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7/2/08: Summer Concert at St. John's College More ...
5/13/08: St. John's Croquet Team Wins National Award More ...
5/8/08: James Gilliam Portrait Dedicated in Mellon Hall More ...
5/4/08: NEH Chairman to Give Commencement Speech at St. John's College
Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will give the commencement speech to the graduating class of 2008. More ...
4/30/08: St. John's Sponsors Seminar and Film on The Great Gatsby
In collaboration with "The Big Read" and "Annapolis Alive!" St. John's tutors will lead seminars and the 1974 film will be shown. More ...
4/21/08: Kenan Trust Grant Supports Scholarships at St. John's College
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust has made a $2 million grant to St. John's College to establish a scholarship fund for students on the Annapolis campus. More ...
4/11/08: The Next Generation of St. John's Mitchell Gallery Hosts Fund-Raiser Under the Stars
The Next Generation of the Mitchell Gallery presents "pARTy Beneath the Stars," a festive fund-raiser featuring a wine raffle to benefit the Mitchell Gallery Education Fund. This lively evening of Latin-inspired music, food, and drink celebrates the "Image & Imagination: Anne Arundel County Juried Exhibition" on view at the Mitchell Gallery from May 28 to June 11. More ...
4/9/08: St. John's Chorus to Perform Mozart's Requiem
The St. John's College Community Chorus, comprising faculty, staff, and students, will perform Mozart's powerful and moving Requiem at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in the Great Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. More ...
4/3/08: Local Poets Inspired by "Motherwell-Johns" Exhibition at St. John's College's Mitchell Gallery
Annapolis artists and poets Ebby Malmgren, Nancy Arbuthnot, and J. Wesley Clark will read poems inspired by the exhibition, "Robert Motherwell and Jasper Johns: Poetic Works as Metaphor," on view at St. John's College's Mitchell Gallery, from March 11 to April 18. The poetry reading will take place in the gallery on April 16, at 7 p.m. More ...
2/25/08: "We Are in a Fight for our Principles," 9/11 Chair Tells St. John's Audience
Thomas Kean, Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, told an audience of about 300 people at St. John's College Saturday that even though the United States will always face the threat of attack from extremists, America must find a balance between national security and civil liberties. More ...
2/22/08: 26th Annual St. John's College-U.S. Naval Academy Croquet Match: A Rite of Spring in Annapolis
Who will take home the Annapolis Cup as the winner of the 26th Annual Croquet Match between St. John's College and the U.S. Naval Academy? The Johnnies and Mids face off on Sunday, April 20, at 1 p.m. for this trophy which is housed in the front window of 49 West restaurant in Annapolis. Passersby can view the trophy, adorned with the colors of the winning team. The Johnnies have earned the coveted Annapolis Cup 20 out of 25 years-can they make it 21? More ...
1/22/08: St. John's Seniors Ring College Bell in Annual Tradition
The bell of St. John's College's McDowell Hall will ring between 12:30 and 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 3 as seniors at the third oldest college in the country continue an annual tradition that marks a senior rite of passage. Each of this year's 109 seniors will be allowed one celebratory peal marking the completion of a major senior paper that is due that evening. More ...
12/11/07: St. John's College Commemorates MLK Birthday with Gospel Concert
Gospel choirs and singing groups from Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C, will take the stage at St. John's College on Sunday, January 13, at St. John's College. The event is a community celebration of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Open to all community members and free of charge, "Lift Every Voice" combines music with a dramatic reading of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, recited by St. John's students, alumni, staff, and prominent members of the wider Annapolis community. The event begins at 5 p.m. in the college's Francis Scott Key Auditorium. More ...
11/29/07: The Hodson Trust Awards $3.5 Million to St. John's College
St. John's College has received a $3.5 million grant from The Hodson Trust, a Delaware-based trust established to support four Maryland colleges and universities. This year's grant will fund additional student internships; allow the college to establish a need-based scholarship in memory of Jeffrey A. Bishop, a long-time vice president at the college; support information technology improvements; and fund a comprehensive master landscaping and facilities use plan for the campus. More ...
11/28/07: Presidential Portrait Artist at St. John's College
Simmie Knox, an acclaimed artist known for his portrait of President Bill Clinton and numerous other American leaders, will present his portrait of philanthropist James H. Gilliam, Jr. to St. John's College President Christopher Nelson. Nelson will receive the portrait from Knox in the president's office on Tuesday, December 4, at 3 p.m. More ...
11/21/07: Wood Foundation Awards Grant to St. John's College
Sallie Hamrick, trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, today announced a grant of $50,000.00 to St. John's College in Annapolis. The grant will help support the Friends of St. John's Jeff Bishop Memorial Scholarship Fund for Maryland Students. More ...
08/09/07: St. John's Welcomes Freshman Class
The 2007-08 academic year for St. John's College opens on Wednesday, August 22, at 4 p.m. with convocation, the annual ceremony that calls together the St. John's community for a new year. Like many events at St. John's, convocation is rich with traditions that symbolize what it means to be part of a unique community of learners-a community where all students read the same great works of Western civilization and take part in discussion-based classes. More ...