The Hillsdale College Orchestra tested the boundaries of musical objectivity and presented a concert full of challenging and striking repertoire during their Parent’s Weekend Fall Concert on Oct. 9 and 10, in Christ Chapel. “I love this tradition of Fall Parent’s Weekend being our first concert of the season, it guarantees us a large and...
Career Services offers networking trip to Nashville
Students can visit Nashville, Tennessee, over fall break and explore professional opportunities as part of the first-ever trip to the city sponsored by Career Services. “Nashville is a real up-and-coming city, and it’s as open as Chicago is closed,” said Director of Career Services Ken Koopmans. The trip, which costs $125, will run from Wednesday...
Governor reinstates prevailing wage law for state projects
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reinstated prevailing wage requirements on state projects Oct. 7. The move came in the form of an executive order, overriding the Republican-led Michigan legislature’s 2018 repeal of prevailing wage laws. Whitmer cited the Management and Budget Act as her source of authority for the order. The prevailing wage law requires private...
Newest Spanish professor is the ‘dream colleague’
By day he’s a Spanish professor, but any other time he is the cofounder of a puppetry troupe. Jared White, associate professor of Spanish, is one of the newest additions to the Hillsdale College faculty. In his first semester, he is teaching two sections of Spanish 101 and Spanish 413: Spanish Literature: 1140-1700. White grew...
Professor builds display of historic downtown Hillsdale
Assistant Professor of Classics Joshua Fincher has been toiling away at recreating a miniature model of 1890 Hillsdale. “A model is what allows people to see what all was there and see it all in conjunction,” he said. The story of the miniature display began with Fincher looking for a hobby in December of 2020...




