Outside the classroom, Iona students can join more than 75 campus clubs, including about 10 fraternities and sororities. Student athletes can play at the recreational level or try out for the Iona College Gaels varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Gaels are people with Irish-Gaelic ancestry, such as the Congregation of Christian Brothers, who founded Iona College in 1940.
Spandex is a synthetic or man-made fiber manufactured from polyurethane. It is lightweight, highly stretchy and elastic, strong, durable, and non-absorbent to water and oils. First produced in the United States in 1959 by DuPont, it was marketed under the trademarked name Lycra.
What is PEX? PEX is an acronym for crosslinked polyethylene. It is a flexible, durable, proven piping product that has been used in plumbing systems for more than 20 years. PEX tubing wonât pit, scale or corrode and, because of its flexibility, it also offers potential freeze-damage protection. Uponor plumbing systems feature PEX-a tubing, which is considered the superior PEX tubing manufacturing method in the industry.