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Blackwell Appointed Principia Chief Executive

The Principia Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara Blackwell as Principia’s Chief Executive, effective July 1, 2022. Blackwell is currently serving as Principia’s chief advancement officer and acting chief planning officer.

The Board’s appointment of Blackwell as Chief Executive comes with deep appreciation for ...

College Spring Sports Wrap-Up

It has been an exciting spring semester of athletics at Principia College!

The Thunder Chickens rugby team won three tournaments during the spring 7-player season, including their conference tournament on April 23. The team has qualified for the National Collegiate Rugby tournament, as they will attempt to win the ...

Principia School Celebrates a Century of Women in Sports

Founded in 1898, Principia School boasts a rich history of accomplishments in women’s athletics with one of the longest traditions of girls’ sports in the nation. Just over one hundred years ago, an athletics program for girls was created at the school, providing opportunities for girls to play a variety ...

“Outstanding Delegation” Award Goes to … Principia College!

(Photos courtesy of Model Illinois Government, top, and Lizzie Roehrs, middle)

At the 44th annual Model Illinois Government simulation in Springfield, Illinois, the Principia College delegation made a big splash for a tiny team, earning the “Outstanding Small Delegation” award among several other honors.

Nearly 100 undergraduate ...

Principia Model UN Delegation Excels
Courtesy of Midwest Model United Nations

(Reprinted from the Pilot)

by Rachel McLeod-Warrick

From February 23–26, six Principia College students represented the country of Mexico in the 62nd Midwest Model United Nations conference in St. Louis.

The College Model UN team consisted of Rhyan du Peloux, part of the First General Assembly committee, ...

Principia College Convenes Panel on Invasion of Ukraine

As much of the world asks, “what can we do?” in response to the deadly Russian invasion of Ukraine, a panel of Principia College faculty and staff members quickly mobilized to do what they do best in such circumstances: teach. Students and Principia College community members packed Wanamaker Hall on ...

New Voices Heard at Winter Convocation

The 2022 Winter Convocation held February 18 live in Cox Auditorium (and virtually via Zoom) was a forum that put some new voices in front of the Principia College audience—voices that aren't often heard at formal collegiate events.

For decades, Principia College has been marking the beginning of each ...

Monitor Night Live Asks, “Can We Trust the Media?”
(Photos by Juan Cabral and Gracie Paul) Principia College President John Williams introduces the 22nd Monitor Night Live panelists (left to right), Editor Mark Sappenfield and correspondents Story Hinckley, Noah Robertson, and Stephanie Hanes.

On February 24, Principia College welcomed the editor and staff writers from the Pulitzer-prize winning newspaper The Christian Science Monitor for the 22nd Monitor Night Live. More than 1,000 online viewers from around the world joined the live audience in Wanamaker Hall.

The evening’s topic, “Can We Trust the ...

Sabbaticals Enrich Professors' Teaching
Photos by Josh and Ellen Sprague and Dr. Heidi Snow

Professor Heidi Snow and Associate Professor Ellen Sprague returned from fall-semester sabbaticals with new insights to inform their teaching. Sprague, an associate professor of writing in the College’s Center for Teaching and Learning, spent the first part of the semester studying the Slovene language as a gateway to a better ...

"Mistake Gym" Echoes Principia's Maybeck History

Make no mistake about it, the “Mistake Gym” near the School’s west gate is exactly what Helmkamp Construction Co. and the architects were going for. The mock-up for the Bill Simon Field House project has been guiding Principia planners, architects, and job-site workers since it was built nearly a year ...

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