Principia College

1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028-9799 -  View Map

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• Principia College is a small liberal arts college of approximately 550 students. It is located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Elsah, Illinois, USA, and is unique as the only college or university in the world solely for Christian Scientists. Students on Principia's Solar Car Team come from every field of study - including nearly every major in both the liberal arts and the sciences. While Principia does not have a self-contained engineering department, it offers an engineering degree through joint programs with other universities.
• Principia's primary purpose became to serve the Cause of Christian Science as an educational institution — not through teaching the theology of Christian Science, but through providing programs which would allow its students to grow intellectually, athletically, socially, morally, and spiritually with the support and example of both fellow students and faculty.
• Principia is a school for Christian Scientists on two campuses in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. Programs for infants through seniors in high school are located in West St. Louis County. Fifty miles away on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Elsah, Illinois, is Principia College.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Swimming and diving teams sweep Principia (Student Life)
  posted on January 26, 2011 at 07:01:30 am
  Washington University’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both defeated Principia College on Friday in a dual meet in Elsah, Ill. The men won 106-86, and the women triumphed 119-56 to complete the sweep. The two teams combined to win 14 of 25 races held at the meet.
• Hannibal Hurricanes YMCA swim team kicks off season (The Hannibal Courier-Post)
  posted on November 11, 2010 at 06:18:25 am
  The Hannibal Hurricanes swim team opened its season on Oct. 30 at home, competing against Jefferson City and Mexico YMCA. In addition, the newer swimmers were able to participate in a novice meet on Oct. 2 at Principia College, in Elsah, Ill.
• Nobel Laureate urges youths to reshape the world (The Telegraph)
  posted on September 27, 2010 at 03:03:05 am
  ELSAH - Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, professor Muhammad Yunus encouraged students at Principia College Saturday night to use imagination to solve global problems.
• GRCS and Principia join forces again (The Telegraph)
  posted on May 26, 2010 at 10:04:26 pm
  ELSAH — Premier vocalists and musicians from Principia College and the Great Rivers Choral Society once again will come together to present an entertaining and free evening.
• PHOTO: Picket painter (The Telegraph)
  posted on May 2, 2010 at 10:04:25 pm
  Jan Emmons of Principia College paints a picket fence on one of the college's immaculately kept properties along Mill Street in Elsah. A redbud tree blooms behind him.

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