Monday, July 20, 2009

Events

• Internal Digest

  Ongoing Landscaping Projects Add Beauty to Campuses and Help Reduce St. John’s Carbon Footprint 9:00 AM The plantings are a sign of the University’s commitment to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayoral Challenge for Climate Change for 30 in 10” to reduce the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere by 30 percent.

• St. John’s Students Host Their First Food Composting Event 9:00 AM The event on July 10 provided them with the opportunity to meet Rocket Composter® inventor Simon Webb and to learn how and why, for health and environmental reasons, food waste is being diverted from landfills all across Europe.

• Gate Closures - Queens Campus 9:00 AM On Monday, July 20, 2009, and Tuesday, July 21, 2009, Gates #1, 2 and 3 at the Queens campus will be closed. Public Safety advises the University community to use Gate #4 to enter and exit campus during this construction period.

• 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.

• Campuses

  Portable Professor Workshop-Presentations to Engage Your Students Using PowerPoint 2007, Staten Island 10:00 AM

• Faculty

  Portable Professor Workshop-Presentations to Engage Your Students Using PowerPoint 2007, Staten Island 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop - Create Letter-Perfect Documents with Word 2007 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Audio Podcasting, Queens 1:30 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Facebook, Queens 3:00 PM

• Learning & Development

  Portable Professor Workshop-Presentations to Engage Your Students Using PowerPoint 2007, Staten Island 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop - Create Letter-Perfect Documents with Word 2007 10:00 AM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Audio Podcasting, Queens 1:30 PM

• Portable Professor Workshop-Facebook, Queens 3:00 PM