Liberal arts education is the topic of lots of discussion in much of the education-related media I see day-to-day. Many articles have been written about both its merits and weaknesses. As someone who graduated from a liberal arts school, had a great experience, and now works at another intense liberal arts school, I thought it might…
Category: The Program
Game of Tomes – what would our favorite characters be reading?
The Admissions staff figured that some of the characters of ‘Game of Thrones’ would be into some of the books on our Program – we take a stab at which ones in the video below!
Some literary madness: St. John’s Admissions’ “Great Books Bonanza”
I love a good tournament. I’ve seen so many awesome faux-march madness brackets popping up around best Disney/Pixar movies to best pop songs of the 1990’s, so naturally, myself and couple of colleagues came up with the idea of doing a March Madness bracket applied to our very own Program. And so, reader, here is…
Happy Pi Day!
Check out this video below for a quick dive into the early history of Pi, and how Archimedes intersected with it. For more information on Math in the St. John’s Program, visit this link.
An Accelerated Option – Become a January Freshman
Are you enrolled somewhere and you find yourself wondering if anyone else cares about what’s being studied? Do you find textbooks boring? Can you imagine yourself surrounded by other people who actually want to learn? Does your mind drift toward the WHY of things? Perhaps you feel like you finally figured out what you want…
Why attend St. John’s? Top 9 Reasons
On behalf of Eric Poppele St. John’s tutor, Santa Fe The faculty of St. John’s College are not called professors. The job of a professor is to profess, that is, to tell what they know. We don’t lecture here. As tutors our job is to elicit thoughtfulness and inquiry. We ask questions not because we…
Fall Convocation: Welcome to the Class of 2022!
Annapolis and Santa Fe welcomed a new class of Johnnies to campus last week.
Apply to St. John’s for fall 2019!
If you’re a rising senior this year, you’re probably getting ready to enjoy the last few weeks (or days) of summertime before diving in to your last year of high school. Is it too soon to start thinking about college applications? We don’t think so! In fact, if you wanted, you could apply to St….
College Counselors, Teachers and Educators, Oh My!
We welcomed our fourth group of college counselors during this year’s Summer Classics season on our Santa Fe Campus. Ten college counselors from all over the United States came over three weeks to experience first-hand St. John’s seminars, great books, and deep conversatons. Our fly-in program includes, room & board, class registration fee, as well…
On Michelangelo and Kierkegaard
Pictured: Lecturer Anthony Eagan speaks with a faculty member before question period Each summer, where Friday night lectures leave off Wednesday night lectures begin! Summer lectures are hosted by the Graduate Institute, and feature a wide variety of speakers and topics. This weeks lecture featured Anthony Eagan, himself an alumnus of the St. John’s College…
The Chalkboard 