Month: April 2016

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Frederick Douglass statue delayed until 2017
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Frederick Douglass statue delayed until 2017

Hillsdale College’s Liberty Walk will have to wait longer than expected to receive its newest addition — abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass. A college committee selected award-winning sculptor Bruce Wolfe for the project in May 2015. Wolfe was not able to begin work as soon as expected, but he plans to start sculpting soon. Although...

Alumna voices support for New York legislation
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Alumna voices support for New York legislation

  Hillsdale alumna Cynthia Martindale, author of a caregiving book for senior citizens, recently voiced support for New York legislation that requires court approval before landlords could terminate leases.   In November 2015, 150 elderly people living at Esplanade Senior Living facility in New York received a letter notifying them that their leases were terminated...

Throwback Thursday: Fall alumni awards
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Throwback Thursday: Fall alumni awards

    Each year for the past 60 years the Hillsdale College Alumni Department has awarded a group of alumni plaques recognizing their post-graduate achievement. Among last fall’s honorees was Dan Wisner ’55, inventor of a sensory scheme for anti-lock brakes and cruise control. “He had flown under the radar in his post-Hillsdale years,” Grigor...