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- Independent university, founded
1870, affiliated with Roman Catholic Church
- Calendar semesters
- Degrees certificates, diplomas, associate, bachelor's,
master's, doctoral, first professional, post-master's, and
postbachelor's certificates
- Urban 98-acre campus with easy
access to New York City
- Endowment $265.0 million
- Coed, 15,092 undergraduate students, 79% full-time, 58%
women, 42% men
- Moderately difficult entrance level, 63% of applicants
were admitted
Costs (2006 -
07)
- Comprehensive fee: $36,440 includes full-time tuition
($24,400), mandatory fees ($570), and room and board
($11,470). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to
class time, course load, program, and student level.
Part-time tuition: $813 per credit. Part-time tuition and
fees vary according to class time, course load, program, and
student level. No tuition increase for student's term of
enrollment
- Required fees: $205 per term part-time
- Room and board: college room only: $7,200. Room and
board charges vary according to board plan and housing
facility
- Payment plans: installment, deferred payment
- Waivers: senior citizens and employees or children of
employees
Financial Aid
- Of all full-time matriculated
undergraduates who enrolled in 2004,: 10,280 applied for
aid, 9,541 were
judged to have need, 1,110 had their
need fully met. 915 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging
$2,942)
-
- In 2004,: 389 non-need-based awards were
made
- Average percent of need met: 65%
- Average financial aid package: $15,807
- Average need-based loan: $4,268
- Average need-based gift aid: $7,255
- Average non-need-based aid: $8,180
- Average indebtedness upon graduation: $21,122
Freshmen
- Admission
20,669 applied, 12,980 admitted, 3,159 enrolled, 3.1 average
high school GPA
- Average high school GPA
3.1
- Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 62%, SAT
math scores over 500 66%, ACT scores over 18 N/R, SAT verbal
scores over 600 19%, SAT math scores over 600 28%, ACT
scores over 24 N/R, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math
scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 N/R
From Wikipedia
St. John's has over 150,000 alumni, 86% of whom reside in the
Greater
New York Metropolitan Area.
St. John's
University
(also known as SJU or STJ[2])
is a
private,
Roman Catholic,
coeducational
university located in
New York City,
United States. Founded by the Vincentian Fathers in 1870,
the school was originally located in the borough of
Brooklyn in the neighborhood of
Bedford-Stuyvesant.[3]
In 1960, the school was relocated to its current location in the
borough of
Queens. St. John's also has campuses in Staten Island (Notre
Dame College (New York)), Manhattan, Rome, Italy. and a graduate
center in Oakdale, New York.[4]
A campus in Paris, France is set to open in the Spring of 2009.[5]
St. John's is organized into six undergraduate schools and
seven graduate schools. As of 2008, the university has a total
of 14,983 undergraduate students and 5,086 graduate students.[6]
The university has seen much growth on its campuses in order
to attract students from outside the New York area. In 1999, the
first dormitory was completed on the Queens campus. As of 2008,
the campus now contains seven dorms and a townhouse complex
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 poor
youth of the city with an intellectual and moral education.
St. John's Vincentian values stem from the ideals and works
of
St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), who is the Patron Saint of
Christian Charity. Following the Vincentian tradition, the
university seeks to provide an education that encourages greater
involvement in social justice, charity and service.[7]
St. John's moved to its current 100-acre (0.40 km2)
location in Jamaica, Queens during the 1960s.
The
St. John's University strike of 1966-1967 was a protest by
faculty at the university which began on January 4, 1966, and
ended in June 1967.
[5] The strike began after 31 faculty members were dismissed
in the fall of 1965 without due process, dismissals which some
felt were a violation of the professors' academic freedom. The
tension of that year was noted in
Time Magazine stating, "[a]cademically, [St. John's
University] has never ranked high among Catholic schools; in
troubles, it outdoes them all."[6]
The strike ended without any reinstatements, but led to the
widespread unionization of public college faculty in the New
York City area. In 1970 arbitrators ruled that the university
had not acted improperly.
