When he described what he did, he would say “business development.” When he spoke, he might use Farsi or Arabic. After Thomas Burke ’04 died at the age of 35 in 2017, his family and friends began fundraising to establish the Thomas Peter Burke Endowed Memorial Scholarship in honor of the 10-year CIA veteran. They...
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Wood and strings: Chartreuse String Trio to perform professor’s music
The Chartreuse String Trio will perform a composition written by Associate Professor of Music Daniel Tacke at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night in Conrad Recital Hall. The Hillsdale College Professional Artist Series is bringing in violinist Myra Hinrichs, violist Carrie Frey, and cellist Helen Newby to perform unorthodox pieces, including one written by...
GOAL connects students with local volunteer opportunities
Last week Hillsdale College’s GOAL program promoted volunteering opportunities in a six-day campaign dubbed Community Service 101. GOAL hosted a week of “volunteering for millenials,” when they encouraged students to volunteer by advertising service opportunities more aggressively, said GOAL director and senior Lucile Townley. “One of the things we always struggle with is looping in...
Ramshackle Brewing Company starts construction, plans to open in January
If you can’t get a pint of craft beer in Jonesville, blame snakes. Ramshackle Brewing Company remains but a cement slab in a downtown alley of Jonesville because its builder got bit by a rattlesnake. But walking on the cement foundation, Zack Bigelow and Joe Kesselring picture a brewery with white-washed walls, industrial decor with...
Hillsdale graduate builds education in rural Kenya
At 10 a.m., the road stretched out dusty and hot. She sat in the heat of the African sun and watched him walk to school with the tuition his mother had managed to scrounge together. It wasn’t enough; it was all the money they had to spend on clothes and other necessities. The little boy’s...