As students were finishing their course work on the last day of the spring semester at St. Francis College, the Student Government Association (SGA) was hosting its last event of the year, Student Appreciation Day. This new event was held by the SGA to celebrate the student body and join them in their excitement as another school year came to a close.

More than 110 students earned their diplomas Wednesday, January 28 at the St. Francis College Genovesi Center as the College hosted the Winter 2009 Commencement.

St. Francis Professor and Management Department Chairman John Dilyard for the past year has been at the center of a major new initiative sponsored by the Columbia Program on International Investment that will identify and rank the largest globally-active multinational corporations from emerging markets (MNEs). For the first time, businessmen, investors and scholars will know the names of hundreds of companies across all industries that are competing worldwide, even against the largest companies in the United States, Europe and Japan.

"When [Andrew W. Cooper] filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court, he was well aware that he was launching a missile at the powerful political forces in the city and the state, Republican and Democratic," said Basil Paterson, the keynote speaker at the 40th Anniversary celebration of Cooper v Power, speaking about the lawsuit that led to the creation of a predominantly African-American congressional seat in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Imagine getting fifteen years of experience running an international corporation in just one semester at college. Now imagine competing against hundreds of other companies at dozens of schools and coming out right at the top.

"How we educate future project managers and how we conduct our research into best practices needs to be grounded in reality," said Dr. Barbara Edington, Director of the Center of Excellence in Project Management, which helped plan the colloquium along with the Project Management Institute, the leading membership association for project managers.

In July of this year, PMI's Research and Education Conference was held in Limerick, Ireland where both academics and practitioners assembled to hear about the recent research and current trends in the industry. Dr. Barbara Edington was a collaborator on a paper with lead author Dr. Thomas Lechler entitled, "Exploring Contextual Conditions of Project Uncertainties and Project Value Opportunities.

The St. Francis College Institute for Peace and Justice was profiled this weekend along with Catholic Charities for their Day of Service at the Northside Senior Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

St. Francis College Professor Emily Horowitz fights to overturn the conviction of a man accused of sexual abuse of children.

A story in the daily newspaper amNY about popular programs at New York City colleges focused on the unique aspects of the Psychology program at St. Francis College.