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March 08, 2010
Leila Roche: Working in Journalism
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March 05, 2010
Students Prepare to Take On United Nations - WND
Students from the homeschool-supporting Patrick Henry College in Virginia are launching pro-American, pro-family initiatives at the upcoming National Model United Nations after winning the top award at the annual event last year. ...more
 
March 03, 2010
Review: Eden Troupe's Wait Until Dark
By Jonathan Arena; originally published in PHC Herald 2/26/10 CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu ...more
 
March 02, 2010
Berlin Trip and Christian Nats on Tap for Debaters
In mid-March, seasoned PHC debaters Tim Snyder and Joanna Griffith, along with PHC debate coach and rhetoric professor, Jim Tallmon, will board a plane for Berlin, Germany. Their destination: the 20th Annual International Forensics Association Tournament, which promises to be another potential arena of high-level competition for Patrick Henry College public speakers. This exciting development follows close on the heels of "Christian Nationals," March 6-7. ...more
 
March 01, 2010
Humble Beginnings Launch New Men's Basketball Tradition
With the help of their beautiful new gym and an influx of talented freshmen, this year marked the PHC Men's Sentinels' first-ever winning basketball season in conference play. Although they did not win the championship game, the Sentinels laid a strong foundation for future seasons, both in team strength and in school spirit. ...more
 
February 23, 2010
Friday's Lecture Calls Christians to Unify Experience & Intellect
By Sarah Pride and David Halbrook CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. Nancy Pearcey, cultural ...more
 
February 22, 2010
Book Story Craft Challenges Readers to Pursue True Calling
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Read book excerpts and find out more about John R. Erickson. ...more
 
February 19, 2010
PHC Celebrates 19 Enrolled Eagle Scouts
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Thirteen of the Eagle Scouts attending Patrick ...more
 
February 18, 2010
Community Jazz Band Jams at PHC
By Sarah Pride; photos by Tony Cavicchi CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu PHC freshman Tara Bennett ...more
 
February 17, 2010
Faith & Reason Day to Feature Cultural Commentator
Distinguished Christian author, scholar, and speaker, Nancy Pearcey, will deliver this spring's 2010 Faith & Reason lecture Friday, February 19, in Town Hall. ...more
 
February 12, 2010
Prof Puts PHC's Natural Resources to Use
Patrick Henry College's Physics professor, Dr. Michael Kucks, has taken on a new project this semester – to heat and cool the PHC dorms using the college's drainage pond, "Lake Bob." ...more
 
February 12, 2010
eCompanion Technology Enhances Classroom Learning
Despite three-foot snowdrifts and blizzard winds, while the rest of northern Virginia came to a standstill, Dr. Tallmon's Argumentation and Debate class at PHC soldiered on with some semblance of normalcy. PHC's Professor of Rhetoric turned to the recently-integrated eCompanions portal, allowing his class to stay on track via live chat at a crucial point in the semester. ...more
 
February 09, 2010
Career Fair Introduces Job Opportunities
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Senior Special Agent Jay Culley discusses the ...more
 
February 03, 2010
Tim Doozan: A Fulfilled Life
Alum Tim Doozan (Government, '04) has political aspirations -- someday. Meanwhile, he is concentrating on serving his family and the local community through small-business entrepreneurship. ...more
 
February 02, 2010
Eden Troupe to Produce Two Plays: A Thriller & A Child's Fantasy
Gripping themes of suspense, action, danger, and justice drew senior Eden Troupe Director Ben Guido to choose Wait Until Dark, written by Frederick Knott, as the first play of the troupe's spring 2010 semester. Later in the semester, Eden Troupe will run Jerome Robbins' Peter Pan. ...more
 
January 29, 2010
Students Join Over 200,000 Americans in March for Life
Article and video by Sarah Pride; photos by Russell York CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu March ...more
 
January 28, 2010
PHC Men's Basketball Beats Christendom 59-51
In what coach Bruce Campbell terms "a year of firsts" for PHC's men's basketball team, the Sentinels defeated cross-valley rival Christendom College Wednesday night for the second time this season, 59-51. ...more
 
January 26, 2010
Basketball Looks for a Quick Restart
By Evan Mantel (originally published in PHC Herald) CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Men's Sentinels ...more
 
January 26, 2010
C.S. Lewis Characterized By Integrity, Says Lecturer
Kim Gilnett shared his personal study of the life of C.S. Lewis in Town Hall Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Gilnett has studied Lewis for most of his life. According to Gilnett, it is Lewis' strong character that leaves people so enchanted by him and his works. ...more
 
January 21, 2010
Students Introduce Diversity of Opinion to Copenhagen Conference
Among the politically-charged multitudes who crossed the ocean into a blizzard both ideological and meteorological at a United National international conference on global warming were two Patrick Henry College students, Ryan Rogge and Joshua Nadal, representing CFACT as student leaders. ...more
 
January 20, 2010
Event: C. S. Lewis Lecture Series, Jan. 20-21
Patrick Henry will be hosting a two-part lecture series on C.S. Lewis, given by C.S Lewis scholar Mr. Kim Gilnett. Mr. Gilnett has spent over thirty years studying Lewis, has personally helped to restore his home, the Kilns, lectures at Cambridge, hosts summer seminars, and conducts tours of the Kilns. ...more
 
January 20, 2010
ALERT Service Prepares Senior for Politics
At a College whose mission is to "shape the culture, and serve the nation," Davies seems to be preparing himself for a lifetime of service through… actually serving. The work he has done through ALERT has given Davies experiences to last a lifetime, and he credits the College with helping him to chart his course toward even richer seasons of service. ...more
 
January 18, 2010
PHC Wins Fourth Moot Court Championship
By David Halbrook; pictures by Lynette Herbert and Art Cox CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu ...more
 
January 15, 2010
PHC Communicator Classic Tournament Open for Registration
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Organized by seasoned Patrick Henry College ...more
 
January 12, 2010
Full Complement of Teams Gears Up for Moot Court Nationals
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Assistant moot court coach, Dr. Frank Guliuzza,watches ...more
 
January 07, 2010
Amber Haskew: Communications Director
Amber Haskew calls her current job as Communications Director for Liberty Counsel "completely and totally a God-thing." ...more
 
January 04, 2010
Student Publications Prepare Future Journalists
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Bridget Degnan, this semester's Herald editor, ...more
 
December 22, 2009
Fall 09 Inaugurates New Facility, Increases Excellence
As the campus calms, with most students gone to enjoy Christmas with family and friends, Patrick Henry College looks back on a semester full of memories and groundbreaking advances. The new facility, the Barbara Hodel Center, has especially formed a hub for student life and future academic growth. ...more
 
December 21, 2009
PHC Chorale Plans Spring Tour Through Europe
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Patrick Henry College Chorale preps for its ...more
 
December 15, 2009
Germany's Erdmann Doubles as PHC DL Prof, Homeschool Dad
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. Martin Erdmann, Adjunct Professor of Biblical ...more
 
December 11, 2009
PHC Property Annexation to Aid Development
To the relief of Vice President for Campus Administration Earl Hall, the Town of Purcellville this week passed an ordinance annexing the last 66 acres of Patrick Henry College property. After an ongoing conversation of seven-and-a-half years between Hall and town planners, as of January 1, 2010 all College property will reside within Purcellville's jurisdiction, rather than part residing within Purcellville and part within Loudoun County. ...more
 
December 09, 2009
Dr. William VanDoodewaard: Publishing & Evangelism
Patrick Henry College's newest professor, Dr. VanDoodewaard, likes to step down from the "ivory tower" of the academic in order to get involved in hands-on missions. He also has recently published a book. ...more
 
December 07, 2009
PHC Wins West Coast Moot Court Regionals
This moot court season, in its typical winning manner, Patrick Henry College entered three ACMA (American Collegiate Moot Court Association) regional moot court tournaments and dominated all three. The defending national moot court champions -- and winner of three of the past five national tournaments -- PHC will once again send a maximum number of eight two-person teams to nationals, Jan. 15-16, in Miami, Florida. ...more
 
December 04, 2009
Wilberforce Study Transitions to Personal Devotions
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu “I have a presentation in Principles of ...more
 
November 30, 2009
Two Moot Court Wins, One Weekend
In a single weekend, delegates from PHC's moot court team solidly triumphed at tournaments in Fitchburg, MA and Virginia Beach, VA. ...more
 
November 30, 2009
Journalism Sophomore Published in WORLD Magazine
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Read Julie Smyth’s article in WORLD: “Life ...more
 
November 24, 2009
New Executive VP to Oversee PHC's Growth
Biola's VP for Business and Financial Affairs Moves to Patrick Henry College ...more
 
November 23, 2009
Senior Wins Fellowship and $10,000 Scholarship
Senior Jordan Spencer's propensity for "never turning down an opportunity to work on a campaign" while a PHC student has now been rewarded with a $10,000 fellowship and scholarship to George Washington University in D.C, where Spencer will pursue a Master's program from the Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM). ...more
 
November 19, 2009
Economist Dr. Zhao Welcomes Moral Reforms to Growing China
By Cate Pilgrim CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Full audience hears from Chinese economist ...more
 
November 18, 2009
Best-selling Hank Author Visits At PHC
By Sarah Pride; pictures by Art Cox CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu John Erickson delights ...more
 
November 17, 2009
Cami Helm: Deeper Than Politics
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November 17, 2009
Mock Trial Team Defeats Harvard
The PHC mock trial team beat Harvard University and Boston College in an intense tournament held at Harvard University in Massachusetts the weekend of November 7-8. PHC won four ballots in their first two rounds then lost four ballots to Brown University and the University of Illinois. ...more
 
November 14, 2009
Tickets Available for The Crucible, Nov. 12-14
As the dates rapidly near for PHC Eden Troupe's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible on November 12-14, student directors Stephanie McGill and Jenna Lorence have watched their initial, redemptive understanding of the play only expand. ...more
 
November 13, 2009
Event: Author John Erickson Delivers Cowdog Wisdom, Nov. 13
Popular children's author John Erickson will perform a public reading of his quirky "Hank the Cowdog" books at Patrick Henry College on November 13, in the Grand Lobby of the Barbara Hodel Center. These dramatic readings prove a favorite of families everywhere. ...more
 
November 13, 2009
Danny Davis: Maturing in Local Government
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November 12, 2009
Career Fair Connects Students to Employers
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu RD for Men Matt Lukowiak (standing right) speaks ...more
 
November 10, 2009
Dr. Bayer: Promoting the Book of Common Prayer
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. Roberta Bayer (R) with her husband, also ...more
 
