Class of 2019: welcome. You have come from all over the country and the world with varied educational backgrounds—public, private, charter and home schools, to name a few—to be united by this college in the common task of higher education. You’ve likely already begun to engage in some of the inevitable, inexhaustible Hillsdale debates as...
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Photography: pure and simple? — ‘Pure Photography’ from Syracuse University to offer snapshot into photo history
What makes a photograph a piece of art? Must it be manipulated and stylized to deserve the word, or can it simply be a realistic image? It’s a dilemma that’s sparked raging debates in the art world since photography’s inception in the early 1800s — but a question that, in an era of Instagram, Snapchat,...
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Hillsdale to join Great Midwest Athletic Conference in 2017
Hillsdale College will join the Great Midwest Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2017, the college announced today. Hillsdale is currently a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The move will not affect Hillsdale’s D-II status or current athletic programs. “Being a member of the G-MAC will be good for our student-athletes while maintaining...
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Oren falls short of automatically qualifying for USA Championships
With a 9:57.75 time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Portland Track Festival on Sunday, rising senior Emily Oren came just 4.75 seconds short of automatically qualifying for the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. Oren entered the race aiming for a time of 9:53 to guarantee herself a spot at the national meet...
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Emily Oren named National Athlete of the Year
Rising senior Emily Oren accomplished what few track athletes ever have at the Division II level this past season: in recognition of her success, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named her the D-II Women’s Track Athlete of the Year on May 27. “The USTFCCCA recognizes how well you ran...