Hillsdale students spending their semester in Washington D.C had their first group outing on Jan. 31. They toured the Pentagon, and in the afternoon, a Hillsdale alumnus working for the FBI, Michael Carroll, gave this semester’s 18 Washington Hillsdale Internship Program participants a tour of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The private tour allowed the...
Year: 2014
Officers urge seniors to give
The college’s 2014 senior class officers have officially kicked off a three-year student giving campaign for the senior class. Senior Class President Josh Andrew explained that the campaign is an effort to increase the percentage of alumni donations given to the college. “Historically, people who graduate from Hillsdale don’t seem to give back very much,”...
Boosting our stats
Hillsdale College plans to be the most selective school in Michigan within five years. As part of the Rebirth of Liberty and Learning campaign, admissions plans to increase its applications by about 40 to 45 percent and raise the average ACT score to 31 by 2018. “A lot of schools, a lot of private liberal...
Alum hosts hockey games
In the woods, on the outskirts of town, is a place that carries on the memory and love for a game that has not been a part of Hillsdale College athletics in over 25 years. Craig Connor, ’77 graduate of Hillsdale College and left wing on the college’s hockey team, has constructed an outdoor hockey...
New face brightens Olds Dorm
After her mother passed away, Linda Gravel wanted a fresh start. This past August, she moved to Hillsdale where her son and daughter-in-law coach the college women’s volleyball team. From bouncing between Troy, Mich. and Hillsdale to babysit her grandaughter, Gravel knew the Hillsdale community well. When the Olds Residence’s House Director, Mary Cobb, took...


