Campus leadership comes in many styles and emerges across many areas of campus, and Hillsdale’s Rho Beta chapter of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honorary Society is seeking leaders in the class of 2019 for membership in next year’s leadership circle. Each year, the ten student members of Hillsdale’s ODK chapter select ten rising...
Author: Madeleine Jepsen (Madeleine Jepsen)
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From concept to clay: A look inside a sculptor’s creative process
Sometimes, when Hillsdale County sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 is working on a statue, the facial emotions on the sculpture seem to reflect those of of the sculptor, her husband Greg Stuchell said. “If she’s was really joyful that day, the statue’s face would look more like it’s smiling,” Stuchell said. “If she was in a...
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‘Donna’ the Triceratops comes to Hillsdale’s Fisk Museum
A 66 million-year-old triceratops skeleton joined the collection of the Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History in the Strosacker Science Center today in an unveiling ceremony at noon. The skeleton, named Donna, is more than 60 percent complete, and joins “Linda” the edmontosaurus in the museum. Professor of Biology Anthony Swinehart, curator of the...
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Student constructs radioactive beams, studies proton drip line
Senior physics major Rebekah Roundey said she likes to joke that she practiced alchemy during her summer research project since the focus of her research involved transmuting elements. Instead of attempting to turn lead into gold, however, Roundey’s research involved the production of radioactive nickel isotopes, or different forms of nickel with varying amounts of...
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Student research suggests possible target for herpes treatment
Approximately 3.7 billion people worldwide — or 67 percent of Earth’s population — under the age of 50 are infected with the herpes simplex virus type one, which is known to cause cold sores around the mouth, according to the World Health Organization. An additional 417 million — roughly 11 percent of the global population...