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St. John's University is a private Roman Catholic university in New York City. The primary campus is located in Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood in the NYC borough of Queens. It is known for its programs in the liberal arts, business, pharmacy, and law. St. John's boasts over 140,000 alumni, many of whom reside in the Greater New York Metropolitian Area. As of 2006, the university had a total undergraduate and graduate enrollment of 20,346 students, making St. John's University one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States.

History

St. John's University was founded in 1870, by the Vincentian Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church in response to an invitation by the first Bishop of Brooklyn, John Loughlin, to provide the youth of the city with an intellectual and moral education. It now has an enrollment of over 20,000 students in its six schools and colleges. Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees are conferred by the university, and over 100 programs are offered through the St. John's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Peter J. Tobin College of Business, School of Risk Management, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, College of Professional Studies, School of Education, and School of Law. Distinguished programs include Biological Sciences, Psychology, and Pharmaceutical Science.

Academics

Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees are conferred by the university, and over 100 programs are offered through the St. John's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Peter J. Tobin College of Business, School of Risk Management, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, College of Professional Studies, School of Education, and School of Law. Programs include Biological Sciences, Psychology, Pharmaceutical Science, liberal arts, the sciences, business, education, pharmacy, and law.

Campuses

St. John's University Locations:

• Queens (Main)
• Staten Island
• Manhattan
• Oakdale
• Rome, Italy

Queens - The main campus of St. John's University is located in the Queens borough of New York City. This 105 acre campus houses several academic buildings, 6 residence halls, athletic facilities, the St. Augustine Library, and provides easy access to Manhattan via the subway system. The Queens campus features stone buildings and student residence halls. Facilities include laboratory and classroom buildings, the main collections of its 1.7 million-volume library; and athletic facilities for students and St. John's Division I athletic teams.

Staten Island - In addition to the Queens campus, St. John's also has two other residential New York City campuses, one located in lower Manhattan, and the other in Staten Island. Today the Staten Island Campus has expanded to include 16.5 acres serving over 2,000 students who are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The 16.5 acre campus features lawns, apartment-style student residences, and architectural styles that range from red-brick colonial to the modern. The campus is located in the residential Grymes Hill section of Staten Island.

Manhattan - St. John’s officially opened its Manhattan Campus in June 2001, after its merger with The College of Insurance (TCI). Through the merger, TCI became the School of Risk Management and operates as a unit of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business. This ten-story, prize-winning "vertical campus" features an five-story entrance atrium, 16 conference and seminar rooms, dormitories, 24 high-tech classrooms, and a variety of computer labs.

The locations in Oakdale and Rome are home to several graduate programs, but do not have residence halls. The Rome campus offers programs in government and business, while the Oakdale location offers graduate programs in education, psychology, crimial justice, and library science.

Centers & Institutes

St. John's University houses several centers, committees, and institutes. Some of the most notable are listed below, but reflect only a portion of the programs operating out of the university.

• The Center for Community Services seeks to provide community health and human services to members of the community surrounding St. John's University who could not otherwise afford it. This facility houses the Center for Psychological Services, Speech and Hearing Center, and Reading and Writing Education Center. Previously located on St. John’s campus, these centers now are easily accessible to the entire community with a new location on Union Turnpike.

• "The Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John's University Center has deep roots in the Catholic Church, and supports the community at large with a number of service and educational programs. It is the site of many academic and cultural events, and the home of the Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, the Institute on Poverty Studies, and the Religion and Science Dialogue. The Center also conducts and disseminates research on topics related to poverty and social justice, and acts as a clearinghouse for gathering, developing and exchanging Vincentian-related information."

• "Committee on Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) was established in 1994. Its policy is grounded in the University's Vincentian mission and a commitment to global education, as put forward by St. John's President Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. St. John's is aware of the increasing importance of the U.S. economy on Latin American and Caribbean trading sectors through NAFTA and other agreements, and promotes an increase in education in that field through the various research and courses associated with the Committee."

• The Italian Cultural Center was established at St. John's in 1992. The center conducts various educational and cultural activities that increase the awareness of Italian-Americans of their heritage, and strives to foster a greater appreciation of the significant contributions of Italians to American culture. In addition, the center seeks to preserve, communicate and celebrate Italian and Italian-American culture, values, and heritage, while supporting the mission of the University.

• "The Center for Professional Education offers, workshops, certificate programs and professional designation examination preparation courses, as well as consulting services to industry, governments and regulators worldwide. For more than 30 years, the Center has served the educational needs of more than 10,000 professionals in the insurance, risk management and financial services industries."

• "Institute for Biotechnology gives students an understanding of the scientific theory and advanced laboratory research techniques vital to success in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries through graduate level course work leading to a masters degree. The Institute draws upon such disciplines as microbiology, biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology to aid in the advancement of pharmaceutical biotechnology. This interdisciplinary program is a joint effort of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions and St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences."

