President's Society

Founded in 1968, the President’s Society honors those students who combine scholarship, integrity, maturity, and a well-rounded personality with University-wide awareness, participation and leadership, demonstrated by their significant contributions to the academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular life of St. John’s University. Members of the President's Society are ambassadors who support the President at various events and functions. The President's Society is the highest honor society at St. John’s University.

Eligibility for 2023-2024 Membership

Current juniors expecting to graduate in January 2024 or May 2024 from the following schools and colleges:

St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The School of Education
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies

and for Pharm.D. students expecting to graduate in May 2026 from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are eligible to apply to the 2023-2024 President's Society. In addition, eligible candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher to apply to the Society.

Students will receive a letter to their home address at the end of November and emails to their St. John's account in December and January regarding the mandatory information sessions.

Information Sessions

All interested eligible students must sign up for a mandatory information session in order to start the application process.

Registration opens on Monday, November 28, and will close on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at promptly 4:30 p.m. All eligible students must attend one of the following mandatory information sessions:

Queens Campus

Monday, January 30, 2023 at 2 p.m. at D'Angelo 416 - Click here to register
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 2 p.m. at D'Angelo 416 - Click here to register.

Staten Island Campus

Friday, February 3, 2023 at 2 p.m. at Kiernan Suite, Kelleher Center - Click here to register

During the information sessions, you will become better acquainted with the application process and responsibilities associated with membership in the Society. Students who do not register within the timeline indicated or who do not attend a mandatory information session will not be able to continue with the application process.

The dress code for the information session is business casual.

For students who have an academic conflict, please contact Kristen Ehrling at [email protected] BEFORE the sign-up deadline of noon on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, for special instructions.

Application Process

After eligible students register and attend a mandatory information session, students will be registered in the President’s Society Application Course on Canvas. This is the only way to access the official application form.

To complete the online application, students will need to download the application from Canvas. (Please note the Canvas login is the same username and password used for St. John’s Connect login.)

Please note that all applications are electronic, and all completed and uploaded applications are due no later than noon on Friday, February 10, 2023.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please call the Office of University Events at 718-990-6365 or email Kristen Ehrling at [email protected].

Selection

After the application process is completed at noon on Friday, February 10, 2023, the Selection Committee will conduct interviews with select candidates. Following the interviews, the President's Society Selection Committee will nominate new members and submit the list of nominees to the President for final selection.

Role

Members of the President's Society are considered ambassadors of the President and the University. Throughout the academic year, beginning in April 2023, Members will be designated special assignments at various University events and functions. As Members, students are entitled to wear the official insignia of the Society, in the form of a medal and a pin.

Commitment

Acceptance to the President's Society requires a serious commitment from its student members. Members of the President's Society are expected to attend all University functions designated as presidential events and fulfill their duties during the spring 2023 semester and the 2023-2024 academic year.