Each year, the admissions department holds interviews with a select few Hillsdale College seniors in hopes of hiring new admission counselors. “Most counselors are Hillsdale graduates because they are the best qualified,” former director of admissions Jeff Lantis said. “Who better to articulate the mission than a graduate that studied and experienced it both inside and outside the classroom?” Several...
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Off-Campus Shenanigans
Friendships: some are forged through laughter, some through tears, some through fire. And some are forged through CARNAGE. Casey Harper’s eyes are wide with excitement as he walks into the Bounce House living room and says, “Roommate! We should do a talent show.” “Roommate!” Sam Ryskamp replies. He puts down his book. “Ok. We could call it, the First Ever...
Fish and woodchips
Passersby call it the fish house. Colorful fish carvings, extending as long as eight feet, dance across the front of the summer cottage in northern Michigan. Artfully painted and masterfully crafted, the fish exemplify just a few of Jerry Rumler’s woodworks. Jerry began carving almost 30 years ago. When he and his wife LeAnne expected their first child, LeAnne started...
A Visit to the Rink
Hillsdale College used to have a hockey team, but it was disbanded in the ’80s. With no regulation ice arena in town, the team used to drive to Jackson, Mich. to practice. Today, the town is still without an official ice arena, but most community members could show you where everyone goes to skate: The Rink. For the last 21...
Q&A with Fulbright scholar Evan Gage
Evan Gage, ’14 applied for the Fulbright Scholarship to Turkey after visiting the country with the Honors program. As a Fulbright scholar, Gage is employed by both the Turkish Council of Higher Education through his school, Gazios-manpaşa Üniver-sitesi, and the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Services. Working for both organizations, Gage serves as a full-time lecturer...
Horsin’ around in Florida
The chances of her interning in Wellington, Florida for the Phelps Media Group internship were slim. After all, the internship program invited every college equestrian in the country to apply. As senior Glynis Williams approached the final week of her fall semester at Hillsdale College, she never thought that, in a matter of days, she would board a plane for...
