Jun 10, 2022, 7:38 AM
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’s College.
News & Features
May 26, 2022, 1:49 PM
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—illuminated by a St. John’s education—gave him the clarity, persistence, and skills to be accepted at Stanford Law School. Kumar says he owes his collegiate and professional success to the “intensive education” he received at St. John’s College. “You really can do anything with this degree,” he adds.
Apr 12, 2022, 5:18 AM
Jason Gots (EC96) Discusses his Memoir, Humanity is Trying
Jason Gots (EC96) is a writer, musician, and podcast producer who lectures in Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts’ writing department. After studying acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, he earned an Eastern Classics degree from St. John’s and a master’s 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 AM
A Heritage of Humanity with Phelosha Collaros (SF00)
“I love taking apart things that aren’t working and putting them back together again,” says Phelosha Collaros (SF00). Since becoming the St. John’s 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 AM
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’s 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’s reading list.