St. 约翰的大学 is a welcome home for students of many backgrounds 和 is committed to a supportive community celebrating people from a variety of backgrounds. Several donor-sponsored programs engender the kind of diversity believed to bolster conversation around the seminar table.

Regional 捐助者 Fund Student Scholars for 圣达菲 Campus

西南学者计划是一项新的倡议, funded by several generous individuals 和 foundations, designed to reward the southwest region’s top young thinkers, 搜索者, 和学者. This scholarship is offered to a limited group of talented young people from New Mexico, 亚利桑那州, 科罗拉多州, 犹他州, 德州, 和俄克拉荷马州. 阅读更多 在这里.

在成立的第一年，澳门金沙网赌登陆的 welcomed three students from the Southwest with a $5,000 annual undergraduate scholarship. 其他津贴包括暑期学院和旅行津贴.

为了推动这项新倡议，澳门金沙网赌登陆的 admissions staff are conducting recruitment efforts with regional high schools 和 community-based organizations. Coordination with a marketing initiative will utilize new technology 和 digital targeting capabilities to further attract youth.

Gifts to the Southwest Scholars Program are part of the 解放思想 竞选活动，并将与美国的 Winiarski挑战.

St. 约翰的捐助者帮助吸引戴维斯学者

戴维斯学者. 约翰的 students who come to our school through the Davis United World College Scholars (DUWCS) program. The United World College system operates 17 boarding school campuses on four continents educating high school students from 155 countries through the International Baccalaureate program (IB). Our partnership with the United World Colleges brings many of our international students to 圣达菲 和 安纳波利斯, with the mutual strategic objective of advancing international underst和ing through education.

The DUWCS program provides financial support for undergraduate education through need-based scholarships. St. 约翰的 makes up the difference so that Davis UWC Scholars pay little or nothing for their education. Davis UWC Scholars are an excellent academic fit at St. 约翰的 due to their IB background 和 English language proficiency. 此外, they bring uniquely valuable international perspectives to the classroom 和 the entire college community, enriching the educational experience for all Johnnies.

St. 约翰学院目前招收了17名戴维斯UWC学者. The program rewards colleges monetarily for enrolling more students, 和 an anonymous donor gives an annual gift to help facilitate recruitment of more students. 这个新增的支持使St. 约翰的 to strengthen its commitment to diversity 和 enroll more highly-motivated, 准备充分的国际学生. Additional donations to the DUWCS program are part of the 解放思想 campaign, 和 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Winiarski挑战.

Pano Kanelos, St. 约翰的 安纳波利斯, says, “This program pays big dividends for St. 约翰的 by delivering on our commitment to a diverse classroom. If we are able to raise additional funds to bring in more Davis Scholars, it will be a win-win for the classroom 和 our bottom line.”

梅隆助学金吸引暑期学院学生

在2019年和2020年的夏天，澳门金沙网赌登陆的大学 offers 60 Summer Academy scholarships to students from schools 和 organizations with primarily African-American student bodies.

The Summer Academy gives high school students (ages 15 to 18) a week-long taste of St. 约翰以讨论为基础的跨学科项目. 亲身体验大学生活, 暑期学院帮助学生磨练阅读能力, 批判性思维, 讨论技巧. Activities include seminars, tutorials, extra-curricular workshops, 和 field trips. Sessions held in 2019 include “Revolution 和 Rebellion: Justice 和 Law,《新澳门金沙网上赌场》, 政府, 和社会,” 和 “Beginnings: Inquiring into the Origins of Politics, 诗歌, 和数学.”

The Summer Academy is one of the college’s most effective recruiting activities. Over 13 percent of students in the most recent freshman class were Summer Academy alumni.

德文·范·戈登(A21)得知澳门金沙网赌登陆的 from his high school English 和 World Religions teacher. After attending Summer Academy, he decided not to apply to any other colleges. “If I didn’t get in anyw在这里 else, I didn’t want to go to school. 我记得每个人都对阅读感到兴奋. After the first Summer Academy seminar as we were walking out of class, the tutor 和 others were still talking about the reading. 我喜欢这种感觉，即使下课了, people still wanted to talk about it 和 really cared about it.”

Noah Baia (A22) attended Summer Academy twice before entering as a freshman in Fall 2018 和 is training to be a Resident Assistant for the Summer Academy. “Summer Academy played a 100 percent role in my choice to come to St. 约翰的. It helped that it wasn’t significantly more expensive than the other schools I was considering, since this was the place that I wanted to go the most.”

安德鲁W. Mellon Foundation supports the program for the summers of 2019 和 2020. It is anticipated that the Summer Academy will increase the likelihood of enrollment by African-American 和 low-income students in the classes matriculating in the fall of each year through August 2022.