
Oct 10, 2024, 4:00 PM
Graduate Institute Alum Brings St. John’s-Style Pedagogy to South Korea’s Incheon National University
Dr. Yongwha Lee (AGI01) co-founded the school’s Great Books Center with colleagues in 2019.
Dr. Yongwha Lee (AGI01) co-founded the school’s Great Books Center with colleagues in 2019.
For most Johnnies, August is the month when students flood campus ready for an invigorating year of reading and discussion. But another group arrives in January: the aptly named “January Freshmen,” or “JF” for short.
Amir Balafendiev (SF26) and Kanstantsin Tsiarokhin (SF25) earned a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to run a virtual discussion group for students in the war-torn region.
Işık Tütüncü (A24) spent last summer studying the liberal arts and environmentalism in the Massachusetts wilderness.
A three-year $306,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will strengthen the college’s behavior health infrastructure especially for suicide prevention efforts.