Le Moyne College News

Michael F. Melara '81 and Lisa Mannella Melara ‘85 have been selected as the honorees for the 2022 Founders’ Day Gala. At the event, which will be held on campus on Friday, Oct. 21, the Melaras will be presented with the Simon Le Moyne Award, the highest honor given by Le Moyne. It will be the first in-person Founders’ Day since 2019. “I’m so proud to recognize both Mike and Lisa with this prestigious award,” said Le Moyne President Linda...

Derek McGork ‘97, a 23-year veteran of the Syracuse Police Department (SPD), has been selected from a strong pool of candidates to become the College’s director of security. Currently one of four individuals serving as deputy chief for a police force with an authorized strength of 423 sworn officers and 165 civilian personnel, McGork will begin in his new position on Monday, Aug. 1. “I’m proud and excited to return to my alma mater to serve our s...

I am writing to you today as I, and no doubt you, reflect on the implications for our society of recent Supreme Court decisions relating to regulations intended to reduce gun violence, the constitutional right to an abortion, and the ability of federal agencies to establish environmental policy to mitigate the dangerous effects of climate change. The first words of Le Moyne’s mission statement rightly proclaim that we are “a diverse learning community.” Mindful of this di...

In November, Le Moyne President Linda LeMura will be inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame, joining six others in the organization’s 2022 class. The seven were introduced at a press conference held yesterday at the hall of fame, located in Driver’s Village in Cicero. She was introduced at the event by Joe Russo ‘70, a member of the hall of fame's board. “If you live in Central New York, you undoubtedly know Dr. Linda LeMura...

The Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863 did not immediately end slavery in the United States. In parts of the country there were still Black people who were forced to work illegally for their slave masters. On June 19, 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of the Emancipation Proclamation and realized that for two years they had been exploited by their slave owners despite the change in their legal status from enslaved to free. Since 1866, June .....

A recent article that ran in The Tablet, an international Catholic news weekly, about  the creation of a new department of culture and education , mentioned President Linda LeMura in a discussion of possible candidates to head the department. The article includes this passage: “Another talent pool of potential leaders can be found among the increasing number of women have been appointed to lead Jesuit Catholic universities. The first of these was Dr. Linda LeMura who has been Pr...

It was a reunion to remember, as classes ending with 0, 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 made their way to the Heights this past weekend to celebrate the first reunion held by the College since 2019. Nearly 1,000 alumni took part in the three-day event, which began with a spiritual retreat on Friday morning that was attended by 22 alums. Later that day, several class parties - perhaps the most popular feature of the weekend - took place in various locations around campus. Members of classes by decade &nda...