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.
A three-year $306,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will strengthen the college’s behavior health infrastructure especially for suicide prevention efforts.
Eitner lives in Audubon, Pennsylvania, but he remains strongly connected to his alma mater—and to Santa Fe, where he established an internship at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden for St. John’s students.
