An audience of students and faculty gained ideas for connecting Hillsdale’s college and city during a conversation between Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart and Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram Thursday. The unscripted dialogue, held in the formal lounge, was the second in the Honors Program’s series “The Conversation.” The topic was Bridging the...
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Honors program hosts conversations
The Honors Program is hosting a conversation between Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart and Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram at 11 a.m. today in the formal lounge. The topic is “Bridging the Town-Gown Divide: A Conversation about Hospitality, Membership, and Community.” It is the second event in the Honors Program’s new series “The...
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Q&A: James Matthew Wilson
Poet and essayist James Matthew Wilson is an assistant professor in the department of humanities and Augustinian traditions at Villanova University. During his career, Wilson’s compositions have appeared in journals and periodicals such as “The Dark Horse,” “Chronicles, Measure,” and “Front Porch Republic.” He is also the author of “Four Verse Letters,” a chapbook of...
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Int’l club: Students teach six languages
Hillsdale’s International Club is now offering free, informal courses in six foreign languages: Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Swahili. Each language has its own weekly session lasting 30 or 45 minutes. Hillsdale students lead the classes. Sophomore Bilyana Petkova teaches Bulgarian, junior Christine Nishinaga teaches Japanese, sophomore Katie Kortepeter teaches Mandarin, junior Will...
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Mackinac offers Hillsdale scholarship
A new scholarship endowment will allow one Hillsdale student each year to intern at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Mich. The Teresa L. Olson Scholarship Endowment is funded by D. Joseph Olson, a founding board member of the Mackinac Center, in honor of his late wife, Teresa. “The Mackinac Center is the...