Two St. Francis College students made sure children at New York Methodist Hospital were not left out of the holiday of season this year when stopped by the Pediatric Ward for a special toy delivery before Christmas.

Immigration, at its core, is a story of becoming. "Common Boundary: Stories of Immigration," the new collection of 29 works of prose and poetry edited by St. Francis College English Professor Gregory F. Tague, explores this theme of immigration, including international adoption, with stories full of candor, humor and insight.

Making her debut as a religious expert for the New York Emmy nominated series Mysteries of the Church, Religious Studies Professor Alexandria Egler offered keen insights for two episodes discussing Angels and Sin on the NET program.

The New Year brings a new Vice President for Development to St. Francis College as Thomas Flood moves across town from the Brooklyn Diocese to assume the post.

From nearly 40 submissions down to one, the jury for the first ever St. Francis College Literary Prize has selected Aleksandar Hemon for his book, Love and Obstacles (Riverhead Books) as the winner of the $50,000 award, one of the richest Literary Prizes in the United States. Hemon, raised in Sarajevo and now residing in Chicago wrote his first work in English in 1995. He was awarded the prize at the Gala Opening Night Party of the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 12. Hemon was selected over the other short list authors: Chris Abani, Song For Night (Akashic Books); Jim Krusoe, Girl Factory (Tin House Books) and Arthur Phillips, The Song Is You (Random House).

More than 250 people gathered at the Plaza in Manhattan for St. Francis College's 48th Annual Charter Award Dinner, which honored John A. Catsimatidis, the Chairman & CEO of Red Apple Group. The event, which took place on April 28th, raised over $400,000 to support scholarships for St. Francis students.

For the second straight year, St. Francis College, in Brooklyn Heights, New York has set a record for most applications in College history, an 18% increase from the year before.

A nation of people who give back to their country is how Senator Dr. The Hon. Ronald Robinson, the Jamaican Minister of State from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, described his fellow Jamaicans, particularly those who live abroad at a breakfast hosted Monday, April 20 at St. Francis College. Minister Robinson described how 3 million Jamaican nationals, a number equal to the population that live on the island, have contributed billions of dollars in recent years to the Jamaican economy.

It was a great day last Sunday for four St. Francis College students from Trinidad and Tobago. Careen Fletcher '08, Dawn Kim Alves '07, Shelly Mohammed '08, Adanna Tshai Jones '07 were four of the five college students recognized for their academic success by the Trinidad and Tobago Alliance at their 30th Annual Scholarship Awards Luncheon.

More than 350 Brooklyn children had an early visit from Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman at St. Francis College Wednesday for the Safe Horizon/Al's Angels Holiday Party.