Collegium Magazine




11/26/2024 - Collegium takes a look behind the curtain at the Class of 2028, the enrollment process taken to recruit the largest first-year class in University history, and why today’s students choose Fisher.

11/06/2024 - Certified acupuncturist Christine (Welzmueller) Cronin ’95 has served as the executive director of the non-profit Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) for the past two years.

04/05/2024 - With its repository of research journals, teeming stacks of books, and archival materials, Lavery Library has served the St. John Fisher University for nearly 50 years, helping countless students, faculty, and staff accomplish their scholarly pursuits. Now, the University has begun work on a multimillion-dollar modernization and renovation to the library, the largest capital project both in scope and investment in the institution’s history.

04/03/2024 - The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, with some of the early work dating back to the 1950s. Largely the stuff of sci-fi movies and TV shows throughout the late 20th century, AI now is embedded in our daily lives in things like Amazon and Netflix recommendations, face ID on cell phones, and banking alerts based on prior purchases, just to name a few examples.

04/01/2024 - The First Generation Program is Celebrating 25 Years

07/05/2022 - The Willis Wesley Griffis, Jr. Emergency Fund was recently created to help students in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy who face a family hardship or emergency situation. The gift was designed to help students travel to and from the University so that they may visit a loved one during a difficult time.

07/01/2022 - On the 200th anniversary of the Congregation of St. Basil, Fr. Kevin Mannara, CSB, reflects on their philosophy of education and lasting influence on the University.

07/01/2022 - On the cusp of its 75th anniversary, St. John Fisher College has become in name what it has been in practice for more than a decade—St. John Fisher University.

12/10/2021 - Fifty years after Fisher welcomed its first full-time female students, each of the College’s five Schools is led by a woman. We asked them each five questions about their journey to the dean’s suite.

11/24/2021 - If you’ve scrolled TikTok, chances are you’ve seen videos of the Dougherty Dozen, documenting the daily happenings of a family of 12.