History

History

Transformation Through the Decades

十二位有开拓精神的学生，一栋灰色的小楼和一份雄心壮志. The humble beginnings and bold aspirations of St. 一个多世纪前，约瑟夫女子学院成为一所世界一流大学的基础，毕业生超过1000人,500 students annually at campuses in Brooklyn and Long Island, as well as online, and counts 43,000 alumni worldwide.

Founded by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, 学院在最初的10年里一直在磨练和完善自己的工艺, 提供通向卓越的途径，使女性——最终是男性——能够抓住并充分发挥自己的潜力. History reflects St. Joseph’s as an institution built on tradition, 以创新为动力，以适应时代变化的愿望为力量.

Below is a timeline that highlights significant moments in St. Joseph's rich history.

1916

St. Joseph’s College for Women, in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, opens its doors to a dozen students. 这个期待已久的机构是由进步的圣. Joseph — initially calls St. Angela Hall home.

1917-18

Supporting Veterans During the First World War
我们的学院社区开始展示其始终存在的对美国的承诺.S. 通过各种活动来支持第一次世界大战的努力, including joining the Red Cross, selling cakes and candies to raise funds for the soldiers, 为那些父亲去打仗的孩子缝制衣服. 

1921

Archbishop Thomas E. 莫洛伊成为学院的第二任院长，继主教查尔斯E. McDonnell, the College’s first president.

1929

St. 约瑟夫学院获得了纽约州立大学的永久特许状.

1934

在将课程扩展到儿童发展课程后不久，圣. Joseph’s opens one of the East Coast’s first laboratory preschools. The program’s success established St. 约瑟夫学院是纽约市最具创新精神的教师培训机构之一. It later is renamed the Dillon Child Study Center in 1968.

1939

克莱门特家庭大楼毗邻校园在克林顿山被购买，变成了一个户外剧院. It’s the third structure acquired by the College in five years. Earlier, the College purchased the Allison House at 265 Clinton Ave. and the Pratt House at 232 Clinton Ave.

1940

学院开设了儿童研究专业，该专业后来成为圣. Joseph’s hallmark programs. 该项目一直是纽约大都会地区最好的教学项目之一.

1941

随着圣何塞的到来，该校的入学人数达到469人，校友人数攀升至近1200人. Joseph’s celebrates its 25th anniversary.

1941-1945

World War II
Members of the College sewed clothes for people in war-torn countries, sold war bonds and stamps, and collected goods to help provide supplies to those in need. 学生们还在布鲁克林海军工厂招待战争生产工人.

1945

The Rev. William T. Dillon becomes the third president of St. Joseph's College.

1956

Sister Vincent Thérèse Tuohy becomes St. Joseph’s first female president.

1960-65

Sisters Participate in the Civil Rights Movement
Members of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph worked in and around Selma, Alabama, in the early 1960s, actively taking part in the Civil rights movement. They endured objects being thrown at them and witnessed brutal, vicious acts of racism, all while offering support to Black people in the area.

1965

The College’s McEntegart Hall Library opens on Clinton Ave.

1968

学校的学前班搬进了一栋新建的大楼，并更名为幼儿园 Dillon Child Study Center.

1969

S. George Aquin O’Connor becomes the College’s fifth president.

1969

The College changes its name from St. Joseph’s College for Women to simply St. Joseph’s College, 招收第一批男学生，向男女同校转变.

1975

学院设立成人与职业教育学院.

1979

St. Joseph’s Long Island campus 在帕切格开设，吸收了布伦特伍德自1971年以来的一个扩展项目. 两个校区的全日制学生人数激增至2000人以上.

1985

The Clare Rose Playhouse opens on the Long Island campus. It’s the campus’ first significant modification.

1989

The Callahan Library opens on the Long Island campus.

1994

St. Joseph’s establishes Weekend College at the Long Island campus. 学院在灵活的时间框架内为在职成人提供本科课程, 让这些学生平衡他们的许多工作和家庭责任.

1995

St. Joseph's introduces its first graduate degree, an M.A. in Infant/Toddler Therapeutic Education.

