"I want to assure you that St. Francis College will return this fall to offer an exceptional education for our students. We maintain committed to creating a fulfilling experience for all of you, with a small, vibrant and diverse community, one where we still know each other's names, where the faces of your fellow Terriers are familiar."

The Kessler Scholars Program — a comprehensive, proven program at the University of Michigan for first-generation students that uses research and real-time student feedback to transform the first-generation experience with both scholarship and wrap-around community support beyond funding — is formally expanding to St. Francis College, Johns Hopkins University, Queens College, and Syracuse University.

St. Francis College will welcome 19 new students into its Duns Scotus Honor Society this year, a testament to their collegiate achievements in and out of the classroom.The College will celebrate the latest Society members in an online event on May 8, 2020, preceding a formal in-person induction ceremony scheduled for August 26th.

St. Francis College is one 67 higher-education institutions selected by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to take part in the expanded Second Chance Pell Sites Initiative, a program that allows incarcerated women and men to use federal financial aid for college education.

Man Booker Prize Winner and National Book Award Finalist Marlon James will return to St. Francis College as an instructor in the College's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program this summer, joining a roster of accomplished professional writers guiding students fully online.

Despite a coronavirus pandemic causing millions of people to stay sheltered indoors, the 5th Annual SFC Women's Film Festival - and the first SFC Women's Film Fest to be created by a class of 14 students teleconferencing in in from both coasts - successfully screened 44 films over five days on the web platform Zoom.

St. Francis College will continue to hold all classes remotely (online) through summer 2020. That includes all classes for May Intersession, as well as Summer Intersessions 1, 2 and 3. No events will take place on campus until further notice.