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.
Retired Harvard professor reflects on reading, religion, academic redemption, and his reasons for giving.
鈥淭he perfect education for jumping directly into a career as an editor.鈥� That鈥檚 how Braulio Agnese (A91) describes the St. John鈥檚 Program.
For Charles Anderson, the Program texts continued to sustain his interest and now play an integral role in an art project he鈥檚 been working on for two years. That project, 鈥淎 World Without Gun Violence,鈥� brings together Anderson鈥檚 talent for painting with a love of the Great Books and the desire to foster peace in his adopted home of New Orleans.
Shortly after joining the faculty of City College of New York (CCNY) in 2013, James Hedberg (SF00) discovered a campus basement housing a small planetarium. As it was lacking illustrations of the constellations, Hedberg set out to draw all 88 himself.
