This summer, Hillsdale College’s admissions office welcomed five new counselors and staff, all with one common factor: their alumni status. Using their own experiences, alumni in admissions are better equipped to represent Hillsdale and recruit students that are a good fit for the college, said Zack Miller, ’11, senior director of admissions. The new group...
Four days, six plays. That was last weekend’s itinerary for the 15 Hillsdale students who attended the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, the largest Shakespeare festival in North America. “It was a good chance for students to see top-notch professional theatre,” professor of theatre James Brandon said. This was at least his 10th time attending...
Allyn Morrison’s post-graduation life has been less about books and more about movies — but she’s not studying them anymore. She’s in them. Morrison has been searching out and securing opportunities to get on the big screen, fulfilling dreams she has had since she was a little girl: since May, Morrison has acted as...
“I am eight weeks in the womb and my life is forfeit.” It is this fragile and powerful sentence that caught the attention of jurors and earned Elizabeth Genovise a place in the 2016 O. Henry Short Story Prize Collection. Genovise ’06, Hillsdale alumna and professor of English at Roane State Community College in...
He grew up in a house without books. He rose above the emptiness of the miles of trailers and junk yards that distinguished his West Texan upbringing to become a well-known author, poet, and professor. Christian Wiman, past editor of “Poetry” magazine, read from poetry and prose exploring the connections between art and faith on...