After months of gathering documents and wrangling Hillsdale College’s identity into online essay forms, Hillsdale College faculty and staff reaped their reward: The Higher Learning Commission, a private regional accreditor, reaffirmed the college’s accreditation for 10 years in May 2018. The reaccreditation upholds Hillsdale’s status as a “legitimate institution whose education is serious and noteworthy,”...
Author: Nicole Ault (Nicole Ault)
Hillsdale County residents battle suicide epidemic in local community
When Lorie Nichols’ phone rings, she knows that answering it might put a life in her hands. Sometimes a call comes in the middle of the night, a last grasp at life from a suicidal person who listens to a deeper instinct, or a desperate plea for assistance from the person’s friend. A member...
Hillsdale’s house on the Hill
At first, the rattling chandelier in Apartment C of the Hillsdale House dragged students from their rooms, wondering grouchily if this was an earthquake or the guys in Apartment D above. It was the latter: D’s residents tumbled apologetically down the steps to explain that junior Christian Yiu had just been doing his jumping jacks,...
Hillsdale alumna elected to West Virginia Supreme Court
When Beth Walker ’87 road-tripped with fellow Hillsdale students to Washington, D.C., one spring break, she had a blast touring the city and getting an insider tour of the U.S. Supreme Court — but she didn’t realize the trip was a “preview” of her future, as she calls it now. Designed by the same architect,...
Students explore interests in WHIP internships
Every semester, students who participate in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program take classes while working all over Washington, D.C. They gain experience in fields that interest them and learn from the best. We asked four WHIP students about their internships. Alex Miller Where are you interning this semester? I’m interning at the Heritage Foundation, in the...