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A chance to dazzle
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A chance to dazzle

 At the beginning of each spring semester, more than 20 students — music and non-music majors — vie for a coveted spot to perform a solo with the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra. On Monday the music department announced this year’s winners: Sophomore Keely Rendle, junior Thomas Ryskamp, and senior Susena Finegan will perform in the...

From posting to professional
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From posting to professional

When sophomore Chase Sabina started sharing his favorite photographs on a blog, he just wanted to post images he liked. Now, Sabina has been busy doing photoshoots for clients like Brooks Brothers, Google, and Land Rover — and has more than 27,000 followers on Instagram.  Chase begins to describe what he does and who is...

Peter Leithart ’81 talks theology and Shakespeare
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Peter Leithart ’81 talks theology and Shakespeare

Dr. Peter J. Leithart ’81 is an author and theologian as well as the president of Theopolis Institute for Biblical, Liturgical, & Cultural Studies. Leithart spoke on campus last week about the “achievement, failure, and promise” of the Reformation in the final keynote lecture of the series “This Far By Faith: The Reformation at 500.”...

From concept to clay:  A look inside a sculptor’s creative process
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From concept to clay: A look inside a sculptor’s creative process

Sometimes, when Hillsdale County sculptor Heather Tritchka ’98 is working on a statue, the facial emotions on the sculpture seem to reflect those of of the sculptor, her husband Greg Stuchell said. “If she’s was really joyful that day, the statue’s face would look more like it’s smiling,” Stuchell said. “If she was in a...

Alumna presents passion for pottery
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Alumna presents passion for pottery

One summer in the 1970s, while driving home from discussing art theory in a watercolor class, alumna Linda Shiffler noticed things didn’t look the same.  “I saw things in a completely different light,” she said. “That a tree isn’t black, or it isn’t grey, or it isn’t brown, it’s a mixture of many colors. And...