In his current civilian career, Fay is the executive vice president of Worldwide Property and Casualty Claims at CNA Insurance. <\/p>\n
Fay attributed his professional successes to the values he learned at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s, as well as in the Army. He said, “I have had a very exciting and rewarding insurance career, and I was fortunate enough to be given the great honor and privilege to serve the American people in the United States Army and the United States Army Reserve for 38 years. My Jesuit education here at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s was the foundation for those professional accomplishments.”<\/p>\n
For their commitment to this same Jesuit education, 11 senior students were inducted into the oldest scholarship society at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s during the Convocation – the Most Noble Order of the Peacock (MNOP). This honor is bestowed to top students for attaining the highest scholastic average in all courses throughout their first three years at the University. As fellow students, parents and others looked on, Taofik Oladipupo, Semiray Kasoolu, Nicholas Pucci, Jamie Lisanti, Ayush Neupane, Alexander Frakes, Zhenyi Zhang, Yanitsa Toneva, Nicholas Lambrianou, Michael Marmora and Ali Hassan were welcomed into this year’s MNOP society.<\/p>\n
In being inducted into the society, Lisanti accomplished a dream she set out to achieve when first entering Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s. “When I was a freshman and heard about this honor, I told myself that I wanted to try my best to get it while still balancing playing soccer and all of my other extracurricular activities. Now as a graduating senior, I am proud to say I have maintained my high GPA.”<\/p>\n
Fellow inductee Semiray Kasoolu also realized a personal goal in becoming a member of the MNOP. “I’m an international student from Bulgaria [and] joining the ranks of all the top undergraduates throughout the University’s history is a way for me to give back to the University and in justifying their admission and scholarship decision three years earlier.”<\/p>\n
Throughout the Convocation, additional students received achievement awards in all academic areas, including the sciences, arts and business, among many others.<\/p>\n
Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., president of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s University, congratulated the students, faculty and parents on their successes. He encouraged the students to be prepared for where life may take them by “studying and becoming as well educated as you can be. By listening and getting to know your teachers. By welcoming your experiences and embracing challenges. By being generous of mind and spirit. By developing an interior life through reading and writing, reflection and prayer.” <\/p>\n
In closing the Convocation, this advice served as a powerful message to students – through hard work, dedication and discipline, life is limitless.<\/p>\n
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Pictured are the MNOP inductees with Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., president of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s University. First row, from left: Dr. Cornacchia, Taofik Oladipupo, Jamie Lisanti. Second row: Nicholas Lambrianou, Michael Marmora, Ali Hassan. <\/span>Third row: Semiray Kasoolu, Alexander Frakes, <\/span>Zhenyi Zhang, <\/span>Ayush Neupane. Top row: Nicholas Pucci<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alumnus returns to Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s for event that honors student achievement in academics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-current-students","category-faculty-staff","category-future-students"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n