When he graduated from Principia College in 2003 with a Religion major, Brandon Frank said he basically wanted to make a lot of money. But after working for Enterprise Auto Rentals and helping a couple of St. Louis start-up real estate agencies, Frank said he “got the call to really give back,” especially to youths and the Christian Science movement. It was then that he went through Christian Science class instruction and was later offered the job of director at Camp Owatonna in Harrison, Maine, which Frank said is “a total dream job.”
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Principia’s window to the wild, wild world
Friday, February 19th, 2010New biology professor Scott Eckert once lived underwater for ten days, spending six hours every night at the bottom of the ocean. For four months he lived in a tent on ocean ice in Antarctica, studying emperor penguins and watching killer whales whip beneath the surface. And every summer, Eckert spends two weeks a month on the island of Trinidad, monitoring leatherback sea turtle hatcheries and working to stop their accidental capture. So what’s he doing in Elsah, Illinois?
Pilot Profile – Kristin Serafini
Friday, February 5th, 2010This winter, a new visiting professor brings her expertise and oddly-shaped hats to Voney Art Studio. Kristin Serafini (C’98) is teaching drawing classes and helping out in the art department. Serafini is an artist who loves her field for the creative side of it as well as the logical aspect of drawing. She enjoys playing with spontaneous ideas in an orderly way.
Prodigious Principian pair
Friday, November 13th, 2009A four-year-old boy is pulling at his mother’s skirt, pleading with her to let him play the violin. His mother asks him if he is going to practice every day. The boy assures her that he will. His mother sighs. After a week of begging, she decides her son is serious enough to give it [...]
Elise McCurties: Keeping history alive
Friday, October 30th, 2009When history professor Elise McCurties walked into her classroom on the first day of fall quarter, she asked her students who the five most important people in the 19th and 20th centuries were. One student said Mary Baker Eddy. At that moment, Elise McCurties knew she was at Principia.
Rachel Gibbens “gibben” it her all!
Friday, October 16th, 2009When most kids were running around losing their baby teeth, freshman Rachel Gibbens was well on her way to becoming an advanced ballerina. By the time she hit high school, Gibbens dedicated 20 to 30 hours a week to her study and practice of the art of ballet.
A fresh approach to Bible studies
Friday, October 2nd, 2009rincipia’s new religion and philosophy professor Helen Mathis patiently smiles when I ask her the question. Since her graduation from Principia College, Mathis has dedicated almost all of her life to educating people, mainly in the field of Bible study. She views religion as a force at work in the world’s collective culture and something vital to learn about in order to communicate cross-culturally.
Faculty Farewells: Heck no, say it ain’t so!
Friday, May 29th, 2009After three fulfilling years teaching History and Global Perspectives at Principia, professor Charles Heck will retire at the end of this year.
Faculty Farewells: David Gibbs opening “new chapter”
Friday, May 29th, 2009Principia’s long-time mathematics teacher David Gibbs will retire at the end of the 2008-2009 academic year after many years of dedicated service to Principia College, the Principia School, and the greater community.
Faculty Farewells: Women’s Studies founder resigns
Friday, May 29th, 2009Dr. Pamela Kaye came to Principia College in 1983 as the director of the community service program. In the 26 years since then, her warm and inspiring presence, primarily as a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has been felt by many in the Principia community. Kaye’s recent decision to leave Principia, effective July 1, 2009, will leave a faculty opening that will not be filled easily.
