Around 9 p.m. every night during the week, students cluster in each dorm lobby, voices raised in song and heads bowed in prayer. Although this tradition goes by several names—Hymn Sing, Psalm and a...

“My career is law, but my calling is advocacy,” Alan Carrillo (Government, ‘12) said. He interned for International Justice Mission (IJM) in Kenya for about a year after graduating from PHC, serving...

“We live in a universe that God created for us that has physical complexity, and we should ask why He bothered,” Dr. Tracey McGrath said. McGrath is the director of science programs at PHC, and she...

“One of PHC's largest strengths of the Strategic Intelligence in National Security program at Patrick Henry College is that it teaches its students how to think about thinking,” Colonel Gordon...

From challenging course loads to theatre productions to forensics tournaments to sports games to maintaining social lives, there can be a lot to balance. For some, this balancing act can feel like a...

Senior Christian Castro witnessed the impact of Christianity on society during his 5-week trip to Colombia this past summer. “It makes me think about something that Tocqueville says in Democracy in...

PHC alumna Katherine Kramer (CLA, ‘10) founded Alexandria Classical Christian Academy in Alexandria, Virginia, this past fall. Four of the teachers—over half the faculty—are also PHC alumni. PHC’s...

2023 is coming to an end. Students, parents, and teachers alike are all anticipating 2024 and asking the same question: how can I start the new year well? We at Patrick Henry College wanted to...

On a Good Friday, Alumna Kirsten Etherton (CLA-ed ’06) and a friend borrowed a coworker’s car and drove to the local Roman ruins. They had the place to themselves. Up on the hilltop, Kirsten sat in...

The Barbara Hodel Center Gymnasium at Patrick Henry College is dark and still. Parents and children sit expectantly, unlit candles gripped firmly in their hands. Choir stands are poised on stage,...