November 09, 2009
Event: PHC Hosts Renowned Chinese Economist, Nov. 9
One of China's most influential economists has chosen Patrick Henry College as the venue for his only academic lecture during his upcoming visit to the DC-area. Dr. Zhao Xiao will speak Monday, November 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Lobby of the Barbara Hodel Center. ...more
 
November 03, 2009
Men's Basketball Team Gears Up for Season in New Gym
Goodbye frigid outdoor practices and worn-out nets. Hello glossy floors and NCAA-caliber hoops. This fall, the Patrick Henry men's basketball team exchanged its nomadic hardwood status for the stability of its own home court advantage: the newly completed Barbara Hodel Student Life Center. ...more
 
November 01, 2009
A Call to Pens Writing Contest 2009
This year, Patrick Henry College invites aspiring writers to answer the call – more specifically, A Call to Pens. Contest deadline is December 30, 2009. ...more
 
October 23, 2009
New IJM Club to Fight Modern Slavery
By Bridget Degnan CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Half a dozen girls line the wall of a trash-ridden, ...more
 
October 23, 2009
PHC Professor Addresses International Conference in Beijing
Dr. Montgomery, Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College, traveled to Beijing to co-chair a session of the World Congress of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). ...more
 
October 20, 2009
Homeschooling Giant Dies at 48
By Jonathan Carden CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Chris Klicka, long-time homeschool champion, ...more
 
October 19, 2009
Brett & Alex Harris: High Expectations
Alex and Brett Harris balance the rigors of PHC against the demands of The REBELUTION By Cate Pilgrim CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) ...more
 
October 19, 2009
Middle East Guide Published, and Other Professorial Works
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. David Aikman in the classroom at PHC Standing ...more
 
October 13, 2009
Hodel Center Dedication a Tribute to a Beloved Friend
As the United States Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps marched out of the gymnasium to rousing applause, PHC President Dr. Graham Walker stood at the podium, officially launching the dedication of the new Barbara Hodel Center. ...more
 
October 13, 2009
Homecoming 2009 Refreshes Excitement and Unity
Sumo suits. Face paint. Circus activities. From the Hodel Center Dedication ceremony to two winning soccer games to an alumni vs. student football game fought to a tie, this jam-packed Homecoming 2009 weekend resulted in a PHC community exhausted yet encouraged. ...more
 
October 09, 2009
Barbara Hodel Arrives for Dedication
Long-time PHC Trustee, Barbara Hodel, looked up to to view, for the first time, the entrance to the new campus life center that bears her name. In Purcellville to attend the Oct. 10 dedication ceremony in her honor, Barbara and husband Don briefly toured the beautiful new facility. ...more
 
October 05, 2009
Special Video Message: Is America a Christian Nation?
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Is America a Christian nation? According to WallBuilder's ...more
 
September 30, 2009
Hodel Center Nearing October 10th Dedication
By David Halbrook CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu PHC's new Barbara Hodel Center, a gift of ...more
 
September 28, 2009
Debaters Launch Season With Long-Range Hopes
On the desk of Dr. James Tallmon, PHC's Director of Debate, lie ten manila folders–one each for the students who are serving this year as debate team leaders. He picks one up and gestures with it. "Each of these students set personal goals," he says, "and a significant number made it their goal to reach peak personal performance at Christian Nationals in March." ...more
 
September 25, 2009
PHC Senior Matt Boehm Spends Ten Months in China
By J. Cate Pilgrim CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Boehm atop the Great Wall of China Have ...more
 
September 21, 2009
Faith & Reason Lecture Ties Learning to Gratitude
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Friday's Faith & Reason panel -- from L ...more
 
September 18, 2009
Chancellor Seeks to Defend "One Man, One Vote"
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September 17, 2009
Three Students Experience Russia, Learn the Language
Three Patrick Henry College students gazed out across the pews in a Moscow church and opened their mouths to sing. As a shaky rendition of Be Thou My Vision issued forth, little old ladies nodded blissfully. An echo of hearty "Praise the Lords!" in Russian followed the last note. ...more
 
September 15, 2009
Dr. Mitchell to Deliver Fall Faith & Reason Lecture
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. Mitchell in a panel discussion during the ...more
 
September 13, 2009
Chancellor Farris to Give James Madison Lecture, 9/13
This weekend, in Orange, Virginia, Michael Farris, Chancellor of Patrick Henry College and author of the book "From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights," will give the 2009 Annual James Madison Lecture. ...more
 
September 11, 2009
PHC to Commemorate Lives Lost in 9-11
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Purcellville, VA – Patrick Henry College invites the ...more
 
September 10, 2009
Collective Student/Alumni Effort Raises Funds for BHC
In the first annual 5k race and bake sale sponsored by Patrick Henry College's Alumni Association, students raised $2,058 towards furnishing the gym in the new Barbara Hodel Student Life Center, adding to the money already raised by alumni, for a total of $5,083. ...more
 
September 10, 2009
Senior Awarded PHC's Fifth ISI Honors Fellowship
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Miriam McElvain, PHC senior and ISI Honors Fellow ...more
 
September 09, 2009
Political Theory Prof Invigorated by Princeton Fellowship
Fresh off of a year-long James Madison Research Fellowship at Princeton University, Dr. Mark Mitchell, Director of the Government: Political Theory track at Patrick Henry College, returns to PHC invigorated from a year filled with writing and lecturing. ...more
 
September 04, 2009
Stephanie Salomon: Emergency Training and Living History
Junior Stephanie Salomon began her summer canoeing, rappelling, and learning auto maintenance -- and ended it repairing period costumes and working in living history at Harper's Ferry National Park. ...more
 
September 03, 2009
French Bar Another Milestone for PHC's Dr. Montgomery
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. John Warwick Montgomery is sworn in for ...more
 
August 27, 2009
Christian Study Groups Highlight Cultural Impact
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Christian Study Groups in the Fall 2009 school ...more
 
August 26, 2009
Debate Team Hits the Books - Before Classes Start
By Brianna Edelblut CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. James Tallmon, PHC's Director of Debate, ...more
 
August 26, 2009
PHC President Launches School Year in Convocation
Professors in full academic regalia lined the front row of Patrick Henry College's Town Hall during Convocation chapel this first day of the 2009-2010 school year as College President Dr. Graham Walker introduced some of the most exciting elements of the months to come ...more
 
August 20, 2009
Faculty Encourage Each Other in Yearly Retreat
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu PHC President Dr. Graham Walker delivers an ...more
 
August 19, 2009
Chancellor Farris Exhorts Incoming Class
By David Halbrook CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu In the first official event of the Barbara ...more
 
August 18, 2009
2009 New Students, Families Arrive
The Patrick Henry College campus sprang to life Tuesday morning with the arrival of incoming freshmen students and their families from across the country. In town for the beginning of orientation check-in and welcoming festivities, they cruised into the parking lot in cars and vans with cargo carriers and license plates denoting road trips from Texas, Missouri, California, Maine, and beyond. ...more
 
August 14, 2009
Emma Elliott: Politically Involved in Holland
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August 12, 2009
Spotlight on Teen Camps: International Relations
Pictures by Hannah Salters CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Nikki Georgacakis (L) and counselors ...more
 
August 12, 2009
HSLDA: New Nationwide Study Confirms Homeschool Academic Achievement
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August 05, 2009
Kenny Ly: Passionate for Youth Ministry
Kenny Ly has a passion for working with young people, and he has expressed that excitement in innumerable ways during his time at PHC. Now he returns to Shanghai for a year to teach English to Chinese professionals and to serve with the "foreigners" youth group where he grew up. ...more
 
August 03, 2009
Eden Troupe Directorial Team to Produce The Crucible
This fall Junior Stephanie McGill will be directing Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a drama set during the Salem Witch Trials, with assistant director Jenna Lorence, a senior. They plan to perform off-campus again. ...more
 
July 31, 2009
Advent Film Group Trains Aspiring Producers in Weekend Seminar
Aspiring film producers swarmed Founder's Hall on the Patrick Henry College campus, seeking to learn some basic fundamentals of filmmaking from Purcellville-based George Escobar, founder of AFG, and from the team he assembled to film the movie Come What May on the PHC campus in 2007. ...more
 
July 24, 2009
Debate Camp Highlights Top Skills of PHC and its Alumni
Photos by Marilyn Little CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Debate notes Patrick Henry College ...more
 
July 23, 2009
Summer Teen Camps On Purpose
With two exciting new camps and all of the old favorites, PHC Teen Leadership Camps are ready to welcome teens, 14-18, to live out their summer with purpose. ...more
 
July 21, 2009
Charity Corkey: Stepping Up in Journalism
From the experience she gained as a full-time writer and online producer for Washingtonpost.com's Loudoun Extra, Charity Corkey recently accepted a position with the Washington Times as an online producer. ...more
 
July 17, 2009
Digging Through History: An Internship at Montpelier
This summer, Patrick Henry College junior Erin Lester finds herself sifting dirt, exploring the grounds at Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia home. A History major, Lester says the internship exceeds her modest summer expectations, as she finds herself immersed in a fascinating learning experience… that also pays a stipend. ...more
 
July 13, 2009
Mike Farris to Speak at World Congress of Families
On August 10–12, Chancellor Mike Farris will speak before thousands of pro-family delegates from 75 organizations around the world, who will be gathering in Amsterdam for the World Congress of Families V. The theme of the conference is "The Family: More Than The Sum of Its Parts." The purpose is to discuss positive solutions to societal problems and show that the natural family is the best way to nurture children and essential for the functioning of a thriving society. ...more
 
July 09, 2009
Spotlight on Teen Camps: Journalism
By Sarah Pride (pictures by Anne Ondrla) CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Back home from their ...more
 
July 07, 2009
Caleb & Kirsten Dalton: Family Teamwork & Law School
Last fall, new husband and 2008 PHC Government graduate Caleb Dalton directed over 1000 young volunteers around the country for Generation Joshua's (GenJ's) Student Action Teams. The teams supported over a dozen campaigns and were able to win some Congressional seats by 400 or 500 votes, a narrow margin that meant the work of the GenJ volunteers made a real difference. Now Dalton is planning for the fall and his impending move to Virginia Beach with his wife, Kirsten, and new daughter, Rachel Anne, in order to attend law school at Regent University. ...more
 
July 01, 2009
New Music Track Unrolls Gracefully
With the first semester of the College's new music track a proven success, Dr. Steve McCollum says he can see the pieces of a future Music major coming together. ...more
 
