Last weekend, Michael Skupin, the inspirational speaker who was medically evacuated in Season 2 and placed second in Season 25 of the CBS show “Survivor,” spoke to men of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity about God, goal-setting, and following through on commitment. “It was great to hear his talk. We learned a lot about leadership...
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Orthodox Christian Fellowship reads Gregory of Nyssa
As Christians enter Lent and begin the journey toward Christ’s Holy Week ascent to Mount Calvary, Hillsdale’s Orthodox Christian Fellowship is fittingly contemplating Moses’ parallel ascent to Mount Sinai — and the Christian soul’s ascent to Paradise — in St. Gregory of Nyssa’s work “The Life of Moses.” Associate Professor of English Justin Jackson leads...
Wife of former coach McAvoy dies
Dolores Joan McAvoy died on Feb. 17 at the age of 83 in her home in Dowagiac, Michigan, after a brief battle with cancer. She was wife of the former Director of Athletics and head football coach John “Jack” McAvoy, who died in 2008. She was a great supporter of Hillsdale College athletics and of...
Better contact: Student ambassadors, callers hired
Admissions added 40 students to its ambassador squad and 27 to its new call team. With 30 senior student ambassadors graduating this semester, leaving 42 remaining, admissions is preparing for their departure by training the new employees. There will be 112 total ambassadors for this semester, Assistant Director of On-Campus Recruiting John Papciak said. Come...
Everett Oratory Competition advances
Fourteen students spoke competitively about the power of the government executive during the weekend of Feb. 6. Out of the 25 students who applied, 18 submitted the required speech manuscript for this year’s annual Edward Everett Oratory Competition. The topic was “Of Presidents and Kings: Executive Privilege and the Balance of Power.” According to Professor...