Monday, August 24, 2009

Events

• Internal Digest

  St. John’s Intensive English Program Partners with China’s Nanfang College 9:00 AM Demonstrating its commitment to academic excellence and global education, St. John’s University’s Intensive English Program (IEP) welcomed 15 new students from Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China to its summer program.

• St. John’s Participates in Yellow Ribbon Program to Assist Post 9/11 Veterans 9:00 AM Providing financial assistance to those who would otherwise be unable to afford a college education is at the heart of St. John’s University’s mission and so we are pleased to announce our participation in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (the “new GI Bill”).

• National Organization Recognizes St. John’s Professor’s Contributions to Public Health 9:00 AM In June 2009, The National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded its Public Health Service Medallion to Frank Barile, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions.

• St. John’s Students Learn about Catholic Social and Moral Teaching at Seminar Sponsored by the Path to Peace Foundation 9:00 AM It’s an opportunity that most Catholics will never experience, and certainly not as young adults. But St. John’s University students Elsen and Susan Jacob recently had the rare opportunity to mingle with the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, and other U.N. diplomats and senior officials and, at the same time, rub elbows with 48 other students from more than a dozen Catholic universities across the United States.

• Kathryn Hutchinson, Ph.D., Appears on CBS Evening News 9:00 AM The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric featured St. John’s University’s Executive Director of Student Wellness, Kathryn Hutchinson, Ph.D., in its Thursday, August 20, 2009 broadcast.

• At St. John’s, “Service Comes in Many Forms,” Says New President’s Society Member 9:00 AM Meet Yvette Clairjeane, 2009-10 President’s Society Member

• Student Life

  Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus 12:00 PM Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus

• Student Services

  Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus 12:00 PM Career Center - On Campus Recruiting Workshop - Queens Campus