Most Hillsdale College students are plenty familiar with Dean of Men Aaron Petersen. His care for the students of the college is unrivaled as he aims to “guide young men into adulthood and through the trials and joys of college life.” Hillsdale College recruited Peterson in the 90s from Catholic Central High School in Grand...
Year: 2018
Michigan College Democrats sue state over ‘unconstitutional’ voter laws
The Michigan College Democrats are suing the state of Michigan for voting laws which they claim are too “restrictive” on Michigan college students, the Detroit News reported Aug. 31. Though Hillsdale College Democrats are not associated with the state chapter, they agree that the laws are an issue. The lawsuit, filed by attorneys from the...
Hillsdale graduate builds education in rural Kenya
At 10 a.m., the road stretched out dusty and hot. She sat in the heat of the African sun and watched him walk to school with the tuition his mother had managed to scrounge together. It wasn’t enough; it was all the money they had to spend on clothes and other necessities. The little boy’s...
Hillsdale Hospital offers ‘Stop the Bleed’ to help citizens respond to emergency traumas
By Kara A. Johnson Hillsdale Hospital is offering a free program called “Stop the Bleed,” designed as a hands-on training session to teach local residents and students how to respond to serious traumas. “Stop the Bleed” classes provide attendees with a lecture on what a trauma looks like, how to respond to the incident at...
‘Honor and pride’: Conner releases book on war monuments
After 10 years of traveling to Europe and Washington, D.C., reading archives in both French and English, and visiting numerous war monuments and cemeteries, Professor of History Thomas Conner has published his new book titled: “War and Remembrance: The Story of the American Battle Monuments Commission.” In his book, Conner tells the story of the...




