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| December 22, 2008 | |
| Famed Apologist, PHC's Dr. Montgomery, Wins Dublin Debate | |
| The Literary & Historical Society at University College Dublin invited Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College, to a formal debate in October, 2008. The motion under question was 'That this house finds it irrational to believe in God.' In the following interview, Dr. Montgomery discusses his winning arguments and what this debate can teach about God and the world. ...more | |
| December 18, 2008 | |
| Moot Court Nationals Roster | |
| CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Members of the PHC moot court team with Dr. Frank Guliuzza ...more | |
| December 12, 2008 | |
| Benjamin Fan: Roots Among Taiwanese Homeschool Pioneers | |
| Benjamin Fan, a PHC senior with musical aspirations, is the son of Mrs. Chuo-chuin Fan, a pioneering "homeschool mom" who founded and now helps run the largest multi-denominational homeschool support group in Taiwan. ...more | |
| December 12, 2008 | |
| Strasbourg, France Beckons PHC Students for Apologetics Study | |
| Students James Barta, Rachel Blum, and Kyndra Jamison, all juniors, spent two weeks this past July at PHC professor Dr. John Warwick Montgomery's International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights, an Institute dedicated to defending historic Biblical faith in a secular age. ...more | |
| December 08, 2008 | |
| End of an Era - Dr. Gene Edward Veith | |
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| December 08, 2008 | |
| PHC Senior Named Embassy's "Top Performing Intern" | |
| PHC senior Brittany Paist performed over and above expectations in her Department of State internship this fall, winning her a "Top Performing Intern" award for Embassy Copenhagen. ...more | |
| December 03, 2008 | |
| PHC's Mountain Aires Record Christmas CD | |
| CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu The Mountain Aires. Third from left: Zachary Simmons. Second ...more | |
| December 03, 2008 | |
| Patrick Henry President Addresses Francis Asbury Society | |
| Dr. Graham Walker, PHC President, recently warned the Francis Asbury Society of the danger of postmodern, relativist thinking -- especially among Christians. ...more | |
| 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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| 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 | |
