WASHINGTON, D.C. – At first glance, “Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals”, known for short as “M5,” looks like the type of book you would find in an elementary school library. Yet author Matthew Mehan claims it’s a book for the whole family. On the evening of Sept. 5, Mehan sat down with Hillsdale journalism...
While teaching “Hamlet” to college students in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, Lecturer of English Matthew Mehan is writing the book he wishes Hamlet had read as a kid. Titled “Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals” (or “M5” for short), the book features 26 colorfully-illustrated monsters with their own poems, one for each letter of the...
WASHINGTON — Unsure of his exact birth date in 1818, Frederick Douglass chose to celebrate on Feb. 14. So on Tuesday, the eve of his 200th birthday, a gathering at Hillsdale’s Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship honored him in style — with a public lecture, a reception, and a brand-new painting....
Hillsdale College may bring a politics master’s program to professionals at the heart of the American political scene, just a few minutes walk from the U.S. Capitol and Union Station. College administrators are still discussing plans and gauging interest in a master’s program at the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and...
Matthew Spalding, associate vice president and director of the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., was named the center’s first endowed chair this month. Hillsdale College Provost David Whalen said the college recognized Spalding with the position of Allan P. Kirby Jr. endowed chair for his excellence as...