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{{Short description|Private Conservative Christian college in Purcellville, Virginia}}
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'''Patrick Henry College''', or '''PHC''', is an ] ] ] ] ] that focuses on teaching classical ] and ], located in ], ]. It is the first college in America founded specifically for ] ] students.<ref> Fresh Air from WHYY, May 24, 2006</ref>
'''Patrick Henry College''' ('''PHC''') is a ] ] ] conservative ] ] college located in ].<ref>"." ]. Retrieved October 10, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229071627/http://www.purcellvilleva.com/documents/Financial%20Reports/Welcome%20Map%20and%20Street%20Index.pdf |date=December 29, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phc.edu/majors|title=Majors|website=Patrick Henry College|language=en|access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phc.edu/ess|title=Environmental Science & Stewardship at PHC|website=Patrick Henry College|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> Its departments teach classical ], government, strategic intelligence in national security, economics and business analytics, history, journalism, ] and stewardship, and literature. The university has full accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the ] (SACS-COC) as of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institutions |url=https://sacscoc.org/institutions/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=SACSCOC |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> Patrick Henry College continues to be accredited by the ] (TRACS), which is also recognized as an institutional accreditor by the ]. Its graduation rate is 67%.<ref name="SACSCOC ">{{cite web |title=Accredited and Candidate List |url=https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2019/11/Institutionswebmemlist.pdf |website=SACSCOC |publisher=Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges |date=July 2021 |access-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031155855/https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2019/11/Institutionswebmemlist.pdf}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
The school was incorporated in ] by ], founder of the ]. It officially opened ], ], with a class of 90 students. ]Patrick Henry College was incorporated in 1998 by ], who is also the founder and chairman of the board of the ], with which PHC is still closely connected. It officially opened September 20, 2000, with a class of 92 students. The college eschews federal financial aid and is therefore relieved from ] requirements on demographic makeup and other quotas. The school does not ask about race or ethnicity on applications.


PHC receives all of its funding from tuition fees and donations. The college states that it does not accept any money from sources that seek to supersede the authority of its Board of Trustees or conflict with its foundational statements. PHC adds new facilities and programs only as funds are available.<ref>{{cite web | title=Giving to PHC | url=http://www.phc.edu/giving.php | access-date=October 23, 2008}}</ref>
The school has been a magnet for media attention from its inception, attracting reports from every major network and cable news organization, and being the subject of articles in ], ], the ], and others. Initially the interest seemed to stem from the fact that the college, which was founded by the Homeschool Legal Defense Association and deliberately sought students with ] backgrounds, represented a "coming-of-age" for the homeschooling movement at large. As time went on, it also attracted notice because of a perceived closeness with the ], which had given the school's students a number of White House ]s and opportunities. In the spring of ], of the almost 100 student ]s working in the White House, seven were from Patrick Henry College, which had 240 students at the time.


PHC is a member of the advisory board of ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advisory Board |url=https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119034220/https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ |archive-date=November 19, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |publisher=]}}</ref> a collection of ] and ] policy proposals from the ] to reshape the ] and consolidate ] should the ] nominee win the ].<ref name="Mascaro-20234">{{Cite news |last=Mascaro |first=Lisa |date=August 29, 2023 |title=Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan to Dismantle the US Government and Replace It with Trump's Vision |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922112031/https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981 |archive-date=September 22, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |work=]}}</ref>
The school is actively seeking ] with the ], but suffered a setback in the spring of ] when it was refused accreditation by the ] because of its requirement that faculty sign agreements affirming that they adhere to and will teach in favor of ] beliefs. Likewise, it was denied accreditation in 2004 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the principal accreditation institution for the Southeast. PHC is currently in candidacy for accreditation by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, an accreditation association that exclusively accredits evangelical Christian schools.


===Accreditation===
On ], ], the school was officially recognized by the ] as an eligible institution, allowing parents and students to take advantage of numerous tax benefits.
Patrick Henry College received accreditation in 2007 from the ],<ref name=chandler/> a national accrediting organization for Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries created by the ].<ref name="ICROrigins">{{cite news | title= The ICR Graduates | author=Sandra Blakeslee | author-link=Sandra Blakeslee | url=http://www.icr.org/article/495/| publisher=] | year=2007 | access-date=2007-11-26}}</ref> In June 2021, the college received Candidacy status from The Commission on Colleges of the ] (SACS-COC).<ref name="SACSCOC" /> As of June 2022, the school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.<ref>{{cite web |website=Patrick Henry College |quote=The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools (SACSCOC) voted to grant accreditation to Patrick Henry College on June 16, 2022 |title=Accreditation & State Authorization |url=https://www.phc.edu/accreditation-authorization?hsCtaTracking=e67706bb-d009-4df9-96bc-c7e4a6be39ba%7C508bb9a0-c5ac-46cb-879f-19efb7a43acc |language=en}}</ref> The college was denied accreditation by the ] in 2002 because ] was part of the curriculum.<ref>{{cite web | title= PHC Appeals Accreditation Denial | publisher= Home School Legal Defense Association | url=https://www.hslda.org/docs/hshb/39/hshb3903.asp | access-date=October 27, 2008 | date=July 24, 2002}}</ref><ref name=chandler>{{cite news


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In ] of ], four members of the college's faculty -- Assistant Professor of Classics David C. Noe, Assistant Professor of History and Literature J. Kevin Culberson, Chairman of the Department of Government Robert Stacey and Instructor of Government Erik S. Root -- announced their resignation due to complaints over a lack of academic freedom at the school. The debate came to a head after Noe and Culberson wrote a March 8 article in ''Source Magazine'', a school publication, entitled, "" arguing that truth could be gleaned from sources outside the Bible. The school's chaplain, Raymond Bouchoc, responded with an e-mail to the entire student body endorsed by Farris arguing that certain claims made in the article had harmful implications and minimized the role of the Bible in education. The professors accused the school's administration of stifling debate in the classroom, while Farris claimed the professors weren't completely committed to the school's Biblical Worldview.
| first = Michael Alison
| title = Christian Group Accredits School
| newspaper=]
| date = April 20, 2007
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902584.html
| access-date = May 29, 2007}}</ref> On June 30, 2005, the school was officially recognized by the United States Department of Education (ED) as an institution eligible for ED programs.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} It also allowed students to use more scholarships and grants and made donors and students eligible for various tax benefits.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ruling Opens Up Tax Benefits to PHC Parents | publisher=Patrick Henry College | url=http://www.phc.edu/PHCNews_2005_07_18.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126185103/http://www.phc.edu/PHCNews_2005_07_18.php | archive-date=November 26, 2010 | last=Kiser | first=Michael | date=July 18, 2005}}</ref> In 2012, the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools reaffirmed Patrick Henry College's accreditation for a period of ten years.<ref name="TRACS 2012">{{cite news | title=TRACS Reaffirms PHC's National Accreditation Status | url=http://www.phc.edu/20120403_tracs.php | publisher=Patrick Henry College | year=2012 | access-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref>


==Religious affirmations==
Farris announced his resignation as president of the college on ], ], to take on a new role as ] of the college. Graham Walker, formerly of ], was named the new president ]. Farris' resignation will take effect once Dr. Walker assumes the role and responsibilities of president, which will occur no later than ].
Students must sign a "Statement of Faith" before they enroll, affirming belief in what the college considers core Christian doctrines. For example, students are asked to acknowledge "] exists as a personal, malevolent being who acts as tempter and accuser, for whom ], the place of ] punishment, was prepared, where all who die outside of ] shall be confined in conscious torment for eternity. Man is by nature sinful and is inherently in need of salvation, which is exclusively found by faith alone in Jesus Christ and His shed blood. Christ's death provides substitutionary ] for our ]s."<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of Faith |publisher=Patrick Henry College |url=http://www.phc.edu/statement_2.php |access-date=October 23, 2008}}</ref> The college professes ] Christian beliefs, informed by ] ].


Teaching faculty must also sign the Statement of Faith and a more detailed Statement of Biblical Worldview, which represents the college's requirements for what should be taught.<ref name=BiblicalWorldview>{{cite web | title=Statement of Biblical Worldview | publisher=Patrick Henry College | url=http://www.phc.edu/statement.php | access-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref> For example, the ''Biblical Worldview Applications'' states, "Any biology, Bible, or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's ], as described in ]–31, was completed in six twenty-four-hour days."<ref name=BiblicalApplication>{{cite web |title=Biblical Worldview Applications |publisher=Patrick Henry College |url=http://www.phc.edu/biblical.php |access-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref>
In ], the college named author and educator Dr. Gene Edward Veith as Academic Dean by the Board of Trustees. Presently the Cultural Editor of ], Veith will begin his new position on ], ].


In 2006, PHC founder Farris commented that the college held the view that its ] was the only true faith ("we believe that there is truth and there is error") and expressed disapproval of religious and social ]. "Tolerance cannot coexist with liberty" because "the crowd of tolerance wants to ban speech."<ref>{{cite news
==Religious affirmations==
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Students are required to sign a statement of faith before they arrive, confirming, among other things, that "Satan exists as a personal, malevolent being who acts as tempter and accuser, for whom Hell, the place of eternal punishment, was prepared, where all who die outside of Christ shall be confined in conscious torment for eternity," and that "Christ's death provides substitutionary atonement for our sins."<ref></ref> The college is ].
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| title =Patrick Henry College's Michael Farris
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PHC does not receive federal funding: "In order to safeguard our distinctly Christian worldview, we do not accept or participate in government funding."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phc.edu/financial-aid|title=Financial Aid &#124; Patrick Henry College|first=Patrick Henry|last=College|website=www.phc.edu|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> In consequence, PHC is not required to follow federal guidelines, like most other institutions, concerning sex-based and other forms of discrimination.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Ibby |last1=Caputo |first2=Jon |last2=Marcus |title=The Controversial Reason Some Religious Colleges Forgo Federal Funding |website=] |date=July 7, 2016 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/the-controversial-reason-some-religious-colleges-forgo-federal-funding/490253/ |language=en |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707161504/https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/the-controversial-reason-some-religious-colleges-forgo-federal-funding/490253/}}</ref>
All teaching faculty must also sign a statement of faith and "Biblical Worldview"<ref></ref> stating that they share a belief that the Bible and its account of a ] is literally true. The college claims to provide a full exposition of the claims of both ] and ], though it favors the latter, which the administration contends is "both biblically true and as the best fit to observed data".<ref></ref>