June 30, 2009
"Sweet Land of Liberty" - Dr. Gene Edward Veith
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June 24, 2009
Coast to Coast: PHC Hails CA Supporters
By Sarah Pride and Kaitlyn Czajkowski CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Blue and Gold Ball, 2008 ...more
 
June 17, 2009
See PHC at "Rebelution" Conferences
This summer, look for Patrick Henry College at the Rebelution conferences, run by Alex and Brett Harris, PHC sophomores! ...more
 
June 11, 2009
PHC Grad Estrada Serves as Guardian Angel in D.C.
By Kaitlyn Czajkowski CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Jordan Estrada spent his first night ...more
 
June 09, 2009
Students Lay Foundation for Intelligence Analysis Organization
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Popularized by the movies like James Bond and ...more
 
June 03, 2009
Chancellor Seeks Conservative Coalition
Michael Farris launches declaration to unite believers in freedom, morality By Drew Zahn Originally posted on: Socialist solutions to America's struggles ...more
 
June 02, 2009
Former "RD" Bound for UVA Law School
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Holly Vradenburgh has a vision to serve international adoption ...more
 
May 26, 2009
Provost's Column
by Gene Edward Veith Provost Dr. Gene Edward Veith Might there be a time when readers of the Bible will not understand — without a host of reference ...more
 
May 21, 2009
New Noa Film Screened at DC Festival
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Film producer and PHC alum Daniel Noa With a ...more
 
May 18, 2009
2009 Commencement Accentuates Faith Over Careers
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Peruse the 2009 Commencement photo gallery. Watch a short ...more
 
May 15, 2009
Professorial Achievements: The Year in Review
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Patrick Henry is a teaching college, and PHC ...more
 
May 11, 2009
Two Students "Step Outside" Into Community
Becca Chin-Yee (junior) and Natasha Malik (freshman) felt a calling to step out into the wider community, a calling they put into practice this semester. With the help of Dean of Student Affairs Sandy Corbitt, they organized PHC's first "Stepping Outside" month. ...more
 
May 08, 2009
Eden Troupe - Twelfth Night Photo Gallery
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May 07, 2009
Weinmeister-Sosebee Ticket Prevails
by Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Jeffrey Weinmeister and Kirk Sosebee were elected ...more
 
May 05, 2009
Ryan Akers Alumni Profile
Ryan Akers has graduated from Marine Corps basic training, will soon be married, is preparing to attend Infantry Officer School, and is trusting God as he anticipates shipping out to unknown locations across the globe. ...more
 
May 04, 2009
Commencement Speaker Announced
Patrick Henry College is pleased to welcome one of the nation's most accomplished conservative political journalists, Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard, as the Commencement speaker for 2009. ...more
 
May 02, 2009
Event: Chorale Concert, May 2
The Patrick Henry College Chorale would like to invite you to a free concert on May 2, at 7:00pm, at Hamilton Baptist Church in Hamilton, VA. The Chorale ...more
 
May 01, 2009
Eden Troupe Expands Into VA Community, May 1-3
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu This year represents a special community outreach ...more
 
April 29, 2009
The Man Behind Parental Rights Amendment
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. Michael Farris, PHC Chancellor and the man behind the ...more
 
April 29, 2009
A 'Great' Leader - by Dr. Gene Edward Veith
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April 28, 2009
Liberty Ball 2009 Gallery
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April 24, 2009
PHC Professor Guest Lectures at Oxford University
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, Distinguished Research ...more
 
April 22, 2009
Alumni in the White House
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu L, Cabinet Secretary Elaine Chao. R, PHC alumna ...more
 
April 14, 2009
Morality Losing Ground at Secular Universities
Preoccupied with outlawing what God decrees while institutionalizing what God detests, some institutes of higher education are going insane, says one long-time ally of Patrick Henry College. ...more
 
April 14, 2009
Students Triumph in International Arena
This year, 20 PHC students earned their own way to National Model UN in New York City, where they snagged the top award -- Outstanding Delegation -- given to only 18 schools out of 300+ in attendance. ...more
 
April 14, 2009
New Book by Professor Lantzer, PHC Adjunct
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu New book by PHC adjunct professor Patrick Henry ...more
 
April 10, 2009
Movie About Patrick Henry College Released Nationwide
For Immediate Release! Contact David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu George Escobar (R) at one of the Come ...more
 
April 08, 2009
PHC Alumni Association Reaches Out to Students
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Students square off against alumni in the annual ...more
 
March 30, 2009
Student Body President Jenkins Promotes Service
By Kaitlyn Czajkowski CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Justin Jenkins, 2008-09 student body ...more
 
March 30, 2009
Authority in Vocation - Dr. Gene Edward Veith
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March 25, 2009
Students Relish Exclusive Lunch with Veteran Journalist
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu From L to R, sophomore Erin Pradia, senior Nathan ...more
 
March 24, 2009
Mock Trial Team Makes Impact at Nationals
By Sarah Pride CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Some of the 2009 Mock Trial participants -- ...more
 
March 19, 2009
Debaters Excel at NFA's "Christian Nationals"
This past weekend, in Patrick Henry College's first nationwide competition as a new member of the National Forensics Association (NFA), senior David Kurashige brought home a first-place trophy in debate. This tournament, the National Christian College Forensics Invitational at Biola University in La Mirada, CA, also known as "Christian Nationals," awarded the College second place in the "sweepstakes" category for overall performance. ...more
 
March 19, 2009
Loudoun Board Honors PHC's Moot Court Champions
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu The PHC moot court champions receive an award from the Loudoun ...more
 
March 13, 2009
Eden Troupe's Twelfth Night to Play May 1-3
EdenTroupe, PHC's student-run drama group, is delighted to present Shakespeare's Twelfth Night this semester. This great tale will unroll in traditional language, but in a most untraditional setting–the street between two playhouses in New York City. ...more
 
March 12, 2009
First-Year Mock Trial Competitors Headed for Nationals
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu From L to R, some of PHC's mock trial participants: ...more
 
March 12, 2009
PHC Student Writes $5k Essay
Upperclassman Matt Wolking just received $5,000 from Young America's Foundation (YAF), a conservative youth organization, for winning their yearly essay contest with an essay entitled: "Can There Be an American Left?" ...more
 
March 06, 2009
PHC Hoopsters Cap Off a Growing Season
PHC men's basketball won three games this season, qualified for the Shenandoah Valley Athletic Conference in February, and finished third place after a series of dramatic games, including a grueling combination of three in 26 hours. ...more
 
March 06, 2009
Alumna Hosts Film Festival - April 4-5
When Patrick Henry College alumna Sarah Pride (Literature, '07) landed in the hospital with a sprained ankle from a jiu-jitsu accident, she had started preparations for a film festival in the Leesburg, VA area. As classmates wheeled her into the E.R. in an office chair, she mused, "I guess I'll have the time to organize that festival." ...more
 
February 27, 2009
Renowned Thinkers Honor PHC Professor in New Book
In a new collection of essays, Tough-Minded Christianity, renowned apologists such as Ravi Zacharias and J. I. Packer honor the work of PHC's Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought, Dr. Montgomery. ...more
 
February 27, 2009
Jordan Wood: Saving Children
Jordan Wood, PHC senior and Strategic Intelligence major, worked an internship at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that allowed her to help rescue missing children even as an undergrad. ...more
 
February 24, 2009
Makeover Strengthens DL Program
Recent changes to Patrick Henry College's online Distance Learning (DL) courses have amounted to a re-launching of the program, according to Dr. Robert Spinney, head of the College's DL program. "We've upgraded both our course content and the Internet platform from which we deliver our courses," says Spinney, who also teaches on-campus history courses in Purcellville. ...more
 
February 23, 2009
Faith and Reason synopsis
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Visiting speaker Dr. Richard Gamble and Dr. ...more
 
February 23, 2009
"Purity" Fuels Wilson Family Outreach
By Kaitlyn Czajkowski CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu The Wilson family. L to R in back: Jordyn, ...more
 
February 17, 2009
PHC Hosts Delegates from Embassy of Georgia
On Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12, a diplomatic contingent from Georgia arrived at Patrick Henry College to speak with students from PHC and Liberty University about the Georgian political scene in the devastating aftermath of its invasion by Russia in August 2008. ...more
 
February 17, 2009
Faith and Reason Series: The Great Tradition
The Patrick Henry College community takes a rest from its normal class schedule this upcoming Friday the 20th of February in order to consider the "Great Tradition" of liberal arts education. Guest speaker Dr. Richard Gamble, a prominent conservative scholar from Hillsdale College, will deliver the lecture "What Do We Owe the Great Tradition?" Faculty and students will break into small groups and discuss the topic further. As usual on Faith and Reason lecture days, a PHC faculty panel will finish up with a question and answer session. ...more
 
February 16, 2009
David Sessions: Editor in Manhattan
When he's not working at his New York City apartment, former Patrick Henry College student David Sessions is enjoying an office space at the Empire State Building. And when he's not contributing to Slate, the online publication where he interned in 2008, he's interfacing with his own writing staff to plot the next edition of the web-based magazine he created, Patrol. ...more
 
February 11, 2009
Purcellville Town Council Honors PHC Moot Court Champions
In celebration of Patrick Henry College's recent national moot court championship, the Purcellville Town Council honored the team at its February 10 meeting. With the town council standing to salute 18 PHC team members who competed in both regional and national tournaments, Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro handed each a certificate acknowledging their achievements. ...more
 
February 09, 2009
Former Moot Court Competitors Now at Harvard Law
By Kaitlyn Czajkowski CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Mark Cianci, PHC alum and Harvard Law ...more
 
February 05, 2009
U.N. Putting Parental Rights at Risk - see WorldNetDaily.com
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February 04, 2009
PHC Wins Home NFA Tournament
By Michaela Martens CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Patrick Henry College hosted its first ...more
 
February 03, 2009
"Philosopher King" Enjoys Academic Pursuits
PHC students (and especially Political Theory majors) have spent almost a year waiting to welcome Dr. Mark Mitchell back from his one year sabbatical at Princeton University. Coming this fall 2009, they'll finally have the opportunity to do so. ...more
 
February 03, 2009
EMTs at PHC: The Guardians of Purcellville
By Josiah Helms CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Cheryl Banks lay on the floor, her thoughts ...more
 
January 28, 2009
Kenny Ly: Witnessing History
Kenny Ly has a flare for the uncommon. He regularly traverses the Pacific Ocean at break time with his sister, Tia, a PHC junior, in order to spend time with their parents in China. During the summer of 2007, he traveled to Israel on a special fellowship from the Foundation for Defense of Democracy (FDD). And this last fall, he interned in the U.S. House of Representatives for Congressman Mike Pence (IN). ...more
 
