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| November 25, 2008 | |
| New Music Track To Develop Musical Leaders | |
| After almost two and a half years of planning and work, Dr. Steve McCollum, Director of Music, is ready to introduce in the Spring, 2009 semester a critical first step toward an eventual Music major–a 27-credit music track within the Classical Liberal Arts major. ...more | |
| November 25, 2008 | |
| Trophy Case Full Again for PHC Legal Debaters | |
| Patrick Henry College's moot court trophy case is once again bursting at the seams as the school's brigade of legal debaters surges toward another strong showing at the 2008-2009 moot court nationals. ...more | |
| November 17, 2008 | |
| ISI Profile Extols College's Virtues | |
| When Patrick Henry College opened its doors eight years ago, it sought to derive something new from something old. Like the American homeschool movement from which it had been birthed, PHC sought to refresh time-honored traditions of education for the current age. A recent review by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) distilled this truth with uncommon clarity ...more | |
| November 11, 2008 | |
| EdenTroupe Presents: Arsenic and Old Lace, Nov. 12-15 | |
| Two old ladies poison lonely old men and bury them in their basement. Their nephew, Mortimer Brewster, must deal with their murderous habits and the hijinks of his other insane relatives while trying to decide whether to marry the girl he loves. So proceeds the play Arsenic and Old Lace, written by American playwright Joseph Kesselring and now to be directed at Patrick Henry College by senior Emily Thomson and her co-director, Benjamin Guido. Shows are slated to run at PHC from November 12 to 15. ...more | |
| November 11, 2008 | |
| PHC-Based Film Honored as Redemptive Story | |
| Last summer, George Escobar's Advent Film Group (AFG) brought together a crew of forty inexperienced, young homeschoolers and a handful of professionals in order to film their first movie, Come What May, at Patrick Henry College. Recently, the film won its first festival award. ...more | |
| November 10, 2008 | |
| "Student Action Teams" Deploy Nationwide | |
| At the height of a turbulent Election '08 campaign season, teams of Patrick Henry College students commissioned by HSLDA's Generation Joshua advocacy group, fanned out across the nation. There they led hundreds of young volunteers in eleventh-hour campaign canvassing for U.S. congressional candidates. ...more | |
| November 07, 2008 | |
| Calling Young Writers for PHC's First Short Story Contest | |
| If you love to write and are between the ages of twelve and eighteen, Patrick Henry College's first writing contest, "A Call to Pens," is for you. ...more | |
| November 06, 2008 | |
| The Beat of a Dangerous Drum Can Already Be Heard - by Dr. Michael Farris | |
| After the 2008 Presidential election, PHC Chancellor Dr. Michael Farris shares his perspective. ...more | |
| October 30, 2008 | |
| Driving Gov. Palin and Other Political Pursuits | |
| A small fleet of twelve-passenger vans careened down the highway at 85 miles per hour, bumper-to-bumper, ten feet apart. Squealing onto the tarmac at Dulles Airport, the caravan stopped near a large plane emblazoned with the "McCain/Palin" logo and disgorged a small army of Secret Service agents and members of the press.Patrick Henry College sophomore, Erin Pradia, one of the van drivers, watched intently as Secret Service agents shouted, "Photo op! Photo op!" ...more | |
| October 29, 2008 | |
| Chapel Guild Ministers to Campus | |
| Eyes closed, hands raised, and hearts opened, PHC students gather together three times each week for chapel, and for the opportunity to worship God in the midst of their hectic schedules and busy lives. This opportunity for worship arises from a dedicated group of PHC students, who volunteer to lead worship each week. ...more | |
| October 23, 2008 | |
| A Look Back at Homecoming 2008 | |
| Homecoming 2008 weekend at Patrick Henry College closed happily, marked by home soccer games by the PHC Sentinels, the traditional alumni v. student football match, rousing inter-class competitions, and a concert by indie music artist, Andy Zipf. ...more | |
| October 17, 2008 | |
| The Faith and Reason Series | |
| On September 19, 2009, College President Dr. Graham Walker detailed what happens when human beings lend too much credence to reason, or the intellect, at the expense of faith. In his lecture, entitled "The Pathology of the Intellect," he noted that "the central struggle of the mind is ultimately a competition of love: love for God versus love of the deified self." ...more | |
| October 16, 2008 | |
| Saving Life from the Roots Up | |
| Joseph Alm isn't your average college junior. He doesn't just study, work, or look to have fun - he's gotten out of his desk to put his education to action. "Last fall, I realized that abortion kills a child and that I would do almost anything to save someone who was dying," Alm says. "Yet I wasn't doing anything to stop abortion. Those three just don't go together." ...more | |
| October 10, 2008 | |
| Join PHC for Global Warming Symposium, Oct. 18 | |
| Patrick Henry College and the Cornwall Alliance are partnering for a free Global Warming Symposium on the PHC campus, October 18, from 8:30am to noon. Three members of the Cornwall Alliance, Drs. E. Calvin Beisner, Roy W. Spencer, and Kenneth W. Chilton, will lecture on the scientific, economic, and ethical underpinnings of the issue. ...more | |
| October 08, 2008 | |
| Foreign Language Immersion Adventures | |
| About twenty Patrick Henry College students dispersed across the globe this summer to master a foreign language as part of their academic requirements at PHC. Students majoring in Government or Journalism often choose to immerse themselves in a foreign country or full-time language program in order to fulfill their needed twelve credits of a modern language. This year, their destinations ranged from Russia and Germany, to Egypt, Costa Rica, and California. ...more | |
| October 01, 2008 | |
| Distance Learning Undergoes Makeover | |
| In the academic world, summertime spells a period of rest and rejuvenation for students and faculty alike. This summer, however, PHC's Dr. Rob Spinney spent his "down time" updating the distance learning (DL) program. ...more | |
| September 28, 2008 | |
| PHC's Aikman in Demand on the Russian Front | |
| When news of Russia's invasion of Georgia first hit the airwaves in early August, Fox News came calling – on Patrick Henry College's Dr. David Aikman. The College's history professor and former senior correspondent for Time Magazine appeared four times on the Fox television network, analyzing events from the perspective of an award-winning international journalist who even now consults with the State Department on global events. ...more | |
| September 12, 2008 | |
| PHC's 9/11 Display a Tribute to Lost Lives | |
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| September 02, 2008 | |
| SI Student Earns Year in China | |
| By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Boehm on the Great Wall Last Friday the 29th ...more | |
| August 20, 2008 | |
| Students Explore the World of C.S. Lewis | |
| The ink barely dry on their last finals and papers this summer of 2008, a small group of Patrick Henry College students and alumni, led by Assistant Professor of Literature Dr. Bonnie Libby, ventured to England to explore "the world of C.S. Lewis." The trip was carefully tailored to explore England, Scotland, and Wales while studying Lewis's book Mere Christianity. ...more | |