• University Gallery "began with its first season in September, 1994. The gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of all forms of contemporary art, and it brings to the Queens campus works of art created by well known and emerging artists of regional, national and international backgrounds. The gallery is housed in Sun Yat Sen Hall."

• The Institute for Asian Studies, founded in 1959, is housed in Sun Yat-Sen Hall. The main goal for all programs at the Institute of Asian Studies is to foster, facilitate and enhance a global, multicultural, multiethnic and multilingual education. Sun Yat-Sen Hall, where the Institute for Asian Studies is housed, reflects East Asian architecture and is home to the Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery (University Gallery).

Demographics

• As of 2006, St John's has a total student population both undergraduate and graduate enrollment of 20,346 students. The undergraduate enrollment of 14,848 students are from 88 countries and 41 states. The 5,498 graduate school students are represented by students from 53 countries and 29 states.

• There are 1404 faculty members, over 90% of whom hold doctoral or equivalent degrees in their field. St. John's boasts a 14:1 faculty to student ratio.

• There are roughly 140,000 St John's alumni, many of whom reside in the greater metropolitian area. Standard and Poor's consistently ranks St. John's graduates among the top universities in the nation with alumni who hold executive positions at Fortune 500 companies.

• St. John's was recently named one of the Top 10 Wireless Universities in the nation. The university maintains over 2,900 microcomputers on campus, and has over 100 high-tech multi-media classrooms. St. John's provides every undergraduate student with a wireless internet capable laptop. St. Augustine Library, on the Queens campus, is completely wired and provides students access to over 1.7 million volumes, making it one of the largest university libraries on the east coast.

Athletics

St. John's 17 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the fencing and lacrosse teams, which compete in the ECAC.

Men's Sports

• Basketball
• Soccer
• Baseball
• Lacrosse
• Tennis
• Golf
• Fencing

Women's Sports

• Basketball
• Soccer
• Softball
• Volleyball
• Tennis
• Track and Field
• Cross Country
• Golf
• Fencing

St. John's Athletic Accomplishments:

• Basketball - St. John's is the 5th most successful program in college basketball history (1673 wins), and has the 7th best winning percentage (.680) in the NCAA. St. John's boasts the 7th most NCAA tournament appearances (27), two Wooden National Player of the Year Award Winners, 11 consensus All-Americans, 6 members of the Hall of Fame and has sent 59 players to the NBA. The Red Storm play most of their home games at Madison Square Garden,"The World's Most Famous Arena", while their early non-conference games are held at Carnesseca Arena on the St. John's campus in Queens.

• Soccer - St. John's soccer has recently climbed to national prominence, appearing in 15 straight NCAA tournaments, advancing to the Sweet 16 in each of the last ten seasons, and the Final Four on 3 occasions. They have captured 11 Big East Championships, including the 2006 season title, and in 1996, St. John's won the NCAA National Championship. Their home games are hosted at Belson Stadium, a state of the art 2,300 seat stadium on the university campus.

• Baseball - The St. John's Red Storm have been to the College World Series 6 times, recorded 26 NCAA appearances, 6 Big East Championships and have sent 70 players on to professional baseball careers. Most recently, St. John's won the Big East Regular Season Title two of the last three years (2005/2007). The 3,500 seat "Ballpark at St. John's" was renamed "Jack Kaiser Stadium" in 2007 after the Hall of Fame Coach and former St. John's Athletic Director. The stadium is one of the largest college baseball stadiums in the northeast, and is a featured venue on the EA Sports MVP NCAA Baseball video game.

• Fencing - The St. John's fencing program has also attained national prominence. In 2001, St. John's won the NCAA Fencing Championship. The team has ranked in the top five each of the last 10 years, and finished 2nd in the NCAA during 1995, 2000, and 2002 seasons. In addition to team accolades, St. John's has won eleven NCAA Individual National Championship titles.

Campus Renovations

The 2004-2005 academic years saw $35 million in capital projects, including the completion of St. Thomas More church, the DaSilva academic building, Carnesecca Hall Fitness Center, and Belson Stadium. In 2005 the science labs and student life facilites were the target of an additional $60 million in capital enhancements.

St. John's University has recently constructed the Taffner Athletic Field House, a $23 million initiative. The two-story, 38,000 sq. ft. structure adjacent to Carnesecca Hall includes:

• Four full size basketball courts-two for Student Life, two for Varsity Basketball
• Academic support classrooms and study space for student-athletes
• Office and meeting space for recreation and intramural activities
• Audio/visual rooms for all varsity athletic teams
• Dedicated locker rooms for both student recreation and men's and women's basketball
• New offices and meeting rooms for men's and women's basketball
• Exclusive Sports Medicine and weight training facilities

Carnesecca Hall and University Center renovations include:

• A 6400 sq. ft. Health Center in Carnesecca Hall, for use by Student Life and Athletics, including weight training equipment, aerobic and dance studios and a student lounge
• Reconfigured office and meeting space for Student Life and Academic Clubs
• Additional audio/visual rooms for all varsity athletic teams.

