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The Spanish Department partnered with Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish honorary, to teach students flamenco dancing Oct. 9. Associate Professor of Spanish Kátia Sherman said she spent her teenage years living in Spain, learning about the culture through the flamenco dance and bullfighting. “Instead of being a good, responsible student, staying in my room and reading my books, I did...

The Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Albion, Michigan planted St. Olga of Alaska Orthodox Church as an outreach in Hillsdale in August 2024. The St. Olga of Alaska mission rents the building of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, located in downtown Hillsdale. The timeline for its establishment as a permanent church is unknown, according to Rev. Joshua Frigerio, the priest at...

Philo of Alexandria’s work in synthesizing Jewish and Platonic thought is indispensable to the Christian faith, Marquette University Professor of Theology Michael Cover said at a talk Oct. 2. His lecture, titled “What Has Alexandria to do with Jerusalem?” was part of the Gershom lecture series, which explores the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. Cover began with Tertullian’s question, “What...

A graduate of the Van Andel Graduate School for Statesmanship received a major award for his dissertation on global justice theory last month. The American Political Science Association presented Stephen Goniprow, visiting assistant professor of politics, with the award for the Best Dissertation in American Political Thought. “It’s a special feeling to know that your academic peers have recognized your...

Chair and Professor of English Justin Jackson recorded a podcast episode with members of the Duck Dynasty family in Louisiana last month. “Look, I’m an academic through and through with regards to what I read and how I write and all of that stuff, but in face-to-face relationships, I’m not an academic at all,” Jackson said. “I’m a Hillsdale Fair...

Hillsdale College’s Jewish Mishpacha showed a documentary on Oct. 7 about the rise of antisemitism on college campuses after Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.  “Antisemitism is something that is very present, and we’ve seen this especially since Oct. 7, when it became more prevalent,” said Yahli Salzman, sophomore and president of the Jewish...

After centuries of division, most of the global Christian Church still holds to the 1,700-year-old Nicene Creed, said Jerry Timmis, president of stewardship at Westminster Seminary and father of Assistant Professor of English Patrick Timmis and at a Sept. 26-27 symposium on the Reformation and Nicene Creed.  The Westminster Theological Seminary and the Hillsdale College English, history, and theology and...