January 23, 2009
Apply to PHC Now for Benefits of Feb. 1 Deadline
If you are thinking of applying to Patrick Henry College for Fall of 2009, the time is now! For applicants applying before February 1, there are several advantages, including a smaller application fee, the greater availability of Financial Aid scholarships, and receiving an earlier admissions decision. Now is the time to join a community of faith and purpose, regardless of where God leads you later in life. ...more
 
January 20, 2009
PHC Wins Third National Moot Court Championship
For the third time in five years, Patrick Henry College has won the American Collegiate Moot Court Association (ACMA) National Championship. Having sent a maximum-allowed roster of eight qualifying teams to Orange, CA, the College earned first, second, and third-place team trophies in a 64-team, 128-competitor field from across the country. ...more
 
January 16, 2009
Christopher Beach: Learning Major Market Radio on the Job
Every morning from 6-9am, the popular talk show Bill Bennett's Morning in America plays on thousands of radios across the nation. Many mornings, the person running the soundboard–mixing music and screening phone calls–is Patrick Henry College junior Chris Beach. ...more
 
January 12, 2009
Internships Set PHC Grads Apart
The Patrick Henry College experience is unique among Christian institutions of higher education. With its integration of rigorous, classical Christian learning and world-class internships, a PHC degree represents for graduates both an excellent education and marketable work skills. In its few years of operation, PHC boasts numerous success stories. ...more
 
January 05, 2009
Rorty's Rebels - Dr. Gene Edward Veith
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December 22, 2008
Famed Apologist, PHC's Dr. Montgomery, Wins Dublin Debate
The Literary & Historical Society at University College Dublin invited Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College, to a formal debate in October, 2008. The motion under question was 'That this house finds it irrational to believe in God.' In the following interview, Dr. Montgomery discusses his winning arguments and what this debate can teach about God and the world. ...more
 
December 18, 2008
Moot Court Nationals Roster
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Members of the PHC moot court team with Dr. Frank Guliuzza ...more
 
December 12, 2008
Benjamin Fan: Roots Among Taiwanese Homeschool Pioneers
Benjamin Fan, a PHC senior with musical aspirations, is the son of Mrs. Chuo-chuin Fan, a pioneering "homeschool mom" who founded and now helps run the largest multi-denominational homeschool support group in Taiwan. ...more
 
December 12, 2008
Strasbourg, France Beckons PHC Students for Apologetics Study
Students James Barta, Rachel Blum, and Kyndra Jamison, all juniors, spent two weeks this past July at PHC professor Dr. John Warwick Montgomery's International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights, an Institute dedicated to defending historic Biblical faith in a secular age. ...more
 
December 08, 2008
End of an Era - Dr. Gene Edward Veith
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December 08, 2008
PHC Senior Named Embassy's "Top Performing Intern"
PHC senior Brittany Paist performed over and above expectations in her Department of State internship this fall, winning her a "Top Performing Intern" award for Embassy Copenhagen. ...more
 
December 03, 2008
PHC's Mountain Aires Record Christmas CD
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu The Mountain Aires. Third from left: Zachary Simmons. Second ...more
 
December 03, 2008
Patrick Henry President Addresses Francis Asbury Society
Dr. Graham Walker, PHC President, recently warned the Francis Asbury Society of the danger of postmodern, relativist thinking -- especially among Christians. ...more
 
November 25, 2008
New Music Track To Develop Musical Leaders
After almost two and a half years of planning and work, Dr. Steve McCollum, Director of Music, is ready to introduce in the Spring, 2009 semester a critical first step toward an eventual Music major–a 27-credit music track within the Classical Liberal Arts major. ...more
 
November 25, 2008
Trophy Case Full Again for PHC Legal Debaters
Patrick Henry College's moot court trophy case is once again bursting at the seams as the school's brigade of legal debaters surges toward another strong showing at the 2008-2009 moot court nationals. ...more
 
November 17, 2008
ISI Profile Extols College's Virtues
When Patrick Henry College opened its doors eight years ago, it sought to derive something new from something old. Like the American homeschool movement from which it had been birthed, PHC sought to refresh time-honored traditions of education for the current age. A recent review by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) distilled this truth with uncommon clarity ...more
 
November 11, 2008
EdenTroupe Presents: Arsenic and Old Lace, Nov. 12-15
Two old ladies poison lonely old men and bury them in their basement. Their nephew, Mortimer Brewster, must deal with their murderous habits and the hijinks of his other insane relatives while trying to decide whether to marry the girl he loves. So proceeds the play Arsenic and Old Lace, written by American playwright Joseph Kesselring and now to be directed at Patrick Henry College by senior Emily Thomson and her co-director, Benjamin Guido. Shows are slated to run at PHC from November 12 to 15. ...more
 
November 11, 2008
PHC-Based Film Honored as Redemptive Story
Last summer, George Escobar's Advent Film Group (AFG) brought together a crew of forty inexperienced, young homeschoolers and a handful of professionals in order to film their first movie, Come What May, at Patrick Henry College. Recently, the film won its first festival award. ...more
 
November 10, 2008
"Student Action Teams" Deploy Nationwide
At the height of a turbulent Election '08 campaign season, teams of Patrick Henry College students commissioned by HSLDA's Generation Joshua advocacy group, fanned out across the nation. There they led hundreds of young volunteers in eleventh-hour campaign canvassing for U.S. congressional candidates. ...more
 
November 07, 2008
Calling Young Writers for PHC's First Short Story Contest
If you love to write and are between the ages of twelve and eighteen, Patrick Henry College's first writing contest, "A Call to Pens," is for you. ...more
 
November 06, 2008
The Beat of a Dangerous Drum Can Already Be Heard - by Dr. Michael Farris
After the 2008 Presidential election, PHC Chancellor Dr. Michael Farris shares his perspective. ...more
 
October 30, 2008
Driving Gov. Palin and Other Political Pursuits
A small fleet of twelve-passenger vans careened down the highway at 85 miles per hour, bumper-to-bumper, ten feet apart. Squealing onto the tarmac at Dulles Airport, the caravan stopped near a large plane emblazoned with the "McCain/Palin" logo and disgorged a small army of Secret Service agents and members of the press.Patrick Henry College sophomore, Erin Pradia, one of the van drivers, watched intently as Secret Service agents shouted, "Photo op! Photo op!" ...more
 
October 29, 2008
Chapel Guild Ministers to Campus
Eyes closed, hands raised, and hearts opened, PHC students gather together three times each week for chapel, and for the opportunity to worship God in the midst of their hectic schedules and busy lives. This opportunity for worship arises from a dedicated group of PHC students, who volunteer to lead worship each week. ...more
 
October 23, 2008
A Look Back at Homecoming 2008
Homecoming 2008 weekend at Patrick Henry College closed happily, marked by home soccer games by the PHC Sentinels, the traditional alumni v. student football match, rousing inter-class competitions, and a concert by indie music artist, Andy Zipf. ...more
 
October 17, 2008
The Faith and Reason Series
On September 19, 2009, College President Dr. Graham Walker detailed what happens when human beings lend too much credence to reason, or the intellect, at the expense of faith. In his lecture, entitled "The Pathology of the Intellect," he noted that "the central struggle of the mind is ultimately a competition of love: love for God versus love of the deified self." ...more
 
October 16, 2008
Saving Life from the Roots Up
Joseph Alm isn't your average college junior. He doesn't just study, work, or look to have fun - he's gotten out of his desk to put his education to action. "Last fall, I realized that abortion kills a child and that I would do almost anything to save someone who was dying," Alm says. "Yet I wasn't doing anything to stop abortion. Those three just don't go together." ...more
 
October 10, 2008
Join PHC for Global Warming Symposium, Oct. 18
Patrick Henry College and the Cornwall Alliance are partnering for a free Global Warming Symposium on the PHC campus, October 18, from 8:30am to noon. Three members of the Cornwall Alliance, Drs. E. Calvin Beisner, Roy W. Spencer, and Kenneth W. Chilton, will lecture on the scientific, economic, and ethical underpinnings of the issue. ...more
 
October 08, 2008
Foreign Language Immersion Adventures
About twenty Patrick Henry College students dispersed across the globe this summer to master a foreign language as part of their academic requirements at PHC. Students majoring in Government or Journalism often choose to immerse themselves in a foreign country or full-time language program in order to fulfill their needed twelve credits of a modern language. This year, their destinations ranged from Russia and Germany, to Egypt, Costa Rica, and California. ...more
 
October 01, 2008
Distance Learning Undergoes Makeover
In the academic world, summertime spells a period of rest and rejuvenation for students and faculty alike. This summer, however, PHC's Dr. Rob Spinney spent his "down time" updating the distance learning (DL) program. ...more
 
September 28, 2008
PHC's Aikman in Demand on the Russian Front
When news of Russia's invasion of Georgia first hit the airwaves in early August, Fox News came calling – on Patrick Henry College's Dr. David Aikman. The College's history professor and former senior correspondent for Time Magazine appeared four times on the Fox television network, analyzing events from the perspective of an award-winning international journalist who even now consults with the State Department on global events. ...more
 
September 12, 2008
PHC's 9/11 Display a Tribute to Lost Lives
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August 20, 2008
Students Explore the World of C.S. Lewis
The ink barely dry on their last finals and papers this summer of 2008, a small group of Patrick Henry College students and alumni, led by Assistant Professor of Literature Dr. Bonnie Libby, ventured to England to explore "the world of C.S. Lewis." The trip was carefully tailored to explore England, Scotland, and Wales while studying Lewis's book Mere Christianity. ...more
 
August 08, 2008
Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case in CA
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July 28, 2008
Premiere of "Come What May"
After successful, sold-out preview screenings in Harrisonburg, Va., and Grants Pass, Ore., the Purcellville-filmed and produced movie, Come What May, is coming to the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center, September 6, for its "world premiere." The full-length feature, filmed last summer at Patrick Henry College by Purcellville's Advent Film Group production company, has received stirring responses from viewers for its unequivocal pro-life, pro-family message. ...more
 
July 22, 2008
Summer Camps Kick Off With A Bang
Dry ice and water ripped apart plastic bottles outside of Patrick Henry College's Founder's Hall on Wednesday evening, June 11. For the young students attending Strategic Intelligence summer leadership camp, the strange and violent noise formed another data point for their mock criminal investigation. Tom Snyder, 2008 graduate from PHC's Government major and SI camp organizer, had arranged the week around an analytical mystery, giving his young students a taste of work in the intelligence field. ...more
 
