The Formal Lounge in the Grewcock Student Union might not be Tabard Inn from “The Canterbury Tales,” but Associate Professor of English Patricia R. Bart encouraged students to explore the opportunities group input can offer writers. Bart spoke to students at the Tower Light’s first-ever Authorial Convivium Sept. 23 about the importance of cultivating creative culture on campus. Bart serves...
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GOAL adds new mentorship program: SOAR
This fall, sophomore Matthew Karten started a new GOAL program to provide aid to students with difficulty in their home lives or academics. Success through Opportunity leading to Accountability and Respect, or SOAR, is a one-on-one mentorship initiative for struggling students at Horizon Alternative High School, according to Karten. “We have 20 kids or so who are typically struggling academically,...
Alexandra DeSanctis speaks on future of the pro-life movement
Abortion is an anti-woman philosophy, said Alexandra DeSanctis Marr, the fall visiting Pulliam Fellow, in her lecture, “The Direction of the Pro-Life Movement after Dobbs.” DeSanctis, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and staff writer at the National Review, presented her lecture to a crowded room of donors and friends of the college in Plaster Auditorium on...
Q &A: Fall Pulliam Fellow, Alexandra DeSanctis
Alexandra DeSanctis is a staff writer for National Review and a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. As the fall 2022 Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism, she taught a one-credit course on campus called Reporting in an Age of Controversy. Her recent book, co-written with Ryan T. Anderson, is “Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion...
Jewish student society honors Rosh Hashanah with service
A mix of students, college faculty and staff, and Hillsdale residents gathered Sept. 25 in a Kendall Hall classroom for a service to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the civil new year in Judaism. “It celebrates, first, God’s creation of the world, but it also sets off the days of repentance,” said Assistant Professor of Classics Joshua Fincher, who...
Composer to premiere song for Choral Evensong
The Hillsdale College Chamber Choir will perform a Choral Evensong service commissioned by the college and composed by Andrew Maxfield Oct. 2 at 2:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. “I’m excited that this is ours and it is written specifically for Christ Chapel,” said James Holleman, professor of music. “It meets Dr. Arnn’s vision of music in Christ Chapel and it...
Professors Mattox and Mumme join Hillsdale theology faculty
Hillsdale welcomed Associate Professors of Religion Jonathan Mumme and Mickey Mattox after their previous institutions grew hostile to theological instruction, the new professors said. Mumme came to Hillsdale from Concordia University in Wisconsin and Mattox came from Marquette University in Wisconsin. “Teaching should be fun,” Mattox said. “What happened in my own institution was that all the requirements for the...
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