St. Francis College has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support The Blues Society, a documentary film directed by Augusta Palmer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communications Arts.

"As we are concluding the observations of Jewish Passover, Christian Easter, and the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, we reflect on how these three Abrahamic religions share deep interrelationships, which is not widely known or acknowledged. Fasting, for example, is a practice present in varied forms in all these divine religions."

St. Francis College will host its first in-person commencement since January 2020, celebrating graduates from spring 2021, along with those who earned degrees in spring and summer 2020 and in winter 2021, at the Ford Amphitheater at the Coney Island Boardwalk on May 20, 2021.

Dana Lall's nursing education not only propelled her to spring 2021 valedictorian honors but equipped her to help New York combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrating and supporting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has never been more important for our community, given the recent increase in acts of ignorance, hatred, and violence that they have endured.

In an April 20, 2021, online discussion with the St. Francis College popular music class taught by Brian Gregory, Ed.D., assistant professor of communication arts, Augusta Palmer, Ph.D., associate professor of communication arts, moderated a discussion with writer Preston Lauterbach and 95-year-old Annye C. Anderson in which she reflected on her youth with blues legend Robert Johnson prior to his death in 1938 at the age of 27 and her lifelong connection with his musical legacy.

For years, St. Francis College's Education Department has been training new generations of educators, offering undergraduate degrees in childhood and adolescent education and physical education that prepare students for graduate school, professional certification and fulfilling jobs in primary and secondary school settings. Since spring 2019, the College has graduated 47 education majors.

A new Fellows program launching this year will bring professionals who have expertise in human rights and diversity issues into the St. Francis College community, helping enrich the College's academic curriculum and learning opportunities for students.