The St. Francis College 5th Annual Women's Film Festival, taking place April 15 to 18, 2020, has opened its call for entries.

SFC President Miguel Martinez-Saenz Ph.D. and a group of his colleagues from St. Francis College will visit the Dominican Republic this month, fostering the College's deep relationships with individuals and institutions in that country.

Isa Khan '22, a Political Science major from Mill Basin, Brooklyn, is pursuing a career in public service. He's taking a step in that direction with an internship with U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries.

Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez was the first guest of Reflections of a Life in Public Service, a new discussion series between SFC President Miguel Martinez-Saenz and leaders in politics, business and community.

Incoming St. Francis College science students got a jump start on some of the College's toughest STEM classes, at a multi-day bootcamp to prepare them for Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Anatomy and Physiology courses they will take this fall.

Five St. Francis College students spent two weeks in Brazil studying that country's economics, politics and society.

St. Francis College now houses the first Troops to Teachers (TTT) office in New York State, thanks to a collaboration between the College and the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE), and a grant from the federal government.

Dr. Steven M. Lipson, Professor of Biology & Health Promotion at St. Francis College, co-authored the book Cheating in Academia: Innovative Tactics, Insidious Ploys, and Defensive Rationale, published this past winter. Lipson and co-authors Dr. Lorraine Findlay of Nassau Community College and Dr. Laina Karthikeyan of New York City College of Technology examined why students cheat and how they do it.

Eight incoming students who are part of the this year's Project Access, a program that provides supplemental reading, writing and critical thinking training for select St. Francis College first-year students, completed one of two optional summer bridge seminars designed to transition them academically from high school to college.