A student works at a computer. | Courtesy Pexels While New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz was teaching a one-credit journalism course last semester, she noticed the lack of students using technology to jot down notes in class. “I think Hillsdale is ahead of the curve on this kind of thing,” Markowicz said in an...
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Penny’s celebrates six years
Students perform live music at Penny’s birthday party. Courtesy | Kate Roberson “And every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven,” freshman Dave Bellet sang at Penny’s Coffee Shop on Saturday, Sept. 14. While they managed to avoid any rain, attendees enjoyed the pour as Penny’s celebrated its sixth birthday with cold brew floats...
QUICK HITS with Emily Davis
Emily Stack Davis stands in front of the Student Union. Courtesy | Hillsdale College In this Quick Hits, Executive Director of Media Outreach and Public Relations Emily Stack Davis talks hidden talents, British sitcoms, and knitting. If you could get rid of any genre of music what would it be? I’d only keep Jethro Tull...
Professor called ‘King of the Caddisflies’
Houghton has studied caddisflies since he was in college. Courtesy | David Houghton. Professor and Chair of Biology David Houghton recruited caddisflies to make his wife golden earrings – when given flecks of gold, the insects create tubular shapes, forming a piece of jewelry to memorialize Houghton’s life work. Houghton began researching caddisflies while he...
Professor squared: faculty siblings reflect on the joys of sharing Hillsdale College
Paul (left) and Maria (right) Schmitt hiking in Colorado in 1996. Courtesy | Maria Servold How can lifelong Coloradoans pick up, move to a small Midwestern town, and make it feel like home? How can Hillsdale College, a mere 400-acre campus in rural Michigan, bring the same joy as the busy streets of Ann Arbor...




