In the second month of our 2012 celebration of a century of higher education at Principia, the English and Mass Communication Departments stand front and center. Training in writing, literary ...
Manners and customs may change over time, but courtesy and consideration never go out of style. In 1932, Principia’s founder specifically identified “refined speech, . . . unobtrusive manners, unselfish ...
The new semester finds me back in the classroom—always one of my favorite places to be. Ten advanced business students and I are working together in a Management Consulting course. This ...
Winter break gave senior Jay Amuka time to investigate graduate film schools in New York City. His trip was cut short, though, as he rushed back to campus to rehearse for competition at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) in Champaign, Illinois. “I got back at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day,” ...
Once again, the graduating class at Upper School has inspired, amused, and moved the Principia community through a polished series of senior speeches. Delivered over several sessions by 76 seniors, the speeches were heard by appreciative audiences in Ridgway Auditorium from January 9 to 17. Love, loss, airport layovers—you name it, our students had something to ...
What do Harry Potter, Captain Jack Sparrow, Lord of the Rings’ Aragorn, and Andy Dufresne of Shawshank State Prison have in common? That question kept members of a College leadership study group talking late into the night this past semester. Besides being larger-than-life film characters, these on-screen fictional heroes (and antiheroes) proved to be great discussion ...
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