Our new series featuring Christian Science Monitor writers and editors is going strong! April's seminar will be taught by Kendra Nordin, staff editor for the paper's weekly print edition and producer of the Monitor 's Stir It Up! recipe blog. Join in this exploration of American cooking—from the 1800s to ...
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Yesterday afternoon, Principia College commemorated one of the most significant vertebrate paleontologic finds in the central United States. A bench marking the site was unveiled during the ceremony, which marked the end of a nearly 15-year response to a surprise discovery in 1999.
During a remodeling project, Principia College ...
Now in its fifteenth year, Lazy Zipper is the campus’s much-loved comedy improv group, whose shows are pure fun. Performing recently before a packed crowd in Wanamaker Hall, the group presented sketches covering a wide range of topics. But as much as audience members love Lazy Zipper, the performers love ...
Principia’s Speaker Series presented professor and author Azar Nafisi as the Ernie and Lucha Vogel Moral Courage Lecturer in mid-April. Nafisi’s talk, “The Republic of the Imagination,” drew from her much-acclaimed book Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books , which has been heralded as an incisive exploration of ...
About 35 students are literally on the edge of their seats waiting for the “go” signal. They’re in a race to see how fast they can break down their table and chairs and swap them for a duplicate set across the room. After a flurry of activity, the winning team ...
We’ve shared information about Dr. Scott Eckert, chair of the Biology and Natural Resources Department, on PrincipiaWire before. He’s an expert on leatherback turtles, working tirelessly to keep them safe both on land, where they lay their eggs, and in the water, where they too often get caught in the ...
Principia College’s mediation team—Meredith Clark, Luiza Dias, Corey Fedde, Lauren Littell, Brian Simpson, and Nate Waters—traveled to Dubai in late January to participate in the Inaugural Dubai Invitational Mediation Tournament. Now back on campus, they are sharing details of a tremendous learning experience—and exhibiting their trophies.
Principia claimed one ...
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 ...
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