For Hillsdale Union soldiers riding the Sultana, a steamship headed for Cairo, Illinois, the agonies of the Civil war seemed to be over — that is, until the Sultana exploded. On April 24, 1865, over 2,200 Union soldiers, including the Hillsdale County 18th Michigan Infantry, boarded the Sultana after having been released as prisoners of...
The Hillsdale County Farm Bureau and Hillsdale Conservation District partnered on March 22 to inform shoppers at the Market House Supermarket about local produce, dairy and meat products. The event kicked off their celebration of National Agriculture Week. “This year we went above and beyond and really focused on Michigan grown and Michigan made and,...
Current freshmen and sophomores will have the opportunity to pursue a minor in military history and grand strategy beginning in the fall. The new program of study is the “first pillar” of the college’s upcoming Center for Military History and Grand Strategy, said Assistant Professor of History Edward Gutiérrez. “President Arnn’s vision is to make...
Senior art major Ashton Mills only began to seriously pursue art during her sophomore year at college, but has since become one of Hillsdale’s prominent portraitists. What mediums do you use? Oil paint, drawing, graphic design, and I’ve taken sculpture and photography, but those are not my preference. Oil painting is my favorite and I...
“When a dog has been abused and brought to shelter but they are still scared — that’s how I feel.” For sophomore Nickaylah Sampson, life at Hillsdale College is a stark contrast from her experience at West Point Academy, where she was put in the “dirty platoon” and forced to share a bathroom and living...