Arts and Sciences News and Events
![Professor Sarachan along with Teacher of the Year, Masudal Biswas of Loyala University-Maryland and Mary Liz Brooks, co-host of the event with Sarachan, of West Texas A&M University.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/august/Sarachan---Teacher-of-the-Year-pic-960.jpg)
08/31/2022 - Two professors and one emeritus professor from the Department of Media and Communication at St. John Fisher University had a busy week at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference, held in Detroit in early August.
![Public relations professor Arien Rozelle chats with a student.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/august/MediaManagement-960.jpg)
08/17/2022 - This fall, the Department of Media and Communication at St. John Fisher University will begin offering a major in public relations.
![A photograph taken by Quajay Donnell.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/august/Quajay-Donnell-960.jpg)
08/11/2022 - This fall, the Patricia O'Keefe Ross Gallery, located in the Joseph S. Skalny Welcome Center at St. John Fisher University, will feature the work of Rochester photographer Quajay Donnell.
![Susan B. Anthony's grave is the subject of a documentary.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/august/Susan-B-Anthonys-Grave-960.jpg)
08/05/2022 - A documentary film directed by Linda Moroney, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication at St. John Fisher University, has been nominated for three New York Emmy® Awards. The film, “Women and The Vote,” documents visitors at suffragists' grave sites to mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment on Election Day 2020.
![Official Seal of St. John Fisher University](/media/news-images/SJF-University-1948-seal-960.jpg)
07/12/2022 - St. John Fisher University recently announced the Dean’s List honorees for the Spring 2022 semester, which includes more than 1,200 undergraduate students.
![President Rooney announces Fisher's transition to a university.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/june/University-Announcement-960.jpg)
06/20/2022 - On the cusp of its 75th anniversary, St. John Fisher College will become in name what it has been in practice for more than a decade, and transition to become St. John Fisher University (SJF). The new name will be effective July 1.
![A students take notes during class.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/june/Student-in-Class-960.jpg)
06/10/2022 - St. John Fisher College’s undergraduate and graduate programs were selected as the top “reader favorites” in the Rochester Business Journal’s 2022 Reader Rankings Awards.
![Professors Jeremy Sarachan, Arien Rozelle, and Alyssa Whitley with Fisher students who were awarded PRisms.](/media/news-images/summer-2022/june/2022-PRisms-960.jpg)
06/09/2022 - Several members of the St. John Fisher College community were honored during the 2022 PRism Awards, hosted by the Rochester Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
![Badge: 2022-2023 Colleges of Distinction](/media/news-images/summer-2022/june/Badge---Colleges-of-Distinction-960.jpg)
06/07/2022 - St. John Fisher College has been recognized for its honorable commitment to engaged, hands-on education by Colleges of Distinction, a guide for college-bound students.
![Patrick Gordon, Katie Burakowski, Rachel Makowski, and Todd Harrison](/media/news-images/spring-2022/may/Patrick-Gordon-Katie-Burakowski-Rachel-Makowski-Todd-Harrison-2022-960.jpg)
05/16/2022 - Earlier this spring, the Sport Management Department at St. John Fisher College held a celebration of student accomplishments and honored its graduating seniors and members of the program’s faculty and staff.