Constitution center to open in D.C.
College hopes to start center within year to present lectures and literature on Constitution; a related graduate program in statesmanship is still in the planning stage
Maria Schmitt
Issue date: 10/25/07 Section: News
Within the next year, Hillsdale College could open its Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Studies, a constitutional education center in Washington, D.C., said Political Science Lecturer David Bobb said. The center will put a direct college presence in the nation's capital and help the school move towards creating a graduate program in statesmanship.
Bobb moved to the district last January in order to begin work on the center, which he will direct.
Bobb said the purpose of the center will be "To heighten the American citizen's understanding of the Constitution."
College President Larry Arnn said the center stems from his ideas about the college and the college's history of public service and defense of the Constitution.
The center will host lectures and produce literature attempting to bring the Constitution back into the minds of American citizens.
"The college markets in a big way and it will likely keep doing that, except it will do it bigger," Arnn said.
In addition, Arnn said, students from the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, graduate students and citizens will be able to spend time at the center learning about the Constitution. The center would allow students from Hillsdale a jumping point besides the WHIP program for careers in Washington.
"It will be an avenue for ideas and people from Hillsdale College to make an impact in Washington and the presence there of something will help to do that because our college is very old and distinguished and it would be good for people in power to be reminded of that," he said.
Arnn also said that the center will allow people see the college and its ability to self-govern on a regular basis.
Junior Craig Kreinbihl, a political science major, said he thinks the center will be a great resource for the college.
"I think it's a natural progression for the college," he said. "So much of what we do here is about affecting government."
A graduate program in statesmanship is also in the works.
Bobb moved to the district last January in order to begin work on the center, which he will direct.
Bobb said the purpose of the center will be "To heighten the American citizen's understanding of the Constitution."
College President Larry Arnn said the center stems from his ideas about the college and the college's history of public service and defense of the Constitution.
The center will host lectures and produce literature attempting to bring the Constitution back into the minds of American citizens.
"The college markets in a big way and it will likely keep doing that, except it will do it bigger," Arnn said.
In addition, Arnn said, students from the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, graduate students and citizens will be able to spend time at the center learning about the Constitution. The center would allow students from Hillsdale a jumping point besides the WHIP program for careers in Washington.
"It will be an avenue for ideas and people from Hillsdale College to make an impact in Washington and the presence there of something will help to do that because our college is very old and distinguished and it would be good for people in power to be reminded of that," he said.
Arnn also said that the center will allow people see the college and its ability to self-govern on a regular basis.
Junior Craig Kreinbihl, a political science major, said he thinks the center will be a great resource for the college.
"I think it's a natural progression for the college," he said. "So much of what we do here is about affecting government."
A graduate program in statesmanship is also in the works.
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