The campus student body is divided over the switch to semesters, with 38 percent opposed and 32 percent in favor, according to a Pilot poll in late October and early November. The remainder of those surveyed had no opinion. The adjustment has stirred much comment over the past 10 weeks, and interviews with students, faculty, staff [...]
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Upcoming Abroads
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Principia Abroad Programs 2012 – 2014 The Principia Pilot, in collaboration with the Principia Abroad and Field Programs Department, is proud to announce the upcoming abroad programs for the fall semester of 2012 through the summer of 2014. If you want to skip right to our announcement feature, please go ahead. We understand this is exciting. [...]
Follow the leader
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Meet 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 [...]
The new faces of student government
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011Principia is undergoing many changes that will be enacted this fall. For starters, Principia is making the transition to a new semester system, implementing an exciting new schedule and adding new faces to student government. Over the past few weeks, seven Student Senators have been elected, as well as two new Student Body Presidents. Christian Richardson and [...]
Dance Production 2011
Friday, February 18th, 2011Cowboys and prostitutes. Dolls and swans, or perhaps ducks. Kids in a candy shop and martial arts masters. There’s only one place to find it all: Principia College’s own Cox Auditorium. Winter Dance Production is an old tradition at Principia, but it’s changed significantly over the years. According to Junior Kanoe Wagner, Dance Production was once [...]
Former Monitor Editor Joins Mass Comm Ranks
Friday, January 21st, 2011Former 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.”
Principia’s 11th Pan-African Conference: Millennium Development Goals
Friday, October 29th, 2010Principia College’s 11th annual Pan African Conference (PAC), which was held this past weekend on October 22nd and 23rd, focused on the United Nations’ (UN) Eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa.
Meet Some of the New Faculty on Campus
Thursday, October 21st, 2010Last 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 [...]
