I have to admit I’ve been worried about the Firmiana tree in the Peace Garden lately. While everything else is leafing and flowering, the Firmiana remained stubbornly stick-like. It’s the spindly-looking thing in the...
As a reader of crime and mystery novels, I sometimes come across the strategy that if one wants to hide something, people rarely look in places that are in plain sight. I was reminded of...
Today, York St John is 175 years old. It’s supposed to be 175 years and one week old, but things didn’t work out quite as intended on May 10, 1841. The college, then at Monkgate...
Undoubtedly the favorite part of my volunteering role in the Heritage Room is leading reunion groups of alumni around the campus. The interactions that inevitably ensues between alumni and me provide many laughs, poignant...
A couple of Wednesdays ago the Heritage Room was a busy place! In addition to booking myself on a one-hour tech session on the use of QR and AR codes, and planning on going...
As I start my second year back on campus after 40 years of having a career, already there is an up-tick in activity. Starting during the summer with a couple of reunion groups, continuing...