Audience members swing dance to jazz played by the Harry James Orchestra. Courtesy | Anna Northcutt More than 900 people filled Hillsdale College’s Searle Center for an evening of jazz, swing dancing, cocktails, desserts and a performance by the Harry James Orchestra Nov. 15. Fred Radke, conductor of the Harry James Orchestra, and Hillsdale’s artist...
Hillsdale College has appointed a committee to review the core curriculum and consider changes such as a possible comprehensive core exam, according to Samuel Negus, director of program review and accreditation. “The freshmen who’ve matriculated this year are the 10th class to matriculate into the new core,” Negus said. “We plan to review, look back...
Dean of Humanities Stephen Smith introduces the life and writings of Thomas More in an online course released by the Center for Thomas More Studies Oct. 31, the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s declaration of More as patron saint of statesmen. “He’s a free, artful, and daring thinker who lived and wrote and...
Juniors Moriah Mitchell and Jillian Golden in an April production of “The Wild Wild West.” Courtesy | Michael Besom Almost 20 dancers are performing in about a dozen student-choreographed works at the Tower Dancers’ Informal Showing Nov. 23. The performance will feature a wide variety of music, according to junior and Tower Dancer Mercy Franzonello....
Navrotskaya holding a giant cucumber. Courtesy | Anna Navrotskaya In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of French Anna Navrotskaya talks wooden clogs, her cats, and her love of the French language. If you could introduce or bring back any fashion trend, what would it be? Wooden clogs. I love everything medieval, and also, I can...