As we look back on the academic year, we praise God for PHC's growth, achievement, and remarkable community. Thank you for your continued support of PHC's mission to prepare Christian men and women who will lead our nation and shape our culture. Here's to more years of God's faithfulness. Enjoy part two of this year's top stories!
[Enjoy this NEW and powerful video of PHC at the 2025 March for Life event in Washington, D.C.]
This January, PHC students rallied under the conviction that every human life is worthy of protection—the unborn and their mothers—at the March for Life. Over 50 PHC students marched on Capitol Hill with millions of other pro-life demonstrators.
Later this year, six PHC students lobbied against Planned Parenthood in D.C. with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and other pro-life organizations. Read the story.
A new dynamism is sweeping PHC athletics! The men's Sentinels basketball team competed in the 2025 Bible College National Invitational Tournament (NIT), taking 3rd place. Read more.
PHC Founder and Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Michael Farris attended the first meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, hosted by Attorney General Pamela Bondi. Read more.
"Overall, I'm just very glad to see PHC growing in a greater diversity of subjects," said freshman Alessandro Cartagena. PHC announced four new minors: Economics & Business Analytics (EBA), English, Government (GOV), and Theology & the Bible (TTB) are available in the fall. Read more.
Patrick Henry College alumnus Chris Baldacci has been selected to clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas for the 2026 term. Baldacci is PHC’s 6th graduate to serve as a clerk for a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Read the story.
PHC’s team won the New York Regional Cyber 9/12 Strategy Competition. Team members included David Stokarski, Lily Young, Elijah Mendoza, and Connor Marr. This is the second regional tournament championship in the past two years for PHC's SI program. Read more.
At the 2025 Washington, D.C. National Cyber 9/12, Abigail Kent, Roman Hogancamp, and Tom Conger took home the award for Best Written Brief. Ellie Munshi, Matt Harris, Mark Roose, and Noah Freeman placed 2nd place in the competition. The teams were coached by Professor Sam Watkins ('15) and Assistant Coaches Thomas Doan (‘22), Garrin Rose (‘24), and Sarah Crosby (‘24). Read more.
Dr. Les Sillars, PHC's Professor of Journalism and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, became the Editor-in-Chief at WORLD News Group. "To be able to do this while continuing to teach is beyond what I could have imagined possible."Read the story.
We stand in awe of what God has done for the past 25 years at Patrick Henry College. In celebration, PHC hosted a 25th Anniversary banquet with Michael Farris as the keynote speaker.
The PHC educational experience is unique within the academic world in that it is focused on developing a new generation of humble, yet courageous leaders and servants who will engage our culture for Christ. Our students are trained to communicate with strength, yet in a winsome manner.
We are humbled by the ways God has used PHC and look forward to how He plans to use us in the future. Enjoy PHC's 25th Anniversary celebration video.
On the heels of approving the school’s newest major, Theology & the Bible, PHC hired a new theology professor, Dr. Travis Wright, who will join the faculty this fall. Read more about PHC's new TTB major. Read more about Dr. Travis Wright.
Trained for journalism but now preparing for law - Kyle Ziemnick (Journalism, '20), while studying law at the University of Virginia, argued a case before the Ninth Circuit Appellate Court. Read more.
Forensics is training in the art of advocacy and hones a student’s skills in research, critical thinking, and communication. From the Latin term forensic, which means “of a forum or place of assembly,” forensics competition prepares students to excel in the public arena by teaching them to think deeply, speak articulately, and write persuasively; skills which will enable them to be effective ambassadors for Christ as they engage our culture with compassion and integrity.
At Patrick Henry College, we focus on three main styles of presentation: moot court (appellate legal advocacy as before the Supreme Court), civic debate (argumentation concerning current events and issues impacting society), and mock trial (trial advocacy, with students portraying witnesses and attorneys in a trial setting).
PHC gave a strong showing at the Moot Court Pre-National tournaments, with six teams receiving a bid to Nationals. Trinity Klomparens and Sarah Fox, one of those six teams, defeated Yale University, earning PHC's 14th National Moot Court Championship title in oral advocacy! James Staub also took home the 1st place award for individual oral advocacy.
Other PHC teams achieved success at Nationals. Ainsley Stellman/Jason Chahyadi finished as quarterfinalists. Mark Epstein/James Staub and Wyatt Trull/Allie Satterfield tied as Octafinalists.
In the Transatlantic Dialogue Paris competition, two PHC teams advanced to the 3-team final round. Wyatt Trull, Abigail Spivey, and Matthias Todd finished in 2nd place. Hannah Bruck, Ben Spivey, and Caleb Helsing finished 3rd place. This is the second time a PHC team has gone to the Paris tournament, which PHC won last year!