St. John’s Staten Island Campus Embarks on Public Health Research Project
St. John’s University embraces the Staten Island community as a partner in its Vincentian service, education, and academic research.
Milestone Year for St. John’s Relay For Life®
A record 1,962 students joined in solidarity at the Queens campus on April 21 to raise more than $137,200 for the fight against cancer at St. John’s 12th Annual Relay For Life®—bringing the total raised by the University’s students since 2006 to more than $1 million.
Bridging Gaps To Live Your Faith
St. John’s University’s Campus Ministry and Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Vincentian Mission Institute’s Cohort IV, cosponsored the Inaugural Interfaith Dialogue and Dinner on March 28 in Taffner Field House. The evening’s theme, “Bridging Gaps to Live Your Faith in the American Culture,” focused on St. Vincent de Paul’s question, “What must be done?”
R.C.I.A. Offers a Life of Faith
Twenty-one St. John’s University students and employees made their commitment to a life of faith by receiving the Sacraments of Initiation at St. Thomas More Church on Sunday, April 23. It was an uplifting conclusion to eight months of study and reflection through the Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.).
SJU Conference Seeks to Eradicate Human Trafficking
Sharing her personal story of surviving and combating the scourge of human trafficking, activist Donna Hubbard urged more than 250 guests at a St. John’s University conference to remember that we, as a society, are the true key to confronting and ending this global crisis.
SJU Debate Society Coaches Native American Students in Rhetorical Skills
“Being a student means learning from every situation—and from the people around you,” said Amber Hatcher ’18C about a recent trip St. John’s University’s Debate Society (SJUDS) took to five tribal colleges in Montana, where they helped students strengthen their skills at public speaking, deliberation, and advocacy.
St. John’s Law Students Spend Spring Break Bridging the Justice Gap
The Public Interest Center sent students to New Orleans, LA and San Antonio, TX over spring break to assist local legal services organizations.
Students Respond to St. Vincent’s Call to Service
From Rome, Italy, to Elmhurst, Queens, more than 150 College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences faculty, students, administrators, and staff celebrated St. Vincent de Paul’s feast day in a way that would make him proud.
Beyond the Bicentennial Conference: The Promise of Vincentian Higher Education
Continuing the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the first Vincentian missionaries to the United States, representatives from St. John’s University, DePaul University, and Niagara University came together to discuss the future of Vincentian higher education at a conference convened in New York City on November 11–12.
Law School Welcomes New Chaplain
St. John's Law is pleased to introduce our new chaplain, Rev. John W. Gouldrick, C.M., who joined us last month.