Emily Stack Davis stands in front of the Student Union. Courtesy | Hillsdale College In this Quick Hits, Executive Director of Media Outreach and Public Relations Emily Stack Davis talks hidden talents, British sitcoms, and knitting. If you could get rid of any genre of music what would it be? I’d only keep Jethro Tull...
Houghton has studied caddisflies since he was in college. Courtesy | David Houghton. Professor and Chair of Biology David Houghton recruited caddisflies to make his wife golden earrings – when given flecks of gold, the insects create tubular shapes, forming a piece of jewelry to memorialize Houghton’s life work. Houghton began researching caddisflies while he...
Moyar and General David H. Petraeus together in Afghanistan in 2010. Courtesy | Mark Moyar In this Quick Hits, William P. Harris Chair of Military History Mark Moyar talks dad jokes, his favorite books, and his best advice for Hillsdale College students. What is your favorite childhood memory? Reading the “Brothers Karamazov.” It’s still my...
Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers stands with Ugandan school children. Courtesy | Jeffery Rogers Freshman Timothy Mulungi had never seen colorful eyes until he came to America for orientation at Hillsdale College. “I thought it was a myth,” Mulungi said. “But it’s true! I’ve seen green eyes, blue eyes, even yellow, and all are different...
Junior Greg Whalen served in Afghanistan in the U.S. Marine Corps. Courtesy | Greg Whalen Two weeks after a bomb in Afghanistan killed a young Marine in 2021, his wife had a baby. Marine veteran and Hillsdale College junior Greg Whalen, who was in Kabul at the time of the deadly attack, tells this gut-wrenching...