On January 27, 1971, the
New York State Board of Regents approved the consolidation
of the University with the former
Notre Dame College (New York) a private
women's college and the Staten Island Campus of St. John’s
University became a reality. Classes began in the fall of 1971,
combining the original Notre Dame College with the former
Brooklyn campus of St. John’s, offering undergraduate degrees in
liberal arts, business and education.
[8]
St. Augustine Hall located at St. John's
University's Queens campus
In 1999, St. John's purchased the La Salle Center in Oakdale,
NY. The 175-acre (0.71 km2) campus served as a
military academy since 1926.[9]
Before this, the land was owned by Frederick Bourne, President
of
Singer Sewing Machine Company, who constructed his estate on
the grounds. His mansion still remains and is used for party
receptions.[10]
St. John's merged with the The
College of Insurance in 2001. The merger gave St. John's a
five story building located in lower Manhattan which is used by
the Peter J. Tobin College of Business and the colleges School
of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science.[11]
After the 9/11 attacks to the World Trade Center, the Manhattan
campus was used by emergency workers.[12]
In 2007, St. John's, along with several other universities,
settled with New York State attorney general
Andrew Cuomo for $80,000.00 among allegations of receiving
kickbacks from student loan corporations.[7][8]
Also in 2007, St John's University purchased a
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center facility in
Fresh Meadows
[9]. This added a Physician's Assistant program as well as
Bio-medical technician program to the school. Tuition for the PA
program at Saint Vincent Medical Center was $15,000 per year
[10], but when purchased by STJ it increased to 29,950 per
year.
[11]/
St. John's opened its new Rome campus in October 2008.
Located in the
Prati section of Rome, the 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2).
building can house up to 200 students. [10]
Organization and administration
St. John's University is a non-profit
organization controlled by privately-appointed
Board of Trustees. The Rev.
Donald J. Harrington is the 15th president of the
university.[13]
The university is organized into six colleges and schools: St.
John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of
Education, Peter J. Tobin College of Business, the College of
Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, the College of
Professional Studies, and the
School of Law.
Academics
St. John's is a large, four-year, primarily
nonresidential doctoral/research university.[14]
The full-time, four-year undergraduate program is balanced
between the arts and sciences and professional fields; while
being primarilty non science and non engineering based school.[14]
The university is accredited by the
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and has 13
specialized accreditations.[13]
The annual tuition rate is currently $29,350 per academic
year for undergraduates, $33,600 for pharmacy majors (Pharm.D),
and $42,200 for law school students
[12] .[13]
In 2007, St. John's awarded $338 million in financial assistance
through scholarships, loans, grants and work-study programs,
including $138 million from university-funded grants.[15][16]
Around 95% of freshman students received grants directly from
the university in 2007.[citation
needed] The average undergraduate loan debt for
2006 graduates was $21,633, an amount lower than the national
average for graduates of private institutions.[17][18][19].
By 2007, this increased to 28,010 (with 74% of students
graduating with some sort of debt,
[13] far above the national average.
