Monday, June 29, 2009

Events

• Internal Digest

  School Administrators Unite for Catholic School Principal's Executive Leadership Institute 9:00 AM The 11th annual Catholic School Principal’s Executive Leadership Institute convened at St. John’s Queens campus yesterday hosted by the University’s School of Education (SOE). The event, sponsored by Frank Dinger, Chairman of the Board of the Sadlier Corporation, was attended by more than 100 administrators from New York State and Metropolitan Area Catholic schools.

• Parking Advisory - Queens Campus 9:00 AM Due to necessary gate repair work at St. John’s Queens campus, Gate #4 located at Union Turnpike and 175th Street will be closed starting on Monday, June 29 and will reopen on Monday, July 6, 2009. The closure affects only the vehicle gates.

• Whole Foods’ Community Giving Day Will Enable St. John’s Strategic Partner to Fund Low-Income Entrepreneurs 9:00 AM Grameen America, a non-profit microfinance organization dedicated to the eradication of poverty, teamed up with Whole Foods Market on June 24 for a “Community Giving Day.” Five percent of net sales at the retail grocer’s five Manhattan locations on that day will be donated to support low-income entrepreneurs in New York City.

• New Language-Learning Software Prepares St. John’s Students for Global Citizenship 9:00 AM St. John’s University’s Academic Computing Initiative continues to expand, and students are again the prime beneficiaries. This fall, St. John’s is providing students with access to advanced language-learning technology on their laptop computers. An exciting, new web-based program, TELL ME MORE®, is being installed on all incoming freshmen’s laptops, which are being distributed at Orientations held throughout the summer.

• "Three Cups of Tea" Selected as Summer Reading for Incoming St. John’s Freshmen 9:00 AM For the fourth year in a row, incoming St. John’s University freshmen have been assigned a special Summer Reading Project. Each of them has received a copy of the inspiring best-seller, "Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time," by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, and will be expected to discuss the book in several settings, including their Discover New York class, in the fall.

• Campuses

  Portable Professor Workshop-YouTube - Broadcast Yourself, Staten Island 2:00 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Cooliris: Discover More, Staten Island 3:30 PM

• Student Life

  Campus Recreation - Bellydance - Queens Campus 1:00 AM Campus Recreation - Bellydance - Queens Campus

• Campus Recreation - Spin - Queens Campus 1:00 AM Campus Recreation - Spin - Queens Campus

• Faculty

  Portable Professor Workshop-Online Course Tools using St. John's Central, Queens 9:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Response Systems (Clickers), Queens 1:30 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-YouTube - Broadcast Yourself, Staten Island 2:00 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop - The Fine Art of Tagging, Queens 3:00 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Cooliris: Discover More, Staten Island 3:30 PM

• Learning & Development

  Portable Professor Workshop-Online Course Tools using St. John's Central, Queens 9:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Response Systems (Clickers), Queens 1:30 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-YouTube - Broadcast Yourself, Staten Island 2:00 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop - The Fine Art of Tagging, Queens 3:00 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Cooliris: Discover More, Staten Island 3:30 PM