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International Students Visit Campus during EuroSim At EuroSim, students are broken up into groups that represent different constituents, departments, committees, and levels of parliament, including the European Parliament Budget Committee, political groups, and journalists.

At EuroSim, students are broken up into groups that represent different constituents, departments, committees, and levels of parliament, including the European Parliament Budget Committee, political groups, and journalists.

04/22/2019 - Imagine 150 students spread out among a dozen classrooms, talking, debating, and defending their policies. That’s the environment created by EuroSim, an annual student-run simulation of European Union policy-making. In its 33rd year, the four-day international conference was held at St. John Fisher College for the first time in its history this March.

Music Festival at Fisher to Benefit Local Homeless Program

04/12/2019 - St. John Fisher College will host a spring music festival, “Roc for the Homeless” (RFTH), at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 26, outside of Founders Hall. All proceeds from the festival will benefit Rochester Regional Health’s Healthcare for the Homeless Program.

College Search Website Names Fisher’s Sport Management Program among Best in Country 25 Best Bachelor's in Sport Management Programs

04/12/2019 - The sport management program at St. John Fisher College has been ranked among the best in the country by Bachelor’s Degree Center, a college search website that provides advice, resources, and rankings on traditional and online undergraduate degree programs.

Sport Management Banquet Celebrates Record-Setting Industry Executives Sarah Kate “Skate” Noftsinger (center), the Club’s director of marketing and fan engagement, accepted the Sport Organization of the Year Award on behalf of the team.

Sarah Kate “Skate” Noftsinger (center), the Club’s director of marketing and fan engagement, accepted the Sport Organization of the Year Award on behalf of the team.

04/11/2019 - St. John Fisher College sport management students, faculty, alumni, and families joined together to honor Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Atlanta United FC on Friday, April 5, at the annual end-of-year celebration at Oak Hill Country Club.

Sarachan Publishes Open Source Book on Coding Pedagogy

04/09/2019 - Professor Jeremy Sarachan, chair of the Department of Media and Communication and director of the interactive media program, edited an open source, online book, Coding Pedagogy. The book was designed and coded by senior Sean O'Leary.

Nationally Recognized Poets Headline Women and Gender Studies Event Rachel Wiley and Siaara Freeman

04/08/2019 - The Women and Gender Studies spring event brought nationally recognized poets Siaara Freeman and Rachel Wiley before a packed audience on March 20 for an unforgettable reading on black queer embodiment.

Research Writing Alums Offer Students Advice Ranita Williams, Mark Walsh, Ally Wichtowski, and Julia Detmer shared their best practices in research, drafting, and revising.

Ranita Williams, Mark Walsh, Ally Wichtowski, and Julia Detmer shared their best practices in research, drafting, and revising.

04/05/2019 - The Research Writing essay is a fixture of the first-year student experience at Fisher. Research Writing 199 is taken in the spring of the freshman year, after the Learning Community, and serves as the foundation of the core courses and an important place that students develop their skills in college-level research, analysis, and writing.

Fisher, 540WMain Communiversity Collaborate on Frederick Douglass Exhibit A photograph of Frederick Douglass from Lavery Library's special collection holdings.

A photograph of Frederick Douglass from Lavery Library's special collection holdings.

04/01/2019 - Through the month of April, reproductions of Frederick Douglass photographs will be on display at the Douglass Auditorium through a partnership between St. John Fisher College and local organization 540WMain Communiversity, located in the Susan B. Anthony District of Downtown Rochester.

St. John Fisher College’s 65th Commencement to Honor Three Community Champions William G. Clark ’78, Hilda Rosario-Escher, A. Dirk Hightower

03/29/2019 - More than 1,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral candidates will graduate from St. John Fisher College during its 65th Commencement on Saturday, May 11. Before they cross the stage to receive their diplomas, the College will honor three individuals for their lifetime commitment to advocacy on behalf of the Rochester community.

Laughs, Love, and Raffles at the Sixth Annual Gilda’s Cup Fisher students at the sixth annual Gilda's Cup.

03/29/2019 - Last weekend marked the sixth annual Gilda’s Cup, an improv comedy competition that raises funds for Gilda’s Club of Rochester. The PRIMA Group, Fisher’s student-run, full-service advertising agency, spends two semesters working with Gilda’s House to prepare.