St. John’s Athletes Host Special-Needs Students from NYC
St. John’s University student-athletes welcomed more than 250 special-needs children from New York City schools to the Queens, NY, campus on April 26 for a morning of soccer, basketball, and old-fashioned fun.
Topping-Off Ceremony Marks New Phase and Mission of St. Vincent Health Sciences Center
On a bright, sun-splashed morning at St. John’s University’s Queens, NY, campus, the final piece of steel in the construction of the innovative St. Vincent Health Sciences Center was hoisted three stories above a cheering crowd.
The School of Education Celebrates Student Achievement at Awards Ceremony
More than 100 people attended the Dean’s Convocation Awards ceremony on April 18 as The School of Education celebrated St. John’s University’s mission , academic quality, and student achievement. “It...
Relay For Life® Inspires Students to Make an Impact on the Lives of Others
On a beautiful spring evening begging to be spent outdoors, more than 400 St. John’s University students instead chose to be inside Carnesecca Arena on the Queens , NY, campus to join the fight...
Students Recognize Earth Day with Garden Dedication Ceremony
The St. John’s University community celebrated Earth Day on Friday, April 21, with a symbolic rededication of the organic garden and arboretum on the west end of the Queens , NY, campus. The event...
St. John’s Community Members Complete R.C.I.A. Process
Fifteen members of the St. John’s University community made their commitment to a life of faith by receiving the Sacraments of Initiation at St. Thomas More Church on Sunday, April 16, an uplifting conclusion to almost a year of study and reflection through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.).
St. John’s University’s New Health Sciences Center Takes Shape
In the 11 months since the ceremonial groundbreaking, the skeleton of the new St. Vincent Health Sciences Center has slowly and steadily taken shape and changed the landscape of the expansive Great...
Holocaust Survivor Shares Message of Hope with St. John’s Community
On Holocaust Remembrance Day , a survivor of Nazi Germany’s attempt to exterminate European Jews delivered a message of hope to the St. John’s University community. Manfred “Manny” Korman, 91, of...
D’Angelo Lecture Highlights Divisive Times for the United States
“I’ve never lived in angrier times than right now.” That was the observation made by Owen Flanagan, Ph.D., the 2023 Peter P. and Margaret A. D’Angelo Chair in the Humanities at St. John’s University, during the annual lecture held on April 3 in the D’Angelo Center on the Queens, NY, campus.
Future Johnnies Celebrate Accepted Student Day
St. John’s University welcomed more than 1,700 high school seniors, graduate candidates, and their families as they converged on the Queens, NY, campus on Saturday, April 15, for Accepted Student Day.