The lights go out, the class is silent, and the teacher stands still in front of them holding a balloon. In one swift move, she raises the lighter to the ball of molecules and with a loud pop, a whiff of ozone, and a fireball, the class is instantly launched into the world of Dr....
Month: September 2013
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Going nuclear
This summer Junior Mitch Irmer was one of 18 accepted into the U.S. Navy’s NUPOC program, where he will be training to work with nuclear reactors on military ships. Irmer never predicted he would be a physics major so coming into college, that job wasn’t even on his radar. The Nebraskan high-schooler who came to...
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Bushey named head of art department
Barbara Bushey came to Hillsdale in 2001 for a position she knew was perfect for her. Twelve years later, Bushey now sits as the head of the art department as the chairman, replacing Professor of Art Samuel Knecht who held the position for 35 years and is taking a semester-long sabbatical. “Well, when there’s only...
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Kirby Center gains new VP, education director
Matthew Spalding was looking out of his office window, talking on the phone with Larry Arnn, when the college president said something about expanding the college’s mission to D.C., and maybe even buying a building. “So I said, ‘Well, there’s a really attractive building across the street and there’s a ‘for sale’ sign,” Spalding recalled....
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Professor spotlight: Jeffrey Lehman
A passion for the liberal arts, a history of learning and researching them, and now, a job teaching them. Jeffery Lehman is the new assistant professor of education, and is excited to be a part of the tradition that his life has been so devoted to. “The department of education has taken a turn towards...