[14]
Student body
St. John's enrolled 11,763 full-time and 3,035 part-time
undergraduate students, 1251 full-time and 201 part-time
professional students, and 813 full-time and 3023 part-time
graduate students in 2007.[20]
The undergraduate program had a four-year graduation rate of
39%, 61% six-year graduation rate, and 79% freshmen retention
rate.[17][20]
The university granted 62
associate degrees, 2,228
bachelor degrees, 1,022
master degrees, 84
doctoral degrees, and 521
professional degrees in 2007.[20]
27,754 students applied for admission to the freshman class,
15,410 were admitted (55%), and 3,154 enrolled (20%).[20]
The
inter-quartile range for admitted not necessarily attending
students'
SAT scores were 960-1180, the average high school GPA was
3.20, and 44% graduated in the top quarter of their high school
class.[20]
Undergraduates hail from 45 states and territorial holdings and
91 countries, graduate students from 37 states and holdings and
64 countries.[22]
Faculty
The university employs 659 full-time and 820
part-time faculty members.[20]
60% of faculty members have a doctorate or other terminal
degree, 33% have a non-terminal master's degree, and the
remainder (8%) have a bachelor's degree only.[20]
The student to faculty ratio is 17:1 and 60% of class sections
have 10-29 students in them.[20]
Rankings
In the 2009
U.S. News and World Report ranking of "National
Universities", St. John's undergraduate program was ranked in
the third tier out of four tiers.[23]
The School of Law was ranked 88th,[24]
School of Education was ranked 58th scoring 52 out of 100,[25]
the Tobin School of Business was unranked.[26]
In 2009 edition of the Best 368 Colleges published by
The Princeton Review, St. John's was named a "Best
Northeastern College" and ranked 17th for "diverse student
population" and 8th for "least accessible professors" . [27]
Student life
SJU
provides shuttle bus service for students to access
satellite houses, other campuses in New York City,
subway and commuter rail, and certain destinations
in Manhattan.[28]
Students at St. John's are also encouraged to participate in
service activities through St. John's Bread & Life, Campus
Ministries, or several other service organizations in New York
as part of their collective education.[citation
needed] The university also provides funding to
the Student Government Incorporated (SGI) to be disseminated
among 150 academic, professional, and recreational student
organizations, and hosts many notable guest speakers throughout
the academic year.[29]
Students are only an hour away from Manhattan taking the F
train, conveniently located a few blocks away from campus. Many
students hang out at Traditions, a local bar, specifically on
Wednesday and Friday nights. The proximity to Manhattan is also
recognized by the undergraduate Discover New York class, a
three-credit course that is part of the university core
curriculum
[30]
Fraternities and Sororities
There are Fraternities and Sororities, but not
a traditional Greek Row, instead brothers and sisters opt to get
houses off campus. National Panhellenic Conference sororities on
campus include Delta Phi Epsilon, Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Sigma
Sigma, and Theta Phi Alpha.[31]
National fraternities include
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Phi Delta, Kappa Sigma,
Phi Delta Chi, Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Phi,
Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Alpha Mu, and
Tau Kappa Epsilon.[32]
Nationally recognized cultural fraternities and sororities
include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta,
Sigma Gamma Rho, Zeta Phi Beta, Lambda Pi Chi, Lambda Pi
Upsilon, Lambda Theta Alpha, Sigma Phi Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha,
Kappa Alpha Psi, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Phi Iota Alpha, Iota Nu
Delta, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Kappa Phi Lambda, and Pi Delta Psi.
Local organizations on campus include Gamma Chi, Lambda Phi,
Sigma Sigma Rho, Kappa Phi Beta, and Sigma Chi Beta.[33][34]
[35]
[36]
[37]
The Torch
The Torch
is the official student-run newspaper of St. John's University.
Founded in 1922, the paper has shifted in and out of the control
of the University, but has been financially independent from the
University since 1980.[citation
needed]In 1988, The Torch was inducted into the
Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame after being awarded a
number of awards from various collegiate newspaper
organizations.
The Storm
Front
The Storm Front
is the official student-run newspaper of St. John's University
Staten Island Campus.[38]
It was organized in 2005 and succeeded
The Arrow as the campus newspaper after The Arrow was later
seen as a throw-back to the University's former Red Men theme.
Proteus
Proteus is
the literary magazine of the Staten Island Campus. It is
released as a compilation of student-submitted works through the
St. John's University Creative Expression's Guild.[39]
Bread &
Life Program
The Bread & Life Program was established in
1982, and recently returned as an extension of St. John’s
University in 2006.[40]
The program is located in Brooklyn, NY at the original location
of St. John’s University and provides a soup kitchen, food
pantry, mobile meals, counseling services, medical support, a
legal clinic, and advocates for the poor. It is one of the
largest social service organizations serving the needs of the
homeless and underprivileged in New York City.[41]
The organization served more than 120,000 meals to the hungry,
140,000 through its food pantry and another 90,000 plus meals
through its Mobile Soup Kitchen in 2007. The program is operated
in large part by student volunteers from St. John’s University,
as well as other volunteers in the city.[42][43]
St. John’s completed a new 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m2)
facility in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn in June
2008. The new facility can serve over 200,000 hot meals and
150,000 food pantry meals each year. Those in need have access
to everything they had in the old location, plus a library,
computers and educational classes. [44]
Campuses
St. John's University Locations:
Jamaica, Queens
- The main campus of St. John's University is located in the
neighborhood of Jamaica in the county of Queens of New York
City. This 105-acre (0.42 km2) campus houses several
academic buildings, 8 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.
