The DaSilva Academic Center has been completed and is currently being used by faculty and students.
The three-story, state-of-the-art building houses several computer classrooms, a technology center and faculty and administrative office space. Student lounges and a communication arts suite, including a multimedia production lab, are also included in the building. In all, the building comprises more than 37,000 square feet. The building is situated opposite the Campus Center.
"I am so pleased to be able to assist the students of St. John's by helping to fund the construction of a classroom building," said Mr. DaSilva. "I am always impressed by the caliber of education provided to St. John's students. My late son, John, was a beneficiary of that education, and I will be forever grateful for the time he spent with the Vincentian Fathers." A member of the St. John's Hockey Team, John DaSilva was killed in an automobile accident one year after his graduation in 1980.