Professor of Art Sam Knecht will receive a signature status award from the Portrait Society of America on April 22, adding another achievement to his landscape of accomplishments. The Portrait Society of America, an international organization dedicated to fostering and enhancing an understanding of the practice, techniques and applications of traditional fine art portraiture and...
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Philos Project premieres new documentary about journalism in Gaza, Israel
The Philos Project, which has funded multiple Hillsdale College trips to Israel, teamed up with HonestReporting, a media watchdog for anti-Semitic journalism, to co-host screenings of this documentary, most notably one at King’s College, a New York-based journalism school.
Barney Charter Initiative to open new school in fall
More than 350 students in kindergarten through eighth grade will begin classes at the newest classical charter school of Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative opening in Fleming Island, Florida. St. Johns Classical Academy is the initiative’s 18th school, joining others across the country from Michigan to Texas. As Michelle Knapp, the principal of...
So long, Sunny: Jazz artist-in-residence to retire after this semester
Sunny Wilkinson blinked back a few tears as she performed with the Hillcats on March 26. Not only was she singing the music of Joni Mitchell — one of her musical inspirations — but she was performing with the Hillcats for the last time.
Gangsters, poets, madmen, priests: Author Ron Hansen brings adventure to Hillsdale
As he writes a novel, Ron Hansen posts his ideal “cast” of characters on his wall so he can remember what they look like. His ideal Robert Ford wasn’t cast for the film version of his historical fiction novel “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” but he said Casey Affleck was...




