HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College hosted a Hometown Lecture Series luncheon and speech in Mobile, Alabama, on March 29. Ronald J. Pestritto, dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College, addressed guests on “The Pandemic, the Bureaucracy, and the Future of American Politics.”
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Hillsdale College Hosts Hometown Lecture Series in Mobile, Alabama
Hillsdale Announces the Launch of “Grand Alliance: Churchill Studies at Hillsdale College”
HILLSDALE, Mich. — This summer, Hillsdale will publish “Grand Alliance: Churchill Studies at Hillsdale College,” a collection of some of the best scholarship published by the Churchill Project since its website launched in 2015.
Hillsdale College Choirs Perform Together in Christ Chapel
Hillsdale, Mich. — Hillsdale College faculty and staff, students, friends of the College, and the surrounding community joined together in Christ Chapel for the Hillsdale College Choir and Chamber Choir’s annual spring concert on April 4. The performance featured works by Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Boulanger, Ola Gjeilo, Shawn Kirchner, and more.
Hillsdale College Shotgun Team Competes in Division II at ACUI National Championship
HILLSDALE, Mich. — The Charger shotgun team competed in Division II in the annual Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Collegiate Clay Target Championships in San Antonio from March 18-27. The event was the largest collegiate shotgun competition to date, featuring more than 1,000 athletes from 95 schools. Hillsdale’s 11-person team took sixth place out of 21 Division II teams, beating the University of Alabama and Clemson.
Ph.D. Candidates Deliver Dissertations
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Two doctoral students from The Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College presented their dissertation research in public presentations this month. Sarah Akey and Casey Wheatland had successfully defended their dissertations in front of faculty panels, and both were awarded dissertation honors.
Hillsdale College Hosts 23rd Annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College congratulated new inductees to the Athletic Hall of Fame at its 23rd annual Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet in the Searle Center on March 26, 2022. This year’s inductees included alumni Bob Mallendick (’66), Jason Stomps (’10), and the 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 softball teams.
AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series at Hillsdale in D.C. Addresses “Spiraling Violence in Chicago: Causes and Solutions”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Author and journalist Matt Rosenberg delivered a lecture titled “Spiraling Violence in Chicago: Causes and Solutions” at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on February 28. The event was part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture series. Faculty and media attended both the lecture and the reception that followed.
Hillsdale GOAL Program Hosts Healthcare Letter Writing Event
HILLSDALE, MICH. — The Hospital Volunteering Great Opportunities for Assistance and Leadership (GOAL) Program hosted a Healthcare Letter Writing Event the week of March 21 during lunch hours in the Grewcock Student Union. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., students wrote letters thanking healthcare workers for their service to the community. Letters will be delivered to staff at Hillsdale Hospital.
Author and Theologian Michael Ward Delivers Third Drummond Lecture on “C.S. Lewis and the Objectivity of Value”
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Michael Ward, noted theologian and C.S. Lewis expert, delivered the third lecture in the Drummond Lecture Series at Christ Chapel on March 24. His talk, titled “To See or Not to See: C.S. Lewis and the Objectivity of Value,” addressed Lewis’s arguments concerning moral truth in “The Abolition of Man.”
Fourth Freshman Foundation Lecture Addresses Freedom in Relation to Liberal Arts Education
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College hosted its fourth Freshman Foundation Lecture and luncheon at the Searle Center on March 22. Paul Moreno, dean of social sciences and professor of history, offered a lecture to the freshman class on freedom. Moreno discussed how freedom relates to the liberal arts education by training free, self-governing individuals.
Hillsdale College’s Academy for Science and Freedom Hosts Censorship of Science Conference
HILLSDALE, Mich. — The Hillsdale College Academy for Science and Freedom hosted its first conference from March 17-18 titled “Censorship of Science: A Conference of the Academy for Science and Freedom.” The first evening’s events were livestreamed.
Hillsdale College Produces “The Threepenny Opera”
HILLSDALE, Mich. — The Hillsdale College Tower Players and the John & Dede Howard Department of Music Production staged the opening performance of “The Threepenny Opera” on Feb. 23. Students, faculty, staff, and community members were in attendance for the jazz-inspired “play with music,” which runs through Feb. 27.