Born and raised in Jonesville, Dena Rushton serves her community every day by pursuing her passion for art and sharing it with others through the Hidden Turtle Gallery. Based out of Jonesville, Rushton rents out space to teach painting lessons, every Thursday and Saturday for $35 per person. Rushton provides a canvas and materials in...
QnA with @hillsdankcollege
April 20, 2024, will mark the three-year anniversary of one of Hillsdale College’s most successful meme accounts. @hillsdank_college boasts 1,404 followers on Instagram, second only in followers to @barstooldale. For years, students have wondered who’s the mind — or minds — behind the posts that make them laugh so much. Now we know. Seniors...
In the minority: College Dems challenge campus
Hillsdale College is the third most conservative college in the country, according to the Princeton Review. But not all of its students lean to the right. College Democrats is a group for liberal students to gather and discuss politics each week. Senior Avery Noel, the club’s president, said it is a place for great conversations...
QUICK HITS: Samuel Webster
In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Mathematics Samuel Webster talks baseball cards, sandwiches, Montana, and El’ Cerritos. How do you start your day? I start my day typically with some brain-teasers on my phone. Chess.com has a chess puzzle of the day, and I play a little game called Wordscapes. My son introduced my...
Leaving the Dale: Erik Ellis heads to Dallas
Assistant Professor of Education Erik Ellis has only taught at Hillsdale for two years, but he’s already made a big impact — one that will be missed next year. When Ellis leaves to teach at the University of Dallas next year, his students will miss sharing his Chilean cooking, listening to his stories, and speaking...




