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Italian Fact of the Day: Located roughly 10 minutes from the Vatican by foot, St. John's Rome Campus utilizes the historic Vincentian presence in "The Eternal City." The campus is the site of the University's M.A. in Government and Politics, its M.A. in Global Development and Social Justice and its international M.B.A. program. The Rome campus hosts St. John's undergraduates, in addition to more than 200 students from colleges throughout the United States. St. John's has had a presence in Rome since 1995, when the University's first campus debuted at Santa Maria Mediatrice, american airlines reservations phone 24.
As anyone associated with St. John's american airlines reservations phone University knows, the "#SJUBB: Taking Europe By Storm" tour is about more than team bonding and a tune-up against fantastic professional competition in Paris, Rome and Barcelona. The squad has certainly benefitted from those aspects so far, but this Euro trip has also provided a tremendous academic, service and cultural experience for the Red Storm student-athletes, mirroring St. John's mission as a Catholic and Vincentian University that emphasizes a global education with a world campus, the cultivation of diversity and a focus on service.
american airlines reservations phone Those aspects american airlines reservations phone of the European tour manifested themselves profoundly on Monday. Departing beautiful Sorrento in the morning, the Red Storm set its sights on "The Eternal City" of Rome. After checking into the team hotel, the Red Storm took a tour of the St. John's University Rome campus and greeted many of its students, who begin classes on Tuesday, and invited them to Tuesday night's game in Rome. The team then made and packed a host of sack lunches and set off to the Roma Termini train station, distributing nourishing meals to those in need.
For the Red Storm, the "Midnight Run" in Rome was simply an extension of the St. John's mission of service the squad helps to fulfill throughout the year. St. John's Athletic teams combined for more than 2,500 hours of service to the community in 2012-13 american airlines reservations phone - on campus, in New York City and beyond. american airlines reservations phone The men's basketball team engages in Midnight Runs, makes numerous visits to the St. John's Bread and Life Soup Kitchen american airlines reservations phone in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, and annually raises awareness and funding for pediatric cancer victims in the New York area with its annual "Dribble for the Cure," coming up this year on campus on Sept. 28, just to name a few.
The St. John's squad's cultural and educational american airlines reservations phone goals continue with plans to visit the world-famous Roman Coliseum on Tuesday, as well as the Roman Forum. The Red Storm makes its return to the hardwood as well, taking on Stella Azzurra (Italy: Nazionale B, 7 p.m. (local time), and still has a pair of games to play vs. professional teams in Barcelona later in the week.
"#SJUBB: Taking Europe By Storm" daily reports, video recaps and photo galleries on RedStormSports.com chronicle the two-week journey, as well as the official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of St. John's Basketball, including daily student-athlete photos and reflections on the Hammer 2 Rock Hoops Facebook page. Fans can stay up-to-date with the Red Storm on social media by visiting the new StormTracker Social Media Directory, online here .
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