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Institute reflects founders’ original education mission

Five students from the Indianapolis, Indiana, area attended the inaugural Summer Science Institute as part of their preparations for entering their freshman year in high school this fall. Keeping with the original mission of Eleutherian College, the institute is the brainchild of Emeka Koren, who leads...
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From the President: Regaining Momentum, post-COVID

Looking back, I realize it’s been a long time since we’ve had an official newsletter. The whole world, it seems, shut down in the midst of the COVID pandemic in March 2020. The Historic Eleutherian College (HEC) board cancelled public events...
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McLaughlin to speak at national conference for second year

Officials of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society invited Phyllis Codling McLaughlin, a member of the HEC board of directors, to return as one of its speakers for its annual conference to be held online Oct. 12-15, 2022.McLaughlin gave a one-hour talk to AAHGS last year about her research...
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Jefferson Research Continues

Board Secretary Phyllis McLaughlin is building a case that Thomas Jefferson’s granddaughters did, in fact, attend Eleutherian College. Her research is based on genetic genealogy. The project will result in the publication of a book about Eleutherian and its legacy....
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We Love Our Volunteers!

HEC board member Emeka Koren, above, far left, brought 25 of his science students from Madison Consolidated High School to help with spring cleaning inside the Eleutherian College building. The students swept floors, washed windows, and finished other chores...
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