When Kirsten Hall ’15 arrived on Hillsdale’s campus as a freshman, she knew she wanted to study English and go for a Ph.D. Hall said she was attracted to Hillsdale’s robust English program but knew she also wanted a well-rounded education. “I wanted my education to be a liberal-arts education,” Hall said. “I didn’t want...
On a brisk morning in April, 1965, about 20 Hillsdale College students gathered on the steps of Central Hall with posters reading “Yes, Liberal Education,” and “Where Have All Our Teachers Gone?” They were picketing against the college’s low professor salaries. But they were also picketing for the very soul of Hillsdale College as it...
You may never have heard of Ferry Farms, but if you’ve ever had a burger in the cafeteria, you’ve eaten their products. The local Litchfield farm, spanning nearly 2,000 acres, supplies ground beef and fresh butter to Bon Appetit as part of its local food mission. But Ferry Farms is not just your average beef...
“It was more or less through a fun, happy accident that I am now slinging Turkish rugs in the United States.” The American Dream—or at least an iteration of it which Evan Gage ’14 describes as “objectively quirky.” Gage Goods is a “social slash business experiment” which, vitalized by the aforementioned rug-slinging, grew out of...
The scene is Monroe Street, Hillsdale, MI. Standing on the platform of the old depot, you wait and listen. When will it arrive? “That eerie sound of a train whistle blowing triggers memories of a distant time in the past when 40 or more trains per day ran through Hillsdale County, with 22 routed through...