A Year in Pictures: 2012 at St. John's

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St. John's University landed a record number of seven Fulbright Scholars.
At the top of their class, five professors were named to The Princeton Review's "Best 300 Professors."
The School of Law welcomed two Supreme Court Justices – Elena Kagan and Antonin Scalia.
Three-time Pulitzer Prize-nominee and National Book Award-winner Alice McDermott was named the 2012 D'Angelo Chair.
Philosophy Professor Laura Snyder was a featured speaker at the celebrated 2012 TED Global Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moe Harkless, the driving force behind the St. John’s men’s basketball team, earned Big East Rookie of the Year honors.
St. John's students, professors and staff raised $78,600 in contributions for the American Cancer Society (ACS) during the seventh annual, student-run Relay for Life at the Queens campus.
The University held its annual Founder's Week celebration to honor the enduring legacy of St. Vincent de Paul.
Keegan Bradley '08CPS represented the United States in the 2012 Ryder Cup.
The Hugh L. Carey Scholarship made college more affordable for New York City students.
The President's Dinner helped to raise $2.9 million to support scholarships for St. John’s students and strengthen Catholic education throughout the greater New York metropolitan area.
St. John's South Africa service trip taught St. John's students life lessons in empathy.
Undergraduate fencers Daryl Homer and Dagmara Wozniak and former track-and-field star Phobay Kutu-Akoi '09CPS took part in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
The MTV stars of the extremely successful series "Buried Life" came to the University as part of “The Buried Life Mega Tour” and inspired St. John's students to pursue their dreams. 
The New York City Council honored St. John’s University’s Mock Trial Team with a proclamation recognizing the team’s 20th anniversary and its continuing success in preparing students for distinguished legal careers and public service.
St. John's baseball team took the Big East crown.
St. John's music video showcased students' talent and illustrated why support from alumni and friends – even the gift of just a single dollar – is so important.
Emergency efforts kept St. John's students safe and secure during Hurricane Sandy.
More than 1,160 St. John’s University students and over 100 employers packed into Taffner Field House for the annual Academic Internship Fair.
St. John’s University honored more than 3,000 graduates at the 142nd Commencement Exercises.
Talented science students from 14 New York City-area high schools gained an inside look at how to pursue a research career through a new, competitive St. John’s University program.
Alumnus John Franco was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame.
The Language Connection of St. John’s University was selected to host a three-week English for Graduate Studies program for 35 Fulbright foreign students.
St. John’s University was ranked among America’s top institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review’s 2013 guide to “The Best 377 Colleges.”
Parents from across the country sampled the excitement and support that St. John’s offers students at the University’s annual Family Weekend.
St. John's introduced a pilot program that added several days in historic Morocco to the popular Discover France semester at the University’s Paris location.
The St. John's women's basketball team earned its first-ever Sweet 16 berth.
Nearly 3,000 students, faculty and staff filled the Great Lawn as St. John’s University held its annual Spring Fling Carnival.
Winter Carnival captured the spirit of the holiday season.
St. John's storied sports tradition drew national attention when the University's athletics logo was featured on the electronic billboard at One Times Square during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest."
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