Jun 10, 2022, 7:38鈥疉M
Eli Castro and Tracy Locke Castro Bring Their Johnnie Perspective to Life
Eli Castro (SF94) and Tracy Locke Castro (SF95) created a life and a legacy from their pursuit of knowledge of the Great Books at St. John鈥檚 College.
News & Features
May 26, 2022, 1:49鈥疨M
St. John’s Graduate Heads to Stanford Law School
Avi Kumar (A21) is one of the lucky ones. He always knew his life path, and that knowledge鈥攊lluminated by a St. John鈥檚 education鈥攇ave him the clarity, persistence, and skills to be accepted at Stanford Law School. Kumar says he owes his collegiate and professional success to the 鈥渋ntensive education鈥� he received at St. John鈥檚 College. 鈥淵ou really can do anything with this degree,鈥� he adds.
Apr 12, 2022, 5:18鈥疉M
Jason Gots (EC96) Discusses his Memoir, Humanity is Trying
Jason Gots (EC96) is a writer, musician, and podcast producer who lectures in Columbia University鈥檚 Graduate School of the Arts鈥� writing department. After studying acting at NYU鈥檚 Tisch School of the Arts, he earned an Eastern Classics degree from St. John鈥檚 and a master鈥檚 in developmental psychology from Columbia. Here he discusses his memoir, Humanity is Trying, which was released by HarperCollins/Hanover Square Press on March 1, 2022 and chronicles (among other things) the loss of his sister Meri Gots (SF97), who died in 2015.
Mar 29, 2022, 5:18鈥疉M
A Heritage of Humanity with Phelosha Collaros (SF00)
鈥淚 love taking apart things that aren鈥檛 working and putting them back together again,鈥� says Phelosha Collaros (SF00). Since becoming the St. John鈥檚 College Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations in 2016, she has done exactly that: revamping two collegewide departments and creating another from scratch, all while staff and budgets were being downsized.
Mar 25, 2022, 5:00鈥疉M
70th Anniversary: W. E. B. Du Bois’ Historic Lecture at St. John’s
In 1952, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered an historic lecture at St. John鈥檚 College in Annapolis. This month, both campuses commemorated the 70th anniversary of this important event by holding all-college seminars on the speech that he gave. Du Bois is the only author to lecture at the college who is also a mainstay of the college鈥檚 reading list.