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| 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 | |
