St. John's University

Ireland. The university is named after Saint John the Baptist.^[4]

St. John's is organized into five undergraduate schools and six graduate schools. In 2016, the university had a total of 16,440 undergraduate and 4,647 graduate students.^[7] St. John's offers more than 100 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs as well as professional certificates.

History[edit]

St. John's University was founded in 1870, by the Vincentian Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church in response to an invitation by the first Bishop of Brooklyn, John Loughlin, to provide the underprivileged youth of the city with an intellectual and moral education.

St. John's Vincentian values stem from the ideals and works of St Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), who is the patron saint of Christian charity. Following the Vincentian tradition, the university seeks to provide an education that encourages greater involvement in social justice, charity, and service.^[8] The Vincentian Center for Church and Society ("Vincenter.org") located on the university's Queens campus serves as "a clearinghouse for and developer of Vincentian information, poverty research, social justice resources, and as an academic/cultural programming Center.

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