Past News from Summer 2005

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College receives City's Historic Preservation Orchid Award 2005 for building renovation

Moscow's Historic Preservation Commission recognized New Saint Andrews for the renovation of its historic building with an Orchid Award 2005

New 50,000 volume library collection arrives

The College's new major library acquisition, a great collection of liberal arts books and peridicals, has arrived!

Study tour brings England alive for students

A group of 25 New Saint Andrews students, alumni, faculty, and friends toured southeast England the last two weeks of June, bringing alive the likes of Beowulf, Bede, Malmesbury, Shakespeare and many more.

Joshua and Sara Appel have a son, Blaise

Fellow Joshua Appel and former Administrative Assistant Sara Appel have a baby boy, Blaise Chrisitan

Birthdate: 7/1/2005
Birthtime: 1-18=2005
Weight: 9 lbs. 6 ozs.
Length: 21 1/2 inches

Mitch Stokes defends doctoral dissertation

There's a new doctor in the house. The College's newest Fellow Mitch Stokes successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame at the end of June.

See Dr. Stokes' web page.

City Council upholds zoning complaint against College, but vows to fix mess

College moves forward as Moscow City Council sorts out its zoning code mess

Baraminology Conference draws life scholars

Scholars from across the U.S., Canada, and England gathered for meetings on "A Grander View of Life"

NSA 's historic city photos part of "Artwalk"

New Saint Andrews will display historic photographs of Moscow as part of the city's Artwalk 2005

College Prepares Library for New Collection

Tyndale Library is being readied to hold the College's new collection


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Morgan Schlect Latest: 24 March 2005: Scans clear


Recent College publications (in pdf)
Scriptorium, Fall 2004, the College's latest newsletter
Colloquium, Fall 2004, occasional faculty & guest papers





August 10, 2005

Trinity Fest 2005 draws hundreds to Moscow and NSA

(Above) Trinity Fest lectures were held in the University of Idaho Dome; (below) Tuesday evening's street party downtown on Friendship Square

Trinity Fest was a hoot!

The spectacular conference and Trinity celebration sponsored by Credenda/Agenda and organized by the magazine's managing editor, NSA Fellow Nate Wilson, attracted more than 700 attendees to the multi-day event held at the University of Idaho's Dome and Law School, downtown Moscow, and New Saint Andrews.

Trinity Fest began with the College's Windy on Saturday, attended by about 300 students and conference attendees (for a short video clip of the Windy, click here). On Sunday, the College's choir and Chirst Church choir and orchestra performed Handel's Israel in Egypt at the University Administration Auditorium.

The conference lectures began Monday with Pastors Steve Wilkins and Doug Willkins speaking. Tuesday's lectures featured Dr. Peter Lillback, president of Westminster Theological Seminary in Phiildelaphia. Tuesday evening's events culminated in a giant street party in downtown on Friendship Square, next to the New Saint Andrews building.

The College's faculty gave lectures on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons at the UI Dome and Law School on a variety of subjects and disciplines.

The College hosted open houses on Tuesay and Wednesday afternoons.

For a link to a video clip of the Trinity Fest Windy, click here.

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July 31, 2005

College receives 2005 Orchid Award for "outstanding contributions to the vitality of downtown" with the renovation and restoration of its historic building

Moscow's Historic Preservation Commission honored New Saint Andrews College with an Orchid Award 2005 for its "outstanding contributions to the vitatlity of downtown Moscow through renovation and restoration of the "Skattaboe Block."

The College purchased the Skattaboe Block in 2002 and made extensive changes and upgrades to both the interior and exterior of its historic landmark building located on Friendship Square. Mr. Mark Wintz was the project manager and primary design consultant. David Gressard and Gresham Bouma were the lead carpenters. Premier Painting's Mike Metzler repainted the building's exterior.

The Orchid Award citation, published in the newCornerstone, the newsletter of the Moscow Hsitoric Preservation Commission, reads, "New Saint Andrews College has renovated both the interior and exterior of the 1891 building on Friendship Square that formerly housed the local General Telephone offices. Originally known as the Skattaboe Block, this building has helped anchor Moscow's Main Street since the city's early commercial heyday."

The Commission also noted in a separate news release that "New Saint Andrews College has put significant energy and resources into bringing this important downtown building back into active use."

President and Mrs. Atwood received the award on behalf of the College at the Commission's and Historical Society's Ice Cream Social, Sunday, July 31, at the McConnell Mansion. Dr. Atwood thanked the commissioners and invited attendees to visit the building. "We're very thankful for this recognition from the Commission. It represents something of an act of courage on the part of the commissioners, considering the current climate," Dr. Atwood said, referring to the politically motivated badgering the College has received from a few locals in recent months.

