We love our professors here at Hillsdale. They are so self-giving and always ready to nurture students, even when we don’t understand how that C- helps our moral well-being. Professor Melville Chase was one of these incredible faculty members, with a teaching span few at Hillsdale could ever hope to match. Chase was born in...
With midterm season coming to a close, finals week will be here sooner than you think. As you’re preparing to end the semester on a high note, be sure you’re getting all that you can out of your lectures and discussions in class. To help you out, here are some tips to sharpen your note-taking...
When you came to college, you probably found yourself with more control over what you eat then you’ve ever had before. While the idea of the “freshman fifteen” may be a myth (studies have shown that freshman often gain weight, but less than 15 pounds), it is true that you could, theoretically, walk into a...
A significant number of Hillsdale alumni return post-graduation to work for the college. Here, three professors– Sonja Bindus, Matthew Gaetano, and Katharine Taylor– look back on their student days at the ‘Dale. Sonja Bindus, ’92 Head of Early Childhood Education, Director of The Mary Proctor Randall Preschool What is one thing that has changed on...
When Professor of Biology Dan York bought what is now the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, local residents warned him of its history. “My friends who grew up here in town were like, ‘I can’t believe you bought that house,’” York said. “[One] said when he was growing up, that was the scary house. All...