He was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States when he was two, but Walt Whitman Writer Series speaker Dinaw Mengestu says despite obvious physical, ethnic and geographic differences, it is what all people have in common that makes literature such an effective way to communicate and educate.

Born in a World War II work camp to parents who were slave laborers under the Nazis, John Guzlowski shared a series of deeply personal and powerfully shocking poems about his parents and their experiences as Polish Catholic victims of the Nazis on October 11 in St. Francis College's Founders Hall.

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St. Francis College and the Manhattan Institute co-hosted the forum Young Voters and the 2012 Election featuring Morley Winograd and Michael Hais, authors of Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation is Remaking America on October 4 in the College's Founders Hall. Winograd and Hais explored the ideology of the millennial generation and their increasing political influence, comparing Millennials to older generations, and examining their possible impact on the 2012 presidential election.

The correlation between 9/11 and the 2011 Arab Spring and the idea of Amoral Moralism were the topics of a two part lecture by St. Francis College Professors Yassin El-Ayouty and Gerald J. Galgan marking the tenth anniversary of the attacks in the College's Maroney Forum for Arts, Culture & Education on September 19.

A celebration of the privileged rang out at the opening night gala of the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival as Jonathan Dee, author of The Privileges (Random House), was announced as the second winner of the $50,000 St. Francis College Literary Award at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2011 Gala Mingle and Awards Ceremony held at The Green Building on September 17.

St. Francis College Constitution Law Professor Frank Sorrentino marked the 224th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution at St. Francis College on Thursday, September 15 with a Constitution Day talk devoted to the man often referred to as the Father of the Constitution, James Madison.

U.S. News & World Report has again selected St. Francis College for its list of Best Regional Colleges in the North, moving the College six slots higher than on the previous list. St. Francis was also ranked the 4th Most Diverse Regional College in the North.

Terrier Tuesday marks the start of the 2011-2012 school year at St. Francis College. All incoming freshman are required to attend the day-long event which gives them an up close look at all the club, Greek and athletic opportunities St. Francis has to offer. Students also participate in games, team building and ice breaking exercises to jump start their participation in the social community of the College.

From 116 entries, more than twice the submissions for the first prize two years ago, St. Francis College is proud to announce the six authors on the short list for the second $50,000 Literary Prize awarded to a mid-career author.