BALL T FACTS & HIGHLIGHTS At St. John’s University, a central ideal guides our mission – higher education is not only about career preparation, but also about learning to make a difference in the world. As we strive to make our world a better place, we draw strength from our Vincentian Catholic ’ S heritage,B A S K E which combines academic excellence N with opportunities to serve those less fortu- nate. Our mission began with the Vincentian community that founded St. John’s back in R M 1870.M E In its early years, St. John’s mainly served the children of immigrants, who had little TO chance of obtaining a quality higher education. Today, St. John’s still offers students from all walks of life a challenging opportunity to suc- ceed in a diverse atmosphere of mutual respect and common purpose. Y R E D S T Students and DePaul houses on Union Turnpike. Total enrollment in 2006 of 20,069 full- Adjacent to the Queens campus, these modern and part-time undergraduate and graduate apartments are available to graduate, law and students at campuses in Queens, Staten Island, select upperclass students. The Staten Island IVERSI and Manhattan, NYC; in Oakdale, NY; and in campus features modern apartment-style N Rome, Italy. housing adjacent to the campus, and housing St. John’s student body comprises 14,983 is available in our 10-story Manhattan campus. U S undergraduate and 5,086 graduate students All campuses are part of a University-wide from 46 states and 126 countries. The fall wireless network. 2006 freshman class of 3,266 represented the largest class ever. Global Studies JOHN’ Hispanic (12.3 percent), African-American To prepare students for success in the (12.6 percent) and Asian (13.9 percent) stu- global marketplace, St. John’s offers a truly dents comprised approximately 39 percent of international academic experience at our Rome the University’s 2006 campus, where students can study for a semes- enrollment. ter or for the summer. During the 2006-2007 academic year, 95 Last year the University launched Discover percent of St. John’s students received more the World, a unique opportunity for students Mission than $337 million in financial assistance to study abroad in three international cities A Catholic, Vincentian and metropolitan through scholarships, work-study programs, throughout one semester. Each class employed University that embraces the Judeo-Christian loans and grants. the cultural and historical resources of its host 2007-08ideals of respectST. for the rights and dignity city as key components of the learning experi- of every person, as well as each individual’s Faculty ence and offered unique service opportuni- responsibility for the world in which we live. Almost 90 percent of our 1,513 full- and ties to students. Building on the success of part-time faculty holds a Ph.D. or other termi- the initial offering in Europe the University is President nal degree in their field. The University offers expanding the program this year to include Donald J. Harrington, C.M. more than 100 undergraduate and graduate Latin America, and in future semesters Africa majors, including eight doctoral programs. and Asia. The University also offers students Enrollment With our low 18:1 student-faculty ratio, the opportunity to take a full semester of credit Fall ’07 applications have increased by 8 St. John’s offers personal attention for every in one of our exciting study abroad programs percent, with more than 27,500 applications student. in Australia, Brazil, England, France, Ireland received for approximately 3,000 seats in St. and Japan. Summer programs are offered in John’s freshman class. Campuses Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Hungary and Our Queens campus features six sprawling Vietnam as well as Italy, Spain and France. SAT Scores award-winning residence halls with lounges, In 2006, the average SAT score for admitted study rooms, fitness facilities and an extensive St. John’s students was 1075, up from 1068 dining facility, including the Seton Complex the previous year. 190 2007-08 ST. REV. DONALD J. HARRINGTON, C.M. PRESIDENT, ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., assumed tion of two complexes on Union Turnpike that the Presidency of St. John’s University in 1989. provide off-campus housing in apartment As the 15th President of one of the largest style facilities. Apartment style living accom- Catholic Universities in the United States, modations are also available in buildings he has provided leadership for an ambitious adjacent to the Staten Island campus. JOHN’ initiative to position the institution as a leader Shortly after his ordination as a Vincentian in higher education for the 21st century. priest in 1973, Father Harrington was His vision has resulted in an extraordinary assigned to Niagara University, which, like transformation of the University into a “new” St. John’s, is