Everyone is invited to the Graduate Institute’s free Summer Lecture program each Wednesday night, June 29-July 27. You can attend remotely or in-person to engage with our speakers on compelling topics ranging from constitutional law, to legal advocacy, to poetry inspired by work in medicine, and to classic literature.
This year marked the third year in a row of historic firsts for St. John’s College’s commencement festivities. In 2020, all graduates and their families attended commencement virtually due to the pandemic.
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.
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.
With buildings ranging in construction date from the 1800s to 2008, the St. John’s Annapolis dormitory buildings have plenty of stories to tell—hear what they have to say with this written tour by current student Wyatt Sweeney (A23).
