Founder’s Week Explores Global Impact of Vincentian Charism
Echoing the passage from Matthew’s Gospel—“I was a stranger and you welcomed me”—St. John’s 23rd annual Founder’s Week celebrated the University’s Vincentian heritage with programs, lectures, and service opportunities evoking the theme of “Welcome the Stranger.”
Students Make a Difference as Academic Service-Learning Expands
Eager to see South Africa and help those in need, Carissa Herb, a junior at St. John’s University, achieved both those goals by enrolling in a popular philosophy course this past spring.
A Champion of Human Dignity: Cardinal Turkson Praises Campus Culture
Throughout his address at St. John’s University’s 2017 Commencement Exercises, His Eminence Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson invoked love’s power to combat inequities around the world—including the growing scourge of homelessness.
Bishop John O. Barres Delivers Annual Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Lecture
St. John’s University launched its 23rd Founder’s Week celebration by welcoming Most Reverend John O. Barres, S.T.D., J.C.L., D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, to the annual Vincentian Convocation on September 21.
The Academic Service-Learning Faculty Award
Following the mission of St. John’s University and in the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul, Marilyn Dono-Koulouris, Ed.D, Associate Professor, Staten Island Campus Discover New York (DNY) Program Coordinator, is the 2017 recipient of The Academic Service-Learning Faculty Award, awarded at the Faculty Convocation on August 29th on the Queens campus.
Trip across the Atlantic Complements Students’ Africana Studies Course Work
When six St. John’s undergraduates joined Konrad Tuchscherer, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Africana Studies, on a two-week trip through Cameroon in May, they not only got an inside look at the country of more than 23 million, they saw firsthand the benefits of experiential learning.
“SJU in Cameroon” Emphasizes Development, Sustainability, and Social Justice
As six St. John’s University students ascended the 6,500 foot Mount Mbapit in Cameroon this past summer, they laughed recalling the requirement to train with intense cardio in the SJU Fitness Center before joining the study abroad trip.
St. John’s Hosts Law School Access to Justice Conference
On May 18, 2017, St. John’s Law hosted the Sixth Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference.
SJU Exceeds all Schools in Donations at Blood Drive
St. John’s University received recognition from Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop of Brooklyn, NY, and the New York Blood Center for making significant donations during the Diocese of Brooklyn’s 2016 Blood Drive Campaign.
St. John’s Mourns the Passing of Most Reverend Thomas V. Daily, Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn
Bishop Thomas V. Daily was born on September 23, 1927, in Belmont, Mass.; ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston on January 10, 1952; and ordained a bishop on February 11, 1975.