Susan Putnam works at the Mary Randall Preschool. Courtesy | Susan Putnam Susan Putnam, head preschool teacher at Mary Randall Preschool, talks Michigan, Diet Coke geysers, and basketball. What is your favorite childhood memory? Playing card games with my family, especially my grandparents. People talk and laugh easily while playing cards. Our game of choice...
In this Quick Hits, Professor of Biology Francis Steiner talks best student excuses, his favorite restaurant — in both Hillsdale and in Jackson — and what inspired him to study biology. Most adventurous food you’ve ever tried? Sichuan food, when I was a post-doc at Rutgers University. If you weren’t teaching biology, what completely different...
In this Quick Hits, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Allison Postell talks about commercial refrigerator painting, her love of Aristotle, and study tips. Allison is married to Joseph Postell (right), Associate Professor of Politics. What is the most unusual job you’ve ever worked? Painting the inside of commercial refrigerators. What’s your favorite part of being...
Collin Barnes carrying a 50 pound bag of dog food. Courtesy | Collin Barnes In this Quick Hits, Chairman of Psychology Department Collin Barnes talks disc golf, diesel engines, and rock ‘n’ roll. What is an annoying thing students do? Nothing. They’re practically perfect in every way — except that business about saving tables in...
Blake McAllister at the age of 3. Courtesy | Blake McAllister In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Philosophy Blake McAllister talks Disney movies, assumptions people make about him, and his dogs. What makes you smile daily? My 3-year-old asks me to act out the scene from “Beauty and the Beast” with her where Gaston...