Fewer rising juniors were given permission to live off campus in the 2019-20 academic year, due to a smaller freshman female class and the planned re-opening of Galloway men’s residence. When deciding which students receive off campus permission, the deans consider a student’s high school graduation date — in order to account for students who...
Last Saturday, I sat beside my husband in a pew at the Hillsdale Free Methodist Church listening to a series of eulogies for Professor of Philosophy Donald A. Turner, who passed away Nov. 21, 2018. Few of our current students will remember Turner, who retired in early 2015, but from a colleague’s perspective, Don’s retirement...
Professor of History David Stewart studied the paper, nodded, then crossed out the student’s entire first paragraph. The student, Andrew Dykstal ’13, considered himself a good writer, especially after successfully competing in essay speech writing, but he realized this was a delusion upon entering Hillsdale. Nevertheless, with his professors’ guidance, he learned to clear out...
Before becoming sports editor at the Hillsdale Daily News, James Gensterblum ’11 began his career taking calls from Michigan high-school football coaches to gather information for MLive’s weekly roundup in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “It’s not glamorous,” Gensterblum said. “I’m not going to pretend that it was anything more than an entry-level job.” Gensterblum said he...
The Hillsdale College Sailing Club acquired three sailboats from the Notre Dame Sailing Team earlier this month, which will allow the club to expand and develop its techniques. Purchased for the club by an anonymous donor, the LaserPerformance Club 420s came with sails, lines, and dollies. They will be housed at the Hillsdale Country Club...