Year: 2014

From engineering to theology and Oxford to Hillsdale, new assistant professor of theology Jordan Wales said the underlying desire to see the coherency in the world, knowing, and the human person is what drove him to eventually earn his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. Wales is this semester’s addition to Hillsdale’s...

Hillsdale’s International Club is now offering free, informal courses in six foreign languages: Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Swahili. Each language has its own weekly session lasting 30 or 45 minutes. Hillsdale students lead the classes. Sophomore Bilyana Petkova teaches Bulgarian, junior Christine Nishinaga teaches Japanese, sophomore Katie Kortepeter teaches Mandarin, junior Will...

Walking to and from class, students can listen to music, read, see friends, and now pet cats. The cat population has increased in Hillsdale, and seems to peak in the neighborhood surrounding Manning Street. Students living in the area have accepted the congregation of strays as new neighbors. “I see about eight per day, but...

Beginning this summer, part-time Hillsdale student workers were not able to work 40 hours a week on campus because the Affordable Care Act restricts seasonal hours. Before this legislation, some students worked 40-hour weeks over the summer and were limited to 20 hours a week during the semester. Also, the ACA cost Hillsdale $167,000 more...