Men’s Soccer Team Travels Abroad
“It’s a religion,” says junior Samuel Thomas, searching for terminology significant enough to describe the British attitude towards soccer. “People here [in the U.S.] think football is so big, baseball is so big. Soccer over there—that’s big.”
This August, the Principia College men’s soccer team took an eight-day trip to England. Three coaches and seventeen players [...]
What I Did With My Summer Vacation
“Summers off.” It’s what leaps to mind when considering the perks of teaching. Long, summer days spent sipping iced tea from a backyard hammock. But that’s a far cry from Professor Chrissy Steele’s summer.
A member of the College’s Theatre and Dance Department, Steele spent almost her entire summer in workshops and classes or planning her [...]
See Principia’s Solar Car on TV
Find out if The Secrets of Ra 7, a documentary about Principia’s solar car, will be airing on your local PBS station. The schedule is updated regularly, so check back often!
Principia College alum and Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall (C’53) introduces the film, which gives you a behind-the-scenes view of the effort and inspiration behind Principia’s [...]
Internships Highlight the Value of Experience
Making copies, taking phone calls, delivering mail—these usual expectations play no part in the experience of most Principia College interns.
“We have a number of students having some great experiences this summer,” said professor George Cooke, adviser for nine of the ten current mass communication interns. “They are working everywhere from The Mother Church (TMC) in [...]
Solar Car Documentary on Public TV
The Secrets of Ra 7 showcases the extraordinary story of Principia College’s competition in the 2009 World Solar Challenge, a 1,877-mile solar car race across Australia. Principia College alum and Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall (C’53) introduces the film.
Principia was the only small, liberal arts college to compete in the race. The other teams came from [...]
Fiftieth Reunion Gift Will Keep Giving
This year’s 50th reunioners—the classes of 1960 and 1961 and the Junior College classes of 1958 and 1959—raised $541,428 for the establishment of a Faculty Development Fund to support professors working toward advanced degrees.
Once class members agreed (by majority vote) on the Faculty Development Fund as their gift, a fundraising goal of half a million [...]
the year in photos at the college
So much happens in any given year at Principia College . . . from classes, conferences, and sporting events to theater productions, social activities, metaphysical gatherings, and global travels. Even to summarize such diverse, learning adventures, we’d need at least 100,000 words! So, here you are—100 pictures sharing the 2009–10 school year, each worth 1,000 [...]
“Would everyone lie down on the floor, please?”
It’s not your average scene in an academic building on a college campus—students racing around in paper crowns and face paint. The room goes completely silent for 20 seconds, then returns to whooping, chatter, and singing. Everyone lies on the floor, everyone gets up. It may be unusual behavior in general, but it’s just another [...]
Principia Chickens Thunder to Glory
Players wear virtually no padding. It’s illegal to pass the ball forward. Periodically, burly men are tossed into the air by their teammates. Meet the Thunder Chickens, Principia’s rugby team.
We say Principia is burgeoning with opportunity—if we don’t have it, you can start it. Little demonstrates the truth of that statement more effectively than the [...]
And the award goes to . . .
Last weekend, Principia College hosted its 6th annual student film festival. Students gathered outside on the Chapel Green on a balmy Friday night to watch a series of student-made short films.
There were 11 entries with subject matter ranging from profiles of current students to a fake documentary on present-day Cro-Magnon men. The winning film, produced [...]
Chief Executive Updates
