Some families pass down recipes, holiday traditions, or photo albums. Others pass down their alma mater. Many families at Hillsdale have seen two, three, or even four generations walk its halls. Sophomore Megan Mayernik is a second-generation student studying math. Her mother, Linda Mayernik, graduated in 1993 with a degree in biology and a minor...
Rarely does one become famous by spending his time alone. Bud Sellars was the exception. After he moved to Hillsdale in 1880, Albert “Bud” Sellars became a fixture of the Hillsdale community. He was well known for living in a cottage on Lake Baw Beese’s Cedar Island, and because of this, he earned the title...
You’ve walked by that fractured painting of the tall woman in the yellow dress many times. Perhaps you’ve wondered: what happened to her calves? Lecturer in Art Sam Knecht first stumbled upon the paintings in Ann Arbor at the owner’s apartment. But he immediately knew something was wrong. The main features of the painting remained...
In the fall of 2020, Gabe Kramer ’20 woke up every day at 5 a.m., drank his coffee, packed his lunch, and went up the hill to start studying for the day. Now, Kramer wakes up at 5 a.m., drinks his coffee, packs his lunch, and heads to the dirt factory. Equipped with his steel-toed...
Campus-wide humiliation was a rational—and weekly—fear for Hillsdale students of the mid-20th century. “T’other day little Miss Rhea Horst took a tumble in front campus right in front of Dunne and Bradley. All present modestly turned the other way as Rhea got up and betook her blushing self off to a 1:30. It was a...