The current capital campaign has surpassed the $200 million mark prompting the Board of Trustees to increase the goal to $250 million.

Alma Mater

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Thy Children here today, galore,

Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's!

And true will they be ever more,

Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's!

Thy colors bright, the Red and White,

We'll wave aloft from morn 'til night,

Victorious, we'll show our might,

Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's!

From fervent hearts we breathe our prayer,

Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's!

As we commend thee to His care,

Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's!

That He will guard thee by His might,

And be thy shield in every fight,

Thou champion of sacred rite,

Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's!

Notable Alumni

• Ron Artest - NBA Basketball Player
• Bruce R. Bent - Inventor of first Money Market Fund
• Walter Berry - NBA Basketball Player
• Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua - Cardinal and Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Ron Brown - U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Hugh Carey - Governor of New York
• Lou Carnesecca - Hall of Fame Basketball Coach
• William J. Casey - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• Mario Cuomo - Governor of New York
• Nickolas Davatzes - Former President and CEO of the A&E Network
• George Deukmejian - Governor of California
• Alexander A. Farrelly - Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Paul J. Feiner - Town Supervisor, Greenburgh, New York
• Mike Francesa - Sportscaster
• John Franco - MLB Professional Baseball Player
• Bill Gaudette - MLS Professional Soccer Player
• Matt Groenwald - MLS Professional Soccer Player
• Craig Hansen - MLB Professional Baseball
• Mark Jackson - NBA Basketball Player
• Shalrie Joseph - MLS Professional Soccer Player
• Denis P. Kelleher - Founder and CEO of Wall Street Access
• Raymond W. Kelly - New York City Police Commissioner
• Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels - Co-founder of legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C.
• Al McGuire - NCAA Men's Basketball Coach and Sports Commentator
• Chris Mullin - NBA Basketball Player
• Harvey Pitt - Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Charles B. Rangel - U.S. Congressman
• Howie Schwab - Star of ESPN's Stump the Schwab
• Malik Sealy - NBA Basketball Player
• Ron Silver - Tony Award-winning Actor
• James Van Thach - United States Army Captian, 1st Vietnamese-American Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army.
• Peter J. Tobin - Chief Financial Officer of The Chase Manhattan Corporation
• Daniel P. Tully - Chairman Emeritus and CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
• Frank Viola - Professional baseball player
• Bill Wennington - NBA Basketball Player and Author
• Jayson Williams - NBA Basketball Player and Author
• Chris Wingert - MLS Professional Soccer Player

Rankings

• In 2007, St. John's University was ranked among the "Best 361 Colleges", and among the "Best Northeastern Colleges".
• St. John's ranked #7 nationwide in The Princeton Review for "Least Happy Students". Several other New York colleges were ranked negatively in this category, including SUNY-Stony Brook, Hofstra, SUNY-Albany, SUNY-Purchase, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.. Princton Review also ranked St. John's in the top 10 nationwide for "Professors Make Themselves Scarce". .
• St. John's was recently named one of Intel's Top 10 Wireless Universities in the nation.
• US News & World Report consistently ranks the St. John's University School of Law among the top 100 law schools in the United States.

Scandals

• In the 1961 gambling charges caused 37 arrests of players from 22 colleges including Columbia, St. John's, New York University, North Carolina State and Connecticut.

• "In November 2003, Willie Shaw, a senior guard, and former star Marcus Hatten—in what can only be called a serious lapse of race-profile-defusing street smarts—were busted for smoking pot as they sat in a white Caddy with Maryland plates outside the St. John’s off-campus players’ residence. Three weeks later, Mike Jarvis, the Storm coach who had led the team to twenty-win seasons in four of five years, was fired."

• In 2004 the St Johns basketball team was accused of raping a woman in the locker room. It was later revealed they hired the prostitute for $1000 to perform sexual acts on them. They then paid her $6 which caused her to go to the police and make false accusations that she was raped. The players involved were expelled.

• In violation of NCAA standards, a basketball player was paid a monthly allowance of $300 and provided school books. St. John's announced a self-imposed penalty consisting of a two-year ban of post-season play and a decrease in the number of scholarships the basketball team could offer."

• In 2007, St. John's University, along with several other univerities, settled among allegations of receiving kickbacks from student loan corporations. New York State attorney general Andrew Cuomo (son of former NY Governor, and St. John's University Alum, Mario Cuomo) settled when St. John's agreed to payout $80,000.00.

Further reading

• Hueppe, Frederick E., "The Radiant Light: a history of St. John's College presented in the Vincentian," 1955, (St. John's University Archives).

• Morris, Barbara L., "To Define A Catholic University: the 1965 Crisis at St. John's" (Ed.D. thesis, Columbia University Teachers College, 1977)

External links

• St. John's University
• Official Red Storm Athletics site
• The Torch, official student newspaper
• St. John's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
• The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
• College of Professional Studies
• The School of Education
• School of Law
• The Forum, School of Law student newspaper

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