Chair of the Education Department Daniel Coupland will release a book this month about how to teach in a classical liberal arts classroom. “Tried and True: A Primer on Sound Pedagogy” is a short book offering instruction on how to teach K-12 students. Modeled after William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White’s “The Elements of Style”...
Christina Chakalova joined the faculty this fall to teach art history. In this quick hits interview she talks fine art, skiing, and exotic birds. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. If you could study under any historical artist, who would it be? Guido Reni. Most people probably haven’t heard of him, but...
After an undefeated season and a commanding win at the GMAC/MEC conference meet last spring, the Charger swim team is back in the pool and ready for more competition. The team welcomes five new faces to the pool deck — four freshman swimmers and one junior, Nickaylah Sampson, who walked on to the team after...
When Tori Hope Peterson ’18 was a child in the foster care system, she had no voice. Now she helps voiceless foster youth raise their own. In her debut book, “Fostered,” Petersen recounts the story of her life from her earliest memories with her mentally ill, addict mother to her current day experiences as a...
Sigma Alpha Iota is back from the brink of death. The women’s music fraternity has had a home at Hillsdale since 1925. Last semester, members of SAI told the Collegian the chapter planned to disband due to low membership and difficulty recruiting. SAI alumnae found the Collegian story and were shocked by the chapter’s imminent...