When the drive to attend college doesn't match test scores, many schools shut their doors and prospective students get discouraged. But St. Francis College, through its Project Access program, has been working for several years now to identify students who, when given the chance and added support, can become successful at the next level. Several people who represent those successes as well as students currently enrolled in Project Access came to St. Francis College to talk about how all their hard work has paid off.

Brooklyn author Jonathan Lethem began his lecture to a standing room only crowd, Thursday, November 6 at the St. Francis College Maroney Forum for Arts, Culture & Education with a reading of two Walt Whitman poems, Mannahatta and Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats.

Joan Copeland, Broadway actress and sister of the late playwright Arthur Miller headlined the first ever American Drama Conference at St. Francis College November 7 to November 9, with a one woman performance presented in three parts representing Miller's take on their mother Augusta Barnett Miller. Copeland began with a reading from Miller's memoir Timebends: A Life, where he painted a vivid picture of Augusta. Copeland then moved to the grand piano to reprise the role of Rose Baum, based on Augusta and which Copeland played in Miller's play The American Clock. The performance concluded with an emotional reading of the ending monologue from Death of A Salesman.

Award winning writer James Salter (The Hunters, Dusk and Other Stories, All That Is) read from his collection of work and answered questions from the audience as the latest speaker for St. Francis College's Walt Whitman Writers Series on Wednesday, November 6.

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing faculty publish a new literary journal.

The St. Francis College Honors Program honored the group's long time moderator Dr. Francis Greene at its opening event of the fall semester with the inaugural Francis J. Greene Honors Lecture on Monday, September 17.

Kouyoumdjian's performance, "Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month," will feature several works by Spanish composers, including Fernando Sor and Isaac Albéniz, as well as two Brazilian composers.

Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller-Elect Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President-Elect Eric Adams, and City Councilwoman-Elect Laurie Cumbo with its 2013 Speaking Truth To Power Award on October 30 in the College's Founders Hall. Chirlane McCray acceptrf the award on behalf of her husband, Mr. de Blasio Serving as Masters of Ceremonies were clinical psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere, entertainment visionary Ralph McDaniels and attorney Jacqueline McMickens.