Month: September 2016

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Beier here to challenge students, discuss ideas
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Beier here to challenge students, discuss ideas

More than 30 minutes after class ended on a Friday afternoon, the new education professor is still discussing a topic from class with two of his students in Kendall Hall. But Assistant Professor of Education Benjamin Beier, who is replacing retired Professor of Education Jon Fennell, said that is why he came to Hillsdale College....

Churchill sculptor reanimates lost princess
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Churchill sculptor reanimates lost princess

“Straight, tall, and beautiful,” was the only description sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 had available when she began working on a statue of Winona, daughter of Potawatomi Chief Baw Beese. From these words and further research, Tritchka began reanimating Winona through a sculpture to be displayed in Mrs. Stock’s park starting in spring 2017. The Winona...

Physics students present research in South Africa
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Physics students present research in South Africa

Hillsdale College LAUREATES scholars presented their research before physicists from around the globe in Stellenbosch, South Africa, this summer. After receiving funds from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves because of their research, senior Daniel Halmrast and Cody Jessup ’16 presented their data on pulsar timing at the International Pulsar Timing Array conference...