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March 20, 2010

Still time to apply for this fall
Don't let the fact that the February 15th deadline has come and gone fool you. New Saint Andrews College continues to accept applications from interested undergraduate and graduate students for the fall of 2010. We're experiencing record numbers of applications though, so act sooner than later. You can apply online here, learn more about admissions deadlines here and plan to come for a visit during the next Prospective Student Weekend starting Friday, March 26. You can register for that, here. Demand more out of College!

Book: NSA offers academy timely lessons
In a book published by Johns Hopkins University Press, New Saint Andrews College is featured along with a select number of evangelical Protestant institutions as “offering timely lessons for the broader higher education community.” In Seeing the Light: Religious Colleges in Twenty-First Century America, Samuel Schuman examines the place of religious colleges and universities in contemporary American higher education. Schuman, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, Morris, devotes an entire chapter to New Saint Andrews College and included Baylor University, Anderson University, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College along with Moscow’s classical Christian liberal arts college as ... [read more]

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Dr. Leithart Recognized Internationally
New Saint Andrews College Senior Fellow Dr. Peter J. Leithart has been awarded an Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education (ARIHE) Lectureship for 2010-2012. As one of three lecturers recognized by the ten-member association of American and Canadian colleges and universities in the Reformed and Presbyterian Christian tradition, Dr. Leithart joins a distinguished group of scholars said to provide “a model of scholarship that reflect the mission... ... [read more]
Awarded ARIHE Lectureship


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Latin Contest deadline March 1st
New Saint Andrews College has established a nationwide Latin composition contest as a tool for Latin teachers – both in the classroom and home schools – to advance student achievement in Latin. The Phaedrus Latin Composition Contest, which will be administered entirely through the internet, is designed for Latin teachers to incorporate it into their lesson plans and allows willing teachers to take part in the nationwide judging. Teachers are encouraged to sign up now as a participating instructor at www.phaedruslatincontest.org. Student entries will be due March 1, 2010. There is no charge to participate. Students must be 15 to 18 years old and may only submit... [read more]
Visiting colleges? Check out New Saint Andrews
The College's next Prospective Student Weekend begins March 26. While students and their parents are welcome to visit the  College at any time, the designated Prospective Student Weekends provide a series of activities and events to maximize your trip. It all starts that Friday morning with tours, classroom visits. You can meet faculty members and current students. Meet College President Atwood, explore the community and learn more about housing and life at our unique downtown limited enrollment college. And by the way, if you start your application during a campus visit, your $50 application fee is waived. Let us know you’re coming, register today!

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Dr. Wilson is in Answers
Readers of Answers Magazine will find Dr. Gordon Wilson's byline on page 20 of the magazine's April-June 2009 issue. Dr. Wilson, a Senior Fellow of Natural History at NSA, authored a three-page spread on Lightning Bugs. The magazine is published by Answers in Genesis and is read by over 60,000 subscribers.
M.A. Grad is on to Scotland
Brad Littlejohn considers himself a "jack-of-all-trades." "I like to be involved in as many different things as possible at once," said Littlejohn, who received his master's degree from New Saint Andrews College in Moscow on May 14. This is evidenced by his involvement in... [read more]

This new degree of Bachelor of Science does not guarantee that the holder knows any science. It does guarantee that he does not know any Latin.”
– Dean Briggs, Harvard College (1900)

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