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College Mediation Wins First Place Award at International Tournament

The Principia College Mediation Team capped off an incredible season with a first-place win for Team Mediation at the International Law School Mediation Tournament in Bologna, Italy.

Principia was one of two undergraduate teams facing 40 competitors in graduate programs from across the globe. The traveling team—senior Luke Nutwell, ...

College Basketball Reaches New Heights

It has been a historic winter in Principia College's Hay Field House, resulting in the best combined season for the Panther men's and women's basketball teams since 1971–72. The men broke their single-season program record with 18 wins, while the women finished the regular season with a winning record for ...

Student Body Expounds on Community at Convocation

Principia College gathered in Cox Auditorium in February to welcome new students and staff, hear community updates from President John Williams, and listen to four students speak about their Principia College experiences. Though the selected students’ speeches touched on a wide variety of topics, each was grounded in the idea ...

Dr. Martin Shares Tusk Discovery with STLPR

The discovery of tusk remains on the College campus has captured media attention. Dr. Andrew Martin, sociology and anthropology professor, recently sat down with Elaine Cha of St. Louis On the Air, to share details of the finding. Dr. Martin speaks to how the mammoth—or mastodon—remains were discovered, confirmed, and ...

A New Classic Celebrating Paul Clifford

The College swim team made a splash this winter with the Paul Clifford Classic, a new swim invitational honoring Coach Clifford, who reigned as Principia’s swim coach from 1970–1983. The new meet honors the “Most Improved” swimmer or diver from each team, whom Coach Clifford had often recognized after ...

Mediator, Student Senator, and Lincoln Laureate

Grace Pécheck received a top award from the Lincoln Academy, which annually honors one senior from each four-year college or university in Illinois as a student laureate. Pécheck, a double-major in history and English, a member of the mediation team, a student senator, and president of the Phi Alpha Eta ...

Mediation Team Sweeps Top Spots at IIMT

The College Mediation team ended its fall season on top, taking first and second place in Team Mediation at the International Intercollegiate Mock Mediation Championship Tournament (IIMT). This is the third consecutive year that Principia has taken home a first-place trophy in the Team or Top Mediator categories. Principia also ...

Communicating Conservation Through Dance

As the autumn sun set, Upper School and College students wove their way through towering pieces of Mississippi River driftwood. The performance celebrated the opening of “River Ark,” a new art installation by Thomas Sleet at the Audubon Center at Riverlands.

The event was co-chaired by Penny Schmidt ...

Supporting Soccer at the Highest Level: A World Cup Q&A with Travis Thomas

Travis Thomas (C’95) is the founder of “Live Yes, And”; author of 3 Words for Getting Unstuck: Live Yes, And! ; and a Leadership and Team Development Specialist for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team.

Q: Your journey with the U.S. Men’s National Team started in 2020—tell us ...

Thunder Chickens Clinch National Championship

After an undefeated Division 2 season of 15s rugby, Principia College’s Thunder Chickens headed to Houston, Texas for the Division 2 National Collegiate Rugby Championships.

The team faced Loyola University Chicago in the semifinals and won 52–14. Andrew Matoka from Muhoroni, Kenya, was the top scorer of the game ...

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