Atwood served as president until 2014, and was succeeded by Ben Merkle. The college purchased a second building in downtown Moscow, a former nightclub, with the intention to develop it into a music conservatory. A permit for the expansion was approved by the city in 2017.
A 2020 recruitment advertisement published online by the college led the town's mayor to state that the video "conveys a message of intolerance to anyone who does not fit traditional male-female gender identities" and was not reflective of the city's positions on gender identity; according to The Guardian, the advertisement was "seen as transphobic by many in Moscow".
== Academics and student life ==
The college's classical Christian program of studies follows the Trivium and Quadrivium in its single, integrated undergraduate curriculum in liberal arts and culture. The curriculum stresses learning from great books and developing the skills to be a lifelong learner. Rather than using textbooks, the college requires reading of primary works …
