Hillsdale College Graduate Student Charles Stalzer Wins Judith Finn Memorial Award

HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College announces the newest recipient of the Judith Finn Memorial Award, Charles Stalzer. Stalzer will receive his master’s degree this year in Politics from the College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. His academic interests include 21st-century American Progressivism, Catholic Political Thought, and t...

Hillsdale College Graduate Student Joshua Robe Wins Judith Finn Memorial Award

HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College announced the newest recipient of the Judith Finn Memorial Award, Joshua Robe.The post Hillsdale College Graduate Student Joshua Robe Wins Judith Finn Memorial Award appeared first on Hillsdale College.

Hillsdale College Presents 2025 Judith Finn Memorial Award to Graduate Student Madelaine Christensen

Hillsdale presents the award each year to an outstanding master’s graduate.Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College presented the 2025 Judith Finn Memorial Award to Madelaine Christensen of Vicksburg, Michigan, on May 5, 2025. The award is presented each year to a graduating master’s student. Christensen received her master’s d...

Hillsdale College Ph.D. Candidate Colin Brown Presents Doctoral Research

Brown presented research from his dissertation on “Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Statesman.”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Colin Brown gave a research presentation on his dissertation, entitled “Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Statesman” on Feb. 28. Franklin is often portrayed as a pragmatic sta...

Hillsdale College Ph.D. Candidate Stephen Goniprow Presents Doctoral Research

Goniprow presented research from his dissertation “An Introduction to Global Justice Theory.”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Stephen Goniprow gave a research presentation on his dissertation titled “An Introduction to Global Justice Theory” on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Global justice theory, which emerged in...

Hillsdale College Graduate School Hosts Statesmanship Colloquium in Honor of Charles R. Kesler

The conference included a keynote address by Kesler and panel discussions of some of his students’ writings.Download Press ReleaseHillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, in conjunction with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government at the University of Notre Dame, hosted a conference Oct. 3-5 titled “Saving...

Joey Barretta Presents Doctoral Research

HILLSDALE, Mich. — Doctoral student Joey Barretta presented his dissertation research titled “Frederick Douglass on the Necessary Prescriptions of Freedom: Proscriptions for Post-Slavery America” on Nov. 1. Barretta spoke on Douglass’s writings and political philosophy during the post-Civil War and Reconstruction periods.The post Joey Barretta P...

Hillsdale College Ph.D. Candidate Jessica Higa Presents Doctoral Research

Higa presented research from her dissertation on “War Power in the Political Thought of Salmon P. Chase”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Jessica Higa gave a research presentation on her dissertation titled “War Power in the Political Thought of Salmon P. Chase” on Nov. 14. Chase entered politics defen...

Hillsdale College Ph.D. Candidate Dennis Clark Presents Doctoral Research

Clark presented research from his dissertation “Corruption and Corruptors: Niccolò Machiavelli and the Problem of Political Patronage.”Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Dennis Clark gave a research presentation on his dissertation titled “Corruption and Corruptors: Niccolò Machiavelli and the Problem o...

Hillsdale College Ph.D. Candidate Koty Arnold Presents Doctoral Research

Download Press ReleaseHILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College doctoral candidate Gordon Dakota “Koty” Arnold gave a research presentation on his dissertation titled “The Constitutional Nationalism of Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.” on Sept. 2. Lodge served in the U.S. Senate from 1892-1894 and famously opposed Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations. Arnold gav...