St. Francis College celebrated its largest graduating class ever on Tuesday, May 15 when more than 450 students received their diplomas in a ceremony at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House.

When Andrew Cotto is not dispensing advice and ideas on writing and literature as an English professor at St. Francis College, he is writing his own tales that cross a diversity of themes and genres.His second novel, Outerborough Blues: A Brooklyn Mystery (Ig) is a noir thriller that takes place before the borough has undergone recent gentrification.

With contributions that reflect faith, love, grief and joy, the new issue of Assisi; An Online Journal of Arts & Letters could not be contained to the size of just one issue. Instead, Editor Wendy Galgan, an English Professor at St. Francis College made the new publication, Volume 2, Issues 2/3 - Fall 2011/Spring 2012, a double-sized collection of work.

Father André Cirino, OFM, Franciscan author and pilgrimage guide, spoke about the seldom discussed heroics of three men from the city of Assisi – one who helped save the city from destruction and the other two saving the lives of between 250 and 300 Jews from the Holocaust - for the 15th Annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day event on April 28 at St. Francis College.

More than 250 members of the St. Francis College community filled the College's Founders Hall April 27 as the College proudly honored the new members of the Duns Scotus Honor Society, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Real Estate Developer and Philanthropist John Loconsolo at the College's 128th Charter Day.

St. Francis College presented one of its most successful alumni, Barbara G. Koster '76 (Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Prudential Financial) with an honorary degree and the creation of a scholarship in her name at the Colleges 51st Annual Charter Award Dinner, at the New York Marriott Marquis on Wednesday, April 25

With a four minute speech on Social Media and the Arabs, St. Francis junior Claudia Oddo '13 took home first place and $500 in the Annual Delaney Speech Contest on April 24 at St. Francis. Oddo competed against more than 25 fellow students to reach the top spot.

Barbara Edington, PMP, Director of the Center of Excellence in Project Management was awarded an acdemic research grant by the Project Management Institute (PMI) for a study that will offer insight into the arts community and the creative process. Her focus will be particularly on the unique hurdles artists face (logistical, financial and regulatory) as they strive to complete high quality work. The study seeks to serve as a valuable tool for project management students and to show how a project management framework could offer substantial value to artists.

Survivors and resisters of the Holocaust have been a recurring subject for multidisciplinary artist Edward Hillel. Hillel spoke about his artistic process as part of St. Francis College's Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day observation on April 19, 2012 in the College's Maroney Forum for Arts, Culture & Education.

Cold wind and rain couldn't keep 165 runners from helping to raise money for The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, at the 14th Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K Fun Run on March 31, the first time the run was held in Brooklyn Bridge Park.