July 18, 2008
Travel and Intellectual Opportunity for ISI Honors Fellows
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a national educational organization headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, recently selected Patrick Henry College students Rachel Blum and Robert Gingerich as two of 50 Honors Fellows selected for the 2008-2009 academic year. Each year, ISI's prestigious Honors Program selects the nation's most talented undergraduates to participate in a yearlong program of educational enrichment. ...more
 
July 15, 2008
"Rebelution" Founders To Be Freshmen This Fall
Sleepy-eyed young people filled Patrick Henry College's Town Hall, tired from their week of work and play at Generation Joshua teen camp, but intent on the two figures onstage. Brett and Alex Harris, twin nineteen-year-old brothers and best-selling authors of a new book for teens, Do Hard Things, swapped a microphone back and forth in the characteristic style they have developed in the last year-plus, explaining the premise of what they have termed the "Rebelution," a "teenage rebellion against low expectations." ...more
 
June 30, 2008
Culture Club Returns from Mexico Mission
PUEBLA, Mexico -- Hot, dry Mexico welcomed eleven members of the Patrick Henry College community early this summer for a short-term mission trip to Puebla, where the group donated $300 to the Living Hope orphanage. ...more
 
June 23, 2008
Dr. Farris Argues Against CA Homeschool Ruling
Oral arguments were heard today in the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, with the fate of homeschooling in California at stake. ...more
 
May 28, 2008
Second PHC Alum Attends Harvard Law
After a year working at Patrick Henry College as an admissions counselor, 2007 grad Lindsay See faced a difficult decision–should she accept a law school offer from the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan, Georgetown, or Harvard? For many people the choice between such prestigious universities would be delightful, a bragging point, but See, a Government: Political Theory major, shared the news only cautiously. ...more
 
May 21, 2008
PHC Commencement 2008 Celebrates God, Service, and Love
In what has almost become an annual tradition, spring rains yielded to blue skies in the hours prior to Patrick Henry College's Commencement 2008. ...more
 
May 13, 2008
Community Commission Forges Bonds with Town
Nolan Barzee, the owner of the local print shop in downtown Purcellville, lent a trailer. ...more
 
May 13, 2008
Culture Club Spans Borders
Senior Lucas Pillman, a tri-citizen of Ecuador, Canada, and the United States, was once almost trapped in South America. ...more
 
May 09, 2008
“Blue Jean” Fundraiser Aids Purcellville Centennial Book
Purcellville, VA – Patrick Henry College staff, faculty, and students raised more than $1000 for the Purcellville Centennial book fund over the last five weeks. ...more
 
April 29, 2008
Huckabee to Address PHC Grads
Purcellville, VA – Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will deliver the keynote commencement address at Patrick Henry College, Saturday, May 17, 2008. ...more
 
April 22, 2008
Debate Captain Named All-American
As the 2007-2008 academic year winds down, Patrick Henry College's parliamentary and debate can take satisfaction in another successful season. ...more
 
April 21, 2008
Departures, Arrivals, Growth in PHC Faculty
For the upcoming school year, 2008-2009, Patrick Henry College welcomes several new members to its faculty. ...more
 
April 18, 2008
Jenkins and Holt Win Student Election
Juniors Justin Jenkins and Jacob Holt won the Patrick Henry College student presidential race 156-112 against junior John Anderson and sophomore Rachel Heflin. "I am very humbled to be entrusted with this responsibility," Jenkins said after his victory. ...more
 
April 17, 2008
Professor Takes One-Year Sabbatical at Princeton
Dr. Mark Mitchell, Associate Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College, will be spending the next academic year (2008-9) at Princeton University in New Jersey, researching and writing on a prestigious James Madison research fellowship. ...more
 
April 17, 2008
PHC Chorale Performs Premiere of Spanish “Elijah”
The Patrick Henry College chorale joined Lancaster Bible College and musicians from Spain last Saturday to perform the world premiere of Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" in Spanish. ...more
 
April 16, 2008
Donors Enjoy Montpelier Fete
Donors and supporters of Patrick Henry College enjoyed a beautiful, 70-degree day of sunshine at James Madison's Montpelier estate, April 11th at the 2008 Council for Statesmanship. ...more
 
April 09, 2008
Blue Jeans Raise Money for Community
Patrick Henry College faculty, staff, and students raised $320 for the Purcellville cen­tennial book fund Thursday by paying for the privilege of wearing blue jeans. ...more
 
April 08, 2008
Psmith Plays April 16-19
Kaylyn Carlson, like college seniors across the country during their last month and a half before graduation, finds herself quite busy filling out job applications, completing final projects, and attending job interviews. ...more
 
April 08, 2008
SI Students Take Initiative For Their Program
On Saturday, March 8 in Patrick Henry College's Nash Auditorium, several well-tailored students spent their morning explaining the Strategic Intelligence program to their classmates. ...more
 
April 07, 2008
New PHC Alum Makes First Movie Sale
PHC alumnus Daniel Noa (Public Policy '07) recently sold his first 45-minute film, Smuggler's Ransom, to Cloud Ten Pictures, the production company for the Left Behind series. ...more
 
March 19, 2008
Hodel Center Receives a Facelift
The stately building on the overhead projection screen in Nash Auditorium this February 29th slowly morphs as classical architect Daniel Lee flicks through a series of artist's renderings. "We added some beautiful little details–like this keyhole," he tells the full room of students, faculty, and staff members, indicating a little notch added to the arch over the window design. ...more
 
March 13, 2008
A Star to Speak at PHC
Patrick Henry College welcomes Star Parker, founder and president of CURE, the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education, to campus this Monday, March 17, at 7:30pm in order to share her remarkable personal testimony. ...more
 
March 04, 2008
One Play Down, One to Go
Senior Kaylyn Carlson called last week's run of Twelve Angry Men a "perfect buffer" between last semester's You Can't Take it With You and Eden Troupe's upcoming production of Leave it to Psmith, comedies both. ...more
 
February 20, 2008
Dr. Aikman Debunks ‘New Atheism’
Confronting a series of "New Atheists" books that have topped bestseller lists in the last two years, Dr. David Aikman, Associate Professor of History at Patrick Henry College, presented the College's sixth Faith and Reason lecture Tuesday, February 19. ...more
 
February 15, 2008
Aikman to Present Faith & Reason Lecture
The Patrick Henry College community includes film enthusiasts, young people headed for careers in law, and philosophers. ...more
 
February 13, 2008
Two Plays and Twelve Angry Men
This semester, Patrick Henry College's student-run drama group, Eden Troupe, is putting on two plays instead of its normal, single production. ...more
 
February 08, 2008
Alumni Who Remain at PHC
Naomi Harralson, a petite brunette, smiles up from her desk at Patrick Henry College, where she sits surrounded by piles of paper and manila folders with information about college accreditation. ...more
 
February 07, 2008
Famed Apologist Arrives on Campus
Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, world renowned apologetics expert, steps up to his classroom podium in Founders Hall. ...more
 
January 31, 2008
Legal Debaters Shine at Nationals
Burnishing its reputation as a legal debate juggernaut, Patrick Henry College's moot court team excelled once again at the national ACMA moot court tournament in Iowa, January 18-19, capturing second place for individual team, while earning more trophies overall than any other college. ...more
 
January 21, 2008
Pledge Ensures Completion of Hodel Center
Patrick Henry College Chancellor Michael Farris has informed the College that a major donor has guaranteed the completion of the new Barbara Hodel Center. ...more
 
January 14, 2008
SI Students Bolster Border Security
Every week, Ryan Akers, a senior in the Strategic Intelligence (SI) track at PHC, assembles something known as the Border Security Alert (BSA), a report used by the national intelligence community. ...more
 
December 21, 2007
PHC Team Sends Eighteen to Nationals
PHC moot court team at Eastern Regional Tournament. The regional fall moot court season saw Patrick Henry College burnish its growing reputation, as eighteen student competitors will travel to the national moot court tournament in Des Moines, Iowa on January 18-19. ...more
 
December 12, 2007
Debaters Enjoy Breakthrough Season
While other colleges struggle to build national-caliber athletic programs, Patrick Henry College endeavors to field elite squads of communicators. ...more
 
November 30, 2007
Professor Releases Billy Graham Biography
Exchanges like this are not uncommon in classes taught by Professor Aikman, whose depth of knowledge on such topics as the Middle East, the global spread of Christianity, and American politics have led to countless cover stories, documentaries, and books. ...more
 
November 30, 2007
Students Dive into Community Service
On a dark and chilly Halloween night, seven Patrick Henry College students clustered behind a table set up on a neighborhood lawn in Leesburg, Virginia. ...more
 
November 14, 2007
Companies Seek Out PHC Students at Career Fair
On the afternoon of Friday, November 9 students entering Patrick Henry College's Town Hall found an unusual sight. ...more
 
November 14, 2007
Students Excel at Model UN
PHC DelegationsStudents from Patrick Henry College won two awards while representing Greece, Spain and the United Arab Emirates at the Model United Nations conference in Washington, D.C., November 2-4. ...more
 
November 12, 2007
PHC’s EdenTroupe Producing a Comedy
Penny Sycamore writes melodramas. ...more
 
November 09, 2007
New PHC Scholarship Targets Budding Journalists
Dr. Les Sillars, Director of Journalism and Head of the Department of Government Already well known for its high profile government and public policy tracks, legal debate teams, and nearness to Washington, D.C., Patrick Henry College is gaining recognition as an excellent training ground for future journalists. ...more
 
November 07, 2007
Lady Sentinels Post Winning Soccer Season
Patrick Henry College is normally known for the debate skills and White House internships of its students, not for their outstanding athletic achievements. ...more
 
November 02, 2007
Student Life Center Named for Trustee Barbara Hodel
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Barbara Hodel Student Life Center in progress The Patrick ...more
 
October 29, 2007
Cowdog Author to Share Wisdom
John Erickson, author of the well-known Hank the Cowdog series of children's books, is visiting Patrick Henry College on November 12 to deliver one of his traditional "Hank talks." Members of the community are welcome to attend this talk and the autograph session to follow. ...more
 
October 23, 2007
New Student Film Group Enters Film Festival
Bradley Roy and Scott York line up a shot on Daniel Hebda A film team from Patrick Henry College wrote, filmed, scored, and edited a three-minute short film for the Apple Insomnia Film Festival the second weekend of October.  The film, titled Score and directed by PHC junior Scott York, was created in just 24 hours in accordance with Festival rules.  "It was a pretty crazy experience," said York, "you're not just racing time, you're racing exhaustion."  From 9 a.m. ...more
 
