Construction of a new dormitory next to New Dorm will finish by July 2023 and be ready for students in the fall, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. Located on Union Street, the new dorm will house female students. “It would work well as a men’s dorm, but, given its proximity, it works best...
Six Hillsdale students will present their documentary on Hillsdale alumna and renowned codebreaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Plaster Auditorium. Friedman, who graduated from Hillsdale in 1915, worked as a codebreaker during both world wars. The movie is this semester’s group project for the documentary filmmaking course, taught by instructor...
American Classical Education, a K-12 charter school management organization affiliated with Hillsdale College, withdrew its applications for three new schools it hoped to open in Tennessee. Emily Stack Davis, executive director of media and public relations at Hillsdale, said Hillsdale’s mission to further classical educational opportunities has made it the object of opposition from the...
The United States Postal Service released a stamp this month honoring women cryptographers who cracked codes during World War II. The most prominent among them may have been 1915 Hillsdale alumna Elizebeth Smith Friedman, according to Adjunct Instructor in Journalism Buddy Moorehouse. “She essentially pioneered the science of codebreaking and then used her skill to...
The Hillsdale College Mock Trial program began its 2022-2023 competitive season last weekend, with one of the program’s teams taking fourth place at their first tournament invitational of the season. “Our opening weekend was exactly what we wanted: tough competition and a great first run of our cases,” program coach Jonathan Church said. All three...