5 Things for the Week Ahead

1) Columbus Day Ceremony, Monday, 3 p.m. Hudson Park and Beach, 94 Hudson Pk Rd, New Rochelle, NY The Calabria Society will hold its annual Columbus Day Ceremony at the Christopher Columbus Statue in Hudson Park Monday, Oct. 8. The event will begin approximately at 3 p.m., when the marchers return from the Columbus Day parade in New York City.

2) Pelham Manor Village Board Meeting, Monday, 8:15 p.m. 4 Penfield Pl.

3) Confronting Bullying, The College of New Rochelle will host Richard Cardillo, Education Director of the National School Climate Center, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Sweeney Campus Center on the Main Campus of CNR.

Cardillo will speak on “Confronting Bullying: Turning Bystanders into Upstanders” the second event in a two-part series presented by the School of Arts and Sciences Departments of Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Education and the Center for Education Policy and Practice to engage the community in taking an active stance to address bullying. This will be an interactive presentation by Mr. Cardillo.

For further information about the lecture, contact Dr. Amy Meyers at: (914) 654-5853 or by e-mail:ameyers@cnr.edu.

4) Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Mainstream Classrooms-Local Authors Series, Thursday, Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m. Pelham Public Library. Pelham SEPTA hosts author Barbara Boronson for a discussion of autism and education.

5) CNR Trustee Gala. The College of New Rochelle will close the Inaugural Year of President Judith Huntington with a celebration of the legacy of Sr. Dorothy Ann Kelly, O.S.U., the 11th President of the College, at The Trustee Gala on Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Glen Island Harbour Club. For further information regarding the Gala visit: www.cnr.edu/gala12