October 17, 2007
Students Learn the Price of Liberty
Sandoval and Ly at Israeli-Syrian border This summer, Patrick Henry College students experienced a number of fascinating opportunities. ...more
 
October 12, 2007
PHC Celebrates Traditions Old and New with Homecoming/Family Weekend
A young man in a black ninja outfit stalked up to Founder's Hall and nodded brusquely to the motley crew already assembled. ...more
 
October 08, 2007
From Plato to Pushups
"Why did I join the U.S. Marine Corps?" writes PHC junior Kyle Green in a letter to his new bosses in the USMC. ...more
 
October 03, 2007
Libertas Society Lobbies for Abstinence
Patrick Henry College students gave testimonies in favor of abstinence education on Capitol Hill on the 20th of September, lobbying against the current plan in Congress which would eliminate federal funding for abstinence education and stress birth control. ...more
 
October 03, 2007
Fall Debate Season Kicks Off
Fresh­men make up about one-third of the team this semester, many of whom attended PHC's debate camps or debated in National Christian Forensics and Communication Association (NCFCA). ...more
 
September 25, 2007
Government Prof Also a Leading Family Advocate
"Most of my lingering leftist views were eradicated by viewing this 'workers' paradise,'" he says with a grin.Along with that rich experience in Eastern Europe, PHC's new Assistant Professor of Government brings his growing reputation as a leading advocate for fatherhood and the family to students at Patrick Henry College. ...more
 
September 20, 2007
Charles T. Evans Delivers Faith & Reason Lecture
"I just wonder one thing," said Patrick Henry sophomore Curtis Ting. ...more
 
September 12, 2007
Campus Gears Up for Semester’s Faith & Reason Lecture
Since the start of Fall classes, faculty and students have met each Tuesday in "Christian Study Groups" to discuss Evans and Robert Littlejohn's book. ...more
 
September 05, 2007
New Biology Professor Making Inroads
Dr. Neil Doran As Patrick Henry's new Assistant Professor of Biology, Dr. Neal Doran says he first decided to study biology as a freshman engineering major at the University of Florida."I was miserable (studying engineering)," he laughs, "and I'd been fascinated with the issues of creation and evolution ever since high school, when I debated them with my friends."One of those high school friends was an atheist, with whom Doran recalls riding in a car as his friend raced along the highway at breakneck speeds. ...more
 
August 31, 2007
College Profiled in Esteemed ISI Guide
Patrick Henry College was recently pleased to find itself included in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's (ISI) 2008-9 Choosing the Right College guide. ...more
 
August 20, 2007
Semester-long Discussion of Classical Christian Liberal Arts Begins
In its emphasis on the classical Christian liberal arts, Patrick Henry College occupies a unique niche among institutions of higher learning. ...more
 
August 15, 2007
Changes in Distance Learning Program
Ask Dr. Robert Spinney what he has enjoyed most from his last four years teaching history for Patrick Henry College students, and his response is quick."The intense, personal interaction," he says, adding, "That's what makes it worthwhile. ...more
 
August 10, 2007
New Book By Dr. Farris Challenges Myths of America's Founding
Was the United States truly founded as a Christian nation? A new book by Michael Farris, Chancellor of Patrick Henry College, sheds new light on that notion. While the Church has taught that America was colonized by Christians for the purpose of religious freedom, secularists declare that early American Christians persecuted one other and the Indians until Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke pierced the darkness with their tracts on "freedom." Both views, asserts Dr. Farris in his new book, From Tyndale to Madison, are wrong. "The truth," writes Farris, "is that it was a handful of Christians who believed in the authority of the Bible rather than the authority of the Church who were the true authors of religious liberty." Farris traces the roots of America's founding documents all the way back to William Tyndale's struggle in England in the 1500s to bring the Bible to the common man, or, in Tyndale's words, "cause a boy that driveth the plough to know more of the Scripture than [the clerics]." Exposed to the Gospel for the first time, many new believers questioned the bureaucracy and corruption of established churches and often found themselves the targets of persecution. Farris's research tracks this troubling pattern from England to the first settlers in America, where groups forged like-minded colonies around their own theological views and punished dissenters much like church authorities from the society they had left. ...more
 
August 02, 2007
Renowned Apologist John Warwick Montgomery Joins PHC Faculty
Dr. John Warwick MontgomeryOne of contemporary Christianity's leading apologetics experts will be joining the faculty of Patrick Henry College this fall. ...more
 
July 31, 2007
Government and Journalism Majors Expand
Leslie Sillars, Ph.D.Chairman of the Department of GovernmentChanges are coming to both the Government and Journalism majors at Patrick Henry College, as new courses will be offered in the fall, along with more flexible course tracks. ...more
 
July 20, 2007
New Faculty Expands Academic Programs
Patrick Henry College is pleased to welcome four new full-time professors to its faculty for the fall 2007 semester, replacing two outgoing professors and expanding its academic program."We're very excited about the new faculty," said PHC Provost Dr. Gene Edward Veith. ...more
 
July 11, 2007
Advent Films Brings Full-length Feature to College
Now, two years later, Forbes found himself crowded with more than thirty other Christians from across the nation into PHC's Nash Auditorium for the first day of filming on a full-length feature. ...more
 
June 12, 2007
PHC's Winston Completes Theatrical Masterstroke
So when Winston stepped up to a standing ovation in May following Eden Troupe's Spring finale of A Tale of Two Cities, having written the script, songs and musical score – as well as starring in the production – she felt simply a peaceful sense of completion. ...more
 
May 23, 2007
2007 Commencement Caps Remarkable Year
On a sunny day that witnessed a record 59 graduates walk and PHC's new Chancellor and President formally installed, Wales chronicled the key, often stunning moments of a lifelong romance with cinema – beginning with an improbable encounter with a moviemaking genius. ...more
 
May 14, 2007
Commencement Features Filmmaker, Investiture Rite
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu Ken Wales to address largest commencement class Patrick Henry ...more
 
May 10, 2007
Young Producer Finishes Full-Length Feature
The idea for the movie stemmed from a play written in the late-eighties by Steve Losee, originally performed in Brooklyn as part of a street ministry evangelistic outreach. ...more
 
May 07, 2007
PHC Library Receives American History Donation
PHC Library recently completed sorting and processing a donation of nearly 2,000 items related to American history. ...more
 
May 01, 2007
PHC Grad Accepted to Harvard Law
Patrick Henry College graduate Matthew du Mée made Patrick Henry College history when he recently became the college's first alumnus to be accepted to Harvard Law School."Harvard is arguably the top law school in the country," said PHC Chancellor Michael Farris. ...more
 
April 26, 2007
NEDA Parli Teams Finish Strong
PHC Parliamentary Debate Team (L-R): Dominique Deming, Chris Tuggle, Lindsay See, Joseph Alm, Rebecca Ries, Storm Swensboe, Isaiah McPeak, Kawika Vellalos Patrick Henry College's Parliamentary Debate team recently finished its strongest season ever. ...more
 
April 18, 2007
PHC Granted Accreditation By TRACS
Virginia Beach, Va. ...more
 
April 13, 2007
Soulforce Equality Ride Passes Peacefully
Members of the Purcellville police, Loudoun County Sherriff's Office, and the State Patrol, stood vigil throughout the afternoon. ...more
 
April 09, 2007
Soulforce Equality Ride Targets PHC
Organizers of the Soulforce Equality Ride, a traveling group of homosexual activists, have announced they will target the campus of Patrick Henry College on April 12, in an attempt to enter the campus to engage students in uninvited dialogue about sex, sexual orientation, and gender. ...more
 
March 29, 2007
Students Return from Model UN Conference
"Whether you agree or disagree with the UN, it's a pretty strong institution and it's here to stay," said NMUN Head Delegate Kirk Anderson, a junior at PHC. ...more
 
March 12, 2007
Culture Debate Coming to Town Hall
Rev. John Rankin, founder and President of the Theological Education Institute, will be addressing a Mars Hill Forum with guest Rev. Barry Lynn, Director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, on the question of "What is the Nature of Separation Between Church and State?" TEI's Mars Hill Forum series was began in 1993, and since its inception John has invited the most qualified skeptics he can find who wish to question his evangelical worldview and its public policy implications. ...more
 
February 27, 2007
Debate Squad Dominant at Duquesne
CONTACT: David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu The 2007 Patrick Henry College Debate Team The Patrick Henry ...more
 
February 22, 2007
Campaign Selects PHC Sophomore for Top Post
PHC sophomore Ryan Rogge had hardly settled in for the Spring 2007 semester when he heard that Amber Smith, a PHC journalism student working in Baton Rouge, LA, was looking for him. ...more
 
February 15, 2007
Student Applications Pour Into PHC
Student Applications Pour Into PHC F O R   I M M E D I A T E   R E L E A S EFebruary 15, 2006CONTACT:  David Halbrook Patrick Henry College (540) 338-8727 OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu PHC Admissions Counselor Tiffany Thompson sifts through influx of student applications As of mid-February, the PHC Department of Admissions reports that more students have applied for fall admission than at any other time in the College's history. ...more
 
February 08, 2007
Campaign Launched on Behalf of German Teen
Homeschool students and their families across America are being urged to flood the German embassy with e-mail, telephone calls and letters in support of a German teen who was taken by police to a psychiatric ward because she was being homeschooled. ...more
 
January 25, 2007
TRACS Completes PHC Accreditation Site Review
As is their policy with every school visited by a TRACS site team, the team did not offer a specific recommendation for or against accreditation.  Instead, the team offered both praise and constructive commentary on a wide range of college functions, and provided a list of specific recommendations for improvement.  During their visit, the team commented positively on teaching quality, leadership, self-study effectiveness, and newly enacted administrative and governance structures.  A number of their specific recommendations constitute an opportunity for the College to provide additional evidence, before the April meeting, showing that the new governance structures are functioning as designed to advance the College's Christian educational mission."Based on their feedback during the visit and the exit interview," reported PHC President Graham Walker, "their (site team) overall perceptions of the College, its programs, classes, faculty and students were overwhelmingly positive. ...more
 
January 24, 2007
Moot Court Team Shows Well, Places Third
In the process, three PHC students took top individual "orator" awards, including first place by Lindsay See; fourth place by Caleb Dalton, and fifth place by Kirsten Winston, Dalton's moot court teammate. ...more
 
January 18, 2007
Moot Court Team in Pursuit of Three-Peat
While no college is eligible to send more than eight teams to the national finals, PHC, in fact, qualified an unprecedented nine at three regional tournaments in November and December."Whether we win a third national championship or not, there's no other college in the league that has multiple teams competing, each of which are quite readily capable of winning a national championship," said PHC Chancellor and Moot Court Coach, Dr. Michael Farris. ...more
 
