At the core of New College’s educational philosophy is the contract system, which allows students to focus their academics and college experience, not on numerical grades, but goals, levels of engagement and satisfactory completion of classes. Among the active changes taking place across campus, administration…
Izaya Miles/CatalystSoft objects serve to provide comfort in stressful situations. For many people, coming to the police is hard. Even if they are the victims of a crime, there can be an atmosphere surrounding police interactions. The Campus Police Department (CPD), formerly referred to as…
On Mar. 23, members of the Toastmasters Club represented New College at the Area 53 contest. First-year Evan Hunter and thesis student Zulfiia Tursunova both gave prepared speeches for the International Speech Contest, in which Hunter placed first overall. The International Speech Contest is a…
The school is hosting an information session for students interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program on Apr. 9, 10 and 11, 2019. The session will be led by Nicole Gelfert, fellowships coordinator, who will inform students about the application process for the…
The benefits of going to a school in Florida include year-long warm weather, beautiful beaches and a relaxing tropical atmosphere—one of the cons: the oh-so-thrilling hurricane seasons. Many students may remember Hurricane Irma’s disruptive influence on campus during the beginning of the fall 2017 semester…
Haley Bryan/CatalystThe current stage of the student’s boatbuilding project. Students are currently building a boat at the Caples waterfront as part of a tutorial entitled “Maritime Construction Independent Reading Project (IRP).” In this class, three students are constructing a Glen L 14 sailboat from scratch…
In an effort to open another channel of communication with the student body, the Office of Communications and Marketing (OCM) announced plans via email on Mar. 11 to install a number of screens, each about 48 to 55 inches wide, around campus. The screens will…
photo courtesy of Mariana SendovaSendova working with a New College student in the early stages of the lab’s setup. After coming across a small black and white physics textbook during her youth in Bulgaria, New College Professor of Physics Mariana Sendova’s curiosity about the world…
New College started the year with 835 students and hoped to have 860 by the fall of 2019, but it might not even have 800 next semester. This was the bombshell that President Donal O’Shea dropped on the Board of Trustees (BOT) on Feb. 26,…
Schell loading his arrow. All photos courtesy of Danienl Schell. On Feb. 23, first-year Daniel Schell returned from the Indoor Nationals in Pennsylvania as a gold medalist. Schell is part of the United States Archery Team (USAT), the top ranked archers in recurve, compound and…