Anyone interested in visiting the College to see the remodeling and restoration work done so far are welcome during business hours, (summer) 8 a.m.-12 noon and 1-4 p.m. Fall hours begin Thursday, August 4, 8 a.m.-12 noon, and 1-5 p.m.

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July 27, 2005

Tyndale Library's new 50,000-volume collection arrives

The major liberal arts library collection the College purchased recently has arrived this week and should be on the shelves, at least in part, for student use this fall.

Approximately 25 volunteers helped unload three semi-truck trailers filled with more than 60 pallets of book boxes in under four hours. Mr. Ed Iverson, Head Librarian of Tyndale Library, coordinated the sale and shipping, and organized the crews that helped move the books into the building for processing.

Processing of the books and getting them on the shelves will probably take more than a year, but the first 12-15,000 key volumes most needed by students, including a strong new reference collection, is already shelved and will be ready for students in August.


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July 8, 2005

College's tour of England delights students and alumni


Students on the England study tour took in the Globe Theatre, visited Canterbury, and explored Scarborough Castle
Photographs by Beth Covington


The College's 2005 Study Tour of southeastern England was a wonderful way to make their studies of English history, Shakespeare, and art and architecture come alive. The two-week tour to Canterbury, York, Lindisfarne, Sutton Hoo, London, and many other sites was led by Academic Dean Chris Schlect and Director of Student Affairs Ben Merkle. About 25 students, alumni, and friends of the College spent the last two week of June touring key sites and hearing lectures from the faculty.

If you're interested in hearing more about the 2005 trip or joining the College for another study tour in the future, please contact the College.

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June 27, 2005

Mitch Stokes defends Ph.D. dissertation at Notre Dame

The College's newest Fellow of Humanities, Mitch Stokes, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at the end of June and will now be greeted by his New Saint Andrews students and colleagues as "Dr. Stokes."

Dr. Stokes completed his doctoral studies in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame under the direction of two internationally recognized philosophers, Dr. Alvin Plantinga and Dr. Peter van Inwagen. His dissertation was entitled, "Quinean Meta-Ontology and Fictionalism." Dr. Stokes will be happy to translate his title into ordinary language for you upon request.

In addition to his philosophy doctorate, Dr. Stokes also holds three master's degrees: one in philosophy also from Notre Dame, one in religion from Yale University, and one in mechanical engineering. Dr. Stokes worked as an engineer for a number of years before returning to the study of religion and philosophy.

This fall Dr. Stokes will be teaching the senior-level Traditio Occidentis and electives in philosophy and mathematics.

For more about Dr. Stokes, see his faculty web site.

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June 27, 2005

City upholds complaint, but code, not College, the problem

College moves ahead with business as usual, preparing new library for next school year, while city revises code

The Moscow City Council voted Monday to overrule its own zoning administrator and uphold a hostile third party complaint against the College being in the downtown business district, but council members were clear that the zoning code--not New Saint Andrews--is the problem and in desperate need of revision.

The College received official city aproval to occupy its historic downtown building back in 2003 and has been operating in the heart of the city with permission since 2001. The College previously rented office and classroom space in Anselm House from 2001 to 2003. The College purchased the Skattaboe Block building on Friendship Square in 2002 and made extensive city-approved remodeling changes prior to receiving an occupancy permit in early 2003.

Though the council's vote technically went against the College and its prior approvals, council members were clearly supportive of fixing the code rather than causing the College any undue concerns. Council members expressed reluctance to "create a hardship for New Saint Andrews." Councilwoman Linda Pall suggested that the council "agree to six months of no action of enforcement" to correct the inconsistencies in the code.

NSA Board Member Doug Wilson said, "The good news is that at least three of the council members who voted against us indicated that they knew the problem was with the wording of the code, and not with NSA's presence downtown. The council clearly committed itself to a process of changing the code, the discussion making it plain that the city would not enforce the decision against us in the short run. This would leave time for the code to be changed."

Dr. Roy Atwood, College president, said that the College is grateful for the support members of the city council showed and appreciative of their desire to correct the zoning technicalities while the College continues to serve its students and the Moscow community from Friendship Square.

The College has 28 days to appeal the decision, but may not have to if the City Council completes appropriate revisions in the code. In the meantime, the College is moving ahead with installation of its new library collection and making its usual preparations for the start of the next academic year in August.

For more information about progress on the zoning issue, please contact Bob Hieronymus, the College's executive vice president.