The classics seminar room in Kendall Hall has a new look this semester. Joseph Garnjobst, chairman and professor of classics, said the renovations in Kendall 232 were done in-house by Hillsdale College maintenance. Additions to the room include more bookshelves, a different projector angle, and a new whiteboard on the west wall, according to Garnjobst....
When Patricia Craig decided against attending Hillsdale College at the age of 18 and went to the University of Dallas instead, she did not expect to return more than a decade later as an assistant professor of classics at the college. Craig, a Hillsdale Academy graduate and the daughter of Professor of Politics Mickey Craig,...
The Hillsdale Classics Department recently held a lecture, titled “Love in the Aeneid,” to commemorate Grace West, a Hillsdale classics professor who died in May. The lecture was held as a kind of memorial, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Carl Young, who organized the event, explained how the idea came to be. “It was...
An accomplished scholar, respected teacher, and devout Christian, tenured Hillsdale classics professor Grace Starry West died suddenly from lung cancer on Sunday, May 19, in her home. Her Order of Burial service was held May 22 at Holy Trinity Parish in Hillsdale. Perhaps best known for the great depth and variety of her research,...
Admissions requirements to Hillsdale College in the late 19th century included an understanding of Greek and Latin equal to that of current upper-level classics students. It’s just one of the fascinating facts Katie Hillery found while researching her senior project. Hillery, who is a double major in classics and history, presented her project in the...