Iona College Wins Highest Honor at 27th Annual Communicator Awards
Iona wins Digital Award of Excellence for renovated website
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Iona College has been recognized with a Digital Award of Excellence for its completely redesigned website in the 27th Annual Communicator Awards, the leading international awards program honoring excellence, effectiveness and innovation across all areas of communication.
An Award of Excellence – the highest honor – is given to those whose ability to communicate positions them as the best in the field. With nearly 5,000 entrants from around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program for creative communications professionals.
Iona’s new website reflects the dynamic impact of an Iona education and fulfills the College’s legacy of excellence. The sleek, easy-to-maneuver and aesthetically pleasing site turns a fresh page and begins a new chapter at Iona. The launch of the new website was part of a comprehensive reimagining of the College’s logo and brand. Iona worked closely with two agency partners, mStoner for the website and Lawrence & Schiller for the rebranding.
“We are honored and thrilled to be recognized among other prestigious organizations for our hard work. Thank you to mStoner for their tremendous partnership throughout the process of completely revamping our website,” said Mary Clare Reilley, vice president for Iona College Marketing & Communications. “The site is a lot fresher, and the layout is so much cleaner. Things are more discoverable now, too, and it is a better representation of the kind of vibrant energy that you’ll find on Iona’s campus.”
mStoner, which specializes in website redesign for higher education institutions, submitted the project for consideration. The agency worked hand-in-hand with Iona to create an entirely new platform and engaging new content, focusing specifically on providing the best possible user experience. Over 2,000 pages were refreshed and transferred to the new platform with lively, interactive, informative and accessible content.
Explore the new Iona website at iona.edu or learn more about the renewed Iona brand by watching this launch video.
ABOUT IONA
Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona is widely recognized in prestigious rankings, including The Princeton Review’s 2025 national list of “The Best 390 Colleges” and The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse’s “2024 Best Colleges in America,” which ranked Iona at #66 in the nation overall and #8 in the nation among Catholic schools. Iona’s LaPenta School of Business is also accredited by AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just six percent of business schools worldwide. In addition, The Princeton Review recognized Iona’s on-campus MBA program as a “Best Business School for 2023.” Iona also offers a fully online MBA program for even greater flexibility. In July 2021, Iona announced the establishment of the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences, which is now principally located on Iona’s Bronxville campus in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian. Connecting to its Irish heritage, the University also recently announced it is expanding abroad with a new campus in County Mayo, Ireland. A school on the rise, Iona officially changed its status from College to University on July 1, 2022, reflecting the growth of its academic programs and the prestige of an Iona education.