While log cabin schoolhouses and railroad roundhouses may be a thing of the past, they contributed greatly to making Hillsdale — 150 years after becoming a city – what it is today. Hillsdale received its charter in April of 1869, but before that, it was frontier country. According to pioneer William Kirby in “150 Years...
As spring rolls in, the board for the Hillsdale County Farmers Market begins preparations for the season, making changes hoping to increase participation and attendance. This year will be the 11th anniversary of the market, which runs from mid-May through October in downtown Hillsdale. The biggest adjustment is the hours the market will be open...
Fewer rising juniors were given permission to live off campus in the 2019-20 academic year, due to a smaller freshman female class and the planned re-opening of Galloway men’s residence. When deciding which students receive off campus permission, the deans consider a student’s high school graduation date — in order to account for students who...
The Chargers swept their first conference game against Davis & Elkins College on Friday at home, extending their win streak to two games. Hillsdale ranked no. 49 in Wednesday’s NCAA Division II ITA poll. The win against Davis & Elkins was the Chargers’ first home match after coming off of four on the road. After...
Hillsdale students and future generations will have access to eye-witness accounts to the Holocaust, thanks to the college’s recent acquisition of Sir Martin Gilbert’s archives. Hillsdale College recently acquired the entire working library and archives of the late Gilbert, the official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill from 1968 to 2012, who died in 2015. The...