For most new house directors, winning over 180 guys isn’t easy, but for Peggy Wilson, all it took was her Ford F-250. When Wilson first became house director of Simpson dormitory in 2014, she wasn’t sure how she would handle so many boys in one place. “At that time, it was before the renovations, so...
Hillsdale’s campus houses a politician, a newspaper editor, a filmmaker, a stand-up comedian, an ordained minister, and a magician. His name is Buddy Moorehouse. Moorehouse is an adjunct instructor of documentary journalism at Hillsdale. His relationship with the college began in 2014 when John Miller, director of the Dow journalism program, invited him to speak...
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...
Only six and half hours after teaching her American Political Thought class, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Alyssa Cortes welcomed baby Francis into the world. “I was due March 29, so I had no idea that I was going to have the baby,” Cortes said. “It was a very big surprise.” Francis was born at...
“Our anthem is ‘Ще не вмерла України,’ which means ‘Ukraine has not yet died.’ If that doesn’t stand to the testimony of our country, then I don’t know what does.” Despite being born in the United States, sophomore Emiliya Smyk said she has always been passionate about her Ukrainian ancestry. When she started attending Hillsdale,...