Grace Pfeifer cheered on her campers as they slid their fingers into each mountain crag, inching their way up its side. No matter how challenging the route was, or whether they were climbing the upward or leeward side, Pfeifer always encouraged them to finish every climb. This past summer, Pfeifer, a junior, worked as a...
Hillsdale alumna becomes chief justice on West Virginia Supreme Court
Beth Walker ’87 took office as a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court in January 2017 — and two years later, in January 2019, she’ll become its chief justice. “It is such a huge honor to be selected by my fellow justices,” Walker told The Collegian. “It’s a really important leadership position in our...
A Veterans Day vignette
This Sunday, Veterans Day, Hillsdale College faculty, staff, and students will remember friends and family members who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Here is the story of one college employee and her father, Donald Mees. Sorting through a pile of photographs and letters she’d gathered over the years, Jennifer Ellair, a Hillsdale...
Mock Trial team best yet after tournaments
With their success at recent tournaments, Hillsdale College Mock Trial has the highest win percentage of any mock trial team in the college’s history. Both teams 1126 and 1127 attended the Case Western Spartan Throwdown on Oct. 28 and 29, and 1126 competed at the Illinois State University Invitational this past weekend. Team 1126 placed...
Security pushes app to ‘Alertus’ of danger
Campus security warnings could come in an instant, if you download an app. Hillsdale College Campus Security has added a new element to its mass notification system with the addition of the Alertus mobile application. Using the app, campus security can send out a mass alert to notify students of emergency situations like severe weather...




