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Hillsdale College Hosts Fall Convocation

Assistant professor of politics Adam Carrington to offer remarks, College to present Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence

On Thursday, November 15, Hillsdale College will host its Fall Convocation, gathering the college community together to celebrate academic tradition and excellence. The featured speaker is Adam Carrington, assistant professor of politics at Hillsdale College. The ceremony will include the presentation of the prestigious Emily Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence, which honors a member of the Hillsdale faculty who has exhibited outstanding academic work and dedication to instruction.

The event is free and open to the media, but space is limited and attendees are encouraged to RSVP by contacting Emily Davis at [email protected] or 517-607-2730.

WHEN

Thursday, November 15, 2018
11 a.m. ET

WHERE

College Baptist Church
200 N Manning Street
Hillsdale, MI 49242

WHO

Adam Carrington is an assistant professor of politics at Hillsdale College, where he teaches on American political thought, Constitutional law and literature. He also serves as the faculty advisor for Hillsdale College’s chapters of Pi Sigma Alpha and Young Americans for Freedom. He is the author of Justice Stephen Field’s Cooperative Constitution of Liberty: Liberty in Full, and his work has been published in several academic journals, including Journal of Supreme Court History, American Political Thought, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Justice Systems Journal and The American Journal of Legal History.

About Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 5.7 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.

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Media inquiries may be directed to:
Emily Stack Davis
517-607-2730 (work)
517-803-3745 (cell)
[email protected]
For all other inquiries contact Hillsdale College at 517-437-7341