Each year, Principia College recognizes professorial talent with two awards—Teacher of the Year and the Horace Edwin Harper Jr. and Evelyn Wright Harper Award for Teaching Excellence. Brian Kamusinga, assistant professor of chemistry, earned the 2022 Teacher of the Year Award and the Harper Teaching Excellence Award winner is religious ...
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As fall approaches, a select few professors are preparing—not just for the classroom—but for a sabbatical. This year, Dr. Nick Johnson (C'04), Dr. Heather Martin, Joan Wesman, and Sara (McDaniel) Wienecke (C'09) will all dig deeper into their fields of expertise during sabbaticals.
Dr. Johnson, assistant professor of sustainability, ...
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) inducted two Principia alumni, Carlie (Sanderude) Satchwell (C’14) and Ngozi Mwanamwambwa-Asinga (US’89, C’93), into the 2022 Hall of Fame.
A two-sport athlete, Satchwell excelled at both tennis and soccer while at Principia. She credits much of her growth as an athlete to ...
Images courtesy of Kai Patterson
Kai Patterson (US’13, C’18) has been shooting and splicing his way across the galaxy and through time with two recent sci-fi film projects that have attracted worldwide attention.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi Cut Patterson is a young filmmaker living in Los Angeles, California, who took it upon ...
Photo by Kimanii Ogilvie
Principia’s solar car team took second place in the 2022 American Solar Challenge this summer, beating nationally recognized engineering teams from large universities such as the University of Kentucky, the University of Illinois, and the University of California, Berkeley.
Principia's RA XI solar car competed in the single-occupancy vehicle ...
Studio-art and art-history students experienced the New York City art world firsthand during a spring trip to the city’s major museums March 31 through April 3. Professor Paul Ryan of the Department of Art and Art History and Professor Dinah Ryan of the English Department, along with Post-Graduate Teaching Intern ...
Graduates, family and friends, and faculty and staff gathered in the sunshine on the Chapel Green to celebrate commencement and the beginning of a new chapter for the graduates.
The Class of 2022’s Principia College journey was marked by resilience, as well as grace, joy, and humor, observed President ...
The hill prairies found along the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River represent a significant portion of the last remaining prairies in Illinois. These prairies maintain a foothold on the south-facing bluffs because the dry conditions there favor grassland species. The steady encroachment of trees and shrubs, however, threatens the prairies’ ...
The lights dimmed as dancers padded softly across the floor into their places before the stage lit up in a burst of color. A violin solo started, and the dance began. For the first time, Principia College’s annual Dance Production opened in the new McVay Center for Performing Arts at ...
If you want to make it as an entrepreneur, you need to get an early start. So, it’s no surprise that students begin showing up to their New Venture Creation class even before the classroom is officially open for the day. It’s Pitch Day, and the students are busy getting ...
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