From the Farm to the Stars

Daniel J. Schroeder ’55, a boy from Wisconsin and great-grandchild of German immigrants, played a key role in space exploration while teaching and inspiring generations of students.

Brave New Worldbuilding

Ray Broad ’26 shares their experience designing and teaching a new course to help students work toward making the world they live in more like the world they want to live in.

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Books & Media

General interest books and media by Beloit community members.

From the president

Finding guidance in Martha Peterson’s legacy of courage and conviction

Czech student finds refuge at Beloit College

Milan Hapala ’40 first attended Beloit College as an exchange student, but the outbreak of war lead him to find his, “second home,” in the United States.

Class Notes

Find out what your Beloit friends have been doing.

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Notebook

The Class of 1919 Victory Fountain outside Morse Library in 2025.

Remembering history: the Class of 1919 Victory Fountain

An unexpected find and a landscaping challenge led to the installation of a century-old class gift in front the renovated Morse Library.

Four named to Athletic Hall of Honors

Adam Neiffer ’06, Chris Molnar ’00, Julie Wilke ’02, and Tim Schmiechen were inducted into the Beloit College Athletics Hall of Honor.

Lirio Hittle '86 with students in Professor Gabriela Cerghedean's Spanish class.

Beyond Board means back to the classroom for alumni

Before the 2025 Beloiter Day festivities began, 30 alumni had an assignment to complete.

Letters: from our readers

Ghost Army, accomplished geologist, and literature

On The Cover

In this photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope, three bright stars, each with cross-shaped diffraction spikes, appear in a small part of the stellar nursery known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud. At only roughly 480 light-years from Earth, it is one of the best locations for studying newly forming stars. The small orange spot just left of center below the clouds of the nebula is a newly formed protostar, hidden in a protoplanetary disc that obstructs some of its light.

Daniel J. Schroeder ’55 was selected to be one of NASA’s two telescope scientists to oversee the design and fabrication of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Issue’s contributors

ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Duchêne

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