U.S. News & World Report has ranked Principia #5 in its 2019 list of Best Value schools—a distinction reserved for national liberal arts colleges that provide the highest quality education for the lowest price. Up from #9 in last year’s Best Value list, Principia is the only Midwestern school ...
College News
We’re launching the 2018–19 academic year. Take a peek at classes, clubs, athletics, and a study abroad.
Students gained professional experience and boosted their résumés working as interns in a variety of fields this summer. For example, senior David McLeod-Warrick interned at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, where he collaborated with engineers, research scientists, and interns from across the country to map wildfires using remote sensing technology. ...
Nine students in Principia’s on-campus, dual-degree Engineering Program traveled recently to the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks to put theory into practice, completing intensive, two-week summer labs alongside UND students. Working in teams and individually, they tackled technical topics, including mechanical measurements, manufacturing processes, surveying, hydraulic machinery, and ...
Alumni shared memories and created new ones at the 2018 College Reunion this summer. The event drew over 600 people from as far away as KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Along with a variety of talks, classes, and entertainment, attendees took advantage of numerous activities, such as tennis, golf, and stargazing at ...
The 2019 Fiske Guide to Colleges has once again recognized Principia as one of the “best and most interesting” colleges in the country. The guide emphasizes Principia’s academic opportunities, beautiful campus, and inclusive community, noting overlaps with a variety of excellent schools, including Northwestern, Pepperdine, University of Southern California, Stanford, ...
Principia is in the middle of an #AllinforPrin crowdfunding campaign to support the many opportunities provided to students—from hands-on learning to abroads, athletics competitions to theatre and music performances.
#AllinforPrin runs through June 11 and includes these giving challenges:
- 200 donations to the Annual Fund ...
The College is expanding programs in the 2018–2019 academic year to better serve evolving academic interests and prepare students for meaningful careers in a variety of fields.
Art History Major
The Art and Art History Department has long offered an art history minor, and some students have ...
Family and friends gathered in Cox Auditorium on Saturday, May 12, to celebrate and honor this year’s seniors. In all, 115 graduates make up the Class of 2018, 96 of whom received BAs and 19, BS degrees. Following the ceremony, jubilant graduates met well-wishers on the Chapel Green for photos ...
The final weeks of spring semester were filled with music performances, one-act plays, art exhibits, senior capstone presentations, and other demonstrations of the learning that took place in classes and cocurricular activities. For Media Writing and Reporting, a mass communication class taught by Visiting Professor Clara Germani, students’ final presentation ...
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