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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