| August 08, 2008 | |
| Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case in CA | |
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| July 28, 2008 | |
| Premiere of "Come What May" | |
| After successful, sold-out preview screenings in Harrisonburg, Va., and Grants Pass, Ore., the Purcellville-filmed and produced movie, Come What May, is coming to the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center, September 6, for its "world premiere." The full-length feature, filmed last summer at Patrick Henry College by Purcellville's Advent Film Group production company, has received stirring responses from viewers for its unequivocal pro-life, pro-family message. ...more | |
| July 22, 2008 | |
| Summer Camps Kick Off With A Bang | |
| Dry ice and water ripped apart plastic bottles outside of Patrick Henry College's Founder's Hall on Wednesday evening, June 11. For the young students attending Strategic Intelligence summer leadership camp, the strange and violent noise formed another data point for their mock criminal investigation. Tom Snyder, 2008 graduate from PHC's Government major and SI camp organizer, had arranged the week around an analytical mystery, giving his young students a taste of work in the intelligence field. ...more | |
| July 18, 2008 | |
| Travel and Intellectual Opportunity for ISI Honors Fellows | |
| The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a national educational organization headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, recently selected Patrick Henry College students Rachel Blum and Robert Gingerich as two of 50 Honors Fellows selected for the 2008-2009 academic year. Each year, ISI's prestigious Honors Program selects the nation's most talented undergraduates to participate in a yearlong program of educational enrichment. ...more | |
| July 15, 2008 | |
| "Rebelution" Founders To Be Freshmen This Fall | |
| Sleepy-eyed young people filled Patrick Henry College's Town Hall, tired from their week of work and play at Generation Joshua teen camp, but intent on the two figures onstage. Brett and Alex Harris, twin nineteen-year-old brothers and best-selling authors of a new book for teens, Do Hard Things, swapped a microphone back and forth in the characteristic style they have developed in the last year-plus, explaining the premise of what they have termed the "Rebelution," a "teenage rebellion against low expectations." ...more | |
| June 30, 2008 | |
| Culture Club Returns from Mexico Mission | |
| PUEBLA, Mexico -- Hot, dry Mexico welcomed eleven members of the Patrick Henry College community early this summer for a short-term mission trip to Puebla, where the group donated $300 to the Living Hope orphanage. ...more | |
| June 23, 2008 | |
| Dr. Farris Argues Against CA Homeschool Ruling | |
| Oral arguments were heard today in the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, with the fate of homeschooling in California at stake. ...more | |
| May 28, 2008 | |
| Second PHC Alum Attends Harvard Law | |
| After a year working at Patrick Henry College as an admissions counselor, 2007 grad Lindsay See faced a difficult decision–should she accept a law school offer from the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan, Georgetown, or Harvard? For many people the choice between such prestigious universities would be delightful, a bragging point, but See, a Government: Political Theory major, shared the news only cautiously. ...more | |
| May 21, 2008 | |
| PHC Commencement 2008 Celebrates God, Service, and Love | |
| In what has almost become an annual tradition, spring rains yielded to blue skies in the hours prior to Patrick Henry College's Commencement 2008. ...more | |
| May 13, 2008 | |
| Community Commission Forges Bonds with Town | |
| Nolan Barzee, the owner of the local print shop in downtown Purcellville, lent a trailer. ...more | |
| May 13, 2008 | |
| Culture Club Spans Borders | |
| Senior Lucas Pillman, a tri-citizen of Ecuador, Canada, and the United States, was once almost trapped in South America. ...more | |
| May 09, 2008 | |
| “Blue Jean” Fundraiser Aids Purcellville Centennial Book | |
| Purcellville, VA – Patrick Henry College staff, faculty, and students raised more than $1000 for the Purcellville Centennial book fund over the last five weeks. ...more | |
| April 29, 2008 | |
| Huckabee to Address PHC Grads | |
| Purcellville, VA – Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will deliver the keynote commencement address at Patrick Henry College, Saturday, May 17, 2008. ...more | |
| April 22, 2008 | |
| Debate Captain Named All-American | |
| As the 2007-2008 academic year winds down, Patrick Henry College's parliamentary and debate can take satisfaction in another successful season. ...more | |
| April 21, 2008 | |
| Departures, Arrivals, Growth in PHC Faculty | |
| For the upcoming school year, 2008-2009, Patrick Henry College welcomes several new members to its faculty. ...more | |
| April 18, 2008 | |
| Jenkins and Holt Win Student Election | |
| Juniors Justin Jenkins and Jacob Holt won the Patrick Henry College student presidential race 156-112 against junior John Anderson and sophomore Rachel Heflin. "I am very humbled to be entrusted with this responsibility," Jenkins said after his victory. ...more | |
| April 17, 2008 | |
| Professor Takes One-Year Sabbatical at Princeton | |
| Dr. Mark Mitchell, Associate Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College, will be spending the next academic year (2008-9) at Princeton University in New Jersey, researching and writing on a prestigious James Madison research fellowship. ...more | |
| April 17, 2008 | |
| PHC Chorale Performs Premiere of Spanish “Elijah” | |
| The Patrick Henry College chorale joined Lancaster Bible College and musicians from Spain last Saturday to perform the world premiere of Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" in Spanish. ...more | |
| April 16, 2008 | |
| Donors Enjoy Montpelier Fete | |
| Donors and supporters of Patrick Henry College enjoyed a beautiful, 70-degree day of sunshine at James Madison's Montpelier estate, April 11th at the 2008 Council for Statesmanship. ...more | |
| April 09, 2008 | |
| Blue Jeans Raise Money for Community | |
| Patrick Henry College faculty, staff, and students raised $320 for the Purcellville centennial book fund Thursday by paying for the privilege of wearing blue jeans. ...more | |
| April 08, 2008 | |
| Psmith Plays April 16-19 | |
| Kaylyn Carlson, like college seniors across the country during their last month and a half before graduation, finds herself quite busy filling out job applications, completing final projects, and attending job interviews. ...more | |
| April 08, 2008 | |
| SI Students Take Initiative For Their Program | |
| On Saturday, March 8 in Patrick Henry College's Nash Auditorium, several well-tailored students spent their morning explaining the Strategic Intelligence program to their classmates. ...more | |
| April 07, 2008 | |
| New PHC Alum Makes First Movie Sale | |
| PHC alumnus Daniel Noa (Public Policy '07) recently sold his first 45-minute film, Smuggler's Ransom, to Cloud Ten Pictures, the production company for the Left Behind series. ...more | |
| March 19, 2008 | |
| Hodel Center Receives a Facelift | |
| The stately building on the overhead projection screen in Nash Auditorium this February 29th slowly morphs as classical architect Daniel Lee flicks through a series of artist's renderings. "We added some beautiful little details–like this keyhole," he tells the full room of students, faculty, and staff members, indicating a little notch added to the arch over the window design. ...more | |
| March 13, 2008 | |
| A Star to Speak at PHC | |
| Patrick Henry College welcomes Star Parker, founder and president of CURE, the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education, to campus this Monday, March 17, at 7:30pm in order to share her remarkable personal testimony. ...more | |
| March 04, 2008 | |
| One Play Down, One to Go | |
| Senior Kaylyn Carlson called last week's run of Twelve Angry Men a "perfect buffer" between last semester's You Can't Take it With You and Eden Troupe's upcoming production of Leave it to Psmith, comedies both. ...more | |
| February 20, 2008 | |
| Dr. Aikman Debunks ‘New Atheism’ | |
| Confronting a series of "New Atheists" books that have topped bestseller lists in the last two years, Dr. David Aikman, Associate Professor of History at Patrick Henry College, presented the College's sixth Faith and Reason lecture Tuesday, February 19. ...more | |
| February 15, 2008 | |
| Aikman to Present Faith & Reason Lecture | |
| The Patrick Henry College community includes film enthusiasts, young people headed for careers in law, and philosophers. ...more | |
| February 13, 2008 | |
| Two Plays and Twelve Angry Men | |
| This semester, Patrick Henry College's student-run drama group, Eden Troupe, is putting on two plays instead of its normal, single production. ...more | |
| February 08, 2008 | |
| Alumni Who Remain at PHC | |
| Naomi Harralson, a petite brunette, smiles up from her desk at Patrick Henry College, where she sits surrounded by piles of paper and manila folders with information about college accreditation. ...more | |
| February 07, 2008 | |
| Famed Apologist Arrives on Campus | |
| Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, world renowned apologetics expert, steps up to his classroom podium in Founders Hall. ...more | |
| January 31, 2008 | |
| Legal Debaters Shine at Nationals | |
| Burnishing its reputation as a legal debate juggernaut, Patrick Henry College's moot court team excelled once again at the national ACMA moot court tournament in Iowa, January 18-19, capturing second place for individual team, while earning more trophies overall than any other college. ...more | |
| January 21, 2008 | |
| Pledge Ensures Completion of Hodel Center | |
| Patrick Henry College Chancellor Michael Farris has informed the College that a major donor has guaranteed the completion of the new Barbara Hodel Center. ...more | |
| January 14, 2008 | |
| SI Students Bolster Border Security | |
| Every week, Ryan Akers, a senior in the Strategic Intelligence (SI) track at PHC, assembles something known as the Border Security Alert (BSA), a report used by the national intelligence community. ...more | |
| December 21, 2007 | |
| PHC Team Sends Eighteen to Nationals | |
| PHC moot court team at Eastern Regional Tournament. The regional fall moot court season saw Patrick Henry College burnish its growing reputation, as eighteen student competitors will travel to the national moot court tournament in Des Moines, Iowa on January 18-19. ...more | |
| December 12, 2007 | |
| Debaters Enjoy Breakthrough Season | |
| While other colleges struggle to build national-caliber athletic programs, Patrick Henry College endeavors to field elite squads of communicators. ...more | |
| November 30, 2007 | |
| Professor Releases Billy Graham Biography | |
| Exchanges like this are not uncommon in classes taught by Professor Aikman, whose depth of knowledge on such topics as the Middle East, the global spread of Christianity, and American politics have led to countless cover stories, documentaries, and books. ...more | |
| November 30, 2007 | |
| Students Dive into Community Service | |
| On a dark and chilly Halloween night, seven Patrick Henry College students clustered behind a table set up on a neighborhood lawn in Leesburg, Virginia. ...more | |
| November 14, 2007 | |
| Companies Seek Out PHC Students at Career Fair | |
| On the afternoon of Friday, November 9 students entering Patrick Henry College's Town Hall found an unusual sight. ...more | |
| November 14, 2007 | |
| Students Excel at Model UN | |
| PHC DelegationsStudents from Patrick Henry College won two awards while representing Greece, Spain and the United Arab Emirates at the Model United Nations conference in Washington, D.C., November 2-4. ...more | |
| November 12, 2007 | |
| PHC’s EdenTroupe Producing a Comedy | |
| Penny Sycamore writes melodramas. ...more | |
| November 09, 2007 | |
| New PHC Scholarship Targets Budding Journalists | |
| Dr. Les Sillars, Director of Journalism and Head of the Department of Government Already well known for its high profile government and public policy tracks, legal debate teams, and nearness to Washington, D.C., Patrick Henry College is gaining recognition as an excellent training ground for future journalists. ...more | |
| November 07, 2007 | |
| Lady Sentinels Post Winning Soccer Season | |
| Patrick Henry College is normally known for the debate skills and White House internships of its students, not for their outstanding athletic achievements. ...more | |
| October 29, 2007 | |
| Cowdog Author to Share Wisdom | |
| John Erickson, author of the well-known Hank the Cowdog series of children's books, is visiting Patrick Henry College on November 12 to deliver one of his traditional "Hank talks." Members of the community are welcome to attend this talk and the autograph session to follow. ...more | |
| October 23, 2007 | |
| New Student Film Group Enters Film Festival | |
| Bradley Roy and Scott York line up a shot on Daniel Hebda A film team from Patrick Henry College wrote, filmed, scored, and edited a three-minute short film for the Apple Insomnia Film Festival the second weekend of October. The film, titled Score and directed by PHC junior Scott York, was created in just 24 hours in accordance with Festival rules. "It was a pretty crazy experience," said York, "you're not just racing time, you're racing exhaustion." From 9 a.m. ...more | |
| October 17, 2007 | |
| Students Learn the Price of Liberty | |
| Sandoval and Ly at Israeli-Syrian border This summer, Patrick Henry College students experienced a number of fascinating opportunities. ...more | |
| October 12, 2007 | |
| PHC Celebrates Traditions Old and New with Homecoming/Family Weekend | |
| A young man in a black ninja outfit stalked up to Founder's Hall and nodded brusquely to the motley crew already assembled. ...more | |
| October 08, 2007 | |
| From Plato to Pushups | |
| "Why did I join the U.S. Marine Corps?" writes PHC junior Kyle Green in a letter to his new bosses in the USMC. ...more | |
| October 03, 2007 | |
| Libertas Society Lobbies for Abstinence | |
| Patrick Henry College students gave testimonies in favor of abstinence education on Capitol Hill on the 20th of September, lobbying against the current plan in Congress which would eliminate federal funding for abstinence education and stress birth control. ...more | |
| October 03, 2007 | |
| Fall Debate Season Kicks Off | |
| Freshmen make up about one-third of the team this semester, many of whom attended PHC's debate camps or debated in National Christian Forensics and Communication Association (NCFCA). ...more | |
| September 25, 2007 | |
| Government Prof Also a Leading Family Advocate | |
| "Most of my lingering leftist views were eradicated by viewing this 'workers' paradise,'" he says with a grin.Along with that rich experience in Eastern Europe, PHC's new Assistant Professor of Government brings his growing reputation as a leading advocate for fatherhood and the family to students at Patrick Henry College. ...more | |
| September 20, 2007 | |
| Charles T. Evans Delivers Faith & Reason Lecture | |
| "I just wonder one thing," said Patrick Henry sophomore Curtis Ting. ...more | |
| September 12, 2007 | |
| Campus Gears Up for Semester’s Faith & Reason Lecture | |
| Since the start of Fall classes, faculty and students have met each Tuesday in "Christian Study Groups" to discuss Evans and Robert Littlejohn's book. ...more | |
| September 05, 2007 | |
| New Biology Professor Making Inroads | |
| Dr. Neil Doran As Patrick Henry's new Assistant Professor of Biology, Dr. Neal Doran says he first decided to study biology as a freshman engineering major at the University of Florida."I was miserable (studying engineering)," he laughs, "and I'd been fascinated with the issues of creation and evolution ever since high school, when I debated them with my friends."One of those high school friends was an atheist, with whom Doran recalls riding in a car as his friend raced along the highway at breakneck speeds. ...more | |
| August 31, 2007 | |
| College Profiled in Esteemed ISI Guide | |
| Patrick Henry College was recently pleased to find itself included in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's (ISI) 2008-9 Choosing the Right College guide. ...more | |
| August 20, 2007 | |
| Semester-long Discussion of Classical Christian Liberal Arts Begins | |
| In its emphasis on the classical Christian liberal arts, Patrick Henry College occupies a unique niche among institutions of higher learning. ...more | |
| August 15, 2007 | |
| Changes in Distance Learning Program | |
| Ask Dr. Robert Spinney what he has enjoyed most from his last four years teaching history for Patrick Henry College students, and his response is quick."The intense, personal interaction," he says, adding, "That's what makes it worthwhile. ...more | |
| August 10, 2007 | |
| New Book By Dr. Farris Challenges Myths of America's Founding | |
| Was the United States truly founded as a Christian nation? A new book by Michael Farris, Chancellor of Patrick Henry College, sheds new light on that notion. While the Church has taught that America was colonized by Christians for the purpose of religious freedom, secularists declare that early American Christians persecuted one other and the Indians until Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke pierced the darkness with their tracts on "freedom." Both views, asserts Dr. Farris in his new book, From Tyndale to Madison, are wrong. "The truth," writes Farris, "is that it was a handful of Christians who believed in the authority of the Bible rather than the authority of the Church who were the true authors of religious liberty." Farris traces the roots of America's founding documents all the way back to William Tyndale's struggle in England in the 1500s to bring the Bible to the common man, or, in Tyndale's words, "cause a boy that driveth the plough to know more of the Scripture than [the clerics]." Exposed to the Gospel for the first time, many new believers questioned the bureaucracy and corruption of established churches and often found themselves the targets of persecution. Farris's research tracks this troubling pattern from England to the first settlers in America, where groups forged like-minded colonies around their own theological views and punished dissenters much like church authorities from the society they had left. ...more | |
| August 02, 2007 | |
| Renowned Apologist John Warwick Montgomery Joins PHC Faculty | |
| Dr. John Warwick MontgomeryOne of contemporary Christianity's leading apologetics experts will be joining the faculty of Patrick Henry College this fall. ...more | |
| July 31, 2007 | |
| Government and Journalism Majors Expand | |
| Leslie Sillars, Ph.D.Chairman of the Department of GovernmentChanges are coming to both the Government and Journalism majors at Patrick Henry College, as new courses will be offered in the fall, along with more flexible course tracks. ...more | |
| July 20, 2007 | |
| New Faculty Expands Academic Programs | |
| Patrick Henry College is pleased to welcome four new full-time professors to its faculty for the fall 2007 semester, replacing two outgoing professors and expanding its academic program."We're very excited about the new faculty," said PHC Provost Dr. Gene Edward Veith. ...more | |
| July 11, 2007 | |
| Advent Films Brings Full-length Feature to College | |
| Now, two years later, Forbes found himself crowded with more than thirty other Christians from across the nation into PHC's Nash Auditorium for the first day of filming on a full-length feature. ...more | |
| June 12, 2007 | |
| PHC's Winston Completes Theatrical Masterstroke | |
| So when Winston stepped up to a standing ovation in May following Eden Troupe's Spring finale of A Tale of Two Cities, having written the script, songs and musical score – as well as starring in the production – she felt simply a peaceful sense of completion. ...more | |
| May 23, 2007 | |
| 2007 Commencement Caps Remarkable Year | |
| On a sunny day that witnessed a record 59 graduates walk and PHC's new Chancellor and President formally installed, Wales chronicled the key, often stunning moments of a lifelong romance with cinema – beginning with an improbable encounter with a moviemaking genius. ...more | |
| May 14, 2007 | |
| Commencement Features Filmmaker, Investiture Rite | |
| CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Ken Wales to address largest commencement class Patrick Henry ...more | |
| May 10, 2007 | |
| Young Producer Finishes Full-Length Feature | |
| The idea for the movie stemmed from a play written in the late-eighties by Steve Losee, originally performed in Brooklyn as part of a street ministry evangelistic outreach. ...more | |
| May 07, 2007 | |
| PHC Library Receives American History Donation | |
| PHC Library recently completed sorting and processing a donation of nearly 2,000 items related to American history. ...more | |
| May 01, 2007 | |
| PHC Grad Accepted to Harvard Law | |
| Patrick Henry College graduate Matthew du Mée made Patrick Henry College history when he recently became the college's first alumnus to be accepted to Harvard Law School."Harvard is arguably the top law school in the country," said PHC Chancellor Michael Farris. ...more | |
| April 26, 2007 | |
| NEDA Parli Teams Finish Strong | |
| PHC Parliamentary Debate Team (L-R): Dominique Deming, Chris Tuggle, Lindsay See, Joseph Alm, Rebecca Ries, Storm Swensboe, Isaiah McPeak, Kawika Vellalos Patrick Henry College's Parliamentary Debate team recently finished its strongest season ever. ...more | |
| April 18, 2007 | |
| PHC Granted Accreditation By TRACS | |
| Virginia Beach, Va. ...more | |
| April 13, 2007 | |
| Soulforce Equality Ride Passes Peacefully | |
| Members of the Purcellville police, Loudoun County Sherriff's Office, and the State Patrol, stood vigil throughout the afternoon. ...more | |
| April 09, 2007 | |
| Soulforce Equality Ride Targets PHC | |
| Organizers of the Soulforce Equality Ride, a traveling group of homosexual activists, have announced they will target the campus of Patrick Henry College on April 12, in an attempt to enter the campus to engage students in uninvited dialogue about sex, sexual orientation, and gender. ...more | |
| March 29, 2007 | |
| Students Return from Model UN Conference | |
| "Whether you agree or disagree with the UN, it's a pretty strong institution and it's here to stay," said NMUN Head Delegate Kirk Anderson, a junior at PHC. ...more | |
| March 12, 2007 | |
| Culture Debate Coming to Town Hall | |
| Rev. John Rankin, founder and President of the Theological Education Institute, will be addressing a Mars Hill Forum with guest Rev. Barry Lynn, Director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, on the question of "What is the Nature of Separation Between Church and State?" TEI's Mars Hill Forum series was began in 1993, and since its inception John has invited the most qualified skeptics he can find who wish to question his evangelical worldview and its public policy implications. ...more | |
| February 27, 2007 | |
| Debate Squad Dominant at Duquesne | |
| CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu The 2007 Patrick Henry College Debate Team The Patrick Henry ...more | |
| February 22, 2007 | |
| Campaign Selects PHC Sophomore for Top Post | |
| PHC sophomore Ryan Rogge had hardly settled in for the Spring 2007 semester when he heard that Amber Smith, a PHC journalism student working in Baton Rouge, LA, was looking for him. ...more | |
| February 15, 2007 | |
| Student Applications Pour Into PHC | |
| Student Applications Pour Into PHC F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S EFebruary 15, 2006CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu PHC Admissions Counselor Tiffany Thompson sifts through influx of student applications As of mid-February, the PHC Department of Admissions reports that more students have applied for fall admission than at any other time in the College's history. ...more | |
| February 08, 2007 | |
| Campaign Launched on Behalf of German Teen | |
| Homeschool students and their families across America are being urged to flood the German embassy with e-mail, telephone calls and letters in support of a German teen who was taken by police to a psychiatric ward because she was being homeschooled. ...more | |
| January 25, 2007 | |
| TRACS Completes PHC Accreditation Site Review | |
| As is their policy with every school visited by a TRACS site team, the team did not offer a specific recommendation for or against accreditation. Instead, the team offered both praise and constructive commentary on a wide range of college functions, and provided a list of specific recommendations for improvement. During their visit, the team commented positively on teaching quality, leadership, self-study effectiveness, and newly enacted administrative and governance structures. A number of their specific recommendations constitute an opportunity for the College to provide additional evidence, before the April meeting, showing that the new governance structures are functioning as designed to advance the College's Christian educational mission."Based on their feedback during the visit and the exit interview," reported PHC President Graham Walker, "their (site team) overall perceptions of the College, its programs, classes, faculty and students were overwhelmingly positive. ...more | |
| January 24, 2007 | |
| Moot Court Team Shows Well, Places Third | |
| In the process, three PHC students took top individual "orator" awards, including first place by Lindsay See; fourth place by Caleb Dalton, and fifth place by Kirsten Winston, Dalton's moot court teammate. ...more | |
| January 18, 2007 | |
| Moot Court Team in Pursuit of Three-Peat | |
| While no college is eligible to send more than eight teams to the national finals, PHC, in fact, qualified an unprecedented nine at three regional tournaments in November and December."Whether we win a third national championship or not, there's no other college in the league that has multiple teams competing, each of which are quite readily capable of winning a national championship," said PHC Chancellor and Moot Court Coach, Dr. Michael Farris. ...more | |
| December 13, 2006 | |
| Who's Who Inducts 22 PHC Students | |
| With the support of prominent educational institutions all over the country, Who's Who has furthered the aims of higher education by rewarding and recognizing individual academic excellence on a national level. ...more | |
| December 04, 2006 | |
| PHC Debate Team Dominates Early Contests | |
| The Debate team at PHC appears to have taken up where past squads left off, earning first place team and overall club awards at recent tournaments in Michigan and New Jersey. ...more | |
| November 22, 2006 | |
| Student Produces Marriage Amendment Video | |
| When PHC Senior Mike Holcomb ran into PHC alumnus Eve Barner at a church function, he never imagined it would lead to a role in helping to pass Virginia's Marriage Amendment. ...more | |
| November 03, 2006 | |
| Consecration Ceremony Captures Joy and Significance of PHC Mission | |
| A special Consecration Ceremony, the morning of October 27, formally installed new PHC President Graham Walker and completed the transition to Chancellor of former PHC President Michael Farris. ...more | |
| October 27, 2006 | |
| PHC Student Named To Town Planning Commission | |
| If the voters of Purcellville thought they'd seen the last of Tim Iversen when they failed to elect him to the Town Council last winter, they didn't understand who they were dealing with. ...more | |
| October 26, 2006 | |
| Eden Troupe to Perform 'Cyrano de Bergerac' | |
| Beginning on November 9th, Patrick Henry College's Eden Troupe will pay dramatic homage to one of French theater's most beloved love stories with its production of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. ...more | |
| October 17, 2006 | |
| Patrick Henry Sweeps Crossfire Debate in New Jersey | |
| On October 6 and 7, the Patrick Henry College debate team closed out the Crossfire division at the first of the National Educational Debate Association [NEDA] fall tournaments at St. ...more | |
| October 09, 2006 | |
| Chancellor Farris Joins WorldNetDaily.com | |
| Michael Farris – constitutional scholar, homeschool trailblazer and Christian college founder – has joined WorldNetDaily.com as an exclusive columnist writing about Supreme Court issues. ...more | |
| October 02, 2006 | |
| PHC Academic Dean: Christian Higher Education “Ten Times Better” than Secular Wisdom | |
| One of the nation's leading experts on classical learning, PHC's own Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Gene Edward Veith, cited in a wide-ranging Faith and Reason Lecture the compelling educational advantages of biblical Christianity over secular thought. ...more | |
| September 21, 2006 | |
| Well-Traveled PHC History Professor Pens Wall Street Journal Piece | |
| David Aikman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Writer in Residence at Patrick Henry College, has penned another story for a national publication. ...more | |
| September 18, 2006 | |
| Faith and Reason Lecture on Calendar | |
| The second annual Faith and Reason lecture at Patrick Henry College will take place Tuesday, September 26, in Town Hall. ...more | |
| September 13, 2006 | |
| Students For Marriage Launches in Virginia | |
| PURCELLVILLE - This fall, students at Patrick Henry College and other campuses across the Commonwealth of Virginia have diverted their attention from their usual Fall routines to rally support for an initiative to protect traditional marriage. ...more | |
| September 08, 2006 | |
| Language, Culture, and Terrorism: PHC Students Weather Israeli-Lebanon War | |
| Kurcab lived in Jerusalem for over seven weeks. ...more | |
| August 31, 2006 | |
| PHC Students Team With Town For 9/11 Memorial | |
| The town of Purcellville is teaming up with two students from Patrick Henry College to host a September 11 memorial for those who fell to the terrorist attacks five years ago. ...more | |
| July 28, 2006 | |
| All Faculty Vacancies at PHC Filled | |
| The new faculty members are: Dr. Stephen M. ...more | |
| June 24, 2006 | |
| PHC Moot Court Team Defends National Championship | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's moot court team defended the 2005 national title this past weekend in competition against 22 other colleges and universities in the 2006 American Collegiate Moot Court Association's National Moot Court Tournament held January 21 and 22 at the University of Texas (Arlington). ...more | |
| June 02, 2006 | |
| Dr. Farris Appears on NPR’s “Fresh Air” | |
| In a wide-ranging, hour-long interview on National Public Radio's daily "Fresh Air" magazine, May 24, outgoing Patrick Henry College President (soon-to-be Chancellor), Dr. Michael Farris, fielded a range of hot-button questions familiar to listeners on both sides of the cultural divide. ...more | |
| May 22, 2006 | |
| Commencement Speeches Reaffirm PHC Mission | |
| PHC Class of 2006PURCELLVILLE, VA – On a sunny, blustery Saturday morning, May 20, 49 Patrick Henry College seniors closed out their undergraduate careers with fond farewells, laughs, tears, and stirring charges by classmates that seemed, to some, a rousing reaffirmation of the College's untiring mission. ...more | |
| May 19, 2006 | |
| College Response to Media Reports About Departing Faculty | |
| Responding to a flurry of media coverage about departing faculty at Patrick Henry College in recent days, the executive leadership of PHC wishes to convey ...more | |
| May 16, 2006 | |
| Hume To Address PHC Graduates | |
| Patrick Henry College celebrates its fifth Commencement Saturday, May 20, with 49 graduates scheduled to receive diplomas. ...more | |
| May 10, 2006 | |
| Patrick Henry College Names New Academic Dean | |
| Dr. Gene Edward VeithPURCELLVILLE, VA – Prolific author, cultural commentator, and longtime educator, Dr. Gene Edward Veith, has been named Academic Dean of Patrick Henry College by the College Board of Trustees. ...more | |
| May 05, 2006 | |
| PHC Students Shine On NPR's "On Point" | |
| Exhibiting a graceful repertoire of scholarship, poise, and Christian diplomacy, three Patrick Henry College students recently championed Patrick Henry College on a national stage, shattering stereotypes, dismantling myths, and, in some cases, disarming hardened skeptics. ...more | |
| April 26, 2006 | |
| Students Test Mettle at National Model United Nations | |
| NEW YORK CITY – Journeying into the complex world of international diplomacy, Patrick Henry College students and faculty traveled to New York City recently to discover what membership in the United Nations really means. ...more | |
| April 10, 2006 | |
| New PHC President | |
| Dr. Graham Walker By a unanimous vote of the College’s Board of Trustees on Monday, April 3, 2006, Dr. Graham Walker was named to become the second ...more | |
| March 02, 2006 | |
| ONCE AGAIN, PHC NAMED AMONG TOP CONSERVATIVE COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – For the second year in a row, Patrick Henry College has been named one of the top ten conservative schools in the country by the Young America's Foundation. According to the Foundation, the ten colleges exemplify in their academic philosophy and curriculum "an alternative to the liberal dominance on the typical American college campus by encouraging students in the study of conservative ideas and the conservative movement."To make its selections, the Foundation looks to the quality–and breadth–of conservative thought infused in a college's coursework. ...more | |
| February 28, 2006 | |
| EXCITING TRANSITION FOR COLLEGE | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – It's not often that a mandatory chapel is called for students and staff, but Dr. Michael P. ...more | |
| November 08, 2005 | |
| Eden Troupe presents Macbeth | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Patrick Henry College's drama club, Eden Troupe, will present three performances of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, November 17, 18, and 19 at 7:00 PM in the Patrick Henry College Town Hall. ...more | |
| October 11, 2005 | |
| Sanders to helm academic affairs | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Dr. Marian Sanders, formerly the associate dean of academic affairs at Patrick Henry College, has been named as the acting dean of academic affairs in the wake of the departure of Dr. Paul Bonicelli, who stepped down as dean to accept a senior level position with the Bush administration in foreign policy. ...more | |
| October 04, 2005 | |
| College launches Faith and Reason lecture series | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Todd Bates, assistant professor of rhetoric, launched Patrick Henry College's Faith and Reason lecture series on Tuesday, September 13 with his presentation of "Duplex Cognitio: What I Need To Know and How the Liberal Arts Can Help Me Know It." The series is designed to prompt campus-wide reflection and discussion on the relationship between faith and reason in the context of Christian liberal arts education.In order to allow students to participate more fully in the day's events, all afternoon classes were cancelled. ...more | |
| September 01, 2005 | |
| College welcomes Class of 2009 | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's newest freshman class has arrived in full force, bringing with them boundless enthusiasm and an impressive academic profile. ...more | |
| September 01, 2005 | |
| PHC senior named ISI Honors Fellow | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Sarah Pride, a member of the Patrick Henry College Class of 2006, has been named as an Honors Fellow by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), one of only 52 students nationwide to be so named. ...more | |
| July 18, 2005 | |
| Ruling opens up tax benefits to PHC parents | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – On June 30, 2005, Patrick Henry College was determined by the United States Department of Education (DOE) to be eligible to participate in DOE programs. ...more | |
| June 02, 2005 | |
| Two PHC juniors awarded undergraduate fellowships | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Two Patrick Henry College juniors, Benjamin Mills and Kyle Murray, have been selected by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) to participate in an undergraduate fellowship program designed to teach students about terrorist threats directed at America and allied democracies around the world. ...more | |
| May 26, 2005 | |
| Renowned author and journalist joins PHC faculty | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Author of six books, respected Washington journalist, and former senior correspondent to Time magazine David Aikman, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of Patrick Henry College as associate professor of history and writer-in-residence. ...more | |
| May 17, 2005 | |
| NBA legend exhorts grads to grow in grace every day | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Sharing personal testimony from his days as one of the NBA's most dominant players and his life since his retirement in 2003, former San Antonio Spur and NBA Most Valuable Player David Robinson encouraged PHC's newest graduates to be mindful of the need to grow in grace every day."There is no middle ground with God," Robinson told the fifty members of PHC's Class of 2005. ...more | |
| May 06, 2005 | |
| NBA legend David Robinson to address PHC's largest graduating class | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Perennial NBA All-Star and league MVP David Robinson will address Patrick Henry College's Class of 2005 during the college's fourth commencement ceremony, held on the lawn in front of Founder's Hall on the Patrick Henry College campus on Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 1:00PM. ...more | |
| April 27, 2005 | |
| Noted author, analyst to share views on radical Islam | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Paul Marshall, a Senior Fellow at Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom, will present a special address titled "Understanding Radical Islam" on April 27, 2005 at 8:30pm in Nash Auditorium on the campus of Patrick Henry College. ...more | |
| April 19, 2005 | |
| Two PHC debaters named NEDA All-Americans | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Seniors Matthew du Mee and Christy Ross were recently named as National Education Debate Association's (NEDA) All-Americans at an award ceremony held during the 2005 NEDA Nationals Tournament by Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. ...more | |
| April 19, 2005 | |
| PHC to launch new track in government major | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Patrick Henry College is pleased to announce the creation of a political theory track in the Department of Government. ...more | |
| April 13, 2005 | |
| Strategic intelligence program lands new director | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Patrick Henry College has announced that Colonel Gordon Middleton, a retired Air Force colonel with more than two decades of intelligence-related experience, has joined the faculty as director of the PHC's strategic intelligence program. ...more | |
| April 08, 2005 | |
| Eden Troupe stages Oscar Wilde classic | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Eden Troupe, Patrick Henry College's drama club, will offer up love, intrigue, blackmail, and virtue as they present Oscar Wilde's dramatic comedy, An Ideal Husband, on April 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30 P.M. in PHC's Town Hall. ...more | |
| April 04, 2005 | |
| Renowned counter terrorist expert to address PHC Town Hall | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – On Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Colonel Edward Badalato, one of the world's leading authorities on counter terrorism, will address the Patrick Henry College community at a special PHC Town Hall meeting. ...more | |
| March 28, 2005 | |
| Patrick Henry College defeats Oxford moot court team again | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – The moot court team from Patrick Henry College (PHC) has won its second straight tournament against Balliol College of Oxford University. ...more | |
| March 15, 2005 | |
| Debate team sweeps recent tourney | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's debate teams enjoyed a clean sweep at a recent tournament at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, winning first place in the Lincoln-Douglas, novice and open divisions. PHC took three novice teams and four open teams to the tournament, while Katy Jones and Katie Teubl competed in the individual Lincoln-Douglas division, winning first and third place, respectively. In the novice division, partners Danielle Small and Daniel Burns were quarterfinalists, while senior Cami Helm finished her first and last debate season with a first place finish, alongside her partner, sophomore Amber Smith. ...more | |
| March 10, 2005 | |
| PHC students assist at local food pantry | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC freshman Craig Drinkall, a member of the school's Community Involvement Commission [CIC], has reinstated a longstanding relationship between Patrick Henry College and the Loudon Inter-Faith Relief Food Pantry.Taking the mantle from students previously involved, Drinkall and students Adam Nicholson, Anne Corda, and Amy Alexander have been assisting the pantry on Thursdays from 10:30 to 12:00, stocking shelves and serving where they are needed."We're basically helping out people who can't afford much. ...more | |
| March 10, 2005 | |
| PHC graduates launch official alumni association | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Another critical phase of Patrick Henry College's development has formally begun as graduates from 2002-2004 launched the College's official alumni association. ...more | |
| March 01, 2005 | |
| PHC debaters take top honors | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's debate teams came within one judge's ballot of sweeping a recent intercollegiate tournament held at Owensboro Community Technical College in Owensboro, Kentucky, when freshmen Kirsten Winston and David Carver lost their final round to a 2-1 judges' decision.Despite the loss in the novice division, PHC won first in the two remaining divisions, besting 15 teams from 5 colleges and universities to claim the first place sweepstakes award given to the school with the most overall wins.PHC took four novice teams and four open teams to the tournament, while freshmen Isaiah McPeak and Kawika Vellalos competed in the individual Lincoln Douglas division, winning 1st and 2nd place, respectively.In the open division, Seniors Matthew du Mee and Christy Ross cemented the first three tournament sweep in PHC history, with a 3-0 final decision in their favor. ...more | |
| February 22, 2005 | |
| Prominent conservative thinker visits PHC classroom | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – Ken Masugi, senior staffer at the Claremont Institute, a center for the study of the principles of the American Founding, shared his views on the proper role and function of local government with PHC students in Instructor Erik Root's State and Local Government class."He engaged the class on the perils of progressivism, and the fallout of the recall election in California," said Root, "and I think his unique insights into political statesmanship at the state and local level really intrigued my students."Masugi is the director of the Institute's Center for Local Government, a group that applies historical principles to the study of local government. ...more | |
| January 26, 2005 | |
| Moot court team takes national championship | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's moot court squad bested 63 other teams from 20 colleges to dominate the 2005 American Collegiate Moot Court Association's National Moot Court Tournament, bringing home 14 of the 32 trophies awarded, including the top award, the team national championship. ...more | |
| January 24, 2005 | |
| PHC, private lender join forces to offer competitive student loans | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA–PHC Vice President for Business and Planning Darrin Coon has announced a partnership with Wachovia Education Finance that will further enhance the College's financial aid offerings. The arrangement with Wachovia will allow eligible PHC students will to borrow as little as $500, or up to the full costs of attending PHC, with no origination fees and no payments while they are in school. ...more | |
| January 13, 2005 | |
| PHC grad takes research prize at Grove City College, resulting work slated for publication in scholarly journal | |
| Purcellville, VA–A research project of 2004 PHC graduate James Kimball titled "The Gold Standard in Contemporary Economic Principles Textbooks" recently took second place in the Richard E. ...more | |
| December 06, 2004 | |
| PHC moot court team takes on Oxford, returns to US with victory | |
