Peter McPoland, rising indie folk artist with over one million monthly listeners on Spotify, started in a community theater. He starred as Joseph in ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ and my friends and I still cannot take him seriously after seeing him shirtless with heavily draw-on abs. This is an experience I can only...
Saxophonist to play in Plaster Saturday night
The music department will host a free jazz concert featuring guest musician Andrew Bishop Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. Bishop, who is the chair of jazz and contemporary improvisation and professor of music at the University of Michigan, will play saxophone for the performance in Plaster Auditorium. Hillsdale Director of Jazz Ensembles Chris McCourry will...
Alumna joins biology department as professor
Kiralyn Brakel is a 2015 graduate. Courtesy | Austin Thomason Kiralyn Brakel ’15 has joined the biology department as an assistant professor of Biology and will direct the cadaver labs in Anatomy and Physiology classes this fall. Brakel has worked at Hillsdale for the past four years as a lab technician. “My husband and I...
Garden party features “Princess and the Frog” theme for the first time
Lights, live music, and a dancing crocodile were all present at the Student Activities Board’s Garden Party on Sep. 20. SAB hosts the Garden Party every fall semester, with this year’s theme based on Disney’s animated movie “The Princess and the Frog.” “I have been pushing this theme for three years,” said senior and SAB...
Q&A: Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk offers advice on career, law school
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk serves as Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in the Amarillo division. He graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1999 and the University of Texas Law School in 2003. He is a 2017 Trump-appointee and is known for his role in the 2022 case Alliance for...



