St. Joseph's College New York-Brooklyn

Educational Resources

Libraries

Member of METRO - libraries in Metropolitan NY area, Member of LILRC - Long Island Library Resources Council. Both provide borrowing privileges. Subscriptions to many online databases from various vendors, e.g. Proquest, Ebsco, Wilson APA, Congressional Quarterly, Gale, Oxford, OCLC. Curriculum area supporting elementary and secondary education students. Computer Labs for library instruction and general use by students.

• Member of library consortia.
• 224,073 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 1,039 current serial subscriptions.
• 7,752 microforms.
• 2,563 Audio/Visual items.
• 10 e-books.

Museums & Art

The Clare Rose Repertory Theatre serves as a teaching facility as well as performance space for the college and local theatre productions. The Dillon Child Study Center is the campus laboratory school for the Child Study (PreK-6) program. With an enrollment of 100 pre-school children, the center affords observation and practicum experiences for the college students. The Center exemplifies an educational facility that meets the needs of typically developing children as well as children with disabilities at the early childhood level of instruction. Both the Clare Rose and the Dillon are free-standing buildings.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 490 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, library
• 118 Internet connections in libraries.
• 0 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 372 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 0 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are not permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 0% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in some classrooms
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 110 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service

Remedial

math, writing

Counseling

career, personal, academic, religious, other

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, interest inventory, interview training, other

Campus Safety

late night transport/escort service, lighted pathways/sidewalks

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 0% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 100% of housing units are Singles.
• In total, there are 1 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 0% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 0% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Fine Arts exhibits and events, Comedy nights, Murder Mystery Dinner, Campus Debates/Sound Bites, 101 Nights (101 days before graduation), Spring Fling, Bowl-A-Thon, Intramurals, Band Concerts, Guest Speakers on Social Issues, Club Fair, Celebrate! Diversity, Outdoor Jazz Event, Health & Wellness Events, Improv Night, Talent Show, Jazz Concert, Charity Dances and Dinners, Novelty Acts, Rock the Vote, Immigration teach-in
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, student government, student newspaper, yearbook
• In total, there are about 56 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Sigma Iota Chi, Kappa Gamma Pi, Delta Gamma Sigma, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Delta Mu Delta, Phi Alpha Theta, Psi Chi, Sigma Tau Delta, Beta Beta Beta, Lambda Pi Eta, Theta Alpha Kappa, Sigma Delta Pi, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Upsilon Pi Epsilon
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Campus Crusade for Christ, Campus Ministry & Outreach Club, STARS - Students taking an Active Role in Society;
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Heritage Gallery, Hispanic Awareness, Asian Awareness, Gaelic Society, Diversity Union
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Student Government Association, Campus Activities Board, Amnesty International, Drama Society, Circle K International, Newspaper, Yearbook, Co-Curricular Clubs (related to academic departments): (ACHE) American College for Health Care Professional, Accounting/Business Society, Art Club, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Biology Club, Business Club, BSN/Nursing Club, Child Study Club, Chorus, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Dance Club, Drama Society, English Club, History Club, Jazz Band, Matrix (Computer Science), Music Club, (NSSLHA) Nastional Student Speech Language Hearing Association, Philosophy Club, Political Affairs Club, Psychology Club, Recreation Club, Science Club, SHRM (Business), Fashion Club, Flag Football, PAWS (Animal Rights), Speech and Language Club, Step Squad, Students Ambassadors, Student Legal Society, The Feminist Majority, Track Club, Fraternity, Sorority
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Spirit - 3 times each semester; The Talon - twice a semester.

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): New York City (10), MacArthur Airport (30)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): New York City (6)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): New York City (6)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 75% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 1% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,500
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 2 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 3 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited