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Every Johnnie’s Story Can Light the Way for a Future Johnnie
At St. John’s University, every Johnnie’s story has the power to guide someone else’s path. That’s the idea behind our new initiative connecting alumni with current and incoming students in curated...

Prepared to Care: How Anya Jiminez Found Her Calling in St. John’s Nursing Program
In 2024, St. John’s University ushered in a brand-new era for health sciences education when the state-of-the-art St. Vincent Health Sciences Center opened, housing the Department of Nursing and other...

Q&A with School of Education Alumna Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Ed.D. ’77ED, ’79M.S.Ed.
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Ed.D. ’77ED, ’79M.S.Ed., recently accepted a new role as President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Prior to this, Dr. Rosa-Lugo has been an active...

St. John’s, Guttman Community College Join in Unique Academic Partnership
St. John’s University has entered into a unique partnership with Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in Manhattan, NY, that will accelerate the transfer process for Guttman graduates eager to...

Research, Memory, and Respect: A St. John’s Student at the African Burial Ground
St. John’s University graduate student Sebastian Loiseau spent his summer in a sacred space—a reminder of a shameful period in US history, and a place where remembrance, research, and respect come...

Insurance Leader of the Year Dinner Raises $3.6M for GSRM Students
A global gathering of aspiring students, insurance industry executives, and other supporters of the Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM)—part of The Peter J...

Law Matters: A Conversation With Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure
In this installment of our Law Matters story series, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum speaks with Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure about her scholarship and advocacy addressing cults and human trafficking...

Student Turns Caregiving Experience into a Nursing Career
From an early age, Emma DerGarabedian seemed destined for a career in health care. “As a young athlete, I was overly injured and overly fascinated by injuries,” the St. John’s University senior said...

TSOE Alumna Appointed Director of Curriculum in Amityville
Jessica Kemler ’99ED,’22Ed.D.—a double alumna of The School of Education at St. John’s University—began the new year as the new Director of Curriculum in the Amityville, NY, School District. “We are...

St. John’s University School of Law Receives Historic Gift to Name DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center
Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum has announced that the Public Interest Center at St. John’s Law will be named the DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center in honor of alumna Rose DiMartino ’81 and her spouse...