“This is a fantastic day where old friends come and spend time
at what was our second home with all of our new families and to
enjoy each other. We're having a great time. Its beautiful weather,
campus is beautiful and all the kids are having a great time...even
the big kids. We have a very good group of friends who've been
coming for years now and we've been watching each other's kids grow
up and watching ourselves get older even while we're all still
having fun...and we get to reconnect to a place that was very close
to our hearts.”
Hon. Alfred C. Cerullo, III '83NDC, '86L
“It's always a great day at St. John's. My memories here have
been tremendous. My kids are now graduating from St. John's and I
hope they come back and enjoy their alumni friends and family. I've
always enjoyed being with my old friends. The weather and day have
been perfect. Every time I‘m here it's perfect.”
Gary Scandaglia '78CBA
“I'm definitely having a good time today, beautiful weather,
great company. I missed the campus and this is a great opportunity
to get back and network and hang out with some old buddies. I think
I’ll bring a few friends and family next year.”
Steven D. Giglio '08CPS
“It's a great time, got to see a lot of old friends. It's been
interesting finally attending as an alum instead of an undergrad,
gives it a different perspective. It's a little bittersweet to have
just graduated you don't get to see your friends as much, but its
good to move on. I will be attending Grad School here in the fall
though. I plan to attend next year; I like what they do here. It's
a great way to reconnect with friends and still stay connected with
St. John's.”
John P. Herron '10Ed
“It's great to see everybody here, meet new people, see friends
one last time and hopefully make connections for the years ahead.
It feels strange having just graduated, I don't really expect it to
hit me until August or so. I'll definitely be coming back to events
like this in the future. St. John's has been home for four years
and I intend to keep it as home in the future.”
Thomas J. Heaney '10CPS
I couldn't be happier here today. It's a wonderful day and we've
had a great, great time reconnecting with a lot of old friends and
even met some new ones. We had fun playing volleyball and I even
made it down the slide. I think we did everything, the food was
wonderful and thank you so much to St. John's. I've come the past
few years and it's been a great experience and I'll definitely be
coming out in the future. My daughter will actually be starting at
St. John's in the fall.
Anne Matrone '87NDC
“Last year we had a real good time and actually we brought a few
more people. Southside Johnny always put on a good show. The food
was excellent, it was a great way of seeing people and bringing
your kids and having everybody together. There’s more rides this
year and that’s actually great for the little guys, their having a
great time. “
Ed Drager ’82C
“We had such a wonderful time last year. There’s so many things
to do, the price is right. Fireworks are my favorite so that
was just the icing on the cake. This is also great for the kids.
This year we have more people meeting us.”
Amy Wolejsza ’92CBA
“Last year we came and we had an awesome time. Just relaxed,
enjoyed seeing old friends. We inviting more people to come this
year and we told them that we had had a great time. We see more
booths and tents up this year it looks great.”
Laura Williams ’93C
“I was really excited. I did not know about this before. I
really like that there are lots of rides and tents and I love
running into a lot of people from the past. I hope you guys keep
doing this every year.”
Lauren DeGorter ’05CPS
“I heard from a friend that he was coming to today’s event so we
decided to come as well since we haven’t seen some people in a
while. It was unexpected. We definitely didn’t know it was going to
be like this and so far we are having a great time. It is a lot of
fun. We are seeing a bunch of people we haven’t seen in years that
have moved all over so it’s great to get everyone together again.
This is something we hope to do every year and keep everyone
together because it is just so hard on a day to day to meet and get
together so this is nice.”
Melissa Kuch ’05CPS
“It’s a great event. I am here because it’s been 30 years since
I graduated St. John’s University. There’s a bunch of us here with
Wally Smith, he is out party planner. I also brought my wife and my
daughters and they are having a wonderful time. There should have
been a lot more people here this is wonderful but it’s great and
where are having a great time.”
John G. Edel, Esq. ’80C, ’84MBA, ’89PD, ’98L
“We’ll we are all here celebrating our 30th anniversary today.
So we got our whole group together from the math department. I
would definitely come back again next year.“
Walter Smith ’80C, ’85MBA
“This is the second year that we’ve come out for this event. I
was a little disappointed to know that there wasn’t going to be a
lot of tables this year but it has worked out just fine. The food
has also been a step up. At this point I wish I had children or
grandchildren because there are a lot of things out here for kids
this year and I think they are really enjoying the day. It’s just
nice to get out here and get together. Beautiful event."
Kathy LaVache ’74Ed
“It feels great to be back in St. John’s. I have watched my
daughter go here for four years. She was delighted to be here and I
am delighted to be back celebrating thirty years of St. John’s
friends and the whole St. John’s atmosphere. It has changed
dramatically and I love it and it’s good to be back.”
Sheila (Kearny) Corrigan ’80C, ’86MBA
“We are having the best time. I got the post card and it just
looked like so much fun. I’ve never came to an alumni event and we
are loving it. These are my daughters and they are going to be
future St. John’s alums too. Its just a great day, this is awesome.
I said to myself why not come. I’m so angry I didn’t call more
family and more of my friends. I’m definitely coming back and going
to call everybody to come next time.”
Diana Conboy ’80C, ’83G
“I am having a great time. I am originally from New York and
I’ve been in New Jersey for 25 years and I honestly don’t come back
for too many things but I love St. John’s, I’ve always loved St.
John’s. I will try to come back. I also come to some President
Society functions. I usually do not see people I have graduated
with but I always enjoy myself. I always tell people to come to St.
John’s.”
Susan Bolecek ’82P
“This is my first year here. A lot of my friends called and told
us they were going to be here. And it looked like an enjoyable day,
good opportunity to hangout with some old friends, talking about
the old days.”
Tom Anderson ’80CBA, ’86MBA
“A great day to share with my children and my siblings who are
all St. John’s alumni. We are making it an annual family
event.”
Patty Amestegui ’90SVC, ’92CBA
“It is a good chance for family to get together because we have
five of us who are alums and our dad and grandpa too. Our mother
also use to work in the education department so we are definitely
making this a tradition. It’s just a fun time for everyone to come
back.”
Walter Zimmermann ’90SVC
“I thought the fireworks were great, fantastic! They were
excellent. We came last year and this made it even better
this year.”
Cathy McGowan ’88Ed