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Event Held in Conjunction with Epsilon Kappa, St. John’s Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi and Department of Languages & Literatures on April 23 at Queens Campus

Epsilon Kappa, Sigma Delta Pi and the Department of Languages and Literatures at St. John's University hosts the Spanish Honor Society Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, April 23 at the school’s Queens Campus. The event, to begin at 6:30 p.m. in Bent Hall, will also launch the 14th Issue of Entre Rascacielos magazine (the literary journal of Epsilon Kappa). The event is being billed as a celebration of academic achievement, reading, dancing, music, food and drink. 

Dr. Marie-Lise Gazarian, Professor of Languages & Literatures at St. John’s University and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Spanish, will open the ceremony with a brief welcome and interview with Eduardo Mitre, renowned poet and Professor of Spanish at St. John’s, who will engage the crowd with his words of wisdom.

Entertainment for the evening will include a tango demonstration presented by Ninah Beliavsky and Daniel Raphael, and musical performances by Johnny Arenillas, Katelyn Barker, Theodore Lemle, Marvin Navarro and Vivian Vescovacci-Ríos will highlight the evening program.  A buffet will be provided to conclude the night of enjoyment.

For further general information on this event, please call Dr. Marie-Lise Gazarian at (718) 990-5209 or Vivian Vescovacci-Ríos (718) 990-6314. 

For all media inquires please contact Dominic Scianna, Assistant Vice President for Media Relations at St. John's University at (718) 990-6185 or email inquires to sciannad@stjohns.edu. 

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