For the past month, the Hillsdale College Math Department has posted an open position for a Computer Science professor in hopes of restoring the Computer Science minor. From the late ‘80s until 2015, one of the math professors, Ryan Zeller, offered a plethora of classes that would satisfy the minor. After his retirement in ’15, the department decided not to...
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Midwifery Education Club packs miscarriage kits for grieving mothers
More than 35 volunteers for the Midwifery Education Club gathered last week to create more than 250 miscarriage care packages for Early Pregnancy Loss Association, a local non-profit. The EPLA, founded in 2016 by Emily Carrington, provides support for women and families who have suffered a miscarriage. With a kettle of tea kept warm in a corner of Waterman Residence’s...
Walsh, Bugni discuss a day in the life of a public defender
Public defenders act as the wall between mob justice and liberty, according to Joe Bugni, a federal crime attorney in Wisconsin. Ryan Walsh ’09, a former clerk to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, interviewed Bugni on Oct. 15 about Bugni’s work as a public defender. More than 50 students attended “A Day in the Life of a Public Defender,” which was...
‘Empire has consequences’: Habib talks republics, Rome in library lecture
On Oct. 15, Hillsdale’s Mossey Library hosted Associate Professor of Politics Khalil Habib in its newest installment of the Our Faculty’s Ongoing Research lecture series. Habib spoke on the theme of liberty and empire, and the differing views that three prolific political thinkers — Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Montesquieu — each had on these important themes. Habib is currently working on...
Q & A: James Hankins
Q: What do you love about the Italian Renaissance? Why did you want to study it? A: I was a classics major as an undergraduate, and when I was taking courses it became clear to me that the classics were the difference between civilization and barbarism. The classics were the most important thing in the culture of the Renaissance. The...
Campus COVID-19 cases continue to decline, college reports
Hillsdale College reported four active cases of COVID-19 Wednesday morning, with one student in isolation awaiting test results. Twenty-five individuals are in contact isolation after close contact with a person who tested positive, the college reported in the faculty and staff newsletter on Wednesday. Out of the 235 students who have been tested this semester, 208 tested negative and 27...
Harvard prof: ‘Coercion is not enough to keep society together’
According to Harvard professor James Hankins, the humanities as we know them aren’t working, and a return to Renaissance education could be the solution. Hankins, who gave a lecture at Hillsdale College on Oct. 15, is a professor of History at Harvard University specializing in the Italian Renaissance. He is the author of several books and contributes to publications including...
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