Events

Hillsdale College invites you to the Kirby Center for an AWC Family Foundation lecture: The Urgent Need for a U.S. Space Force Steven L. Kwast Lieutenant General, United States Air Force (retired) Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:00 p.m. Doors Open | 6:30 p.m. LectureReception to follow. Steven L. Kwast is a retired Air Force general and former commander of the Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering, he holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a past president of the Air Force’s Air University in Montgomery, Alabama, and a former fighter pilot with extensive combat and command experience. He is the author of the study, “Fast Space: Leveraging Ultra Low-Cost Space Access for 21st Century Challenges.”

Hillsdale College invites you to the Kirby Center for an evening lecture: Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Richard Vedder Author, Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Senior Fellow, Independent Institute Thursday, November 21, 2019 6:00 p.m. Doors Open | 6:30 p.m. ProgramReception to follow. Richard K. Vedder is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics at Ohio University. He has been Senior Economist at the U.S. Joint Economic Committee and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University. He is the author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much. His articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals, the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Review, Washington Times, and Investor's Business Daily.