==Campus==
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Patrick Henry College is located in the town of Purcellville in rural northern Virginia, approximately {{convert|40|mi|km}} northwest of Washington, D.C. The campus currently consists of seven buildings arranged around a retention pond popularly called "Lake Bob",<ref>
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</ref> as well as several athletic fields. The oldest structure, Founders Hall, opened in 2000 and contains three classrooms, the college library, and various administrative and faculty offices. It is also home to the offices of the Home School Legal Defense Association.<ref>{{cite web | title=About HSLDA | publisher=Home School Legal Defense Association | url=http://www.hslda.org/about/default.asp | access-date=December 23, 2009 | archive-date=December 25, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225051422/http://www.hslda.org/about/default.asp | url-status=dead}}</ref> Hanna Rosin, author of ''God's Harvard'', described the campus as "tiny, less like an Ivy League college than like a Hollywood set of an old Ivy League school." The buildings are of ]. The artwork in Founders Hall consists of copies of portraits of the ] placed along a staircase, leading to a picture of ] at the second Virginia convention which features a light from heaven guiding Henry's speech. The artwork is designed to, in the words of Hanna Rosin, "remind the students that America was founded as a Christian nation."<ref name="Rosin13">Rosin, Hanna. ''God's Harvard''. 2007. ]. 13.</ref>

The school's residential village is composed of six residence halls located along the edges of the lake. There are three men's and three women's dormitories. The four smaller dormitories opened in 2001, while Red Hill, a male dormitory, was opened in 2003. The school's sixth dormitory, Shiloh, opened in 2024 and is a women's dormitory. When Shiloh opened, the school changed the Montpelier dormitory from a women's dormitory to a men's dormitory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorm Life |website=Patrick Henry College |url=https://www.phc.edu/dorm-life |access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref> Located in the basement of Mount Vernon is an auditorium referred to as Town Hall, where the school's daily chapel sessions and other special events are held. The residence halls are set up in an arc shape around the lake.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

===Barbara Hodel Student Center===

In August 2009 the college opened a {{convert|106000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} student life center, which significantly expanded dining, classroom, recreational, and athletic facilities.<ref name=Hodel_Dedication>{{cite news
|title = Hodel Cited As Example; Dobson Urges Leadership As College Dedicates Student Life Center
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|publisher = Leesburg Today
|date = October 12, 2009
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}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Approximately 1,000 people attended the dedication ceremony featuring evangelical leader ] of ] as keynote speaker.<ref name="Hodel_Dedication" />

==Governance==
The college's founder, ], announced his resignation as president of the college on March 6, 2006, to become ]. ] served as the second president of the college from 2006 to 2014.<ref>Devine, Daniel James, , '']'', October 17, 2014.</ref> The editor of '']'', Gene Edward Veith, served as Interim President.<ref>, ''phc.edu''. Retrieved 2016-11-15.</ref>]

Jack Haye was made third President of Patrick Henry College in 2015. He was a banker for thirty years.<ref>, ''phc.edu''/ Retrieved 2016-11-15.</ref>


==Academics== ==Academics==
Students at the college can choose their major from within seven fields of study. The Government Department offers majors in ], Journalism,<ref>{{cite web|title=Major in Journalism|url=http://www.phc.edu/journalism.php|publisher=Patrick Henry College}}</ref> Economics & Business Analytics, and Strategic Intelligence in National Security. The Government major provides an option to specialize in ], ], ], ], or a General Government track.<ref>{{cite web|title=Majors in Government|url=http://www.phc.edu/government.php|publisher=Patrick Henry College|access-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> The Classical Liberal Arts Department offer degrees in ], History, and Literature and Minors in Biblical Studies, Classics, History, Journalism, Music, and Philosophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phc.edu/Minors.php|title = Minors &#124; Patrick Henry College (PHC)}}</ref>
Students at the school can specialize within one of two tracks of study: Government or Classical Liberal Arts.


On January 24, 2007, the school successfully completed an on-site review by a TRACS assessment team, and was granted full accreditation in April.<ref>{{cite news
The Government department offers majors in ], Political Theory, ], and ], while Classical Liberal Arts department offers degrees in ], ], and ].
| last = Halbrook
| first = David
| title = TRACS Completes PHC Accreditation Site Review
| publisher = Patrick Henry College
| date = January 25, 2007
| url = http://www.phc.edu/PHCNews_2007_01_25.php
| access-date = October 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last = Halbrook
| first = David
| title = PHC Granted Accreditation by TRACS
| publisher = Patrick Henry College
| date = April 18, 2007
| url = http://www.phc.edu/PHCNews_2007_04_18.php
| access-date = October 23, 2008}}]</ref>


===Faculty===
The Government department's Public Policy degree was the first one offered by the college, and is still largely seen as its "]" program, with close connections to the ] administration, Washington, DC ], and conservative ]s and organizations.
In 2024, PHC's website listed twenty full-time professors, of which eighteen held terminal degrees in their field. <ref name="faculty">{{cite web |title=Facts About PHC |url=https://www.phc.edu/facts-about-phc |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=November 2022}} As of 2023, PHC also listed twenty-seven part-time faculty, all of whom have received a master's degree or higher.<ref>{{cite web|title=PHC Essentials|url=http://www.phc.edu/ie_essentials.php|publisher=Patrick Henry College|access-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> Chancellor Emeritus Mike Farris has a ], has authored several novels and critiques of constitutional law, and has argued numerous cases before federal and state high courts, as well as the United States Supreme Court. In addition to serving as Chancellor Emeritus of Patrick Henry College, he is also chairman and General Counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association.<ref>{{Cite web|last=College|first=Patrick Henry|title=Leadership {{!}} Patrick Henry College (PHC)|url=https://www.phc.edu/leadership|access-date=2020-06-24|website=www.phc.edu|language=en}}</ref> From 2017 through 2022, he was CEO and general counsel for ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Farris |url=https://adflegal.org/profile/michael-farris |website=Alliance Defending Freedom |access-date=September 1, 2024 |language=en |date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>


