21 NCAA teams will move from Division II to Division I, allowing them to showcase its athletics programs in some of the nation’s largest markets while competing a...

Le Moyne's ERIE21 program has been awarded substantial funding from the Syracuse City School District (SCSD). The recently signed $249,000 agreement will enable ERIE21 to continue its traditional academic and summer programming - focused on coding, robotics, engineering and innovation - for SCSD students in grades 6-12, while also expanding the program’s reach to incorporate fifth grade students and teachers into an introductory coding program. With these funds, ERIE2...

Joe Tesori ‘71, who has enjoyed a long and successful career as a golf coach and instructor, and played on the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) tour for two years, will receive Le Moyne’s highest honor, the Simon Le Moyne Award, at the Founders’ Day Gala on Friday, Oct. 20. “I am so honored and humbled to be recognized by Le Moyne in such a meaningful way,” said Tesori. “Ever since I was a student at Le Moyne more than 50 years ago, I h...

In a ceremony held on April 21, Le Moyne President Linda LeMura was presented with the William Pearson Tolley Medal for Adult Education and Lifelong Learning from Syracuse University. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in lifelong and continuing education and is named for former Syracuse University Chancellor William Pearson Tolley, one of the nation’s pre-eminent leaders in higher education who retired in 1969 after serving as SU’s chancellor for 27 years. "I&...