St. John's is on a Mission to Ensure Student Success

The New York Mets recently hosted an exciting dinner and awards ceremony on their home turf at Citi Field for many high-achieving local high school students of Latino origin currently enrolled in the St. John’s University College Advantage Program (CAP).

This year's Red Storm is now the first St. John's team in 36 years and just the seventh in the 112-year history of the program to start a campaign with 10 or more consecutive wins.

A jubilant crowd of students, faculty, alumni, parents, administrators, and staff kicked off the Christmas holiday season on St. John’s Queens, NY, campus with the 28th Annual Winter Carnival, a weeklong celebration that was capped December 11 by spectacular fireworks and the University’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Nicholas J. VanSlyke, a cadet in St. John’s Red Storm Battalion of the US Army was recently ranked seventh in the nation on the 2018 Order of Merit list, out of a talent pool of 5,500 cadets who are commissioning in 2019

Reserved for individuals who have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to criminal justice innovation, Lewis Rice, Jr. ’74SVC was honored by the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City with the Distinguished Service Award at their eighth annual awards reception held in midtown Manhattan in late November.

As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to creating cutting-edge teaching and learning environments, St. John’s students are using 3D MakerBot printers in a new centralized lab known as the Technology Commons on the Queens, NY, campus.