====2006 academic freedom dispute====
===Core curriculum===
In 2005, a library clerk was asked to resign for promoting the idea that baptism is essential for salvation, considered a violation of the Statement of Faith.<ref name=5quit>{{cite news |title=5 Professors Quit Religious School |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051801995.html?nav=rss_metro/va |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 19, 2006 |access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref> Further, in March 2006, five of the college's sixteen faculty members—Erik Root, Robert Stacey, Kevin Culberson, Todd Bates, and David Noe—resigned in protest, saying that the president's interpretation of the Biblical Worldview Policy conflicted with their views on ].<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |title=A Clash of Ideas at Evangelical College |newspaper=LA Times |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1036057571.html?dids=1036057571:1036057571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+13%2C+2006&author=Molly+Hennessy-Fiske&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.4&desc=THE+NATION |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131210303/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1036057571.html?dids=1036057571:1036057571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+13,+2006&author=Molly+Hennessy-Fiske&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.4&desc=THE+NATION |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=May 29, 2007 |last=Henessy-Fiske |first=Molly |date=May 13, 2006}}</ref><ref name="LibertyQuit">{{cite news |title=Give Me Liberty or I Quit |author=Thomas Bartlett |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Give-Me-Liberty-or-I-Quit/26204/ |format=A40 |publisher=] |date=May 19, 2006 |access-date=2012-07-14}}</ref>
All majors require 75 credit hours of ]. Included courses are titled:


The resignations led to a discussion about the practical implementation of a strong liberal arts education along with conservative biblical beliefs and what a balanced discussion between the two might look like.<ref name=chandler/> David C. Noe, an assistant professor of Classics at PHC, departed after disagreements on how non-Christian authors should be viewed and valued when compared to Biblical texts. He found PHC's application of its statement of faith incompatible with his personal view of Christianity.<ref name=5quit/><ref>{{Cite web|last=College|first=Patrick Henry|title=Statement of Biblical Worldview {{!}} Patrick Henry College (PHC)|url=https://www.phc.edu/statement-of-biblical-worldview|access-date=2020-06-24|website=www.phc.edu|language=en}}</ref>
:Constitutional Law (3)
:Economics for the Citizen (3)
:Euclidean Geometry (3)
:Foreign Language (12)
:Freedom's Foundations I, II (6)
:History of the U.S. I, II (6)
:History of the Western World I, II (6)
:Logic (3)
:Music History and Appreciation (3)
:Philosophy (3)
:Principles of Biblical Reasoning (3)
:Research & Writing (1)
:Rhetoric (3)
:Science (Physics and Biology w/Lab) (8)
:Theology of the Bible I, II (6)
:Western Literature I, II (6)


===Forensics===
The school offers 7 courses (21 credit hours) in Biblical Studies, 5 courses (33) in Classical Liberal Arts, 15 courses (43) in Classical Languages & Literature, 4 courses (12) in Economics, 19 courses (51) in Government, 23 courses (74) in History, 7 courses (15) in Strategic Intelligence, 6 courses (12) in Journalism, 24 courses (79) in Literature, 3 courses (9) in Mathematics, 5 courses (8) in Music, 6 courses (18) in Philosophy, 5 courses (14) in Science, and 4 courses (12) in Spanish.


==Distance Learning== ====Moot court====
Since 2001, PHC's ] program has reached the final round in 18 out of 22 years and won 12 times in the American Moot Court Association National Competition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Oral Advocacy Results |url=https://amcamootcourt.org/oraladresults |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=American Moot Court Association}}</ref> In 2016, the team won the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webmaster |title=Final Results: 8th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2016 |url=http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/centre-news-a-events-2016/1659-final-results-8th-nelson-mandela-world-human-rights-moot-court-competition-2016.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184208/http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/centre-news-a-events-2016/1659-final-results-8th-nelson-mandela-world-human-rights-moot-court-competition-2016.html |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |access-date=2018-07-17 |website=www.chr.up.ac.za |language=en-gb |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Until 2022, the program held the number one position in the American Moot Court Association's official rankings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=2022 Top Programs (Overall) |url=https://amcamootcourt.org/top-programs |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=American Moot Court Association}}</ref> While the program did not reach the final round in 2021 and 2022 (ceding its top ranking to the University of Chicago), in 2023 it reclaimed its top ranking.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Patrick Henry offers many of its core classes online, utilizing ANGEL technology. ANGEL is an online program which hosts chats, forums, uploads and email for students. This website enables students to participate in a class with other students from their own home. Tuition for the program is less than on campus.


In 2019, Dean of Academic Affairs, Pre-Law Advisory, and the college's Moot Court and Mock Trial coach, Frank Guliuzza, died after coaching the Moot Court team through 8 of its 11 championship titles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collegemocktrial.org/about-amta/board-of-directors/board-of-directors-directory/frank_guliuzza|title=Dr. Frank Guliuzza|website=www.collegemocktrial.org|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>
==Debate==
Debate is one of Patrick Henry College's longest standing and best-known extracurricular activities. The college is active in the ] (NEDA) and the ], where students have won many of the top awards at tournaments around the country.


