Tree Ceremony

Tree Planted to Honor Professor Horst Mewes

April 25, 2019

On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, a Norhtern Catalpa Speciosa was planted to honor the memory of Professor Horst Mewes. The tree was planted near the Norlin Sundial on the North Side of Ketchum to welcome students to campus. Read About Horst Mewes Meet Horst Mewes

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Meet Horst Mewes

April 28, 2017

Associate Professor in Political Science Horst Mewes grew up in Germany after the second world war. In 1955, at age 15, he immigrated to the United States with his parents. “After the war, Germany was heavily destroyed, so it was rebuilding,” Mewes said. “When we came to the U.S., it...

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Hannah Arendt’s Political Humanism

Oct. 8, 2009

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Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: German Émigrés and American Political Thought after World War II

June 13, 1997