This communication from Principia’s Board of Trustees is to announce a new pilot admissions program for exploring how we can effectively “enlarge the tent” of Principia to better fulfill our mission in today’s world. We wanted to share with the Principia community the context and rationale of our decision. ...
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The 2019 Career Conference, attended by sophomores, juniors, and seniors, took place during winter break. Most conference sessions were presented by internationally known lecturer and author Don Asher, who specializes in professional development and higher education. The four-day, intensive program covered everything from identifying interests and skills to launching a ...
Here's our latest video, which aired on Giving Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who helped us surpass our goal, resulting in 1,068 donations totaling $411,428 . . . and counting.
Recognizing the impact on Christian Science families with school- and college-age children living in areas affected by the wildfires in California, Principia is offering tuition-free enrollment (including no charge for room and board) for the remainder of the 2018–19 academic year.
Both Principia School and College are ready to ...
Principia is in the middle of an #AllinforPrin crowdfunding campaign to support the many opportunities provided to students—from hands-on learning to abroads, athletics competitions to theatre and music performances.
#AllinforPrin runs through June 11 and includes these giving challenges:
- 200 donations to the Annual Fund ...
Traveling in vans full of science gear, including soil temperature and pH probes, hand lenses, and microscopes, biology students and faculty embarked on ecological explorations during a weeklong Bioblock trip to the Cache River Basin and the Great Smoky Mountains last month. While examining the rich biological diversity of both ...
Principians far and wide came out in full force to make the third annual Global Days of Service campaign an unqualified success. From Atlanta to Seattle, Florida to California—and in between in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Phoenix—Principia alumni, students, and staff threw themselves into volunteer work with generosity of ...
A mild spring day on the Chapel Green set the scene for the combined Whole World Festival and Earth Day event last month. The sharing of cultural perspectives and experiences from all corners of the globe underscored the benefits of an internationally diverse campus community.
The Friendship Around the ...
Two Principia-sponsored trips during spring break included intensive learning experiences. Five students traveled to San Francisco with Mass Communication Professor Stephanie Bauer and Visiting Professor Paul Van Slambrouck for a photo-documentary field program. “The group spent the days crisscrossing the ‘City by the Bay,’” Slambrouck notes. “The immersive program was ...
Utilizing the country’s stunning natural setting and storied past as a living classroom, students on the New Zealand Abroad dove deep into cultural anthroplogy (with a focus on Māori culture and language), conservation, and education. The group, led by multidisciplinary Professor Kim Hedge, biology professor Dr. Chrissy McAllister (C’93), and ...