Author: Virginia Aabram (Virginia Aabram)

Home Virginia Aabram
Alumna nicknamed ‘mother of cryptology’ gets PBS documentary
Post

Alumna nicknamed ‘mother of cryptology’ gets PBS documentary

Hillsdale alumna Elizebeth Smith Friedman’s life story came to the small screen this month when she was featured in an episode of the PBS documentary series “American Experience.”  The Jan. 11 episode, titled “The Codebreaker,” focused on the 1915 graduate’s groundbreaking contributions to the art and science of codebreaking, which she developed with her husband,...

Dorms host Campus Carnival to bring festivities to quad
Post

Dorms host Campus Carnival to bring festivities to quad

Benzing Residence and the Suites are partnering to bring a carnival to the quad this Friday, from 3 – 6 p.m.  The Campus Carnival will feature state fair-like entertainment, including snow cones, corn dogs, a petting zoo, and carnival games, according to Abbie Patrick, Benzing’s head resident assistant.  “People should come to this event because...

Recent grads homemaking and hospitality
Post

Recent grads homemaking and hospitality

Degree? Check. Job? Check. Cheap apartment? Check.  When the dust settles after the initial chaos of transitioning from college student to young professional, fledgling graduates may look around at their empty, white-walled apartments in unfamiliar cities and start to miss the comfort of their old communities. But homemaking and hospitality are skills developed through practice,...

‘Bridgerton’ is an entertaining mess
Post

‘Bridgerton’ is an entertaining mess

Jane Austen. “Gossip Girl.” “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” Put them together and you get “Bridgerton,” the Netflix and Shondaland sensation that’s so soapy and steamy it’s practically a bubble bath.  The series follows the refined and close knit Bridgerton family, which consists of the Dowager Viscountess Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and her...

Fundraising begins for D.C. campus expansion
Post

Fundraising begins for D.C. campus expansion

Fundraising has begun for expansion of Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus, with the purchase of two additional buildings that will house the Van Andel Graduate School of Government and other offices, as well as a plan to build a courtyard that will connect the buildings along Massachusetts Avenue.  The Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies...