Students pass homemade food around a kitchen table. Courtesy | Stephen Zhu Pans sizzle and stovetops glow for students who cook fresh meals in their dorm kitchens, anxious to put their culinary skills to the test. For many of these students, their passion for cooking stems from tradition, practicality, and the desire to bond with...
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Students clock in for work in the big city
Senior Luke Wong stands in front of Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Courtesy | Luke Wong During the summer, some students traded the rural charm of Hillsdale for the promise of street food, the metro, and big-city internships — here are three of their stories. The White House Office of Science and Technology...
‘She teaches Jane Austen, for the love of God’: Sundet joins English department
Sundet smiles with her two-year-old niece, Simone. Courtesy | Leta Sundet Having moved from the rolling hills of Connecticut to her roach-infested Texan abode, Assistant Professor of English Leta Sundet now finds herself in the middle-of-nowhere, Michigan, sharing in the Great Books tradition with eager Hillsdale College students. This semester, Sundet is teaching two sections...
Camp Hillsdale: high schoolers study advanced science over the summer
High school campers, professors, and teaching assistants from Hillsdale College’s summer science camp pose in front of Central Hall. Courtesy | David Murphy Biology majors at Hillsdale do not learn how to duplicate DNA until well into college — but Emmeline Peltzer, a high school senior from Arizona, spent a week learning upper-level molecular biology...
QUICK HITS with Alexandre Winston
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Alexandre Winston and his wife, Elizabeth, smile for the camera with their three sons. Courtesy | Alexandre Winston How did you meet your wife? In line to get our photo IDs on the first day of orientation at Hillsdale. What advice would you give to your college freshman self? Give...




