White and Jason Yancey conduct puppets. Courtesy | Kate Berry In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Spanish Jared White talks soccer, puppetry, and Halloween. What’s your favorite part of teaching Spanish at Hillsdale? I’ve taught at other institutions, and I’ve had some classes that are this engaged, but not this frequently where the students...
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Ruins, cathedrals, and mountains: Students earn credits in Italy
Senior Ellie Fromm and junior Georgie Tillman at the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. Courtesy | Phoebe Warren The best two credits I’ve ever earned at Hillsdale College I got by spending three weeks in Italy. Assistant Professor of History Anna Vincenzi and independent study lecturer and Vincenzi’s husband, Lorenzo Bonaiti, led me...
‘Edgier Nancy Drew’: Local author discusses novel
The cover of Judge’s book “White Out.” Sophia Bryant | The Collegian An idea for a book series struck Margo Judge during a conversation about children’s books with her best friend, and that very night she wrote the first chapter of what is now her published novel, “White Out.” “I said to her, ‘Somebody ought...
Yearbook documents legends, history, and love
The 1897, 1898, 1913, and 1914 yearbooks. Sophia Bryant | The Collegian For more than a century, the Winona yearbook has preserved memories that represent each school year to future generations. “This book will literally sit in archives for decades, and the future generations will look at this and be thinking, ‘Oh, I found my...
Quick Hits: Jacob Laubacher
Laubacher with his goddaughter, Mara. Courtesy | Jacob Laubacher In this Quick Hits, Associate Professor of Mathematics Jacob Laubacher talks math, beauty, and knitting. When did you first get the nickname “Dr. L”? It was probably my first year being a professor [at St. Norbert College]. This would have been nine years ago. I found...




