Three Hillsdale College Graduating Seniors Commissioned by U.S. Marine Corps
12 May 2024 - 7:47AM
Business Wire
Hillsdale College congratulates Tomasz Ignatik and Joseph
Randolph on their commissions to the U.S. Marine Corps and Joseph
Hardenbergh on the commission he will receive later this summer.
The college hosted an outdoor ceremony at the Civil War Soldiers’
Monument on May 11 to honor the students’ achievement and
willingness to serve.
Peter Jennings, associate professor of management and former
Marine infantry officer, provided an address at the ceremony. “In
the history of our republic, the final guarantee of Constitutional
self-government has been the willingness of patriotic and able men
and women to stand and to serve,” said Jennings. “As military men
and women, it is not their task to become embroiled in the great
ongoing partisan battles, nor to despair of their intractability.
Their task is simply to stand and to serve. To learn war and to
deploy to some remote outpost, to keep watch, to fight, and if
necessary, to die, in order to keep the wolves away from the house.
In so doing, these men and women serve the common good in this one
indispensable way: They give Constitutional self-government and the
inalienable right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. One
more chance for one more generation.”
Ignatik of Utica, Ohio, majored in English. He was a member of
the wrestling club, the 1844 Society, and the Catholic Society. He
also volunteered with A Few Good Men and Military Mentorship and
worked with the maintenance and security departments.
Randolph of Ann Arbor, Michigan, majored in history. On campus,
he played club rugby and intramural basketball and beach
volleyball. He also volunteered with A Few Good Men and Military
Mentorship and worked as a resident advisor for the Simpson
Dormitory.
Hardenbergh of Northville, Michigan, majored in biology. At
Hillsdale, he played on the Charger baseball team and belonged to
the Athletes InterVarsity.
Because of his obligations to the Charger baseball team,
Hardenbergh could not receive his commission at the ceremony. He
will receive it later this summer.
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logo, click here.
About Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College is an independent, nonsectarian, Christian
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 6.6
million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.
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