Overbearing bureaucracy and the suffocation of academic freedom drove associate professors of government Bradley Watson and Richard Samuelson to Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. campus, according to the two new faculty members. “Each of them will enrich and enlighten our undergraduate and graduate students and, through them, the city of Washington D.C. and likewise our country,” Director of Academic Programs for...
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Academy holds school in portable classroom
Due to a 22% increase in student enrollment, Hillsdale Academy’s fifth and sixth graders are learning in a temporary portable classroom. The academy currently has 50 more students than it did last year, so the administration decided to house the fifth and sixth grade classes in a modular building that could be quickly installed. “Downstairs is kindergarten to fourth, and...
Family donates taxidermied animals to Fisk Museum
A local family donated a taxidermied bison, a wild turkey, several species of North American fish, and a black bear to Hillsdale’s Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History. These gifts came from the Dawson family following the death of Ray Dawson on Aug. 20, 2021, at the age of 94. His son, Eric ’92, and grandchildren, Carly Crowley ’05,...
Ellis relates games to war
Assistant Professor of Education Erik Ellis presents on wargame board games Future military leaders should train for war by playing tabletop wargames, Assistant Professor of Education Erik Ellis said during a lecture on Friday, Sept. 30. The lecture, “Playing with History: Tabletop Wargames as an Historiographical Exercise,” took place in the Heritage Room as a part of the “Our Faculty,...
Former Alito clerk advises students
When Paul Ray woke up one morning and decided to be a lawyer, he had no idea he would one day clerk for an associate Supreme Court justice and serve in former President Donald Trump’s administration. “I didn’t start thinking about law school before my senior year. I was going to teach English and I suddenly, quite literally, woke...
Legacy Board reveals senior class gift, Slayton Arboretum renovations
The Legacy Board announced that the 2023 senior class gift will be a renovation of the Slayton Arboretum in honor of its 100th anniversary. The class of 2023 gathered in the Searle Center last Friday to hear details about the project which will include a restoration of the firepit, the pond, and the small stone house on the property called...
BLOC leads homecoming week after trivia win
A trivia victory Wednesday night launched the BLOC – an alliance of Mauck Residence, Benzing Residence, and the Suites – into first place overall in homecoming standings. Behind the BLOC, the Off-Campus Coalition is in second, followed by South Side Sweethearts and Greek Row tied for third, and Kappa and WhitWatWay tied for fifth. “I think if we can place...
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