Saint Francis University

SFU proudly announces the eight students selected to serve as 2024 Orientation Directors. These talented students will lead a team of 40 student volunteer Orientation Counselors to provide a first-class onboarding experience when the Class of 2028 joins the Flash Fam later this month.

SFU proudly announces the eight students selected to serve as 2023 Orientation Directors. These talented students will lead a team of 40 student volunteer Orientation Counselors to provide a first-class onboarding experience when the Class of 2027 joins the Flash Fam in August. At no compensation, these volunteers sacrifice the final weeks of summer to ensure that first-year students have an exceptional transition into University life. 2023 Orientation Directors include: Senior Director: Madison Soellner, Associate Directors: Adyson Miller, Madelyn Marzina, and Sarah Evans Assistant Directors: Daniel O'Hara, Ellen Kennedy, Alyson Zell, Cierra Denny

SFU is proud to announce the 8 students selected to serve as 2022 Orientation Directors. These talented students will lead a team of 40 student volunteer Orientation Counselors to provide a first-class onboarding experience when the Class of 2026 joins the Flash Fam in August. These volunteers sacrifice the final weeks of summer, at no compensation, in order to ensure that first-year students have an exceptional transition into University life.

Congratulations to our talented Saint Francis University students named to the Spring 2024 President's List or Dean's Lists. To achieve either honor, students must have full-time status and attain a quality point average of 4.000 (President's) or 3.500 (Dean's) on 12 or more credits during a single semester, with no continuing or incomplete grades.

Congratulations to the 801 Saint Francis University students named to the Fall 2023 President's List or Dean's Lists. To achieve either honor, students must have full-time status and attain a quality point average of 4.000 (President's) or 3.500 (Dean's) on 12 or more credits during a single semester, with no continuing or incomplete grades.

Congratulations to the 753 Saint Francis University students named to the Spring 2023 President's List or Dean's Lists. To achieve either honor, students must have full-time status and attain a quality point average of 4.000 (President's) or 3.500 (Dean's) on 12 or more credits during a single semester, with no continuing or incomplete grades.

Saint Francis University student, Damian Tobias, is this year's recipient of a $5,000 Father Tom Schaefer Scholarship from SAGE Scholars Educational Foundation. The SAGE Scholars Educational Foundation in 2019 pledged $1,000,000 in scholarship funds to further support SAGE Scholars' mission - making higher education more affordable. 2022 marks the fourth year of the annual Dr. James B. Johnston scholarship essay contest. This year hundreds of students shared their stories, preparing for college, visiting the campus, and making their final choices. Damian's essay stood out for the top scholarship prize of $5,000. He says, "Saint Francis University made a promise that they would honor my goals and career path in any way that they possibly could, even if it meant adapting the curriculum to be learned outside of the classroom. No other university seemed to value hands-on learning nearly as much as Saint Francis University, so it was clear that they were the perfect fit." Damian is a first-year student in the Shields School of Business.

Saint Francis University congratulates approximately 700 students who received their degrees on May 7-8, 2022.

Three students were awarded $1,000 in competitive grants for creative or service projects that are firmly grounded in the humanities. The 2019-2020 recipients are Madaline Johnston from Blairsville, PA; John Weidner from Johnstown, PA; and Anthony Labriola from Altoona, PA.

Saint Francis University congratulates more than 700 students who received their academic degrees on May 8-9, 2021.

Saint Francis University congratulates more than 600 students who received their academic degrees on May 10, 2020.

On May 1, 2022, the Department of Physician Assistant Science at Saint Francis University held its annual White Coat Ceremony marking the end of the first year of training and transition into clinical education. The students recited and signed a modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, which reminded them of the vow to provide ethical, confidential, and compassionate care to the patient and not their illness, keeping the patient's best interest in mind. Students were presented with and donned their white lab coats to affirm their role as future health care providers.

