When Jim Holleman came to Hillsdale in 1997, there were only around 50 students involved in the music department. Now there more than 30% of campus is involved—and the music department chairman and director of Hillsdale orchestra and choirs is earning national recognition for his work. In February, Holleman was elected vice president of the...
Hillsdale Felines and Friends is a new nonprofit organization that rescues stray cats in the community. Its new facility is scheduled to be finished soon, according to President and Treasurer Kátia Sherman. “It’s already up and going — we are just finishing up electrical stuff,” Sherman said. “I am going to begin to move furniture...
Dallas was one of the top 10 counties with COVID-19 cases in July, after having reopened in mid-May. Then, the city shut down all over again — and I was there. I wasn’t supposed to be. In an epoch where internships fell through and many lost their summer plans, I was also a victim...
It takes a special person to ingratiate himself into a close-knit community in less than two years. Shane Powers, account support manager for Bon Appetit, did just that. Powers died on July 28 in Lansing, Michigan, at the age of 54 from complications of alcoholism. Although primarily based at Albion College, a small liberal arts...
“Bonjour, tout le monde!” This is how Marie-Claire Morellec, former chairwoman of the French department and professor of French at Hillsdale, first greets students as they walk into her classes. Junior French major Luciya Katcher recalled the first time she arrived in one of Morellec’s classes and heard the enthusiastic, sing-song voice that would eventually...