Branch campuses
-
Staten Island - Formally the
Notre Dame College (New York), Today the Staten Island
Campus has expanded to include 16.5 acres (67,000 m2)
serving over 2,000 students who are enrolled in
undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The 16.5-acre
(67,000 m2) 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 a five-story
entrance atrium, 16 conference and seminar rooms,
dormitories, 24 high-tech classrooms, and a variety of
computer labs.[11].
It currently serves 250 students.
[15]
-
Oakdale - The center in Oakdale is home to several
graduate programs in education, psychology, crimial justice,
and library science. The location is located on a 175-acre
(0.71 km2) spread, overlooking the south shore of
Long Island, and is the former summer mansion home of
Frederick Bourne, President of Singer Sewing Machine
Company. Its is the only St. John's campus not to offer
on-campus housing.
-
Rome,
Italy- The
St. John's University (Italy) location in Rome, Italy is
primarily dedicated to graduate programs in business and
government, with particular emphasis on the international
issues of law, relations, diplomacy, and business. In 2007,
St. John's signed a contract to lease new space and expand
its presence in Rome. The new facility, which is within
walking distance of Vatican City, will include more than 200
beds, 12 classrooms, a multi-use conference room, and
student lounge. The building should be complete by Spring
2009.[5]
-
Paris,
France - In 2008, St. John's announced the formation of
full-time programs, along with semester abroad programs, at
a new campus location in Paris, France.[45]
The new campus is located within the Vincentian Motherhouse
in Paris, and the facility is expected to be fully
operational by Spring 2009.
[5]
Campus
renovations
In 2008, St. John's University broke ground
for the new University Center/Academic Building, one of the
largest and most comprehensive construction projects in St.
John’s recent history. Located between Sullivan Hall and the
Taffner Field House on the site that currently serves as stadium
seating for lacrosse and track and field events, the
110,000 square feet (10,000 m2) complex has been
designed to significantly enhance student life on campus. The
building, which will rise dramatically over the upper campus,
will contain 14 technologically sophisticated, state-of-the-art
classrooms with approximately 800 seats. In addition, it will
include a café, lounge, recreation and entertainment spaces,
student organization offices and conference and meeting rooms
devoted exclusively to student use.[46]
The building will be named "The D'Angelo Center" after Board of
Trustees member Peter D'Angelo '78 MBA, and his wife Peg
D'Angelo '70 Ed.[47]
In 2005, St. John's constructed Taffner Field house, and
dramatically renovated Carnesecca Hall and the University
Center. Renovations to Carnesecca Hall included a 6,400 sq ft
(590 m2). Health Center, for use by Student Life and
athletics, including weight training equipment, aerobic and
dance studios, and a student lounge. The University Center
renovations consisted of reconfigured office and meeting space
for Student Life and academic clubs, and the addition of
audio/visual rooms for all varsity athletic teams. Taffner
Athletic Field House was $23 million initiative. The two-story,
38,000 sq ft (3,500 m2). structure adjacent to
Carnesecca Hall includes four basketball courts, academic
classrooms,
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
facilities were the target of an additional $60 million in
capital enhancements.
