When World War I broke out, there was no federal intelligence community, no CIA, FBI, or NSA. There was Elizebeth Smith Friedman. The 1915 Hillsdale alumna remains one of history’s all-time best code breakers, influential in the development of America’s intelligence-gathering bodies. Her expertise brought officials from the FBI, U.S. Navy, and Treasury Department knocking...
Jillian Kay Melchior ’09 woke up early April 11 of her junior year at Hillsdale College in 2008. She ran down the stairs in her pajamas to grab the newspaper. This issue was different. “It was the most exciting thing,” Melchior said. “My name was in The Wall Street Journal.” The opportunity arose when...
“Each sharing the earth with all,” ends the first verse of Walt Whitman’s “Salut au Monde,” a poem that celebrates global equality. Virtues such as this brought Whitman beyond the U.S. border to share his ideas with the earth even during his lifetime. Assistant Professor of English Kelly Scott Franklin contributed a piece to the...
Hillsdale College is the best liberal-arts college in Michigan. That’s according to the 2018 annual college and university rankings from U.S. News & World Report, which ranked Hillsdale above any other liberal-arts institution in the state for the first time. Hillsdale was 71st on its list of 229 national liberal-arts colleges, rising 12 places...
It came down to the last few minutes, with the crowd on its feet, cheering for a Charger victory. Sophomore Kamryn Matthews, in the end, came out victorious for the women’s tennis team Sunday on the Mary Jane Delp Courts, winning her No. 6 singles match in a third tie-breaking set and pushing Hillsdale College...