Get Moving!
Get Moving! is a service and leadership program for incoming first-year Iona University students during the summer. The 2024 program will take place August 20-23.
In this program, you begin your Iona career by being introduced to the University’s mission, values, and traditions through service projects, meeting key administrators, getting to know current student leaders, and having fun!
Get Moving! is a separate program from the New Student Orientations and does not fulfill the orientation requirement.
Join Get Moving!
Join Iona’s Office of Mission & Ministry and Get Moving! to start your college career!This pre-orientation program welcomes 12 Gaels from the class of 2028 to apply to participate in a variety of community service projects and team building activities, while exploring the surrounding New Rochelle and greater New York City area.
This opportunity also affords students the opportunity to move into dorms early, and to meet administrators, faculty and student leaders prior to the start of the academic year.
Apply by July 15
Dates: August 20-23, 2024
Cost: $200.00
Program Highlights
SERVICE PROJECTS
- Building affordable housing with The Fuller Center
- Serving meals at Hope Community Services
- Serving those experiencing homelessness on a Midnight Run
FUN ACTIVITIES
- Yankees Game
- Escape Room
MAKE CONNECTIONS
- Explore New Rochelle and NYC
- Connect with Iona faculty, staff, administrators and student Leaders
For more information, please contact Sean P. D'Alfonso, Ed.D., director of the Office of Mission & Ministry, at sdalfonso@iona.edu or (914) 633-2632.
Get Moving! is co-sponsored by the Office of Mission & Ministry, the Office of Study Abroad & Service-Learning, the Office of Off-Campus Housing, the Office of Residential Life and the Office of Student Development.