| Purcellville, VA–A moot court team from Patrick Henry College won a weekend exhibition against England's University of Oxford in PHC's first international moot court competition. ...more | |
| November 23, 2004 | |
| Young America's Foundation names PHC as one of the nation's top ten conservative colleges | |
| Purcellville, VA– Young America's Foundation (YAF), a nationwide campus outreach organization dedicated to the promotion of conservative values, has named Patrick Henry College as one of the nation's top ten conservative colleges. ...more | |
| November 16, 2004 | |
| PHC debaters sweep Hillsdale tournament, set to close out perfect season | |
| Purcellville, VA– The Patrick Henry College policy debate team swept the top five ranks at a recent intercollegiate tournament at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. ...more | |
| November 11, 2004 | |
| Eden Troupe stages Shakespeare comedy | |
| Purcellville, VA– Patrick Henry College's Eden Troupe presents William Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing on November 11th, 12th, and 13th at 7:30PM in the college's Town Hall, located on the lower level of the Mount Vernon building on the PHC campus. ...more | |
| November 01, 2004 | |
| Regent University School of Law announces first-year, full tuition scholarship for PHC grads | |
| Purcellville, VA– Regent University School of Law has announced the establishment of a first-year, full tuition scholarship for graduates of Patrick Henry College. ...more | |
| October 29, 2004 | |
| Classical Liberal Arts Department launches free electronic newsletter for homeschooling families | |
| Purcellville, VA– The Classical Liberal Arts Department at Patrick Henry College has announced the creation of Legatio, a free, online electronic newsletter aimed at promoting, explaining, and enhancing the study and instruction of classics. ...more | |
| February 24, 2004 | |
| Double Win For Livonia Student In Debate Tournament | |
| Purcellville, VA–Lindsey See, daughter of Robert and Kathleen See of Livonia, won first place in the novice division and first place speaker award in the February 20-21 Ford Debate Tournament held in Owensboro, KY and sponsored by the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA). ...more | |
| February 09, 2004 | |
| Peoria Student Succeeds In National Debate Tournament | |
| Purcellville, VA–Purcellville, VA - Matthew du Mee, son of Jack and Patty du Mee of Peoria, placed second out of 126 speakers in the Junior division of the February 7-8 Sunset Cliffs National Debate Tournament in San Diego, CA. ...more | |
| February 02, 2004 | |
| Vienna Student Succeeds In National Tournament | |
| Purcellville, VA–Melanie Inglis, daughter of Mark and Paula Inglis of Vienna won first place in the brief writing team competition at the January 30-31 Moot Court National Tournament in Arlington, TX. ...more | |
| February 02, 2004 | |
| Gervais Student Succeeds In National Tournament | |
| Purcellville, VA–Daniel Chapin, son of Ron and Shelly Chapin of Gervais, won first place in the brief writing team competition of the January 30-31 Moot Court National Tournament in Arlington, TX. ...more | |
| December 18, 2003 | |
| ROTC Now an Option for PHC Students | |
| Purcellville, VA– Patrick Henry College (PHC) announced today that its students may enroll in the U.S. Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC. ...more | |
| December 15, 2003 | |
| Patrick Henry College Wins National Debate Tournament | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VAPatrick Henry College (PHC) won the Sweepstakes Award at the December 5 and 6 National Debate Tournament sponsored by the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA) and hosted by Ball State University. ...more | |
| November 03, 2003 | |
| Patrick Henry College Takes First Place in Nationwide Debate Tournaments | |
| Purcellville, VA– Patrick Henry College (PHC) recently won first place trophies from two intercollegiate debate tournaments sponsored by the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) and the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA). ...more | |
| July 03, 2001 | |
| Homeschool Student With Perfect SAT Score Wins Full Scholarship to Attend Patrick Henry College | |
| PHOENIX–Matthew du Mée, 18, has been selected to receive the General George Hubert Krieger Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement at Patrick Henry College. ...more | |
| April 03, 2001 | |
| Patrick Henry College debaters excel at national championship meet | |
| KANKAKEE, IL–Patrick Henry College debaters concluded a stellar first year in debate competition this past weekend at the NEDA (National Educational Debate Association) national tournament.Patrick Henry College debaters won eight tournament trophies and the college won an award for an outstanding first year in intercollegiate debate. ...more | |
| January 15, 2001 | |
| Patrick Henry College adds 66 acres to campus | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College announced today it has acquired an additional 66 acres in Purcellville, next to its original 40 acres located south of Route 7 and east of Route 287. Consistent with its commitment to remain debt-free, the college bought the land free and clear. ...more | |
| December 04, 2000 | |
| Patrick Henry College Invites Area Residents to a Holiday Viewing of Presidential Christmas Card Art | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College is inviting its neighbors and friends to view one of the top five collections of presidential Christmas art at an open house on Sunday, December 17, 2000, from 2 to 5 p.m. The collection is on loan to the college from Purcellville resident David Eno. ...more | |
| November 22, 2000 | |
| Patrick Henry College Approved by Virginia for New Major in Classical Liberal Arts | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College has been authorized by the state of Virginia to enroll students in a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Liberal Arts.The State Council of Higher Education met Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, and voted unanimously to approve the college's proposal for the new major.Michael Farris, president of Patrick Henry College, said that a large number of potential Classical Liberal Arts students have shown a strong interest in the college's apprenticeship model."A Classical Liberal Arts education at Patrick Henry College will appeal to students who wish to influence our popular and literary culture," Farris said. ...more | |
| June 07, 2000 | |
| U.S. Supreme Court upholds parents' fundamental rights | |
| WASHINGTON, D.C.–Parental rights were affirmed as one of our fundamental rights this week by a plurality opinion of the Supreme Court in Troxel v. ...more | |
| May 15, 2000 | |
| Rape is evil but can't be regulated as commerce, Supreme Court says | |
| WASHINGTON, D.C.–By a razor-thin 5-4 majority vote, the Supreme Court ruled today that Congress's power to regulate commerce does not include the power to regulate rape. ...more | |
| December 17, 1999 | |
| Patrick Henry College now officially admitting students for fall 2000 | |
| WASHINGTON, D.C.–Patrick Henry College is now officially receiving student applications for the academic year starting in the fall of 2000.The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) met on Tuesday, Dec. ...more | |
| June 25, 1999 | |
| Supreme Court Upholds Constitution's Original Intent | |
| PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College broke new ground in more ways than one this week. ...more | |
