During story time in Sue Walberg’s Head Start preschool classroom, four college volunteers sit criss-cross applesauce among their 3-and-4-year-old peers on the oval-shaped, royal blue rug. Three little bodies squeeze together on the lap of junior Kathryn Wong, who gives a warning glance to a small friend who has begun to shout. Wong is a...
Month: February 2016
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Hillsdale alumna qualifies for olympic trials
When Kayla Caldwell ’13 qualified for the 2016 Olympic trials for pole vaulting at the KMS Invite in Birmingham, Alabama, on Jan. 31, she said she was angry. “That day I felt like I was going to jump a personal best,” Caldwell said. “Then my calf cramped up, so I had to stop.” An hour...
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1844 Society aims to make students givers
Hillsdale College’s 1844 Society is striving to bridge the divide between students, alumni, and the institution itself based on their common appreciation for a Hillsdale education. Founded last fall, the 1844 Society began to foster student-alumni relationships as well as increase alumni engagement with Hillsdale by encouraging students to invest time and money in the...
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Welcome, Hillsdale Hospital
A committee of Hillsdale Community Health Center board members, hospital administrators, and community members voted to change their name to Hillsdale Hospital in November 2015. A new sign and logo displaying the new name were implemented Jan. 1. The name change, however simple, was not in haste. “We were required by charters to seek a...