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The Women Commissioners raised more than $120,000 in scholarship money at this year’s Charger Derby. According to Sue McAlpine ’86, 100% of the proceeds go into the Women Commissioners’ scholarship fund, helping students afford Hillsdale College who couldn’t otherwise. This year was the group’s most successful yet, grossing $123,758. College President Larry Arnn said the Charger Derby was the creation...

Students can now enjoy smoothies during breakfast on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the dining hall. This addition is part of Metz Culinary Management’s continuous effort to improve dining options, according to Campus Executive Chef Adam Harvey. “We’ve been exploring new ways to enhance our breakfast offerings, and smoothies have been a fun addition,” Harvey said. “We’re currently offering them on...

To educate a person is not only to impart knowledge, but to form their soul, according to Robert McNamara, an associate professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. McNamara spoke Oct. 29 on the deeply spiritual and personalist approach to education inspired by the writings of Catholic philosopher Edith Stein.  “Education is never a put-together behavioral project shaped toward...

Associate Professor of Philosophy Ian Church received a record-breaking $2.5 million grant from the Templeton Foundation Oct. 24 to fund a three-year research project titled “Virtues and Vices of Spiritual Yearning.”  The grant is the largest any faculty member at Hillsdale College has ever received, surpassing a previous $2.3 million grant awarded to Church in 2021 for a research project...