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HillsdaleM a g a z i n e VOLUME 80, NUMBER 4 WINTER 2006 Hillsdale magazine • Winter 2006 On the Cover: The Alumni Association Executive Board Photography HillsdaleM a g a z i n e students practice MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS their paparazzi techniques. Rebecca J. Schmidt Abel,, ’77, David W. Bahlmann, ’61 Photo by Immediate Past President Douglas Coon. Steve E. Alexandrowski, ’94 Roger G. Bisschop, ’59 Features Spread: Michelle Mohn Baratta, ’83 James R. Buck, ’55 Howard Music OFFICERS Carol Morley Beck, ’77 Joseph N. Daniel, ’61 Hall. Photo by Karin Tiettmeyer Sullivan,, Ronda Doane Deer,, ’60, Douglas Coon. ’88 Historian Roger C. Davis, ’56 Board President Edward T. Gwilt,, ’76 John R. Deer, ’58 Michael H. Harner, ’82 Ronda Doane Deer, ’60 David B. Jessup, ’01 Brendan E. Ringlever,, ’92 James E. Fetherston, ’56 EDITOR: Monica Reeves VanDerWeide, ’95 Board Vice President David R. Kibbe,, ’83 PRODUCTION MANAGER/ George K. Kidman, ’78 James W. Hallock, ’40 ASSISTANT EDITOR: Lucinda Grimm Thomas S. Klix, ’75, WRITERS: Jeremy Young, ’04; Stephen S. Higley, ’66 Monica Reeves VanDerWeide, ’95 Matthew P. Van Note,, ’83 John C. Lauria, ’95 DESIGN COORDINATOR: Angela Lashaway, ’95 Board Secretary Kyle Chambers Maystead,, ’78 Richard C. Kerr, ’53 PHOTOGRAPHERS: Douglas Coon; Tyler Horning, ’06 Dennis F. McCarthy,, ’76 Jeffrey R. Loehnis,, ’80 ASSISTANT: Linda Kraft Douglas C. Mills, ’74 Michael H. Harner,, ’82 Charles B. Long, ’71 WEB MANAGER: Stephanie Umphress Maxwell, ’96 Director Jobi A. Parrish, ’93 DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS: Mike Harner, ’82 Thomas M. Martilotti, ’67 Matthew A. Resch,, ’97 SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Brad Monastiere James D. Rowen Sr. Donald R. Mossey, ’51 Hillsdale Magazine (USPS 245-660) is published quarterly by Jeffrey A. Stone,, ’95 Hillsdale College, 33 East College Street, Hillsdale, Michigan Normajean Thompson 49242, with additional entry point approved and periodical Leonard G. Stover,, ’79 postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 and Huntington, Rerucha, ’59 Indiana 46750, and distributed free to alumni and friends of the Edward M. Swanson,, ’60 College. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Hillsdale Bernard E. Tishkowski Jr., ’59 Magazine, 33 East College Street, Hillsdale, MI 49242. Vito J. Tringale,, ’02 Hillsdale College phone: (517) 437-7341; World Wide Web: www.hillsdale.edu; E-mail: [email protected]; Dow Elizabeth Deer Walker, ’87 Linda Berk Voit, ’73 Leadership Center phone: (517) 437-3311 (517) 437-7341 www.hillsdale.edu HillsdaleM a g a z i n e Volume 80 • Number 4 • WiNter 2006 2 6 7 22 23 24 CAPITOL JOURNALISM ALL ABOARD MERCY MISSION TRIP AND WHIP WRITING HISTORY HILLSDALE HEADLINES FOR FUN Hillsdale students The daughters Student Activities Fred and Carol A WHIP internship Skyla Freeman and alumni meet of an American Director Katy Miller take the opened doors that works in the in Washington, publishing Crissman and the message of have led Walter heart of American D.C., for a tycoon provide Student Activities Christianity “Trip” Howell to a government as weekend of a generous gift Board work to behind bars job in the world’s a presidential job shadowing, to enhance the make leisure through their largest commercial writer in the networking and Dow Journalism time a unifying prison minitry. real estate ﬁ rm White House. strengthening the Program. and meaningful and educational College-alumni part of the leadership in connection. Hillsdale student Washington, D.C. experience. 10 ALUMNI NEWS If this issue is addressed to your son or daughter who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, kindly notify the Hillsdale College Alumni Director of the correct mailing address. H illsdale Students and Alumni Get Together For a Purpose in Washington, D.C. Connections. It’s a word college juniors and seniors hear “It was awesome,” Greg Broda, ’07, said of the reception. frequently as they prepare to enter the working world. During “The alumni really went out of their way to help us and give us fall break last October, ten students spent an unforgettable two connections in Washington.” days establishing connections with Hillsdale alumni and getting Following the reception, Skyla Freeman, ’02, and Parrish, an insider’s look at job opportunities in the nation’s capital. These who both work in the White House, led the students on a students, accompanied by Director of Career Planning Joanna private tour of the West Wing. The tour was a highlight for the James Wiseley, ’76, and Director of Alumni Relations Mike Harner, group as they got an insider’s perspective from Freeman and ’82, experienced Hillsdale’s first “Living and Working In” program. Parrish and even met a member of the first family. “I got to pet Wiseley pitched the idea to Harner after hearing of similar Barney!” Michelle Fishering, ’07, exclaimed, referring to President programs at other colleges. She saw