Notre Dame College became part of St. John’s University in 1971. Since that time the Notre Dame College Alumnae Association has kept the legacy of their own beloved institution alive and well on the Staten Island campus. Their members get together for a wonderful homecoming every year.

Read about the 2013 Notre Dame College Alumnae Association Reunion.

History
The Notre Dame College of Staten Island was founded by the Congregation de Notre Dame of Montreal, Canada, in 1932. 

In the early 1930’s, Herbert Gans and his wife befriended Mother Saint Egbert, later known as Sister Helen Flynn, a Sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame. The Gans Family sold their mansion to the new Notre Dame College, a Catholic undergraduate college for women.  The home was re-named Flynn Hall after the college’s foundress, Sr. Helen Flynn.

Notre Dame College served the community as a premier women’s college for nearly 40 years. During the late 1960’s, when it became difficult for small colleges to survive, Terence Cardinal Cooke, then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, asked the Vincentian Fathers of St. John’s University to integrate Notre Dame College, so that Catholic higher education would remain a vibrant presence in the Staten Island community and the surrounding areas.

Thus was born our Staten Island campus.

The ideals espoused by Notre Dame College perfectly complemented the Vincentian values of St. John’s University, and the women who attended that institution share a special bond with St. John’s today. 

Proud of their time at Notre Dame College and eager to keep their legacy alive at St. John’s, the Notre Dame College Alumnae Association established The Notre Dame College Alumnae Association Sr. Helen Flynn Endowed Scholarship to provide grants to incoming freshmen planning to pursue a degree on St. John’s Staten Island campus. Over the years, their ongoing generosity has impacted the lives of many students who, without their help, would have been unable to achieve their dream of a St. John’s education.

More Information
For more information on the Notre Dame College Alumnae Association please contact Isabel Scandaglia at (718) 390-4145 or statenislandalumni@stjohns.edu.