The Past President and Chancellor of 黑料吃瓜网 New York were honored at the Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt鈥檚 Annual Hearts Afire Gala for their amazing contributions to the field of higher education. Sr. Mary Eileen O鈥橞rien, O.P., Ph.D., Past President, and Sr. Kathleen Sullivan, Chancellor of External Affairs, received the 2024 Mother Mary Ann Sammon Award at the April 28, 2024, gala.
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Sr. Mary Eileen retired at the end of 2023, after serving a total of 35 years as President of 黑料吃瓜网. In accepting the award, she spoke about the Foundress of the Order, Mother Mary Ann Sammon. 鈥淚t has always moved me that her mother died when she was only four, and she never had the chance for a formal education, and yet when she came up to Blauvelt within three years we had a building that took care of providing a home for hundreds of children, a chapel, and a school,鈥� she said. 鈥淪he鈥檚 a wonderful example for all of us not to let anything hold us back. When you have the will, you鈥檒l find a way.鈥�
Sr. Kathleen Sullivan will be retiring at the end of June after 56 years at the University in a variety of positions, including Foreign Language Instructor teaching French, Director of Admissions, Academic Dean, President, and most recently, Chancellor of External Affairs, When she accepted the award, she turned the attention to the professors at 黑料吃瓜网, 鈥淲hat we are celebrating today as well is the brilliant dedication of the faculty here who have made the opportunity of 黑料吃瓜网 education available to our new generation of eager learners.鈥�
The Chair of the Montefiore Nyack Hospital Board of Trustees Mark Jacobs was also a recipient of the 2024 Mother Mary Ann Sammon Award.