====Mock Trial====
Students also compete in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association (ACMA), where they carried away four of the top honors at the ACMA 2005 National Tournament, including Winning Team and 1st Place Orator. Moot court is a form of debate competition designed to simulate appellate court proceedings. Teams of two students function as co-counsels and stand before a panel of judges to argue one side of a legal matter. Then, in later rounds, the same teams defend the opposite position.
PHC fields a mock trial team in the American Mock Trial Association. In the 2021-2022 season, PHC advanced two teams to the National Championship Tournament. PHC A came 4th place in its division, while PHC B earned an Honorable Mention as the 11th place in its division.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.collegemocktrial.org/tournaments-/national-championship/nct-tournament-results/2022-nct-tournament-results/ | title=2022 NCT Tournament Results}}</ref> As of the 2022-2023 season, PHC is the only college in the nation to have two teams within the top 20 teams in AMTA's Team Power Rankings, with PHC A at #6 and PHC B at #16, respectively.<ref></ref> This is a repeat achievement by PHC has repeated this feat; in the prior 2021-2022 season, PHC A sat at #3, with PHC B at #20.<ref></ref>


In 2022, PHC graduate Benjamin Crosby won the UCLA Law & Drexel Law's Trial By Combat competition, a one-on-one competition hosted for outstanding competitors in AMTA.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/barry-cappello-program-trial-advocacy/trial-combat |title=Trial by Combat |website=UCLA Law}}</ref> With his victory, PHC became the fifth school to field a Trial by Combat champion, along with NYU, the University of Cincinnati, Duke University, and the University of California, Los Angeles.<ref name="auto" />
==Student life==
The Student Life Department is presided over by Vice President for Student Life, Gary Mason. The college has many rules of behavior typical of conservative, religious colleges. Students may not show ] in college buildings and must agree to seek parental consent from both families before dating. Students may not use alcohol or tobacco while under the authority of the college, which generally means during a semester while enrolled. Men and women are not allowed in each others' dorm rooms.


====Civic Debate====
As at many other Christian colleges, dancing is not allowed on campus, but students hold several school dances off-campus, including the annual Liberty Ball, which takes place every spring at historic Raspberry Plains. The first dance, held during PHC's inaugural year on the anniversary of Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech of ] ], was organized by a parent and has since been assumed by student coordinators. The annual fall Hoedown is another popular event.
In 2021, 52 students represented PHC in civic debate, nearly two-thirds of them being freshmen or sophomores. PHC participated in a mix of virtual and in-person events. At the 2021 Lafayette Debates National Championship hosted jointly by George Washington University and France's École de guerre-Terre, PHC students won 1st and 2nd place.<ref>{{cite web |title=PHC Teams Take First and Second Place at Civic Debate Nationals |url=https://www.phc.edu/news/civic-debate-national-win |website=phc.edu |publisher=Patrick Henry College |access-date=2023-04-05}}</ref> In the spring 2022 NATO Summit, which included masters' level students and undergraduates, PHC students achieved 2nd through 5th places. At the General Welfare debates, PHC students achieved 1st through 3rd place. These resulted in possible internship offers to several students from the distinguished event judges.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} Recently, PHC students outperformed Ivy League universities, including Harvard and Yale, to win the European Union Delegation's 2023 Schuman Challenge.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Schuman Challenge |url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/united-states-america/schuman-challenge_en?s=253 |website=eeas.europa.eu |publisher=Delegation of the European Union to the United States |access-date=2023-04-05}}</ref>


====Pre-Law Advising====
Students are active in multiple campus clubs including College Republicans, Eden Troupe, which produces regular stage dramas, the Streaming Media Network, which produces films, and several philosophical and literary societies.
PHC's LSAT scores rank among the best in the United States. In both 2019 and 2020, PHC students (including both alumnni and current students) earned an average of 167.6 on the Law School Admission Test. In 2021, graduating seniors averaged 171, and all PHC students taking the LSAT (including alumni) averaged 170.6. These results are in the 98th percentile.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Student life==
Students may not have sex outside of marriage, or use alcohol or tobacco while under the authority of the college, which is defined as any time during a semester while enrolled, on or off campus. Men and women are not allowed in each other's dorm rooms except during open dorm days, and underclassmen are subject to a curfew. Firearms are prohibited on campus.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}


In the 2000s, Hanna Rosin, author of ''God's Harvard'', said that "never would you find a group of better-behaved teenagers than on the campus of Patrick Henry."<ref>Rosin, Hanna. ''God's Harvard''. 2007. ]. 134.</ref>
==Athletics==
PHC has intercollegiate teams in men's and women's ] and ]. Students also participate in various intramural sports including ], ] and ].


===Civic involvement===
==Traditions==
Students are involved in the community, and PHC requires its Government students to fulfill up to 24 credits of apprenticeship projects, which include internships, research and writing projects, and extracurricular activities such as ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web | title=Bachelor of Arts in the Government Major | publisher=Patrick Henry College | url=http://www.phc.edu/government.php | access-date=November 29, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Forensics|url=http://www.phc.edu/forensics_1.php|publisher=Patrick Henry College|access-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> Students currently serve as interns in a wide variety of political organizations, such as the White House, a variety of government agencies, congressional offices and think-tanks. Students are active in local and national politics, often working with local political action groups to lobby for conservative issues at the federal and state levels. Classes are canceled the day of the national elections and the day before, so that students may volunteer on political campaigns; and many students act as Student Action Team leaders for ], leading groups of usually homeschooled high school students volunteering on campaigns across the United States.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}


