Alumnus and Navy Veteran Reflects on Storied Marketing and Communications Career
When Geoffrey Toole ’77SVC applied to colleges, the only school that held his accepted seat while he completed his military service was St. John’s University. “St. John’s was not just the only school...
Greatest Generation Alumnus Recalls a Life Well Lived
Throughout his 98 years, Edward Toriello, Sr. ’44C has seen the best and the worst of life. Five months after graduating from St. John’s University in August of 1944, he found himself in the Ardennes...
Alumnus Hopes to Achieve Greater Artist Equity through Music Streaming Platform
Fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit and a love of music, Jervel Plaisir ’20GCCPS is working to provide developing artists and performers with a unique platform to present their music to the world. The...
Forty Years of DC Alumni Networking Celebrated
For the last 40 years, the annual St. John’s University Alumni Insider’s View of the US Capital program has brought students and alumni together in Washington, DC, for a networking opportunity that...
Alumni of Sigma Chi Upsilon Make a Difference
For the brothers of Sigma Chi Upsilon fraternity at St. John’s University, the tragedy of September 11, 2001, will always elicit an especially poignant memory. It was on that terrible day that three...
Gloria Pazmino ’10CPS: Local Journalist Reflects on Family, Citizenship, and Lifelong Learning
Like the strikingly divergent geography of her native Colombia—the South American country that boasts the world’s highest coastal mountain range as well as sun-splashed tropical beaches—Gloria Pazmino...
Alumna Credits St. John’s Education for Successful Public Service Career
Alexis Torres ’09CPS, ’11GCPS has many responsibilities as Chief of Staff at the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), a New York State public benefit corporation that maintains, programs...
Alumnus Fosters Community Spirit On and Off the Field
Since 2000, the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball have been one of the region’s premier sports franchises. For 18 of those 20 years, Michael Pfaff ’95SVC has worked for...
Tobin Student Pursuing Graduate Degree in Sports Management
Joseph Kotler ‘20TCB is just your everyday, ordinary student – everyday and ordinary, that is, for someone with a 3.87 GPA, a winning personality, and an unwillingness to give up. When he graduated...
Rising to the Challenge: St. John’s Community Faithful to the Mission during Pandemic
It is often noted that humanity’s goodness is most evident during difficult times. When the global pandemic threw the world into turmoil in the spring, members of the St. John’s community rose to the...