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Douglas M. Brattebo, Ph.D., J.D., associate professor of political science and director of the James A. Garfield Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hiram College recently discussed his personal thoughts on the presidency crisis with WAKR’s Jasen Sokol.

The late Harlene Jones Lee ’51, an educator and professional skater, has left $3.4 million to Hiram College as a gift from her estate.

The work of researchers from labs in Indiana, Spain, Portugal, and our very own Hiram, Ohio, came together in a recent paper published in  Microbial Cell Factories, a world-leading journal focusing on applied microbiology. Brad Goodner, Ph.D., professor of biology, is one of the paper’s authors.

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful voice for the global youth-led environmental movement, will be the featured speaker at the 2019 Howard Seymour Bissel and Robert Kenyon Bissell Symposium.

On Thursday, September 12, students, faculty and staff, set aside their normal schedules to take part in Campus Day. A Hiram College tradition stretching back to 1921, Campus Day gives everyone the opportunity to take part in community service projects across the campus and throughout the surrounding community.

Hiram College has been recognized as a top college according to the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings.  

In recent years, Hiram College has been a front-runner in designing and implementing bold academic changes under a model aptly known as the New Liberal Arts™. The College is now taking steps to make its New Liberal Arts more accessible with a new tuition model that will reduce the published tuition and mandatory fees by 35 percent, starting in fall 2020, in addition to offering free summer courses and paid internships.

Alexia Kemerling, Hiram College Garfield Presidency Scholar, recaps her experiences on the group’s academic year-commencing retreat to Hiram College’s Northwoods Field Station in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The trip was led by Douglas Brattebo, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and director of the James A. Garfield Center for the Study of the American Presidency. Jeff Swenson, associate professor of English, also accompanied the group. Twenty-nine students, first-years to seniors, from a wide range of majors, comprise this year’s group of Scholars.

The 2019 edition of Washington Monthly’s College Guide and Rankings has listed Hiram College as number four in the country among colleges and universities that award bachelor’s degrees almost exclusively.

A special message from Dean Judy Muyskens to Hiram College students before the start of the 2019-2020 academic year.