Orientation Staff

Every year the New Student Orientation Selection Committee gathers the most outstanding and successful students and student leaders at St. John's University. This group of students is then taken through a very intensive training program where they receive the necessary tools they will use to effectively assist all incoming students to become more acquainted with Campus Life here at St. John's.

Many of the student leaders who participate in the New Student Orientation Program are members of various clubs, programming boards, honor/academic societies, Fraternities, Sororities, Student Government Inc., and many other student organizations. Each student who attends the New Student Orientation, as a result, leaves with useful information about the university from these students who live it first-hand!

Queens Campus
James Salnave, M.Ed.
Associate Dean for Student Development
salnavej@stjohns.edu

Deanne Southwell, M.Ed.
Director of Student Development
(718) 990-5029
southwed@stjohns.edu

Lauren Harding
Assistant Director of Student Development
(718) 990-7629
bachm@stjohns.edu

Jenine Parraga
Assistant Director of Student Development
(718) 990-6783
parragaj@stjohns.edu

Staten Island Campus
Kim Palmieri, M.Ed.
Assistant Dean for Student Development
(718) 390-4345
palmierk@stjohns.edu

Patricia Lemmerman
Coordinator for Student Development
(718) 390-4165
lemmermp@stjohns.edu