Serial interviews. Business lunches. The drudgery of shaking hands, remembering names, making long-distance phone calls. Single-use shampoo bottles and scratchy hotel towels. This is what Hillsdale College subjects its professorial candidates to before making a hiring decision. It’s what Kelly Franklin called home about. “It was wonderful,” Franklin said. “It was fun. It was also...
Year: 2014
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Core squeezes schedules
Imogen Kane is among the handful of freshmen on the pre-med track who were handed a white sheet from their adviser that guides their schedule for the next four years. On that sheet was a new two-credit class, physical wellness and dynamics, one of the newest requirements imposed by the updated core requirements. With a...
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Honors theses cap Hillsdale careers
At first, it seems like any other small gathering: a couple professors and a student sit chatting on the couches of the Heritage Room. Moments later, the student stands to address a group that has come to hear a thesis defense. Honors students defend their theses for a one-hour period. The first 10 minutes are...
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Q&A: Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg is a founding editor of National Review Online. He is also a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and a Fox News contributor. He has written two books, “The Tyranny of Cliches” and “Liberal Fascism” both of which have made New York Times best seller list. Goldberg is on campus...
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Frederick Douglass statue in the works
Hillsdale College is in the process of commissioning a statue of famed 19th-century orator Frederick Douglass. Chief Staff Officer to the President Mike Harner said the college has not set a time for when the statue might be dedicated, but typically, a dedication ceremony comes 12-15 months after a statue is commissioned. The statue will...