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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
(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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Principia’s first art director and renowned Midwest artist Frederick Oaks Sylvester (1869–1915) was the star of a recent exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM). The exhibition— Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration —was featured at the museum from October 3, 2021, through January 9, 2022. Sylvester’s 1903 ...
