Ever wonder how the Palmers met and got to where they are today?  Jonathan and Sue Palmer both graduated from Principia College, though Sue transferred in her sophomore year from UC Irvine.  These two met in the dining room on the college campus, where they both attended the same Sunday school class taught by Lou Garringer.  There was no turning back for these two as they were engaged on Christmas, …

You don’t have to live in Howard House to see that tradition and sisterhood have always been a big deal to these girls. The staircase leading up from the lobby is lined with black-and-white photographs of former Howard sisters through the decades, and Howard is the only house on campus with an Alumni Head and a quarterly house newsletter. While the women of Howard are eager to welcome new friends, …

How does Patrick McCreary do it?  He leads a busy life as an educator, professional actor and a world-class triathlete. In his free time, you might not see McCreary around because he’ll most likely be training for his next big triathlon.  On some mornings, he’ll actually be done with training before most students  get out of bed.
When McCreary lived in Kansas and worked in the theater, McCreary’s best friend was the …

Meet David Wold, the man who knows a lot about helping people become effective leaders. Many of the students at Principia who hold leadership positions attended this year’s Leadership Summit, which was held the day before classes started in late August. Wold designed the workshop to help students with team building exercises. He encouraged captains of athletic teams, club presidents, student government leaders and resident assistants to work with one …

Every other year, students who take the Business Law class during winter quarter get an opportunity to take a class with a “shepherd of truth,” according to senior Daniel Tongori.  Alton-based attorney Lee Barron teaches the class, one that he took himself when he was a student here in the 1970s.  He says he enjoys trying to inspire students with the law, a subject he fell in love with years ago.
“I …

Former Monitor Editor Joins Mass Comm RanksPaul Van Slambrouck, Principia’s newest addition to the mass communication department, knows all about the value of hard work and humility.

“One thing you learn very early on is that you don’t have all the answers, and if you come from a place of thinking you’re supposed to, you probably won’t be a very good journalist.”

What does the life of the Principia College President’s wife entail? Who is the lady that lives in beautiful Hutchinson House and currently provides the campus with inspiring readings at CSO testimony meetings? When you ask her, you will find that Sue Palmer, our First Lady, has a long history with Principia and a lot to share.
Sue Palmer was a student at Principia College herself. She transferred to the College after …

Last year the College hired 23 faculty members.  17 of these positions were permanent and six were visiting faculty positions.  Of the 23 hires, four of them were for new positions, six were for faculty members who were visiting professors and are now permanent faculty members, four were full professors, five were associate professors, two were assistant Professors and two were instructors.  The following details the lives and accomplishments of …

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.”

New 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?