April 12, 2019
St. John’s University’s 149th academic year culminates in Commencement ceremonies featuring guest speakers representing, business, public service, academia, education, the sciences, and the nonprofit sector.
Undergraduate Commencement Exercises
Staten Island Campus
Saturday, May 18, 2019, 10 a.m., Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Commencement Speaker:
Vincent P. Colman ’82CBA, Vice Chairman, New York Metro Region, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Queens Campus
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10 a.m., Great Lawn, Queens Campus
Commencement Speaker and recipient of the Doctor of Commercial Science:
Margaret M. Keane ’81C, ’87MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Synchrony, and Secretary, St. John’s University Board of Trustees
Graduate Commencement Exercises
Queens Campus
College of Professional Studies
Friday, May 17, 2019, 5 p.m., Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Ceremony Speaker:
Linda S. Sanford ’74Ed, ’98HON, Senior Vice President (retired), IBM Corporation, and Member Emerita, St. John’s University Board of Trustees
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Monday, May 20, 2019, 6 p.m., Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Ceremony Speaker:
Frank J. DellaFera ’81P, Cofounder and President, Fera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 6 p.m., Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Ceremony Speaker:
James J. Shannon ’87CBA, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Indus Capital Partners, LLC and Member, St. John’s University Board of Trustees
The School of Education
Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 6 p.m., Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Ceremony Speaker:
Anita Gomez-Palacio ’65Ed, ’89PD, Executive Director of Operations (retired), Council of School Supervisors and Administrators and Member, St. John’s University Board of Trustees
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thursday, May 23, 2019, 6 p.m., Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Ceremony Speaker:
Kevin J. Donnellan ’79C, ’81G, Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff, AARP
St. John’s School of Law
Sunday, June 2, 2019, Noon, Carnesecca Arena, Queens Campus
Commencement Speaker and Recipient of the Doctor of Laws:
Jeh Charles Johnson, J.D., Former US Secretary of Homeland Security
and Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Rome Campus
Sunday, June 9, 2019, 6 p.m., Courtyard, Rome Campus
Ceremony Speaker:
Alfredo Ferrante, Ph.D. ’00G, Head of Unit, International Relations, Dipartimento per le Politiche della Famiglia, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri