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Major Gifts Provide Funds to Ensure Student Success
St. John’s University has received more than $5.5 million in gifts and commitments to date as part of three major initiatives established to strengthen the learning environment on campus and fund new endowed student scholarships.
CIT Honors Alum Peter J. Tobin through Scholarship at Tobin College of Business
On April 17, 2017, the Board of Directors of the financial holding company CIT announced a $30,000 scholarship gift to St. John’s University in the name of outgoing and long-serving CIT Board of Director Peter J. Tobin ’65CBA, ’96HON.

Three Tobin ROTC Cadets Recognized at Annual Awards Ceremony
Peter J. Tobin College of Business students Elena Rudy, Nathan Woodcock and Nicholas VanSlyke of the St. John’s University chapter of the Reserve Officers Training Corps were honored for their leadership and service at the Red Storm Battalion Awards Ceremony on April 5.

Tobin students walk to fight pancreatic cancer
Demonstrating a commitment to ending pancreatic cancer, a team from the Peter J. Tobin College of Business raised more than $2,700 in the 2017 New York City Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk, sponsored by the Lustgarten Foundation, on April 2.
What hath Roth wrought? Maria Pirrone explains.
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Taxation Maria Pirrone explains the differences between two commonly-used individual retirement accounts in Newsday.
St. John’s Tobin College of Business Ranks 2nd Among 15 Best Risk Management and Insurance Degree Programs
Queens, NY, April 12—In a new national ranking, St. John’s University’s Tobin College of Business’ degree in Risk Management and Insurance earned second place among the 15 best undergraduate programs in the field.

Winning streak continues for Tobin accounting students
For the second straight year, Peter J. Tobin College of Business accounting students from Staten Island captured a first place finish in the national financial information honor society’s Atlantic Coast Regional Competition.
Tobin College of Business Undergraduates Take First Place at Fed Challenge
A team of students from The Peter J. Tobin College of Business (TCB) at St. John’s University’s (SJU) Staten Island campus placed first in the Maiden Lane Division of the 2016 Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of New York’s College Fed Challenge.
Rising Talent and Opportunity in Risk
Today’s students are savvy when searching for both their university of choice and the place of employment to launch their career.

New Dean Has Big Plans For St. John’s
Dean Norean Sharpe is profiled in Poets & Quants.