===Athletics===
*Bobtisms (name refers to dunkings in a ] located in the center of the campus, nicknamed "Lake Bob" by students)
Patrick Henry College competes as the Sentinels, fielding teams in men's and women's ] and basketball, and is a member of the ] (USCAA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Patrick Henry |title=Athletics {{!}} Patrick Henry College (PHC) |url=https://www.phc.edu/athletics |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.phc.edu |language=en}}</ref>
*Liberty Ball
*Hoedown


===Sexual assault controversy===
==Statistics==
Several female students and alumni have accused the college administration of blaming them for sexual assaults that occurred during their enrollment at Patrick Henry College.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Feldman |first1=Kiera |title=Sexual Assault at God's Harvard |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/116623/sexual-assault-patrick-henry-college-gods-harvard |magazine=The New Republic |date=February 18, 2014 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> In 2020, PHC dropout and former part-time janitor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Service Employees International Union (SEIU) |url=https://www.seiu.org/blog/2016/3/twin-cities-janitors-win-tentative-agreement |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Service Employees International Union (SEIU) |language=en}}</ref> and ] ] was accused by over 150 college alumni of engaging in "sexually predatory behavior" toward fellow students during his time on campus.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Katelyn |title=Report: Former classmates say Rep. Madison Cawthorn sexually harassed women in college |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/2/27/22304703/madison-cawthorn-sexual-harassment-college |website=Vox |date=February 27, 2021 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>
Classes began in 2000 with 92 students, and has since grown to approximately 325 students.


===LGBT discrimination===
As of 2005, most students are white, with about a dozen Asians and Latinos. There are currently no African-American students.<ref> A college that trains young Christians to be politicians. Hanna Rosin, The New Yorker. June 20, 2005 </ref>
On April 12, 2007, ] ] selected PHC as one of the targets of its annual "]" to protest the stance of conservative Christian colleges concerning homosexuality. Patrick Henry College officials did not allow Soulforce to enter the university premises but did suggest that student representatives engage in a formal debate at a neutral location on the merits of the proposed ] to the ].<ref name=FedMarriage>{{cite news
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|access-date=October 23, 2008}}</ref> Soulforce organizers declined this suggestion and notified the college of their intent to enter the campus. After being refused entry, Soulforce protesters formed a picket line outside of the campus entrance and protested for approximately five hours.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |title=Young, Gay Christians On a Bumpy Bus Ride |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/12/AR2007041202438.html?hpid=sec-artsliving |access-date=May 29, 2007 |last=Rosin |first=Hanna |date=April 13, 2007}}</ref><ref name=peaceful>{{cite news
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}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref> Retrieved January 16, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228194505/http://www.soulforce.org/article/1158 |date=December 28, 2007}}</ref>


==See also== ==Notable alumni==
* ], 2009, politician
* ]
* James Barta, 2010, Indiana Solicitor General<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shrake |first=Alexa |date=2023-12-06 |title=Natural progression: New IN solicitor general transitions into new role after serving as 2nd in command |url=https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/natural-progression-new-in-solicitor-general-transitions-into-new-role-after-serving-as-2nd-in-command |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=The Indiana Lawyer |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ]
* ], politician, withdrew amid accusations of "sexually predatory behavior"<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/27/making-madison-cawthorn-how-falsehoods-helped-propel-career-new-pro-trump-star-far-right/| title = How the career of Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a new star of the pro-Trump right, has relied on falsehoods - The Washington Post| newspaper = ]}}</ref>
* ], 2011, co-host of '']'' and Former ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phc.edu/learnphc/alyssa-farah|title=White House Spotlight: Alyssa Farah|first=Marjorie|last=Pratt|website=www.phc.edu|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>
* ], 2012, authors
*], 2015, writer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/obituaries/bre-payton-dead.html|title=Bre Payton, Conservative Writer and Fox News Commentator, Dies at 26|last=Zaveri|first=Mihir|date=2018-12-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* ], 2016, ]
*], 2021, state senator


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Private Conservative Christian college in Purcellville, Virginia
Patrick Henry College
Logo
Other namePHC
MottoPro Christo et Libertate
Motto in EnglishFor Christ and for Liberty
TypePrivate liberal arts
Established2000
ChancellorMichael Farris (emeritus)
PresidentJack Haye
ProvostGene Edward Veith (emeritus)
DeanMark Mitchell (Academic affairs)
Academic staff19 full-time
Students380
Address10 Patrick Henry Circle, Purcellville, Virginia 20132, U.S.
CampusSuburban, c. 100 acres (40 ha)
Colors   Blue and gold
NicknameSentinels
Websitewww.phc.edu

Patrick Henry College (PHC) is a private liberal arts non-denominational conservative Protestant Christian college located in Purcellville, Virginia. Its departments teach classical liberal arts, government, strategic intelligence in national security, economics and business analytics, history, journalism, environmental science and stewardship, and literature. The university has full accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS-COC) as of 2022. Patrick Henry College continues to be accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), which is also recognized as an institutional accreditor by the United States Department of Education. Its graduation rate is 67%.

History

Patrick Henry College – Purcellville, Virginia

Patrick Henry College was incorporated in 1998 by Michael Farris, who is also the founder and chairman of the board of the Home School Legal Defense Association, with which PHC is still closely connected. It officially opened September 20, 2000, with a class of 92 students. The college eschews federal financial aid and is therefore relieved from United States Department of Education requirements on demographic makeup and other quotas. The school does not ask about race or ethnicity on applications.

