Bruce Cole to speak at Annapolis Commencement
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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St. John’s College is pleased to announce
bruce cole, chairman of the national endowment for the humanities, to address the graduating class of 2008, St. John’s College, Annapolis
One hundred and six St. John's College seniors, having completed their senior essays and
defended them in oral examinations, are expected to receive their diplomas at the college's
216th commencement ceremony on the college's front lawn on May 11 at 10:30 a.m. The
graduating seniors represent 27 states, Puerto Rico, India, and Japan. Twenty-two students
from the Graduate Institute will receive their master's degrees.
Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will give the
commencement speech. Cole came to NEH in 2001 from Indiana University in Bloomington,
where he was Distinguished Professor of Art History and Professor of Comparative
Literature. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Cole was chosen for a second term in
2005, a reappointment unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate.
In his remarks to the St. John's class of 2008, Cole says he will ask the graduates to reflect
on the unique and extraordinary liberal education they have received at St. John’s and
encourage them to use it in ways that will benefit others and society as a whole.
“It is a tremendous honor to have been chosen by the Class of 2008 at St. John's College to
speak at their commencement,” says Cole. “St. John's offers its students not merely
vocational skills or knowledge, but rather something of truly enduring value: the most
fundamental skills of careful reading, writing, thinking, and discussion, as well as a sense of
the unity of all knowledge and of the great intellectual conversations and traditions of our
civilization."
As NEH chairman, Cole has launched “We the People,” an initiative to encourage the
teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. The initiative includes
summer workshops at our nation's historic landmarks to enhance teachers' knowledge of
American history, and a program to distribute classic children's books to libraries and
schools across the country.
Cole’s connection with the Endowment dates back to his receiving an NEH fellowship to
research early Florentine painting. He subsequently served as a panelist in NEH’s peer
review system, and then as a member for 7 years of the National Council on the Humanities,
a presidentially appointed 26-member advisory board to NEH.
Cole attended Case Western Reserve University and earned his master’s degree from
Oberlin College and his doctorate from Bryn Mawr College. Cole has written 14 books,
many of them about the Renaissance. His most recent book is “The Informed Eye:
Understanding Masterpieces of Western Art.”
CLASS OF 2008, MARYLAND GRADUATING STUDENTS OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE
Students from Maryland receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree:
Caroline Wald Berry (Baltimore)
Rachael Noel Boyce (Westminster)
Anna Weingast Brown (Baltimore)
John Gordon Cooke VI (Upper Marlboro)
Sarah Kathryn Fary (Silver Spring)
Anne Seaver Fleming (Gaithersburg)
Charles Henry Fleming (Gaithersburg)
Annelies Jane de Groot (Bethesda)
Charles William Hamm (Bethesda)
AllisonCharlotte Hauspurg (Potomac)
Jeffrey Ryan McIlvain (Westminster)
Aurora Dare Rivendale (Annapolis)
Clarke Mathew-Thomas Saylor (Garrison)
Sterling Alexander Schlegel (West River)
Gregory Ross Singer (Annapolis)
Giovanni Lyon Rogers Smedley (Silver Spring)
Daniel Wilhelm Wheatley (Baltimore)
Students from Maryland receiving the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts degree:
Donald Newton Briggs (Emmitsburg)
Walter Roderick Cofield Jr. (Salisbury)
Miriam Shulamit Jacobs (Severna Park)
John Talbot Manvel Jr. (Annapolis)
Gareth Thomas Williams (Towson)
In case of rain, commencement exercises will take place in Francis Scott Key Auditorium, where admission will be by ticket only and limited to immediate family of the graduates. From 10:15 a.m. to Noon, College Avenue will be closed to traffic from St. John’s Street to King George Street; the first block of Prince George Street will be closed as well. For more information visit www.stjohnscollege.edu.
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