When the drive to attend college doesn't match test scores, many schools shut their doors and prospective students get discouraged. But St. Francis College, through its Project Access program, has been working for several years now to identify students who, when given the chance and added support, can become successful at the next level. Several people who represent those successes as well as students currently enrolled in Project Access came to St. Francis College to talk about how all their hard work has paid off.

The holidays came early for more than 200 New York Road Runners Youth Programs (NYRRYP) kids who received gifts of running shoes from a visiting Santa. On Saturday at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, kids from six Mighty Milers and Young Runners sites gathered to eat pizza, play games and do hip-hop with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Clause's kid Rocky, the St. Francis mascot.

St. Francis College Literary Prize Winner Aleksandar Hemon began his day long visit with the students, faculty and administrators of St. Francis College with a guest lecture and concluded with a reading of a short story from his award winning book, Love and Obstacles.

St. Francis College professors Ian Maloney (English) and Nickie Phillips (Sociology & Criminal Justice) have been sharing their expertise with both international and national audiences as featured speakers at two separate academic conferences this fall.

St. Francis College students, professors and administrators were out in full force for the 3rd Annual SFC Great American Smokeout on November 19.

St. Francis College Alumni, Current Students and Faculty all played a part in the 21st Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research held at the College on November 6. They contributed to the more than 40 scientific presentations delivered by undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty from many area colleges and universities, representing various Psychological fields. The conference is endorsed by several national and regional organizations and provides students with a chance to meet and mingle with some prominent persons in the field.

More than 50 of the best and brightest students at St. Francis College met with the alumni and friends of the College who funded their education at the Annual Endowed Scholarship Reception held November 5 in McArdle Hall.

Leaving print behind and moving entirely online, the St. Francis College student newspaper, The Voice is now sfctoday.com.

It was a mini-film festival of St. Francis College Communication Arts alumni October 21 and 22 as former students Terrisha Kearse and Fabian Baez returned to their alma mater to screen their films.

With multi-billion dollar budget deficits looming for New York State and no clear cut solution to bridge the gap, a group of experts brought together by St. Francis College and the Manhattan Institute on October 14, tackled the issue while answering the question, "Can New York State Government Be Reformed?"