Preparing students for life after college has long been part of the theatre and dance program at the College, and guest artists, master classes, and special workshops play an important role in that preparation.
Recently, for example, 17 College students returned early from winter break to participate in an ...
The Principia College choir and orchestra rang in the Christmas season by performing Handel’s Messiah in early December. Other works performed that evening were Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major , with junior Ashley Alarcon as soloist, and Leroy Anderson’s Bugler’s Holiday , featuring trumpet players Dr. Joe ...
Joshua Curry (C’12) was sworn in as a Naval Flight Officer in a mid-January ceremony in the Chapel. He leaves this week for Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, after which he’ll head to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training.
While at the College, Josh was a member of ...
Starting next month, a series of online classes will feature current Christian Science Monitor correspondents. Mark Clayton, who covers energy, the environment, and cybersecurity, will teach the first course, beginning March 7. In addition, Bible scholar Madelon Maupin is back by popular demand with a course focusing on Paul’s letter ...
This past fall, mass communication professor Paul Wesman’s Multi-Platform Storytelling course attracted students interested in writing and creating visual content. “Employers are keen to hire individuals with many skills,” Professor Wesman says. “Our students have tremendous potential as writers, photographers and videographers, and this course brought these elements together.” ...
Each year, the Lincoln Academy—a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization—honors college seniors in the state of Illinois for overall excellence in academics and extracurricular activities. Selected through a highly competitive, campus-wide nomination process, Shelby Lemons is this year’s Principia College Lincoln Academy Student Laureate.
A political science, sociology, and Spanish triple ...
A group of Principia College students and several faculty interested in sustainability issues recently attended the keynote address at the Sustainable Cities Conference at Washington University in St. Louis. The address was delivered by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and one of America’s best-known environmentalists. McKibben has ...
As is always the case with Dance Production, creativity and joy filled Cox Auditorium as 43 students from many different majors showcased various dance styles—ballet, jazz, tap, modern, Baroque, Latin, and traditional Caribbean.
The dancers can’t say enough good about their experience, as you’ll learn from the slide show ...
On the Friday before Thanksgiving week, the girls’ varsity basketball team succeeded in getting the entire Upper School out on the basketball court in McCalmont.
But they weren’t there to dribble or dunk! Instead, students and teachers spread out across the gleaming wood floor to prepare a Thanksgiving gift—colorful ...
Principia College was recently recognized by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s Campus Sustainability Compact and the Green Government Coordinating Council as a Bronze Level Compact School, an honor awarded educational institutions that are leaders in sustainability. Specifically, the bronze award recognizes institutions "making a commitment to creating a sustainability program and ...
