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

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.

St. John's is now 9-0 for the first time since 1990-91 and just the third time since 1986-87.

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.

Raj Chetty, Ph.D., joined St. John’s in 2013 as an Assistant Professor of English. His research focuses on Caribbean literature and culture, postcolonial literary studies, Black/African diaspora studies, and performance studies. He also teaches world literatures in English and postcolonial literature and theory.