The summer of 2011 marks a new beginning for the way St. Francis College will support its students and alumni, with the promotion of June McGrisken, CPA '76 to Executive Vice President and Timothy Houlihan to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

It was a record setting year on the links at the 12th Annual St. Francis College Meadow Brook Golf Outing as golfers and their families and friends raised nearly $270,000 for St. Francis scholarships.

Dr. Wendy Galgan is proud to announce the release of Volume 2, Issue 1 of Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters. The issue, with layout and design by Vanessa De Almeida '00, contains more than 50 submissions and runs 70 pages.

When he graduated from St. Francis College in 2011, Steve Olsen didn't have to spend too much time looking for a job, despite the tough economy. He had set the ground work for his career while he was in his junior year.

More Than 120 Project Management Professionals and Academics from New York's biggest companies and the Tri-State areas best colleges came to St. Francis College for the inaugural event of the Center of Excellence in Project Management at St. Francis College on Friday, June 10. The First Annual Practical Research Forum, a day-long event of lectures which brought together academic theory and real world project management experiences, was produced with the support of the Project Management Institute.

For the last four years, winter break has meant taking another college course for a select group of St. Francis College students; but you won't hear them complaining. The classroom this winter was the underwater ecosystem, beaches and National Parks of the Virgin Islands.

Management students at St. Francis College worked their way to the top once again, placing in the top five percent in the online Glo-Bus international business simulation.

In her third year as Information Technology professor at St. Francis College, Esther Klein has crossed the digital divide from a lifelong PC user to being on the cutting edge of Apple technology. She now teaches students to program applications for the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Dr. John Motley, Director of the St. Francis College Choir for 14 years passed away May 22 after a long illness. In the 1960's, as Director of Music for the New York City Public Schools, Dr. Motley formed the All City Concert Choir. For two decades, the group sang at venues like Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center; for dignitaries including President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Pope John Paul II and Mayors Abe Beame and John Lindsay; and with musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and opera singers Marian Anderson, William Warfield and Camilla Williams.

The balconies of the Howard Gilman Opera House were bursting with pride at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) as more than 350 members of the St. Francis College Class of 2011 celebrated their graduation May 18.