Professor of History Paul Rahe won the Emily Daughtery Award for Teaching Excellence today at Hillsdale College’s Spring Convocation.
Rahe was chosen by a committee composed of the Provost, Dean of Faculty, Dean of Men, Dean of Women, and the previous award-winner.
The all-campus grade point average was also published at the spring ceremony. This fall, the all-school GPA was 3.153, just higher than the all-men’s average, but lower than the women’s average, of 3.243. The GPA is the lowest all-school average since the Fall of 2008, according to statistics obtained from the registrar’s office.
Kappa Kappa Gamma won the sorority scholarship cup with a GPA of 3.305, and Delta Tau Delta on the fraternities’ side, with 3.393.
It is the second semester in a row that the sorority had earned the distinction, after Pi Beta Phi maintained the lead for three semesters.
Professor of Physics Kenneth Hayes gave the keynote address titled “Imagining the Liberal Arts without the Sciences” at the ceremony, which traditionally marks the countdown to graduation. Seniors proceeded in and out of the event wearing their caps and gowns.