Pictures and knickknacks line her shelves, alongside the dried flowers from her children’s first bouquets and little bags of m&ms from her son’s graduation. “This is my world, this is my impact, and I like to surround myself with it,” Hillsdale Community Foundation President Sharon Bisher said. “Each of these knickknacks represents a time in my life, and they have...
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100 years later, Hillsdale veterans’ sacrifices ‘cannot be measured’
If you read a Collegian issue from 1918, half of the articles would be coverage of World War I. Now, 100 years after the end of the war, the names of those who served, including seven who died, have been mostly forgotten. Of the approximately 500 students on Hillsdale’s campus in 1919, 368 enlisted in the armed services, Red Cross,...
Alumnus Brant Cohen turns Keefer House into boutique hotel
After attending the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program, Brant Cohen ’18 came back to Hillsdale with an idea help preserve the city’s history. As the city of Hillsdale works to restore its historic downtown district, Cohen is helping to turn the Keefer House, which was built in 1885 and closed in 1965, into a boutique hotel. He first got the idea the...
Beyond the ‘four-block radius’: Cycling club grows to 10 members
When sophomore Emma Noverr, president of the Endurance Sports Club, messaged Assistant Swim coach Laura Peter asking if she wanted to go for a bike ride, she wasn’t expecting Peter to invite her to dinner, or to become her club’s future coach. “I used a cycling app to stalk people who rode bikes in the area, and only one person...
Over summer, Pfeifer teaches rock climbing to children in Switzerland
Grace Pfeifer cheered on her campers as they slid their fingers into each mountain crag, inching their way up its side. No matter how challenging the route was, or whether they were climbing the upward or leeward side, Pfeifer always encouraged them to finish every climb. This past summer, Pfeifer, a junior, worked as a resident assistant and rock climbing...
A Veterans Day vignette
This Sunday, Veterans Day, Hillsdale College faculty, staff, and students will remember friends and family members who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Here is the story of one college employee and her father, Donald Mees. Sorting through a pile of photographs and letters she’d gathered over the years, Jennifer Ellair, a Hillsdale College custodian who works in...
