Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, addressed a crowd of more than 3500 who gathered in the Biermann Athletic Complex for Hillsdale College’s 167th commencement on Saturday. He encouraged the graduating class to go forth with the effort and character they developed during their time at Hillsdale. “At the end of...
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Mollie Hemingway to join Kirby Center teaching staff
Mollie Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist and Fox News contributor, will join the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Statesmanship staff next fall as a journalism professor. As part of the ongoing project to expand Hillsdale’s campus in Washington, D.C., Hemingway has been hired to teach journalism classes for students in...
‘Our sacred duty to honor America’s heroes’: Sen. Tom Cotton speaks about new book on Arlington Cemetery
“After a while my hand began to hurt from pushing in the pointed gold tips of the flags into the hard ground,” Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) said to a crowd of more than 100 people at the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. on April 9. “They asked...
Q&A: Tim Carney
Tim Carney is the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner. He is also a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In 2012, Carney was a Pulliam Fellow at Hillsdale College. He is the author of multiple books, most recently “Alienated America.” He is speaking about his new book at Hillsdale on April 4. ...
Kirby Center expands staff, creates three new positions
Since Associate Vice President and Dean of Educational Programs Matthew Spalding came to the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Statesmanship five years ago, Hillsdale’s campus in Washington, D.C. has almost doubled in size. In order to keep up, Kirby staff members are taking on new roles and welcoming more members to...