SJC Brooklyn’s Sister Marie Mackey, C.S.J, and Sister Nancy Gilchriest, S.S.N.D., Ed.D., are leading an effort to restore a 70-year-old convent on the grounds of the Passionist Monastery in Jamaica, Queens. The…
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Here’s a look back at SJC Brooklyn’s most important stories from 2020. January Celebrating 50 years of being coeducational: St. Joseph’s College became a coeducational institution in the 1969-70 academic…
Sister Marie Mackey, C.S.J., campus ministry director at SJC Brooklyn, and a group of nine honors program students, donated 30 bags filled with toiletries and other essential supplies this month…
SJC Long Island students Timothy Barone, Alexa Setaro and Nicholas Mitchko planned, organized and carried out a safe trick-or-treating event and food drive in their hometown last month. The trio…
SJC’s First Diversity and Inclusion Week is a Huge Success
St. Joseph’s first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Week — with its emphasis on social responsibility and celebration of the Sisters of St. Joseph tenet for unity for “the dear neighbor” —…
The SJC Brooklyn community joined forces this month to donate nonperishable food to families in need, ahead of Thanksgiving. The College collected an assortment of nonperishable items for the food…
St. Joseph’s College kicks off its first Diversity and Inclusion Week on Monday, celebrating the unique individuals that make up the College community. The week will reflect social responsibility —…
The U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph is educating the public about restorative justice and how to use the practice to tackle the issue of racism and other…
Social responsibility is among Mike King’s many goals in his new position as the new head of the Special Victims Unit for the New York Police Department. King, a 20-year…
Alec Willis is “racing” against racism. On Aug. 30, the SJC Brooklyn alumnus ran 16 miles from the north shore of Staten Island to the south shore, side-by-side with his…