Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the United State Marine Corps, will be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2019’s graduation in May, the Provost’s Office announced on Monday. “It’s pretty clear Gen. Neller, while innocent of any kind of self promotion or self regard, is clearly a man of great accomplishment, of serious understanding,...
Known as a man of character and generosity, William “Bill” Grewcock died on Dec. 8, 2018, at the age of 93. Grewcock was the former vice chairman of construction and mining at Kiewit Corp., and he and Berniece, his wife of 70 years who survives him, made considerable charitable donations to Hillsdale College. “He was...
The federal government shutdown has closed part of the United States Department of Agriculture office in Hillsdale County — cutting farmers off from financial and administrative services that will prove vital to decision making in the coming weeks. “It makes us a lot more uncertain on what we’re doing,” said Scott Welden, a grain farmer...
Jumping from 18 to 80 volunteers since last fall, Gier Reading and Journal Buddies is one of two GOAL programs that has seen recent growth. The other is the Public School Tutoring system, which has added a new program in order to better reach students in the community. Gier Reading and Journal Buddies has two...
Students from Hillsdale College recently returned from an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the First Liberty Fellowship, a program that seeks to inspire and equip young people to be advocates for religious freedom. The fellowship is a project of the First Liberty Institute, the largest religious liberty legal organization in the nation. As fellows,...