The men of the 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry sat behind their hastily built defenses of dirt, stone, and wood, watching the swirling mass of gray in the distance. After failing to break through the Union line, the Confederate infantry readied to attack again. But the men of the 11th had a problem: they were out...
Davis Middle School, built in 1929, will undergo renovations from mid-July through early August to improve the visibility and security of the main entrance and office area. Approximately $250,000 will be used this summer to improve the frontside of Davis on 30 N. West Street. “The Davis School remodel is in the architect’s planning stage....
Hillsdale College is in the process of commissioning a statue of famed 19th-century orator Frederick Douglass. Chief Staff Officer to the President Mike Harner said the college has not set a time for when the statue might be dedicated, but typically, a dedication ceremony comes 12-15 months after a statue is commissioned. The statue will...
In four years at Hillsdale, Senior Emily Goodling went from barely speaking German to receiving the DAAD scholarship. “It’s the equivalent of the Fulbright in Germany,” Assistant Professor of German Fred Yaniga said. DAAD stands for Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst, or German Academic Exchange Service. “It is the most prestigious scholarship in international studies,” Professor...
The Dow Journalism Program presents journalist David Satter as the fall 2014 Eugene C. Pulliam Visiting Fellow. Satter recently became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. He will be on campus from Oct. 6-17 to give a public lecture and teach a one-credit course. Satter graduated from the...