Entangled Across Borders: Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Physics Through a Global Classroom
In Spring 2025, I implemented the first iteration of the Global Online Learning Exchange (GOLE) in my Scientific Inquiry class at St. John’s University, a core class focused on how scientists make...
Grazie, Papa Francesco: Notes on the Passing of Pope Francis
Loreal is a junior at St. John’s University majoring in International Management with a minor in Social Justice : Theory and Practice in the Vincentian Tradition . She is also the President of the...
Snapshots: New Students from Around the World
The St. John’s community specializes in being a welcoming, friendly, accepting place and so we are excited to introduce you to some of our new international students. We hope these students will...
“Habemus Papam: We Have a Pope!”: Notes from the Vatican
Teaching in Rome is always a privilege, but never more so than during the epochal events we recently experienced with the passing of Pope Francis and the papal conclave that gave us Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope!
Global Bound: St. John’s Undergraduates Awarded Competitive Gilman Scholarships
Three undergraduates from St. John’s University have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the US Department of State—a competitive program that helps students with limited financial resources study or intern abroad.
A Seat at the Table
Last fall, I was selected as a student delegate to the Student Conference on US Affairs (SCUSA) at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point.
All Roads Lead to Leeds, UK, for Gilman Scholar Ashley Bautista
My name is Ashley Bautista, and I am a finance major graduating in May 2025!
Lessons in Geography
After telling someone where I am from, I am bombarded with questions, and I have answers scripted and memorized. For example, everyone who asks me where Micronesia is gets the same answer, “It’s a group of islands midway between Hawaii and Australia.”
Q&A with Gilman Scholar Sophie Liu
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program was initiated to help students with financial needs access study abroad and internship opportunities. Since 2009, St. John’s University has had 69 Gilman scholarship award recipients, with funds totaling $253,500.
GOLE in Intercultural Communication: An Initial Asynchronous Collaboration
During the Fall 2024 semester, I implemented my first iteration of the Global Online Learning Exchange (GOLE) program with Anna Yuen of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).