Brann was the longest-serving tutor in St. John’s history, a 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal, and a fixture at St. John's College for more than 60 years.
The bronze relief once graced a campus garden in Santa Fe. But somewhere along the line, it vanished.
Many St. John's graduates work in viniculture and the winemaking industry, inspiring a new “Johnnie Winemaker-in-Residence” program-within-a-program at the weeklong July seminars.
For most Johnnies, August is the month when students flood campus ready for an invigorating year of reading and discussion. But another group arrives in January: the aptly named “January Freshmen,” or “JF” for short.
Amir Balafendiev (SF26) and Kanstantsin Tsiarokhin (SF25) earned a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to run a virtual discussion group for students in the war-torn region.
