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Sophia Rome ’25 will replace Ingrid Dornbirer ’24 as ​​the director of the Student Activities Office in June.  “I love the people in the SAO office so much. Working with them every single day sounds so fun,” Rome said. “They’re all really awesome people, the students, and they love their jobs. They put so much into it.”  Dornbirer, who grew...

Richard Gamble, professor of history, will retire at the close of this semester. Gamble has taught at Hillsdale College since 2006. “I will miss my church, my colleagues, and the students,” Gamble said.  He plans to spend his retirement time with family in South Carolina and working on his biography on John Lukacs.  Charles Yost, assistant professor in medieval history,...

The Hillsdale marketing team posted a parody of the viral “nihilist penguin” clip, generated in part by artificial intelligence, on the college social media accounts Jan. 25.  The post drew some criticism in the comment section from current and former students for adopting an internet trend and using generative AI, but the marketing team says the video was a fun...

When patrons enter Mossey Library this week, they encounter a series of panels telling the story of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. In commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Jan. 27, 1945, the exhibit highlights the years of reconstruction in which the Jewish people searched for loved ones, rebuilt...

Comedy should be taken just as seriously as tragedy, Associate Professor of English Benedict Whalen said at the Lyceum’s first Friday Forum of the semester. “We have a steady line of critics, poets, and thinkers who affirm the importance and the seriousness of the tragic form,” Whalen said. “What place does laughter have at the academic table?” Friday Forums are...

Amber Duke is a senior editor for the Daily Caller. She gave a speech titled “The Rise of the New Media” at the CCA on Tuesday night. Q. How did you get into journalism? A. It was kind of by accident. I was graduating from Georgetown, majoring in economics and government and wanted to be an economic researcher. I was...

Hosts of “Unashamed with the Robertson Family” are taking the college’s C.S. Lewis online course and discussing it on their podcast every Friday. The podcast features members of the Duck Dynasty family — Al Robertson, Zach Dasher, John Luke Robertson, and Christian Huff — as they take the course, “C.S. Lewis on Christianity,” taught by Michael Ward, a distinguished fellow...