PHC receives all of its funding from tuition fees and donations. The college states that it does not accept any money from sources that seek to supersede the authority of its Board of Trustees or conflict with its foundational statements. PHC adds new facilities and programs only as funds are available.

PHC is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025, a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican nominee win the 2024 presidential election.

Accreditation

Patrick Henry College received accreditation in 2007 from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, a national accrediting organization for Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries created by the Institute for Creation Research. In June 2021, the college received Candidacy status from The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS-COC). As of June 2022, the school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The college was denied accreditation by the American Academy for Liberal Education in 2002 because creationism was part of the curriculum. On June 30, 2005, the school was officially recognized by the United States Department of Education (ED) as an institution eligible for ED programs. It also allowed students to use more scholarships and grants and made donors and students eligible for various tax benefits. In 2012, the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools reaffirmed Patrick Henry College's accreditation for a period of ten years.

Religious affirmations

Students must sign a "Statement of Faith" before they enroll, affirming belief in what the college considers core Christian doctrines. For example, students are asked to acknowledge "Satan exists as a personal, malevolent being who acts as tempter and accuser, for whom Hell, the place of eternal punishment, was prepared, where all who die outside of Christ shall be confined in conscious torment for eternity. Man is by nature sinful and is inherently in need of salvation, which is exclusively found by faith alone in Jesus Christ and His shed blood. Christ's death provides substitutionary atonement for our sins." The college professes non-denominational Christian beliefs, informed by Evangelical Protestantism.

Teaching faculty must also sign the Statement of Faith and a more detailed Statement of Biblical Worldview, which represents the college's requirements for what should be taught. For example, the Biblical Worldview Applications states, "Any biology, Bible, or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's creative work, as described in Genesis 1:1–31, was completed in six twenty-four-hour days."

In 2006, PHC founder Farris commented that the college held the view that its faith was the only true faith ("we believe that there is truth and there is error") and expressed disapproval of religious and social toleration. "Tolerance cannot coexist with liberty" because "the crowd of tolerance wants to ban speech."

PHC does not receive federal funding: "In order to safeguard our distinctly Christian worldview, we do not accept or participate in government funding." In consequence, PHC is not required to follow federal guidelines, like most other institutions, concerning sex-based and other forms of discrimination.

Campus

Patrick Henry College Residential Village (prior to the construction of the Barbara Hodel Center)
Red Hill

Patrick Henry College is located in the town of Purcellville in rural northern Virginia, approximately 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. The campus currently consists of seven buildings arranged around a retention pond popularly called "Lake Bob", as well as several athletic fields. The oldest structure, Founders Hall, opened in 2000 and contains three classrooms, the college library, and various administrative and faculty offices. It is also home to the offices of the Home School Legal Defense Association. Hanna Rosin, author of God's Harvard, described the campus as "tiny, less like an Ivy League college than like a Hollywood set of an old Ivy League school." The buildings are of Colonial Revival architecture. The artwork in Founders Hall consists of copies of portraits of the Founding Fathers placed along a staircase, leading to a picture of Patrick Henry at the second Virginia convention which features a light from heaven guiding Henry's speech. The artwork is designed to, in the words of Hanna Rosin, "remind the students that America was founded as a Christian nation."

The school's residential village is composed of six residence halls located along the edges of the lake. There are three men's and three women's dormitories. The four smaller dormitories opened in 2001, while Red Hill, a male dormitory, was opened in 2003. The school's sixth dormitory, Shiloh, opened in 2024 and is a women's dormitory. When Shiloh opened, the school changed the Montpelier dormitory from a women's dormitory to a men's dormitory. Located in the basement of Mount Vernon is an auditorium referred to as Town Hall, where the school's daily chapel sessions and other special events are held. The residence halls are set up in an arc shape around the lake.

Barbara Hodel Student Center

In August 2009 the college opened a 106,000-square-foot (9,800 m) student life center, which significantly expanded dining, classroom, recreational, and athletic facilities. Approximately 1,000 people attended the dedication ceremony featuring evangelical leader James Dobson of Focus on the Family as keynote speaker.

Governance

The college's founder, Mike Farris, announced his resignation as president of the college on March 6, 2006, to become chancellor. Graham Walker served as the second president of the college from 2006 to 2014. The editor of World, Gene Edward Veith, served as Interim President.

Founders Hall and Patrick Henry Circle

Jack Haye was made third President of Patrick Henry College in 2015. He was a banker for thirty years.

Academics

Students at the college can choose their major from within seven fields of study. The Government Department offers majors in Government, Journalism, Economics & Business Analytics, and Strategic Intelligence in National Security. The Government major provides an option to specialize in American Politics and Policy, International Politics and Policy, Political Theory, Strategic Intelligence, or a General Government track. The Classical Liberal Arts Department offer degrees in Classical Liberal Arts, History, and Literature and Minors in Biblical Studies, Classics, History, Journalism, Music, and Philosophy.

On January 24, 2007, the school successfully completed an on-site review by a TRACS assessment team, and was granted full accreditation in April.

Faculty

In 2024, PHC's website listed twenty full-time professors, of which eighteen held terminal degrees in their field. As of 2023, PHC also listed twenty-seven part-time faculty, all of whom have received a master's degree or higher. Chancellor Emeritus Mike Farris has a J.D., has authored several novels and critiques of constitutional law, and has argued numerous cases before federal and state high courts, as well as the United States Supreme Court. In addition to serving as Chancellor Emeritus of Patrick Henry College, he is also chairman and General Counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association. From 2017 through 2022, he was CEO and general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom.

