Joshua Paladino and his family. Courtesy | Facebook Because the scientific revolution changed the definition of nature, C.S. Lewis believed the natural law does not necessarily follow from nature, according to Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship student Joshua Paladino. Paladino presented his dissertation “The Political Theology of C.S. Lewis” on March 27 in Lane...
Two professors debated the proper role of government in a free republic at an event hosted by the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship on Jan. 20. Thomas West, professor of politics, presented his book “The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and the Moral Conditions of Freedom.” In his book,...
Fundraising has begun for expansion of Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus, with the purchase of two additional buildings that will house the Van Andel Graduate School of Government and other offices, as well as a plan to build a courtyard that will connect the buildings along Massachusetts Avenue. The Allan P. Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies...
Hillsdale College in D.C. has hired David Azerrad as an assistant professor of government and research fellow. The hire comes as the D.C. campus continues to grow, most notably with the opening of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government this fall. Vice President for Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School...
Despite Calvin Coolidge’s reputation for opposing progressive policy, he was actually sympathetic to it, Thomas Tacoma argued at his public lecture last Thursday. Tacoma is Hillsdale College’s first student to earn a Ph.D. in the Van Andel program, who also graduated from the college. In his dissertation, which was the first in the graduate program...