College of Pharmacy Alumnus Prepares First COVID-19 Vaccine in NYC
After combating the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly a year, hope—in the form of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine —arrived in a United Parcel Service (UPS) van on December 14 to Long Island Jewish...
Young Vincentian Alumnus Cultivates Vocations
Rev. Luis Romero, C.M. ’14C has been assigned as the new Vocation Director for the Congregation of the Mission of the Eastern Province . He is headquartered in an office located in St. Thomas More...
Alumnus Opens Shuttered Restaurants to Serve the Community
When successful restaurateur Martin Whelan ’84CBA attended St. John’s University, the Vincentian mission took root inside him—and it has since found expression in the many and varied ways he serves...
Joseph H. and Maria C. Schwartz Presidential Scholars Endowed Scholarship Fund Announced
St. John’s University is pleased to announce a major philanthropic commitment from Trustee Emeritus Joseph H. Schwartz ’70C, ’72MBA, ’09HON and his wife, Maria, to establish the Joseph H. and Maria C...
Alumnus and Navy Veteran Reflects on Storied Marketing and Communications Career
When Geoffrey Toole ’77SVC applied to colleges, the only school that held his accepted seat while he completed his military service was St. John’s University. “St. John’s was not just the only school...
Greatest Generation Alumnus Recalls a Life Well Lived
Throughout his 98 years, Edward Toriello, Sr. ’44C has seen the best and the worst of life. Five months after graduating from St. John’s University in August of 1944, he found himself in the Ardennes...
Alumnus Hopes to Achieve Greater Artist Equity through Music Streaming Platform
Fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit and a love of music, Jervel Plaisir ’20GCCPS is working to provide developing artists and performers with a unique platform to present their music to the world. The...
Forty Years of DC Alumni Networking Celebrated
For the last 40 years, the annual St. John’s University Alumni Insider’s View of the US Capital program has brought students and alumni together in Washington, DC, for a networking opportunity that...
Alumni of Sigma Chi Upsilon Make a Difference
For the brothers of Sigma Chi Upsilon fraternity at St. John’s University, the tragedy of September 11, 2001, will always elicit an especially poignant memory. It was on that terrible day that three...
Gloria Pazmino ’10CPS: Local Journalist Reflects on Family, Citizenship, and Lifelong Learning
Like the strikingly divergent geography of her native Colombia—the South American country that boasts the world’s highest coastal mountain range as well as sun-splashed tropical beaches—Gloria Pazmino...