This year marked the third year in a row of historic firsts for St. John鈥檚 College鈥檚 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鈥攊lluminated by a St. John鈥檚 education鈥攇ave him the clarity, persistence, and skills to be accepted at Stanford Law School. Kumar says he owes his collegiate and professional success to the 鈥渋ntensive education鈥� he received at St. John鈥檚 College. 鈥淵ou really can do anything with this degree,鈥� he adds.
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.
With buildings ranging in construction date from the 1800s to 2008, the St. John鈥檚 Annapolis dormitory buildings have plenty of stories to tell鈥攈ear what they have to say with this written tour by current student Wyatt Sweeney (A23).
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.
