Templeton Honors College

05/21/2026

We are so excited for this NEW Summer Scholars course! 💘 If you are a rising high school junior or senior who wants to ask these important questions about love, apply today.

05/12/2026

Tolkien fans, we have plans for you this summer! Hear from the amazing Dr. Rasmussen about our high school summer course Elves and Eden: the Modern Myths of J.R.R. Tolkien. Apply by May 22 to join us!

05/12/2026

Tolkien fans, we know where you need to be this summer! Hear more about our first Summer Scholars course from the amazing Dr. Andrew Rasmussen. Apply by May 22 to join us!

05/01/2026

Join us in the Merriman Art Galley in Templeton Hall on May 23 for our Summer show, THE OPEN. This show will include works from artists Gregory Deddo, Caleb Stoltzfus, and Rachel York.

The event starts at 4 PM on Saturday, May 23. Refreshments to be served.

05/01/2026

Join us for the Summer Show at the Merriman Art Gallery: THE OPEN. This show will feature works from artists Gregory Deddo, Caleb Stoltzfus, and Rachel York. The opening reception of the Summer Show will be held in Templeton Hall on Saturday, May 23 at 4 PM. Refreshments will be served.

04/30/2026

…and congratulations to our Freshman Cohort! These students have completed their first year in the Templeton Honors College, and we are so proud of the people that they are becoming. The Templeton Honors College marks this milestone with a feast where we hear students reflect on their first year in this community. It was a joyous evening at the Merion Tribute House celebrating this group of students. Well done Cohort of 2025!

04/21/2026

Listen to Dean Williams' latest podcast, a conversation with Dr. Michael Lamb, about the craft of character and virtue. For over a decade, first at Oxford and now at Wake Forest University, Dr. Lamb has led global efforts to create cultures of character on university campuses amongst both faculty and students.

Their conversation ranges from farming to running to poetry, with some Aristotle, Hugh of St. Victor, and Seamus Heaney sprinkled between!

Find it on Apple, Spotify, Youtube, and Transistor.fm.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f1WwXdVx7ITi09t15yvVX

Forged: Timeless Ways of Living · Episode

04/08/2026

This week at Templeton Hall we're rotating our hanging pieces. As we move forward from Lent into the season of Easter our art reflects this shift, embodying the resurrection, new life, and a future filled with hope for the coming generations.

With pieces from Bruce Herman, Ed Knippers, Patrick Pye, Maria Susarenko, and Maxwell Olisedeme we train our eyes as well as our minds, delighting in the resurrection story, the glory of God, and the beauty his creations are capable of.

04/06/2026

If you love books, you may enjoy this new podcast Dean Williams recorded with Shilo Brooks, "The Reading Man: Shilo Brooks on Making a Life with Books."

Brooks is President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and host of The Free Press’ "Old School" podcast.

Brooks reflects on growing up in West Texas, discovering the great books almost by accident, and attending St. John's College only after a benefactor made it possible. Together they consider why men stop reading, what is lost when they do, and why the best books are not simply objects of study or instruments of advancement, but companions in the long work of formation.

This is a conversation about books as guides for life, about the formation of men, and about the kind of education that moves from the classroom to the soul.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-reading-man-shilo-brooks-on-making-a-life-with-books/id1878782849?i=1000759506461

https://open.spotify.com/episode/62len9TDHsli76bYl3mEns?si=vOhafQ7aSkCElk6pqHI90Q&fbclid=IwY2xjawRBC4ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqNWE3UjVTc1JpOUJXSWxxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkK_TtmUbuwnlZ4SviIQRQTQZ-NaCA-JTaRrn5yfS_6GMQiQcekEu92pwg1G_aem__QYlcm3-BBTdJ5VU4HK99w&nd=1&dlsi=3c067c998fb54709

Forged · Episode

03/23/2026

Join us for an Honors Forum with Rachel K. Teubner, a scholar of medieval and early modern theology and literature, and the author of several articles on religion in medieval and early modern literature. Teubner will reflect on Dante’s Comedy and how it calls readers to the way of humility.