Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Events

• Internal Digest

  St. John’s Faculty and Administrators Take Virtual Tour of Rome and Paris Facilities 9:00 AM The associate directors of St. John’s University’s European campuses visited the Queens campus on May 19 to give faculty and administrators an enticing glimpse of their respective “turfs” and to describe the amenities available at each.

• Year End Convocation 9:00 AM This Convocation is an occasion to honor members of the St. John’s Community whose service to our University deserves recognition.

• Second Employee Class Completes Life-Changing Vincentian Mission Certificate Program 9:00 AM This month twenty-seven employees became the second cohort to earn their Vincentian Mission Certificates (VMC), joining the first cohort of 57 employees who graduated in 2008. The graduates represented 19 different areas of the University.

• Biology Professor Takes Undergraduates on a Journey to the National Cancer Research Symposium 9:00 AM Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Timothy Carter, Ph.D. and eight undergraduate students enrolled in the capstone course “Biology of Cancer” recently returned from Denver, CO where they joined more than 17,000 members of the international research community at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) .

• Twenty-eighth Annual Alumni Convocation 9:00 AM The Board of Trustees and President of St. John’s University cordially invite you to attend the Twenty-eighth Annual Alumni Convocation.

• Manhattan Campus Hosts Annual Convention of American Association of Italian Studies 9:00 AM For the first time in its history, the American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS), an organization composed of college and university professors who teach Italian language and literature, held its annual convention at the Manhattan Campus of St. John’s University. The convention, which ran from May 7-10, attracted about 450 scholars from all over the world.

• St. John’s Awards Student Videos That “Capture the Storm” 9:00 AM The Capture the Storm contest, co-sponsored by Student Affairs and the Office of Marketing and Communications, was a huge success with a total of 27 video entries. During the month-long contest in April, undergraduate students submitted YouTube videos on topics ranging from their best moments throughout the school year to highlights of a study abroad semester in Rome.

• Admin/Staff

  Queens Walking Club 12:15 PM

• Staten Island Walking Club 1:30 PM

• In Memoriam

  Regina Abrams - Conference Services Assistant 9:00 AM

• Campuses

  Queens Walking Club 12:15 PM

• Staten Island Walking Club 1:30 PM

• Student Life

  Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus 10:00 AM Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus

• Student Services

  Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus 10:00 AM Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus

• Faculty

  Queens Walking Club 12:15 PM

• Staten Island Walking Club 1:30 PM