In regards to its expansion plans, the university has had an
amicable relationship with the surrounding community in the
past.[48]
In 2007, however, it was discovered that the university was
planning to lease a building under construction by a separate
company for an off-campus dormitory.[49]
Residents argue that such a plan goes against the school's
pledge of being a "good neighbor" towards the community.[49]
The university, however, contends that it did not break the
pledge for it was only leasing the structure not building it.[50]
Nevertheless, opponents, including state Senator
Frank Padavan, argue that such an explanation is
"disingenuous". [49]
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. The athletic program
fields sixteen intercollegiate teams: basketball, soccer,
baseball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, and fencing for men and
basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, tennis, track and
field, cross country, golf, and fencing for women. In 2002, the
university eliminated five men's athletic teams and one women's
team in order to comply with
Title IX rules prohibiting activities that receive federal
assistance from discriminating on the basis of gender.[51]
Until 1994, the St. John's mascot was the Redmen, which
referenced the red uniforms worn by the university in
competition. However, the name was interpreted as a Native
American reference in the 1960s, and was changed to the Red
Storm after mounting pressure on colleges and universities to
adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture.[52][53]
The Redmen name still remains popular among fans, however, as
does the pejorative "Johnnies". On September 18, 2009 the new
mascot, which was voted on by students, was revealed; The
Thunderbird.
St. John's is the 5th most winningest program in college
basketball history (1673 wins), and has the 7th best winning
percentage (.680) in the NCAA.[citation
needed] 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
College Basketball Hall of Fame, and has sent 59 players to
the
NBA. However, of the top 5 teams,
Kentucky,
North Carolina,
Kansas,
Duke, and St. John's, St. John's is the only team not to win
an NCAA championship for basketball, and currently holds the
NCAA Division I record for most
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearances
without a championship.[citation
needed] 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
Carnesecca Arena on the St. John's campus in Queens.[54]
St. John's University holds the second best winning percentage
for a New York City school in the NCAA basketball tournament
(second to
City College of New York - which won two NCAA Div 1
Championships[55])
St. John's has the most
NIT appearances with 27, the most championship wins with 6,
although they were stripped of one due to an NCAA infraction.[56]
St. John's also holds a
Helms Athletic Foundation Championship. In 2008, St. John's
celebrated its 100th year of college basketball.
St. John's soccer has appeared in 15 consecutive 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.[54]
In 2006, the men's soccer team became the first American soccer
team to be invited to play in
Vietnam. The team played against several
Vietnam Football Federation squads as well as participating
in community service.[57]
The St. John's baseball team has been to the College World
Series six 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.[54]
The stadium was conceived out of a deal between the university
and the
Giuliani administration. The administration wanted to find a
location for a single-A team that would be affiliated with the
New York Mets. Expressing concern about quality of life
issues and the spending of public money for a private religious
institution, surrounding neighborhood civic groups and local
politicians protested the plan. In order to placate their
concerns, however, the Mets offered to open it up to the
communities for local high school games and youth programs.[58]
This stadium was built despite large protests by community
residents as well as
State Senator Frank Padavan[59]
(while also using city financing)[60]
The Red Storm played the first ever game at the Mets' new
ballpark,
Citi Field on March 29, 2009.
The St. John's fencing program has also attained national
prominence including Olympians
Keeth Smart and
Ivan Lee. 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,
2002, and 2007 seasons. In addition to team accolades, St.
John's has won eleven NCAA Individual National Championship
titles.[54]
- In 2000, St. John's was criticized by the NCAA for
misrepresenting facts in an NCAA investigation.[61]
- In 2003, it was revealed that Abe Keita, a basketball
player, was given a $300 monthly allowance and free school
books to be on the team which violated NCAA standards.
Expecting NCAA penalties, the university announced a
self-imposed two-year ban on postseason play.[62]
- The 1990 St. John's lacrosse team rape case involved
several members of the St. John's University Lacrosse team
who were acquitted of gang rape charges of an African
American female.[63][64]
One student pleaded guilty to second degree sexual abuse.[65]
Another member pleaded guilty to sexual assault and a third
to two counts of sexual misconduct and unlawful
imprisonment.[66]
In spring 2009, St. John's allowed its students to vote on
what the new official Red Storm mascot would be. At a soccer
game in Fall 2009, members of athletics announced that a
Thunderbird had received the majority of votes and would become
the new mascot. A vote to determine the name of this mascot is
currently underway. [67]
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