Cultural Events – New Aberdeen College https://newaberdeencollege.com Forming mature disciples of Christ in the traditions of classical learning and the Reformed faith Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:28:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://newaberdeencollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-New-Aberdeen-College-Favicon-512x512-1-32x32.png Cultural Events – New Aberdeen College https://newaberdeencollege.com 32 32 The Areopagus Dinner https://newaberdeencollege.com/the-areopagus-dinner/ https://newaberdeencollege.com/the-areopagus-dinner/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:47:43 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1470 The College hosted its first Areopagus Dinner at the Hilton Charlotte University on April 10. Over 175 people attended and generously supported the college’s 2026-27 academic year. Speakers included guest speaker Rev. Tim Shaw, students Josslyn Ervin and Calvin Zappone, President Ryan Smith, and several board members. The energy in the room was palpable, and resulted in generosity of 30%

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]]> https://newaberdeencollege.com/the-areopagus-dinner/feed/ 0 Why the Trump-Harvard Battle? https://newaberdeencollege.com/why-the-trump-harvard-battle/ Fri, 30 May 2025 20:04:49 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1111 Last weekend I watched The Return to the Hiding Place, a film tracing college students’ role in the Dutch Resistance during World War II. The movie contains a powerful scene in which a German officer confronts and threatens the student body president. The Nazi’s dictum struck a chord: “As goes the will of the students, so goes the will of the nation.” The film reminded me that the battle for our…

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]]> Convocation 2025 https://newaberdeencollege.com/convocation-speaker-announced/ Sat, 24 May 2025 03:18:21 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1068 Convocation begins on Thursday evening, August 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, N.C. The ceremony will establish traditions at the college and articulate the college’s vision. A dessert reception will follow the event. Dr. Matthew Barrett is the founder and editor-in-chief of Credo Magazine and host of the Credo podcast. He is also the Director of…

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]]> Macy Moon: The Family Encourager https://newaberdeencollege.com/macy-moon-the-family-encourager/ Sat, 24 May 2025 02:32:04 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1105 Contributed by Josslyn Ervin, Class of 2029 UPDATE: This article was selected for Second Place in the 2025 Cordell Prize competition, awarded by the World Journalism Institute. When Macy Moon Elizabeth Howell arrived on July 6, 2016, she was a tiny baby, full of joy. Born at twenty-nine weeks, she weighed three pounds, two ounces, and was seventeen inches long. Two weeks later…

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]]> What Hath Classical Education To Do With AI, Part 1: Assessment and Pedagogy https://newaberdeencollege.com/what-hath-classical-education-to-do-with-ai-part-1-assessment-and-pedagogy/ https://newaberdeencollege.com/what-hath-classical-education-to-do-with-ai-part-1-assessment-and-pedagogy/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:17:51 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=969 By Josh Pauling, Guest Contributor In the summer of 2024, Open AI, a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), released its latest version of ChatGPT, called GPT-4o, where the “o” stands for “omni,” meaning all. This “omni-tool” can generate text, audio, and images, speak in a human voice, and perceive and interpret one’s physical surroundings.

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]]> https://newaberdeencollege.com/what-hath-classical-education-to-do-with-ai-part-1-assessment-and-pedagogy/feed/ 0 Fearfully and Wonderfully Made https://newaberdeencollege.com/fearfully-and-wonderfully-maderecovering-objectivity-in-ones-self-perception/ https://newaberdeencollege.com/fearfully-and-wonderfully-maderecovering-objectivity-in-ones-self-perception/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:58:08 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=653 Both Scripture and biology provide objective standards for understanding our sexuality By Dr. Ryan Smith “If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” From Rudyard Kipling, “If” Kipling’s insight is nowhere more evident than in the news that St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas, fired Dr. Johnson Varkey for…

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