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Well-clad alumni found Cladwell: Personal stylist service
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Well-clad alumni found Cladwell: Personal stylist service

Cladwell, an online fashion start-up founded by two Hillsdale alumni, was designed to keep fashion stylish and simple. By asking the customers a series of questions about their lifestyle and fashion preferences online, Cladwell generates a capsule wardrobe for customers, suggesting both the style and number of wardrobe items they should own. Now successful business...

Hiking Hillsdale with the new Outdoor Adventures Club
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Hiking Hillsdale with the new Outdoor Adventures Club

Sophomore Emma McCormick is thrilled about the number of students — 216 — who showed interest in a new Outdoor Adventures Club on campus this year. “I’m so excited that this is happening and that people are also excited about it,” she said. McCormick was disappointed to find no outdoors clubs upon coming to Hillsdale,...

Hillsdale almost gains Franciscan friary
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Hillsdale almost gains Franciscan friary

This summer in Hillsdale, one little boy thought he saw Jedi. What other explanation could there be for barefooted men wearing brown robes and rope belts? The “Jedi” were actually Franciscan Friars Minor, visiting Hillsdale for the biennial mission trip run by St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. They nearly ended up moving to the city to...

Student runs for hometown school board
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Student runs for hometown school board

Sophomore Jenna Biggs knows why she is running for school board: she wants to give a voice to students who have been ignored at the administrative level. “I am here for the students, for the people, and for the community,” Biggs said.  “I wanted to make a change in my community.” Biggs, 18, is running...