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Iona University (/ aɪ ˈ oʊ n ə /) is a private Roman Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York.It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of 45 acres (0.18 km 2) in New Rochelle and a campus of 28 acres (0.11 km 2) in Bronxville, New York.
Iona College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex day school for boys, located in the Brisbane suburb of Lindum Queensland, Australia. Iona is operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate , a religious order that was founded in 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod .
Iona College is a state-integrated girls' school in the Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand's North Island. Founded in 1914 by the Presbyterian Church, it was intended to provide boarding facilities for girls from rural communities. Today, the college has a capped roll of 330 New Zealand and international students – 170 boarders and 160 day girls.
Jeff Ruland, former professional basketball player in the NBA; current college basketball coach; star on 1980 Gaels team that went to the NCAA tournament. Mindaugas Timinskas , former professional basketball player in Europe and member of the Lithuanian national basketball team
Iona University has been competing in Division I basketball since the school's inception in 1940. Their first taste of success came with the ECAC men's basketball tournaments (essentially regional tournaments played by Division I schools that were essentially independent, with Iona being in the Metro) in 1979 and 1980, winning the two years for an autobid to the NCAA Tournament.
Iona is an original member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which began play in men's basketball with the 1981–82 season. The Gaels have compiled the most victories of any MAAC team since the founding of the conference and have won a league record seven MAAC titles.
McKenna returned to Iona College in 1963, and served there as vice president until 1965, when he became the college's 5th president. [1] [2] Under his leadership, the college notably changed from an all-male institution to a coeducational college. [3] The decision, made by the college's board of trustees, was announced by McKenna in November ...
The Iona Gaels Men's Soccer Team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Mazzella Field in New Rochelle.