The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), announced their inaugural Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week recognitions for the very first time in their esports division. Saint Francis Esports was represented on the list of players by Tyler "Nap" Napora from Windber, PA. Nap is the the Team Captain for the SFU Esports Rocket League White team, who is currently 3-1 during the fall 2020 conference competitions.Nap was recognized for his leadership as Team Captain during his team's comeback victory during week 3 against Nazareth College's Gold team. The submission for Nap's recognition on the ECAC website states, "After going down 0-2 against Nazareth last week in a duel of undefeated teams. Tyler was able to lead his team to victory by re-evaluating their team's strategy and maintaining a cool, calm composure within the arena. This leadership allowed his team to regroup and take control of the match to complete a reverse sweep, winning the next 3 games of the match to win the series.He was able to apply pressure on the other team taking many shots on goal in order for his team to set and maintain the temp of the match. Tyler's gameplay is balanced between offense and defense and his statistics reflect that from last week."When asked about this recognition, Nap shared the following, "I'm glad that the hard work of our team could be recognized. We hope to continue to play with the focus and fortitude that we all had at the time to complete the comeback after being down 0-2 as we look towards playoffs."Nap and the other members of his team hope to be seated high at the beginning of the fall 2020 conference playoffs that begin on Saturday, November 7th.Nap's Week 3 Statistics:Game 1) Score: 401/Goals: 0/Assists: 0/Saves: 4/Shots: 2Game 2) Score: 278/Goals: 1/Assists: 0/Saves: 0/Shots: 3Game 3) Score: 290/Goals: 0/Assists: 0/Saves 1/Shots: 1Game 4) Score: 298/Goals: 1/Assists: 0/Saves: 0/Shots: 6Game 5) Score: 372/Goals: 0/Assists: 2/ Saves: 2/Shots 4https://redflash.gg/news/2020/10/20/rocket-league-white-napora-named-player-of-the-week.aspxhttp://www.ecacesports.com/2020/10/the-ecac-announces-esports-player-and-rookie-of-the-week-recognition/

Saint Francis Esports is excited to announce its Fall 2020 roster. These students will be competing throughout eight (8) different game titles representing Saint Francis in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE). The game titles that Saint Francis will be competing in this semester are FIFA, Fortnite, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Madden, Overwatch, Rocket League, & Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Learn more about esports at SFU at francis.edu/esports. 2020 Roster Drew Desort Max Herman Faythe Miller Sarah Boggiano Khaleed Gray Keirsten LaSalle Nathan Thompson Samuel Warner James Gresko Logan Huff Anthony McFeaters James Nichols Tyler Tomechak Jared Ohler Caleb Burkett Michael Miller Zach Patterson Huynh Pham Zach Warden Landon Conner Devin McNelly Faythe Miller Zachary Wheeler Andres Barbosa Emma Ferlan Evan Messner Nicholas Nale Shannon Schmitt Miranda Snyder Charles Deitke Anthony Perozich Andrew Schmidt Matthew Tran Micah Wanko Chase Forberger Hayden Herc Justin Birkhimer Tyler Napora Mitchell Wright Jacob Grosik Dalton Povich David Kinniburgh Adam Spencer Logan Kearns Jude Ngangsic-Asongu Ethan Walker Grace O'Connell Isaac Repko Jonah Royer

Saint Francis University student received prize in the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Catholic Scholastic Honor Society writing contest.

On June 15, 2020, The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its Esports All-Academic Honors for the Spring 2020 semester. SFU boasted 23 players recognized for their academic achievements in the classroom.

Saint Francis University congratulates the 2020-2021 Alta Via cohort of students to campus. The Alta Via program is a highly selective program for incoming new students who have demonstrated an interest in pursuing an intentionally Catholic college experience. Students are selected on the basis of their high school, community and parish involvement.

Tanner Yawitz, class of 2019, majored in Chemistry with a Pre-Law Concentration. After working closely with Dr. Joe Melusky and receiving multiple offers, Tanner has decided to attend Penn State Law School. A great reminder that students can pair Pre-Law with any major. Congratulations Tanner.