Santa Fe Graduate Institute Campus Convening Weekend

The Santa Fe Graduate Institute’s Spring 2026 Convening Weekend will be held on Thursday, April 9–Sunday, April 12. Attendance at two such weekends (or studying for at least one semester on-campus) is required for those completing the Low-Residency degree, and we envision the weekends as events for the entire Graduate Institute community. Academic and social activities are open to GI students, faculty, staff, and alumni unless otherwise indicated, and are planned to help us get to know one another as a community of learners–whether we are current students or alumni, whether we attend classes in-person or online.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 9

Time (MDT) Location Session
3–8 p.m. Online Online Classes
9:30 p.m. William Darkey Room–3rd Floor, Levan Hall Post Seminar Gathering: Students gather at the Bill Darkey Party for drinks, pizza, and post-seminar musings.

Friday, April 10

Time (MDT) Location Session
12 p.m. William Darkey Common Room High Tea Mingle: The Graduate Institute and Student Council would like to welcome everyone with a charcuterie lunch.
2 p.m. Levan Hall Classrooms as Assigned Seminar: The Friday afternoon seminar will be on The Matrix. The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. There will be an optional movie screening of the Matrix at 10 a.m. in Levan Classroom 302.
4:30 p.m. Hunt House Graduate Institute Dinner: Remote and in-person graduate students will gather for cocktails, a catered meal, and desserts at the President’s House. (A shuttle will bring students to and from the Hunt House)
7 p.m. Meem Library Dean’s Lecture Series with Cornel West: "The Legacies of Athens and Jerusalem in our Catastrophic Times," by Cornel West, Annual Steiner Lecture

*After Lecture Snacks and Conversation in the William Darkey Common Room*

Saturday, April 11

Time (MDT) Location Session
10 a.m. William Darkey Common Room Pre-Seminar Refreshments
10:30 a.m. Classrooms 303 and 302, Levan Hall Strauss Seminar: The Saturday morning seminar will be on Jerusalem and Athens: Some Preliminary Reflections, by Leo Strauss. Classroom assignments will be provided the morning of the seminar.
12:30 p.m. Levan Hall Lobby Lunch: Students will meet after seminar for lunch and conversation.
2 p.m. Levan Hall Liberal Arts Practicum: Come and learn about the undergraduate lab program at St. John’s College. Graduate Institute students will have the chance to see how science is integrated into the liberal arts.
5 p.m. Stafford Wood’s House Final Dinner: We will hold our final dinner at the current President of the GI Council’s home. The campus Prometheus Club will assist with helping us make pizzas in the campus outdoor pizza ovens. (A shuttle will bring students to and from Stafford’s house) Bring your swimsuits!

Sunday, April 12

Time (MDT) Location Session
12 p.m. Meow Wolf Meow Wolf: Reality unravels across 85+ rooms of mind-bending art and one-of-a-kind experiences. Choose a path or let it choose you, the unknown is waiting. Please RSVP by March 31, if you want to come to Meow Wolf. Please make sure that if you RSVP to this event that you show up.

 

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