2006 academic freedom dispute

In 2005, a library clerk was asked to resign for promoting the idea that baptism is essential for salvation, considered a violation of the Statement of Faith. Further, in March 2006, five of the college's sixteen faculty members—Erik Root, Robert Stacey, Kevin Culberson, Todd Bates, and David Noe—resigned in protest, saying that the president's interpretation of the Biblical Worldview Policy conflicted with their views on academic freedom.

The resignations led to a discussion about the practical implementation of a strong liberal arts education along with conservative biblical beliefs and what a balanced discussion between the two might look like. David C. Noe, an assistant professor of Classics at PHC, departed after disagreements on how non-Christian authors should be viewed and valued when compared to Biblical texts. He found PHC's application of its statement of faith incompatible with his personal view of Christianity.

Forensics

Moot court

Since 2001, PHC's moot court program has reached the final round in 18 out of 22 years and won 12 times in the American Moot Court Association National Competition. In 2016, the team won the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition. Until 2022, the program held the number one position in the American Moot Court Association's official rankings. While the program did not reach the final round in 2021 and 2022 (ceding its top ranking to the University of Chicago), in 2023 it reclaimed its top ranking.

In 2019, Dean of Academic Affairs, Pre-Law Advisory, and the college's Moot Court and Mock Trial coach, Frank Guliuzza, died after coaching the Moot Court team through 8 of its 11 championship titles.

Mock Trial

PHC fields a mock trial team in the American Mock Trial Association. In the 2021-2022 season, PHC advanced two teams to the National Championship Tournament. PHC A came 4th place in its division, while PHC B earned an Honorable Mention as the 11th place in its division. As of the 2022-2023 season, PHC is the only college in the nation to have two teams within the top 20 teams in AMTA's Team Power Rankings, with PHC A at #6 and PHC B at #16, respectively. This is a repeat achievement by PHC has repeated this feat; in the prior 2021-2022 season, PHC A sat at #3, with PHC B at #20.

In 2022, PHC graduate Benjamin Crosby won the UCLA Law & Drexel Law's Trial By Combat competition, a one-on-one competition hosted for outstanding competitors in AMTA. With his victory, PHC became the fifth school to field a Trial by Combat champion, along with NYU, the University of Cincinnati, Duke University, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Civic Debate

In 2021, 52 students represented PHC in civic debate, nearly two-thirds of them being freshmen or sophomores. PHC participated in a mix of virtual and in-person events. At the 2021 Lafayette Debates National Championship hosted jointly by George Washington University and France's École de guerre-Terre, PHC students won 1st and 2nd place. In the spring 2022 NATO Summit, which included masters' level students and undergraduates, PHC students achieved 2nd through 5th places. At the General Welfare debates, PHC students achieved 1st through 3rd place. These resulted in possible internship offers to several students from the distinguished event judges. Recently, PHC students outperformed Ivy League universities, including Harvard and Yale, to win the European Union Delegation's 2023 Schuman Challenge.

Pre-Law Advising

PHC's LSAT scores rank among the best in the United States. In both 2019 and 2020, PHC students (including both alumnni and current students) earned an average of 167.6 on the Law School Admission Test. In 2021, graduating seniors averaged 171, and all PHC students taking the LSAT (including alumni) averaged 170.6. These results are in the 98th percentile.

Student life

Students may not have sex outside of marriage, or use alcohol or tobacco while under the authority of the college, which is defined as any time during a semester while enrolled, on or off campus. Men and women are not allowed in each other's dorm rooms except during open dorm days, and underclassmen are subject to a curfew. Firearms are prohibited on campus.

In the 2000s, Hanna Rosin, author of God's Harvard, said that "never would you find a group of better-behaved teenagers than on the campus of Patrick Henry."

Civic involvement

Students are involved in the community, and PHC requires its Government students to fulfill up to 24 credits of apprenticeship projects, which include internships, research and writing projects, and extracurricular activities such as moot court, Model United Nations, and Mock Trial. Students currently serve as interns in a wide variety of political organizations, such as the White House, a variety of government agencies, congressional offices and think-tanks. Students are active in local and national politics, often working with local political action groups to lobby for conservative issues at the federal and state levels. Classes are canceled the day of the national elections and the day before, so that students may volunteer on political campaigns; and many students act as Student Action Team leaders for Generation Joshua, leading groups of usually homeschooled high school students volunteering on campaigns across the United States.

Athletics

Patrick Henry College competes as the Sentinels, fielding teams in men's and women's intercollegiate soccer and basketball, and is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA).

Sexual assault controversy

Several female students and alumni have accused the college administration of blaming them for sexual assaults that occurred during their enrollment at Patrick Henry College. In 2020, PHC dropout and former part-time janitor and U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn was accused by over 150 college alumni of engaging in "sexually predatory behavior" toward fellow students during his time on campus.

LGBT discrimination

On April 12, 2007, LGBT rights group Soulforce selected PHC as one of the targets of its annual "Equality Ride" to protest the stance of conservative Christian colleges concerning homosexuality. Patrick Henry College officials did not allow Soulforce to enter the university premises but did suggest that student representatives engage in a formal debate at a neutral location on the merits of the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment to the US Constitution. Soulforce organizers declined this suggestion and notified the college of their intent to enter the campus. After being refused entry, Soulforce protesters formed a picket line outside of the campus entrance and protested for approximately five hours.

Notable alumni

References

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