Hillsdale College is the third most conservative college in the country, according to the Princeton Review. But not all of its students lean to the right. College Democrats is a group for liberal students to gather and discuss politics each week. Senior Avery Noel, the club’s president, said it is a place for great conversations...
QUICK HITS: Samuel Webster
In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Mathematics Samuel Webster talks baseball cards, sandwiches, Montana, and El’ Cerritos. How do you start your day? I start my day typically with some brain-teasers on my phone. Chess.com has a chess puzzle of the day, and I play a little game called Wordscapes. My son introduced my...
Leaving the Dale: Erik Ellis heads to Dallas
Assistant Professor of Education Erik Ellis has only taught at Hillsdale for two years, but he’s already made a big impact — one that will be missed next year. When Ellis leaves to teach at the University of Dallas next year, his students will miss sharing his Chilean cooking, listening to his stories, and speaking...
‘A theology of machines:’ Wales advises Vatican on AI
Can artificial intelligence be considered conscious? That’s one of the questions Associate Professor of Theology Jordan Wales and his colleagues advising the Vatican are trying to answer. Wales is a member of the AI Research Group of the Centre for Digital Culture, which is housed in the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy...
Adopt-a-grandparent: GOAL serves medical care facility
Many students at College Baptist experience an “adoption” into a local family in the transition from home to college life, but the GOAL Adopt-a-Grandparent program allows college students to adopt adults. “Get a grandparent. Invest in someone who is far older and wiser than yourself. Oftentimes they’re lonely or don’t have many people to talk...