Terrier Volume 75, Number 1 - Spring 2011 | Page 16

127th Anniversary of St. Francis College’s Charter Observed
C h a r t e r D ay A c t i v i t i e s H o n o r M ay 8 , 1 8 8 4 O r i g i n s

From today’s education leaders to the leaders of tomorrow, St. Francis College celebrated its 127th Charter
Day with a convocation dedicated to the importance of teaching and learning on April 29 in the College’s
Founders Hall.

T

halita Paladino ’11, president of

the Duns Scotus Honor Society,
a Health Promotions & Sciences
major who also played on Terriers NCAA
Division I women’s water polo, swim, and
volleyball teams presided over the induction
of the organization’s newest class of honor
students at the 2011 Charter Day ceremony.
She congratulated them for their superior
scholastic performance, involvement in
extracurricular activities, demonstration of
Franciscan values and loyalty to the College.
Other honorees at the event include Sister
Elizabeth A. Hill, CSJ (President, St. Joseph’s
College), who delivered the keynote address.
“No institution flourishes for 127 years if it
imagines itself strictly in legal terms,” said
Sister Elizabeth. “There has to be heart and
passion and a commitment to something
greater. I think it is clear that the life and
charism of St. Francis of Assisi himself, has
been the inspiration and driving force, the
animating principle, the reason for it all.”

On hand to observe Charter Day 2011 were Robert B. Alesi, president, Xaverian High School; Sister Elizabeth
A. Hill, C.J.S., president, St. Joseph’s College; Sister Thomasine Stagnitta, C.J.S., principal, Bishop Kearney
High School; Sister Kathleen Sullivan, principal, St. Xavier Catholic School; John P. Lorenzetti, principal, St.
Edmund Preparatory High School; and President Brendan J. Dugan ’68.

Please go to www.stfranciscollege.edu/
terrier for more information on Charter Day

honors and awards.

In addition to receiving a Pax et Bonum award for 25
years of service, History Professor Dr. Arnold S \