sponsored by the Vincentians. S St. John’s, with enhanced facilities, expanded He served as Instructor in Religious Studies, U academic initiatives, and an increasing global as Director of Student Activities, and as N presence. The vision has been enabled by Executive Vice President before being named IVERSI Fulfilling the Dream, a capital campaign that the institution’s 22nd president – at 38 years ended in May 2006, exceeding its goal and of age, the youngest ever appointed. raising more than $271 million, the largest Father Harrington has amassed a strik- amount ever realized by a Catholic institu- ing record of community and professional tion in New York State. Already completed activity. When, in 1993, he was elected a T are several new buildings, including St. Director of Bear Stearns, he became the Y R E D S Thomas More Church, the gift of alumnus first Catholic priest to serve on the Board John V. Brennan and his wife, Anita, which of a Wall Street financial services firm. stands at the center of the Queens campus; He completed three terms as a trustee of DaSilva Hall, a state-of-the-art classroom Niagara University, two terms on the Board building, which opened in September 2004 of Directors of the Association of Catholic on the Staten Island campus; and Taffner the Vatican. A decision to develop a fourth Colleges and Universities (ACCU), and six TO Field House, which is located adjacent to campus on Eastern Long Island was imple- years on the Board of Trustees of Immaculate Carnesecca Arena on the Queens campus mented in summer 1999 with the purchase Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y. He R M M E and named for alumnus Donald Taffner of the 175-acre La Salle Center in Oakdale. A currently serves on the Board of Directors of and his wife Eleanor, an honorary alum and fifth campus was acquired in December 2000 the Commission on Independent Colleges member of the University’s Board of Trustees. when the College of Insurance, located in and Universities (CICU) within the State of These projects complement others that have New York. Manhattan, was consolidated into St. John’s. N been completed within the last five years, Born in Brooklyn, Father Harrington In spring 2007 the University launched ’ S B A S K E including a 2,500 seat soccer stadium, its new study abroad program for under- attended Catholic elementary schools in named for trustee and longtime benefactor graduates – Discover the World. Plans are to Brooklyn and on Long Island and graduated Jerome Belson; and the Kelleher Center, a establish sites across the globe. The inaugural from Manhattan’s Regis High School in 1963. multipurpose building on the University’s initiative, Discover Europe, provides an oppor- He then entered the junior college semi- Staten Island campus, named for trustee tunity for students to study and live in three nary of the Vincentian Fathers in Princeton, Denis Kelleher and his wife. cities: Paris, Rome, and Salamanca during a N.J., before completing his studies for the Academic initiatives include new degree single semester and to combine classroom priesthood at Mary Immaculate Seminary in T programs on both the graduate and under- instruction with cultural activities and a Northampton, Pa. He pursued graduate stud- BALL graduate levels and implementation of a new component unique to the program – the ies at the Catholic University of America and university-wide core curriculum. In order to opportunity to engage in service activities. the University of Toronto. assure that students acquire technological Perhaps the most transformative aspect Father Harrington holds honorary doctor- proficiency, all incoming first-year students of the University’s impressive growth has ates from several colleges and universities receive laptop computers that can be used on been the transition to residence life, created in the United States, including Niagara the wireless network that covers all indoor through construction of six residence halls. University, St. Thomas Aquinas College and and outdoor areas on each of the University’s The first three buildings, one of them named The Catholic University of America, and has campuses. The laptop initiative, launched in for John Cardinal O’Connor, the beloved also been honored by such international insti- 2003, is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Intel prelate of the Archdiocese of New York, were tutions as Fu Jen University in Taipei, Taiwan, Corporation recognized St. John’s advanced completed in August 1999. Two more halls Republic of China; the American University use of technology by naming the University were opened in September 2000, and one in Rome, Italy; and Kokushikan University in to its list of “Top 10 Unwired Colleges” in additional building, named for alumnus, bene- Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded the honor both 2004 and 2005.