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July 02, 2009

Biblical advice about the college you choose?
The most important factor Christians should consider when choosing a college, according to Jesus, is the character of their teachers. New Saint Andrews believes that its professors are the College. Because our teachers are the ones who will shape the minds and lives of our students, nothing – not majors, facilities, rankings, traditions, nothing – is more important than ensuring the unimpeachable integrity and quality of our professors. We limit, therefore, the size of our faculty because genuine accountability means, at minimum, that our College president is able to honestly say he knows his colleagues personally, he knows their spouses and children, and their character and manner of life. He worships with them and prays with them regularly and is, in turn, held responsible for their academic and spiritual integrity. True accountability cannot happen when a faculty is so large that the president cannot know his colleagues or even their names. True education is learning wisdom and knowledge from faithful, godly teachers. Everything else is secondary or dross.... [more]

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NSA, Latin teachers team up in contest to promote achievement in Latin
The 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... [read more]
Voddie Baucham at NSA


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College to Host "Reforming Business Workshop" for Students August 10-14
New Saint Andrews College will host a five-day “Reforming Business Workshop” August 10-14 to assist students who are thinking about their future work and callings. CHEMcorr, Inc., a Virginia Beach, Virg.-based company, is underwriting the limited-enrollment workshop... [read more]
Incoming Freshmen invited to "Prologus Studiorum" August 12-15
The two-day orientation is now one, but freshmen have the option of signing up for Prologus Studiorum, an introduction to the skills and calling of a student. The four-day class, which runs August 12-15, is taught by NSA faculty and concludes with a three-mile hike and a BBQ... [read more]

 


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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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