December 13, 2006
Who's Who Inducts 22 PHC Students
With the support of prominent educational institutions all over the country, Who's Who has furthered the aims of higher education by rewarding and recognizing individual academic excellence on a national level. ...more
 
December 04, 2006
PHC Debate Team Dominates Early Contests
The Debate team at PHC appears to have taken up where past squads left off, earning first place team and overall club awards at recent tournaments in Michigan and New Jersey. ...more
 
November 22, 2006
Student Produces Marriage Amendment Video
When PHC Senior Mike Holcomb ran into PHC alumnus Eve Barner at a church function, he never imagined it would lead to a role in helping to pass Virginia's Marriage Amendment. ...more
 
November 03, 2006
Consecration Ceremony Captures Joy and Significance of PHC Mission
A special Consecration Ceremony, the morning of October 27, formally installed new PHC President Graham Walker and completed the transition to Chancellor of former PHC President Michael Farris. ...more
 
October 27, 2006
PHC Student Named To Town Planning Commission
If the voters of Purcellville thought they'd seen the last of Tim Iversen when they failed to elect him to the Town Council last winter, they didn't understand who they were dealing with. ...more
 
October 26, 2006
Eden Troupe to Perform 'Cyrano de Bergerac'
Beginning on November 9th, Patrick Henry College's Eden Troupe will pay dramatic homage to one of French theater's most beloved love stories with its production of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. ...more
 
October 17, 2006
Patrick Henry Sweeps Crossfire Debate in New Jersey
On October 6 and 7, the Patrick Henry College debate team closed out the Crossfire division at the first of the National Educational Debate Association [NEDA] fall tournaments at St. ...more
 
October 09, 2006
Chancellor Farris Joins WorldNetDaily.com
Michael Farris – constitutional scholar, homeschool trailblazer and Christian college founder – has joined WorldNetDaily.com as an exclusive columnist writing about Supreme Court issues. ...more
 
October 02, 2006
PHC Academic Dean: Christian Higher Education “Ten Times Better” than Secular Wisdom
One of the nation's leading experts on classical learning, PHC's own Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Gene Edward Veith, cited in a wide-ranging Faith and Reason Lecture the compelling educational advantages of biblical Christianity over secular thought. ...more
 
September 21, 2006
Well-Traveled PHC History Professor Pens Wall Street Journal Piece
David Aikman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Writer in Residence at Patrick Henry College, has penned another story for a national publication. ...more
 
September 18, 2006
Faith and Reason Lecture on Calendar
The second annual Faith and Reason lecture at Patrick Henry College will take place Tuesday, September 26, in Town Hall. ...more
 
September 13, 2006
Students For Marriage Launches in Virginia
PURCELLVILLE - This fall, students at Patrick Henry College and other campuses across the Commonwealth of Virginia have diverted their attention from their usual Fall routines to rally support for an initiative to protect traditional marriage. ...more
 
September 08, 2006
Language, Culture, and Terrorism: PHC Students Weather Israeli-Lebanon War
Kurcab lived in Jerusalem for over seven weeks. ...more
 
August 31, 2006
PHC Students Team With Town For 9/11 Memorial
The town of Purcellville is teaming up with two students from Patrick Henry College to host a September 11 memorial for those who fell to the terrorist attacks five years ago. ...more
 
July 28, 2006
All Faculty Vacancies at PHC Filled
The new faculty members are: Dr. Stephen M. ...more
 
June 24, 2006
PHC Moot Court Team Defends National Championship
PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's moot court team defended the 2005 national title this past weekend in competition against 22 other colleges and universities in the 2006 American Collegiate Moot Court Association's National Moot Court Tournament held January 21 and 22 at the University of Texas (Arlington). ...more
 
June 02, 2006
Dr. Farris Appears on NPR’s “Fresh Air”
In a wide-ranging, hour-long interview on National Public Radio's daily "Fresh Air" magazine, May 24, outgoing Patrick Henry College President (soon-to-be Chancellor), Dr. Michael Farris, fielded a range of hot-button questions familiar to listeners on both sides of the cultural divide. ...more
 
May 22, 2006
Commencement Speeches Reaffirm PHC Mission
PHC Class of 2006PURCELLVILLE, VA – On a sunny, blustery Saturday morning, May 20, 49 Patrick Henry College seniors closed out their undergraduate careers with fond farewells, laughs, tears, and stirring charges by classmates that seemed, to some, a rousing reaffirmation of the College's untiring mission. ...more
 
May 19, 2006
College Response to Media Reports About Departing Faculty
Responding to a flurry of media coverage about departing faculty at Patrick Henry College in recent days, the executive leadership of PHC wishes to convey ...more
 
May 16, 2006
Hume To Address PHC Graduates
Patrick Henry College celebrates its fifth Commencement Saturday, May 20, with 49 graduates scheduled to receive diplomas. ...more
 
May 10, 2006
Patrick Henry College Names New Academic Dean
Dr. Gene Edward VeithPURCELLVILLE, VA – Prolific author, cultural commentator, and longtime educator, Dr. Gene Edward Veith, has been named Academic Dean of Patrick Henry College by the College Board of Trustees. ...more
 
May 05, 2006
PHC Students Shine On NPR's "On Point"
Exhibiting a graceful repertoire of scholarship, poise, and Christian diplomacy, three Patrick Henry College students recently championed Patrick Henry College on a national stage, shattering stereotypes, dismantling myths, and, in some cases, disarming hardened skeptics. ...more
 
April 26, 2006
Students Test Mettle at National Model United Nations
NEW YORK CITY – Journeying into the complex world of international diplomacy, Patrick Henry College students and faculty traveled to New York City recently to discover what membership in the United Nations really means. ...more
 
April 10, 2006
New PHC President
Dr. Graham Walker By a unanimous vote of the College’s Board of Trustees on Monday, April 3, 2006, Dr. Graham Walker was named to become the second ...more
 
March 02, 2006
ONCE AGAIN, PHC NAMED AMONG TOP CONSERVATIVE COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY
PURCELLVILLE, VA – For the second year in a row, Patrick Henry College has been named one of the top ten conservative schools in the country by the Young America's Foundation. According to the Foundation, the ten colleges exemplify in their academic philosophy and curriculum "an alternative to the liberal dominance on the typical American college campus by encouraging students in the study of conservative ideas and the conservative movement."To make its selections, the Foundation looks to the quality–and breadth–of conservative thought infused in a college's coursework. ...more
 
February 28, 2006
EXCITING TRANSITION FOR COLLEGE
PURCELLVILLE, VA – It's not often that a mandatory chapel is called for students and staff, but Dr. Michael P. ...more
 
November 08, 2005
Eden Troupe presents Macbeth
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Patrick Henry College's drama club, Eden Troupe, will present three performances of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, November 17, 18, and 19 at 7:00 PM in the Patrick Henry College Town Hall. ...more
 
October 11, 2005
Sanders to helm academic affairs
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Dr. Marian Sanders, formerly the associate dean of academic affairs at Patrick Henry College, has been named as the acting dean of academic affairs in the wake of the departure of Dr. Paul Bonicelli, who stepped down as dean to accept a senior level position with the Bush administration in foreign policy. ...more
 
October 04, 2005
College launches Faith and Reason lecture series
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Todd Bates, assistant professor of rhetoric, launched Patrick Henry College's Faith and Reason lecture series on Tuesday, September 13 with his presentation of "Duplex Cognitio: What I Need To Know and How the Liberal Arts Can Help Me Know It." The series is designed to prompt campus-wide reflection and discussion on the relationship between faith and reason in the context of Christian liberal arts education.In order to allow students to participate more fully in the day's events, all afternoon classes were cancelled. ...more
 
September 01, 2005
College welcomes Class of 2009
PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's newest freshman class has arrived in full force, bringing with them boundless enthusiasm and an impressive academic profile. ...more
 
September 01, 2005
PHC senior named ISI Honors Fellow
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Sarah Pride, a member of the Patrick Henry College Class of 2006, has been named as an Honors Fellow by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), one of only 52 students nationwide to be so named. ...more
 
July 18, 2005
Ruling opens up tax benefits to PHC parents
PURCELLVILLE, VA – On June 30, 2005, Patrick Henry College was determined by the United States Department of Education (DOE) to be eligible to participate in DOE programs. ...more
 
June 02, 2005
Two PHC juniors awarded undergraduate fellowships
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Two Patrick Henry College juniors, Benjamin Mills and Kyle Murray, have been selected by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) to participate in an undergraduate fellowship program designed to teach students about terrorist threats directed at America and allied democracies around the world. ...more
 
May 26, 2005
Renowned author and journalist joins PHC faculty
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Author of six books, respected Washington journalist, and former senior correspondent to Time magazine David Aikman, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of Patrick Henry College as associate professor of history and writer-in-residence. ...more
 
May 17, 2005
NBA legend exhorts grads to grow in grace every day
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Sharing personal testimony from his days as one of the NBA's most dominant players and his life since his retirement in 2003, former San Antonio Spur and NBA Most Valuable Player David Robinson encouraged PHC's newest graduates to be mindful of the need to grow in grace every day."There is no middle ground with God," Robinson told the fifty members of PHC's Class of 2005. ...more
 
May 06, 2005
NBA legend David Robinson to address PHC's largest graduating class
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Perennial NBA All-Star and league MVP David Robinson will address Patrick Henry College's Class of 2005 during the college's fourth commencement ceremony, held on the lawn in front of Founder's Hall on the Patrick Henry College campus on Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 1:00PM. ...more
 
April 27, 2005
Noted author, analyst to share views on radical Islam
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Paul Marshall, a Senior Fellow at Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom, will present a special address titled "Understanding Radical Islam" on April 27, 2005 at 8:30pm in Nash Auditorium on the campus of Patrick Henry College. ...more
 
April 19, 2005
Two PHC debaters named NEDA All-Americans
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Seniors Matthew du Mee and Christy Ross were recently named as National Education Debate Association's (NEDA) All-Americans at an award ceremony held during the 2005 NEDA Nationals Tournament by Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. ...more
 
April 19, 2005
PHC to launch new track in government major
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Patrick Henry College is pleased to announce the creation of a political theory track in the Department of Government. ...more
 
April 13, 2005
Strategic intelligence program lands new director
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Patrick Henry College has announced that Colonel Gordon Middleton, a retired Air Force colonel with more than two decades of intelligence-related experience, has joined the faculty as director of the PHC's strategic intelligence program. ...more
 
