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.

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.

Students in St. Francis College's Management program have again achieved top rankings in Glo-Bus, a competitive simulation of the digital camera industry that is widely used in advanced courses by colleges and universities worldwide. Students were ranked against the scores of over 2300 similar company teams from 145 colleges and universities around the globe who were simultaneously competing during the Spring semester.

More than 100 professors, grad students, independent scholars, and museum professionals from across the country and as far away as Paris, Francs came to St. Francis College for the Association of Historians of American Art's (AHAA) first even independent symposium, "Current Research in American Art" from October 7 to 9.

An equal mix of St. Francis College students, Manhattan Institute supporters and the larger community were on hand to hear how the Tea Party movement, which has gotten enormous attention in other parts of the country, is affecting New York politics. The debate, Are the Tea Parties Good for New York?, held October 28 at St. Francis, was co-sponsored by St. Francis College and the Manhattan Institute and featured Steve Malanga of the Manhattan Institute and Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of the Slate Group

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.

The fights and falls on daytime Television add spice to our favorite soap operas and for Jake Turner, a professor at St. Francis College, it may also add an Emmy Award after being nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Stunt Coordination category.

When St. Francis College Accounting Professor Carmine Nogara talks to his class this spring about government accounting he will have a whole new perspective on the subject. Today, Nogara will be sworn in to begin serving on the Glen Rock, New Jersey Borough Council.

The Honors Program at St. Francis College has experienced remarkable growth in size and stature over the past few years under the direction Dr. Jaskiran Mathur Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice. Now, The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has recognized the work of Dr. Mathur and St. Francis College Economics Professor Dr. Behrouz Tabrizi for the creation of their Honors Seminar, 'Contemporary Islam: Its Socio-Economic Context'.

Even before he took the stage as the spring 2010 speaker for the Thomas J. Volpe Lecture Series at St. Francis College, Hip Hop Pioneer and entrepreneur Russell Simmons had taught everyone at the College a valuable lesson on Monday, February 22. He told Mr. Volpe, he was donating his entire speakers fee for the event to buy tents for people living in Haiti.