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Spanish honorary named honors chapter after four decades
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Spanish honorary named honors chapter after four decades

Hillsdale’s Xi Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Pi is awarded the title of “Honors Chapter” and given the prestigious Phoenix Award. Courtesy | Montclair State University Hillsdale’s chapter of the National Hispanic Honors Society received the title of “Honors Chapter” for the first time in its 44-year existence.  The Xi Beta chapter of Sigma Delta...

Church completes 2.5-million-dollar research project
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Church completes 2.5-million-dollar research project

A three-year philosophy project funded by a $2.5 million research grant — the largest grant ever given to a Hillsdale College professor — concluded this August. The project, led by Associate Professor of Philosophy Ian Church, was titled “Launching Experimental Philosophy of Religion” and aimed to kick start broad, interdisciplinary research in the area of...

Former ADF president defines religious liberty
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Former ADF president defines religious liberty

Today’s society has rejected the idea that human rights are God-given, Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association and Patrick Henry College, said in a speech Sept. 17. “The idea of religious freedom came from people who believe that rights come from God, not Enlightenment thinkers,” Farris said.  The Larry and Christine...

DC radio host named Pulliam Fellow
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DC radio host named Pulliam Fellow

Radio host Larry O’Connor will visit Hillsdale College for two weeks next month and teach a one-credit class on podcasting as a Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Fellow in Journalism. “By the end of the classes that I’m delivering, I’m hoping that anyone who attends it should have the tools to just plug in a microphone...

Women learn self-defense
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Women learn self-defense

Hillsdale College’s women’s self-defense course prepares women to handle real-world threats through a blend of martial arts styles such as Taekwondo and Krav Maga, according to Becky Waters, lecturer in sports studies. “I wanted to help the community girls learn how to defend themselves no matter what. However they are attacked or thrown to the...