April 08, 2005
Eden Troupe stages Oscar Wilde classic
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Eden Troupe, Patrick Henry College's drama club, will offer up love, intrigue, blackmail, and virtue as they present Oscar Wilde's dramatic comedy, An Ideal Husband, on April 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30 P.M. in PHC's Town Hall. ...more
 
April 04, 2005
Renowned counter terrorist expert to address PHC Town Hall
PURCELLVILLE, VA – On Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Colonel Edward Badalato, one of the world's leading authorities on counter terrorism, will address the Patrick Henry College community at a special PHC Town Hall meeting. ...more
 
March 28, 2005
Patrick Henry College defeats Oxford moot court team again
PURCELLVILLE, VA – The moot court team from Patrick Henry College (PHC) has won its second straight tournament against Balliol College of Oxford University. ...more
 
March 15, 2005
Debate team sweeps recent tourney
PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's debate teams enjoyed a clean sweep at a recent tournament at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, winning first place in the Lincoln-Douglas, novice and open divisions. PHC took three novice teams and four open teams to the tournament, while Katy Jones and Katie Teubl competed in the individual Lincoln-Douglas division, winning first and third place, respectively. In the novice division, partners Danielle Small and Daniel Burns were quarterfinalists, while senior Cami Helm finished her first and last debate season with a first place finish, alongside her partner, sophomore Amber Smith. ...more
 
March 10, 2005
PHC students assist at local food pantry
PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC freshman Craig Drinkall, a member of the school's Community Involvement Commission [CIC], has reinstated a longstanding relationship between Patrick Henry College and the Loudon Inter-Faith Relief Food Pantry.Taking the mantle from students previously involved, Drinkall and students Adam Nicholson, Anne Corda, and Amy Alexander have been assisting the pantry on Thursdays from 10:30 to 12:00, stocking shelves and serving where they are needed."We're basically helping out people who can't afford much. ...more
 
March 10, 2005
PHC graduates launch official alumni association
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Another critical phase of Patrick Henry College's development has formally begun as graduates from 2002-2004 launched the College's official alumni association. ...more
 
March 01, 2005
PHC debaters take top honors
PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's debate teams came within one judge's ballot of sweeping a recent intercollegiate tournament held at Owensboro Community Technical College in Owensboro, Kentucky, when freshmen Kirsten Winston and David Carver lost their final round to a 2-1 judges' decision.Despite the loss in the novice division, PHC won first in the two remaining divisions, besting 15 teams from 5 colleges and universities to claim the first place sweepstakes award given to the school with the most overall wins.PHC took four novice teams and four open teams to the tournament, while freshmen Isaiah McPeak and Kawika Vellalos competed in the individual Lincoln Douglas division, winning 1st and 2nd place, respectively.In the open division, Seniors Matthew du Mee and Christy Ross cemented the first three tournament sweep in PHC history, with a 3-0 final decision in their favor. ...more
 
February 22, 2005
Prominent conservative thinker visits PHC classroom
PURCELLVILLE, VA – Ken Masugi, senior staffer at the Claremont Institute, a center for the study of the principles of the American Founding, shared his views on the proper role and function of local government with PHC students in Instructor Erik Root's State and Local Government class."He engaged the class on the perils of progressivism, and the fallout of the recall election in California," said Root, "and I think his unique insights into political statesmanship at the state and local level really intrigued my students."Masugi is the director of the Institute's Center for Local Government, a group that applies historical principles to the study of local government. ...more
 
January 26, 2005
Moot court team takes national championship
PURCELLVILLE, VA – PHC's moot court squad bested 63 other teams from 20 colleges to dominate the 2005 American Collegiate Moot Court Association's National Moot Court Tournament, bringing home 14 of the 32 trophies awarded, including the top award, the team national championship. ...more
 
January 24, 2005
PHC, private lender join forces to offer competitive student loans
PURCELLVILLE, VA–PHC Vice President for Business and Planning Darrin Coon has announced a partnership with Wachovia Education Finance that will further enhance the College's financial aid offerings. The arrangement with Wachovia will allow eligible PHC students will to borrow as little as $500, or up to the full costs of attending PHC, with no origination fees and no payments while they are in school. ...more
 
January 13, 2005
PHC grad takes research prize at Grove City College, resulting work slated for publication in scholarly journal
Purcellville, VA–A research project of 2004 PHC graduate James Kimball titled "The Gold Standard in Contemporary Economic Principles Textbooks" recently took second place in the Richard E. ...more
 
December 06, 2004
PHC moot court team takes on Oxford, returns to US with victory
Purcellville, VA–A moot court team from Patrick Henry College won a weekend exhibition against England's University of Oxford in PHC's first international moot court competition. ...more
 
November 23, 2004
Young America's Foundation names PHC as one of the nation's top ten conservative colleges
Purcellville, VA– Young America's Foundation (YAF), a nationwide campus outreach organization dedicated to the promotion of conservative values, has named Patrick Henry College as one of the nation's top ten conservative colleges. ...more
 
November 16, 2004
PHC debaters sweep Hillsdale tournament, set to close out perfect season
Purcellville, VA– The Patrick Henry College policy debate team swept the top five ranks at a recent intercollegiate tournament at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. ...more
 
November 11, 2004
Eden Troupe stages Shakespeare comedy
Purcellville, VA– Patrick Henry College's Eden Troupe presents William Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing on November 11th, 12th, and 13th at 7:30PM in the college's Town Hall, located on the lower level of the Mount Vernon building on the PHC campus. ...more
 
November 01, 2004
Regent University School of Law announces first-year, full tuition scholarship for PHC grads
Purcellville, VA– Regent University School of Law has announced the establishment of a first-year, full tuition scholarship for graduates of Patrick Henry College. ...more
 
October 29, 2004
Classical Liberal Arts Department launches free electronic newsletter for homeschooling families
Purcellville, VA– The Classical Liberal Arts Department at Patrick Henry College has announced the creation of Legatio, a free, online electronic newsletter aimed at promoting, explaining, and enhancing the study and instruction of classics. ...more
 
February 24, 2004
Double Win For Livonia Student In Debate Tournament
Purcellville, VA–Lindsey See, daughter of Robert and Kathleen See of Livonia, won first place in the novice division and first place speaker award in the February 20-21 Ford Debate Tournament held in Owensboro, KY and sponsored by the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA). ...more
 
February 09, 2004
Peoria Student Succeeds In National Debate Tournament
Purcellville, VA–Purcellville, VA - Matthew du Mee, son of Jack and Patty du Mee of Peoria, placed second out of 126 speakers in the Junior division of the February 7-8 Sunset Cliffs National Debate Tournament in San Diego, CA. ...more
 
February 02, 2004
Vienna Student Succeeds In National Tournament
Purcellville, VA–Melanie Inglis, daughter of Mark and Paula Inglis of Vienna won first place in the brief writing team competition at the January 30-31 Moot Court National Tournament in Arlington, TX. ...more
 
February 02, 2004
Gervais Student Succeeds In National Tournament
Purcellville, VA–Daniel Chapin, son of Ron and Shelly Chapin of Gervais, won first place in the brief writing team competition of the January 30-31 Moot Court National Tournament in Arlington, TX. ...more
 
December 18, 2003
ROTC Now an Option for PHC Students
Purcellville, VA– Patrick Henry College (PHC) announced today that its students may enroll in the U.S. Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC. ...more
 
December 15, 2003
Patrick Henry College Wins National Debate Tournament
PURCELLVILLE, VAPatrick Henry College (PHC) won the Sweepstakes Award at the December 5 and 6 National Debate Tournament sponsored by the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA) and hosted by Ball State University. ...more
 
November 03, 2003
Patrick Henry College Takes First Place in Nationwide Debate Tournaments
Purcellville, VA– Patrick Henry College (PHC) recently won first place trophies from two intercollegiate debate tournaments sponsored by the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) and the National Educational Debate Association (NEDA). ...more
 
July 03, 2001
Homeschool Student With Perfect SAT Score Wins Full Scholarship to Attend Patrick Henry College
PHOENIX–Matthew du Mée, 18, has been selected to receive the General George Hubert Krieger Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement at Patrick Henry College. ...more
 
April 03, 2001
Patrick Henry College debaters excel at national championship meet
KANKAKEE, IL–Patrick Henry College debaters concluded a stellar first year in debate competition this past weekend at the NEDA (National Educational Debate Association) national tournament.Patrick Henry College debaters won eight tournament trophies and the college won an award for an outstanding first year in intercollegiate debate. ...more
 
January 15, 2001
Patrick Henry College adds 66 acres to campus
PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College announced today it has acquired an additional 66 acres in Purcellville, next to its original 40 acres located south of Route 7 and east of Route 287. Consistent with its commitment to remain debt-free, the college bought the land free and clear. ...more
 
December 04, 2000
Patrick Henry College Invites Area Residents to a Holiday Viewing of Presidential Christmas Card Art
PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College is inviting its neighbors and friends to view one of the top five collections of presidential Christmas art at an open house on Sunday, December 17, 2000, from 2 to 5 p.m. The collection is on loan to the college from Purcellville resident David Eno. ...more
 
November 22, 2000
Patrick Henry College Approved by Virginia for New Major in Classical Liberal Arts
PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College has been authorized by the state of Virginia to enroll students in a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Liberal Arts.The State Council of Higher Education met Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, and voted unanimously to approve the college's proposal for the new major.Michael Farris, president of Patrick Henry College, said that a large number of potential Classical Liberal Arts students have shown a strong interest in the college's apprenticeship model."A Classical Liberal Arts education at Patrick Henry College will appeal to students who wish to influence our popular and literary culture," Farris said. ...more
 
June 07, 2000
U.S. Supreme Court upholds parents' fundamental rights
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Parental rights were affirmed as one of our fundamental rights this week by a plurality opinion of the Supreme Court in Troxel v. ...more
 
May 15, 2000
Rape is evil but can't be regulated as commerce, Supreme Court says
WASHINGTON, D.C.–By a razor-thin 5-4 majority vote, the Supreme Court ruled today that Congress's power to regulate commerce does not include the power to regulate rape. ...more
 
December 17, 1999
Patrick Henry College now officially admitting students for fall 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Patrick Henry College is now officially receiving student applications for the academic year starting in the fall of 2000.The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) met on Tuesday, Dec. ...more
 
June 25, 1999
Supreme Court Upholds Constitution's Original Intent
PURCELLVILLE, VA–Patrick Henry College broke new ground in more ways than one this week. ...more