The music department will offer a new minor starting next fall. The Hillsdale College faculty recently approved the addition of a music education minor that will supplement the current music major but focus on hands-on training instead of academic study and performance. Professor of Music Melissa Knecht said the minor will make music majors...
Author: Samantha Gilman (Samantha Gilman)
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Eta Sigma Phi students honored at annual national conference
At last weekend’s national convention of classics honorary Eta Sigma Phi, six members of Hillsdale chapter, Eta Delta, proved their skill in a variety of subjects. They joined 77 other students at Wake Forest University in North Carolina to give chapter reports, receive rewards, and compete for national offices. Hillsdale reported on their activities that...
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Arnn’s assistant: strength rejoices in the challenge
Victoria Bergen ’11 grew up in a white farmhouse surrounded by fields of corn and soybeans 10 miles from the tiny town of Sutton, Neb. Today, she works as the personal secretary for Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College. In 2011, Bergen was a senior at Hillsdale when Diane Philipp, dean of women, encouraged her...
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Right to work effective March 28
The Michigan right-to-work law, a bill signed amid controversy last December, will take effect on March 28. The measure will dissolve most labor unions’ ability to force workers to join and pay dues. It will not apply to police or fire departments or contracts that are already in place. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said in...
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Student smugglers
In the fall of 2010, Hillsdale junior Brianna Walden helped smuggle Bibles into Laos, an Asian country where distributing Christian materials is illegal. “It really is like Brother Andrew in ‘God’s Smuggler,’ Walden said of the trip. “I felt like part of an action film.” Her team of 10 had come with Vision Beyond Borders,...