Hillsdale College is celebrating 10 years of free online courses. The college launched the first of many free online courses, Introduction to the Constitution, in 2011. Ten years later, more than 30 online courses are available with 2.63 million participants — a number the college hopes to double in the next ten years, according to...
Junior Kathryn Luke started a new GOAL program called Widows Connecting Point, serving the widows of Hillsdale County by connecting them to students on campus, as well as one another. “Imagine this scenario,” Associate Dean of Men, Jeffery “Chief” Rogers, who first noticed the need for the program in the community, said. “You have...
After 20 years of military occupation in Afghanistan, American troops have been fully withdrawn from the region. The Biden administration’s ongoing evacuation was completed Aug. 30, as the last C-17 Globemaster departed the Kabul airport at 11:59 p.m. local time, leaving Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Over the span of the two-decade occupation of Afghanistan, many...
According to that same article, the college paused all campus activity on Labor Day before 2000. Then, between 2000 and 2009, there were occasional years when the college closed all activity, or at least administrative offices. But Péwé said they no longer close business offices because they do not like having staff away from campus...
Hillsdale College’s endowment now tops $900 million, following a record-setting year in which the school raised $231 million. “That pays the bills, keeps the lights on. It pays the salaries,” Vice President for Institutional Advancement Nancy Johnson said. “There are also things like projects, scholarships, etc., that need money raised every single year. The...