1997

S. Elizabeth A. Hill, C.S.J., J.D., 成为学院的第六任校长，并成立了艺术委员会，为圣公会提供美术和表演艺术节目. Joseph's and its surrounding communities.

1997

The John A. Danzi Athletic Center opens at the College’s Long Island campus. 该设施继续作为校园NCAA三级室内运动队的主场.

1998

St. Joseph's purchases a five-story brownstone at 256 Clinton Ave. in Brooklyn to be used as staff and faculty office space.

2000

The Academic Center for Enhancement Services (ACES) 玛丽格蕾丝·卡尔霍恩·邓恩中心开放，为英语学习者(ELL)学生提供帮助.

2001

The College purchases its original home in Brooklyn, St. Angela Hall Academy.

2002

长岛校区在校园中心开设了33,000平方英尺的商业技术中心.

2004

St. 约瑟夫商学院在其不断增加的研究生课程名单中增加了首个MBA课程. The College now offers more than 20 graduate degrees.

2008

The College holds its inaugural Golden Eagle Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony and honors the first class of inductees.

2012

St. Joseph’s College unveils its new athletic complex: a 24.8 acre, 最先进的户外运动设施是我们棒球队的主场, softball, soccer, tennis and women's lacrosse teams.

2013

学院开设酒店及旅游管理课程, 并成为长岛唯一提供的四年制HTM学位课程. The Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Management (IHTM) at St. 约瑟夫学院也成立了-在负责任的旅游和酒店业的讨论中提供了一个领先的声音.

2013

The Brooklyn Campus launched The Writer's Foundry, the first boutique M.F.A. program in the College's history and in Brooklyn. Inspired by one of our most distinguished alumni, esteemed poet Marie Birmingham Ponsot '40, 该计划准备了一群独特的有前途的作家，在文学生活的各个领域取得成功.

2014

The Brooklyn campus opens The Hill Center这是一个位于范德比尔特大道(Vanderbilt Avenue)、占地4万平方英尺的最先进的运动和多功能设施. It quickly becomes LEED Gold-certified, a designation that declares the facility is designed, constructed, 维护和运行以改善环境和人类健康绩效.

2014

Jack P. Calareso, Ph.D., becomes St. 约瑟夫学院的第七任校长，也是学院的第一位教友领袖.

2015

St. 约瑟夫学院在两个校区的本科课程中增加了护理学学士学位. 该课程为学生成为注册专业护士做好准备.

2015

The College launches its fully online learning community, launches, immediately offering 15 online degree programs. Soon after its launch, enrollment skyrockets, growing by nearly 500%.

2016

长岛校区开设了工作室艺术学士学位，布鲁克林校区开设了法医计算硕士学位. 第二年，长岛校区开设了法医计算机硕士课程.

2017

Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D., becomes the College’s eighth president.

2018

Our fully online program 成为国家授权互惠协议国家委员会(NC-SARA)的成员，并开始提供20多种完全在线的证书, 向所有50个州的学生提供本科和研究生学位课程.

2019

President Boomgaarden announces a three-year strategic plan，“活出我们的使命”，旨在帮助学院及其学生在未来取得成功.

2020

学院宣布即将兴建最先进的32号楼,000-square-foot multi-million dollar Long Island Student Center, to serve the institution’s growing student population. Construction begins in June 2021.

2020-2021

As much as ever before, the St. Joseph’s College community demonstrates the institution’s motto, Esse non videri, “To be, not to seem,在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间继续履行其使命. The College pivots to virtual learning via Zoom, Google Meet and other video conferencing options, then later offers a broad number of hybrid learning options, including in-person, virtual and traditional online classes.

2022

Effective April 12, 2022, the New York State Regents, along with the New York State Department of Education, has officially granted St. Joseph’s university status.

2023

The Long Island campus unveils its Student Center, a $17 million state-of-the-art, 33,200平方英尺的超现代建筑，作为校园学生生活的中心, with a ceremonial ribbon cutting in October 2023.