What would you do for $3,000? This semester, 16 students competed for the 14th Annual Edward Everett Prize for Oratory. This year’s topic is “Privacy and Surveillance: The Costs to Our Free Republic.” First place will receive $3,000. The second and thirdplace finalists will receive $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. Though the contest was open to...
Month: February 2014
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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...
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Edward Sri Q&A
Edward Sri is a professor of theology and vice president of missions and outreach at the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colo. Sri teaches classes on scripture, salvation history, moral theology, and spiritual theology. He has written several books, including “Men, Women and the Mystery of Love” and “A Biblical Walk Through the Mass.” Last Thursday,...
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Wolfram named academy commencement speaker
Professor of Political Economy Gary Wolfram was recently selected as Hillsdale Academy’s commencement speaker for the 2014 graduating class. In June, Wolfram will join the ranks of the academy’s past commencement speakers, such as columnist Jonah Goldberg, historian Victor Hanson, Congressman Tim Walberg, and College President Larry Arnn. “It’s an honor to be the commencement...
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President’s Ball arrives
Every February, President Larry Arnn receives a formal invitation to a ball in his honor. On the evening of the event, he hosts five men and five women at his home who have been interviewed by a panel of faculty to determine Hillsdale’s next President’s Ball court. After the group arrives to the ball, Arnn...