Webinar Focuses on Communication and Civility
A dozen experts from Austria, Croatia, Dubai, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Uganda, Vietnam, and the United States—featuring different generations, professions, and sociocultural...
12,498 Miles and Counting for International Graduate Student
Yisikandaier Aireti grew up in a remote town in the Uyghur region of China, where those who sought a good education had no other choice but to leave home. For Yisikandaier, it meant traveling 72 hours...
A Story Grows in Rural Uganda
Valeda F. Dent, Ph.D. Dean, University Librarian, and Professor, University Libraries My colleague and husband Geoff Goodman, Ph.D., and I have been collaborating on research projects in rural Uganda...
AS-L Projects Support the Soweto Kliptown Youth Foundation
S. Joshua Thomas, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Kliptown, one of the most severely impoverished townships in Soweto, South Africa, is also home to SKY, the Soweto Kliptown Youth...
Audiology Students Offer a Helping Hand to Peruvian Ears
In January, 15 students and two clinical faculty members of the Long Island Doctor of Audiology Consortium—a collaborative terminal degree program offered jointly by Adelphi, Hofstra, and St. John’s...
Global Experiences within the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
For Russell J. DiGate, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, international experience is central to a health sciences education. “Our college aims to produce health-care...
GLOBE Expansion Marks 10th Anniversary
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business is proud to announce that Global Loan Opportunities for Budding Entrepreneurs (GLOBE), an academic microlending program, enters its second decade this year with...
International Spotlights – Fall 2019
Beverly Danquah Beverly Danquah ’19CPS continues to pursue her passion while living the Vincentian mission as a 2019–20 Princeton in Africa (PiAf) fellow in Accra, Ghana. Ms. Danquah is the first...
Online Global Exchange Program Broadens Student Options
St. John’s University has launched a new initiative to expand global learning opportunities for students who may not have the interest and/or means to travel abroad. Modeled after similar programs...
Ozanam Scholars Program Helps Students Examine Global Role
Undergraduate students who receive an Ozanam Scholarship participate in one of the University’s most mission-centered programs. “In the spirit of Frédéric Ozanam, scholars are called to serve with...