it as an opportunity to famil- Bush’s Scottish terrier. iarize students with career options in a large city and to establish mentoring links between students and alumni living and working in that city. Having such a large and active alumni base in Washington made it the perfect place to inaugurate the program. Students interested in going on the trip filled out an applica- Job Shadowing tion detailing their areas of interest, which Wiseley passed along THE STUDENTS spent Friday morning at their respective to Kim Quanstrum, ’02, president of the Washington, D.C., Hillsdale job shadowing sites. Tracy Hacke, ’06, and BJ Krech, ’07, met with Alumni Chapter. Quanstrum and Jobi Parrish, ’93, who works in the Congresswoman Cathy McMorris (R-WA) in the Capitol. “She was Department of Homeland Security, then set up a job-shadowing so generous with her time,” Hacke said. “We met all her staff and appointment for each student based on those areas of interest. sat in on a staff meeting. We also got to watch a vote in the House Arriving in Washington on a Thursday afternoon, Wiseley, gallery.” “I realized just how important the staff is to a representa- Harner and the students met with a large group of alumni at Les tive,” Krech said. “The experience really piqued my interest in how Halles Restaurant. The students and alumni exchanged contact the government works. I even watch C-SPAN now!” information, talked about their Hillsdale experiences and aspira- Sean Mattiello, ’07, a political science major who plans to tions and about living in Washington. serve in the military before pursuing a government career, found a perfect match in his meeting with Joel Bagnal, the Special Assis- the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness, gave the tant to the President for Homeland Security, Chief of Staff of the students the staff tour of Capitol Hill and the Rotunda, where Homeland Security Council and Director of Domestic Counterter- they came into contact with political figures including Karl Rove, rorism. Bagnal, a colonel in the Army Special Forces, discussed his John Kerry and Harriet Miers. The group then met with Deputy background and the role of the military in Homeland Security, and Staff Director of the Committee on Appropriations for the U.S. asked Mattiello about his schooling and his goals. “At the end of House of Representatives Dave LesStrang, ’85, in his office over- our meeting, Colonel Bagnal asked me if I would accept him being looking the National Mall. For over an hour, LesStrang answered my personal mentor,” Mattiello recalled. “I was thrilled!” students’ questions, explained his passion for government work, Over at the Department of the Treasury, Michelle Fishering, and expressed his willingness to help Hillsdale students who are Anna Moore and Ellen Fuller, three juniors who share an interest interested in working in Washington. Walter “Trip” Howell, ’80, of in international relations, met with Patrick Heffernan, Director Jones Lang LaSalle Commercial Real Estate, provided entertain- of Global Affairs for Foreign Crimes. “Our meeting was just 45 ment and advice to the students over dinner at the Metropolitan minutes long, but packed with valuable information,” Fishering Club. A day of extraordinary networking and learning ended said. “Mr. Heffernan had worked overseas and at the State with a beautiful starlit walk through the Mall. Department for 11 years. He shared lots of information with us on The group returned to Hillsdale brimming with excitement how to get a job at the State Department and how to prepare for over what they had encountered. “This trip totally changed my the diplomat test. It really got me interested in that kind of work.” perspective on living and working in Washington,” Broda said. “I Following that meeting, Doug Mills, ’74, executive director of the never had any intention of going there prior to this, and now I’m Media Research Center, drove the girls to the MRC headquarters in definitely considering looking for work there.” “Washington is an Alexandria, Virginia. There, they learned how an organization like important city, and having so many alumni willing to help us find the MRC became so influential, Fishering said. good jobs is a great asset,” Fishering said. Back at the White House, Marianne Rodriguez, ’07, an Wiseley was delighted with the positive response from all economics major interested in economic policy and analysis, involved. “I’m so proud of these students,” she said, “and our met with Keith Hennessey, Deputy Assistant to the President for alumni were so impressed with them.” With the success of this Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the National Economic program, Wiseley and Harner plan to hold future “Living and Council. “He explained to me the role of economists in the White Working In” programs in cities such as Chicago and New York, in House,” Rodriguez said. She also was able to meet with 1987 addition to returning to Washington, D.C.

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