Hillsdale College 2018 applicants faced the lowest admittance rate in the college’s admissions records, according to preliminary data. At 37 percent, this year’s enrollment rate is the lowest it has ever been, down from 41 percent last year and continuing a 4-year downward trend. The school’s Admissions Office usually aims for a class size ranging...
Remembered for his commitment to students, high standards, and wry sense of humor, Richard Eugene “Gene” Templeton, former chairman of the Hillsdale College English department, died at his home on Aug. 29 at the age of 81. Born in Tennessee before moving to Michigan as a child, Templeton served as a professor of English at...
Aaron Tracey ’14 has dedicated himself and his work to Hillsdale’s mission — first as a student, then as an admissions counselor, and now as director of hospitality operations for the Dow Hotel and Rockwell Lake Lodge. Tracey accepted a job in the admissions office soon after graduation, and for the past four years, recruited...
The complexity of the stonework and last winter’s cold weather delayed progress on Christ Chapel, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. Now, problems with the exterior masonry have slowed progress even further. In the past, skilled masons were more common than they are today, Péwé explained. For such a detailed building as Christ Chapel,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At first glance, “Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals”, known for short as “M5,” looks like the type of book you would find in an elementary school library. Yet author Matthew Mehan claims it’s a book for the whole family. On the evening of Sept. 5, Mehan sat down with Hillsdale journalism...