After he suffered a stroke in class on Sept. 2, Professor of English Michael Jordan announced a week later he would retire the next day. A mainstay of the English department for the past 29 years, Jordan first joined Hillsdale’s faculty in 1991 as an assistant professor. After being promoted to associate professor, Jordan became...
Director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture and former Hillsdale College professor John Freeh is introducing the Great Books program to inspire the “pursuit of wisdom” at their center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus. The Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, according to its website, is an educational program in...
“There is something in the very form of reading — the shape of the action itself — that tends toward virtue.” So writes Karen Swallow Prior in her newest book published last month, “On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books,” speaking of the forming influence of literature in her life. “My deep...
Hillsdale College welcomed new Assistant Professor of English Elizabeth Fredericks to the English department faculty this fall. Originally from southern California, Fredericks earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Hope College in Michigan. She continued her education in seminary at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fredericks earned her master’s degree in 20th century British...
Homer’s “The Odyssey” is a traditional selection read in Great Books in the Western Tradition: Ancient to Medieval, one of the core curriculum courses in Hillsdale College’s great books program, which was ranked No. 3 in the nation by Best College Reviews. Wikimedia Commons | Collegian According to an online college review journal, Hillsdale College...