Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Events

• Internal Digest

  St. John's University Expands Partnership with MillionTreesNY to its Staten Island Campus 9:00 AM St. John's University is furthering its commitment to protecting the environment by partnering with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York Restoration Project’s MillionTreesNYC initiative and extending tree planting to include its Staten Island campus.

• Global Language and Culture Center to Open at St. John’s 9:00 AM The new Center, as currently conceived, will be located in Council Hall, and will be sectioned into individual language areas where students can experience a particular language and culture through conversation, television broadcasts and other presentations—in essence, become totally immersed in that language and culture.

• Human Resources to Showcase Enrollment Management at Department Showcase Series 9:00 AM On Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 3 p.m., the Office of Human Resources will feature the Office of Enrollment Management as the next department in its informative Department Showcase Series.

• A Dream Comes True: Student Earns Admission to St. John’s Elite President’s Society 9:00 AM This spring, 29 new members were inducted into St. John’s University’s President’s Society. This most prestigious organization is made up of students whose scholarship, integrity and maturity are accompanied by leadership skills demonstrated by their significant contribution to the extracurricular life at St. John’s.

• St. John’s Students Deepen Faith and Help Pilgrims at Lourdes, France 9:00 AM Once again demonstrating their commitment to their faith and St. John’s University’s tradition of service, a group of St. John’s students participated in Campus Ministry’s third annual service pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, this past June.

• A Dream Comes True: Student Earns Admission to St. John’s Elite President’s Society 9:00 AM 29 new members were inducted into St. John’s University’s President’s Society. This most prestigious organization is made up of students whose scholarship, integrity and maturity are accompanied by leadership skills demonstrated by their significant contribution to the extracurricular life at St. John’s.

• Rome Commencement Marks 13th Anniversary for St. John’s 9:00 AM University to Confer Master’s Degrees to Students in Business, Liberal Studies

• Admin/Staff

  HR Workshop - Employee Assistance Program: Managing Stress in this Economic Environment, Staten Island 12:30 PM

• HR Department Showcase: Enrollment Management, Queens 3:00 PM

• Campuses

  Portable Professor Workshop-Delivering Effective Presentations Using PowerPoint 2007, Staten Island 10:00 AM

• Student Life

  Student Wellness - Mindfulness Meditation - Queens Campus 12:00 PM Student Wellness - Mindfulness Meditation - Queens Campus

• Alumni

  Office of Institutional Advancement - 2009 Staten Island Golf Outing 11:00 AM

• Faculty

  Portable Professor Workshop - Use Spreadsheets Creatively with Excel 2007, Queens 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Delivering Effective Presentations Using PowerPoint 2007, Staten Island 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Web 2.0 Tools Showcase, Queens 1:30 PM

• HR Department Showcase: Enrollment Management, Queens 3:00 PM

• Learning & Development

  Portable Professor Workshop - Use Spreadsheets Creatively with Excel 2007, Queens 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Delivering Effective Presentations Using PowerPoint 2007, Staten Island 10:00 AM

• HR Workshop - Employee Assistance Program: Managing Stress in this Economic Environment, Staten Island 12:30 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Web 2.0 Tools Showcase, Queens 1:30 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop - Video Podcasting: Are You a Talking Head?, Queens 3:00 PM

• HR Department Showcase: Enrollment Management, Queens 3:00 PM