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Hillsdale’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom has acquired a collection of rare portraits and sculptures of American founding figures, including the most expensive portrait of Abraham Lincoln ever sold. The college obtained the collection, announced Jan. 28, via a purchase and gift annuity arrangement with Shane Newell. “It is uniquely satisfying for an art...

Leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa will host the second-annual closed-door event for seniors and faculty Feb. 4, featuring a mystery professor as its speaker.  “We want to have a space where students can engage in an honest and authentic way with faculty about questions concerning life, life in general, but also the work of the...

Mary “Squeak” Barnett, who worked at Mossey Library for 23 years, died in Hillsdale this month at age 76. As the library technician tasked with overseeing circulation, Barnett was “the face of the library,” according to Public Services Librarian Brenna Wade ’08, who worked under Barnett as a student. “She was the first person you...

Hillsdale alumnus Dominic Restuccia ’16 was recently appointed by President Donald Trump as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s state director for Michigan. Restuccia said he plans to focus on rural, small towns like Hillsdale, and his hometown in Livingston County, where the economies have been left behind by technological advancement. “The engine of the industry...

Joseph Pappalardo ’18 joined the college as associate director of media planning Dec. 1. During his time as a student at Hillsdale, Pappalardo studied marketing with a journalism minor, and almost completed a minor in computational mathematics. “When I came to Hillsdale in 2014, I had planned to pursue computer science, but the professor retired...