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English and history majors are the most likely About 14% of Hillsdale graduates have started their careers in education since 2016, according to a report by Career Services, and most of these roughly 500 alumni have gone into classical education. “Hillsdale College is incredibly highly respected within the world of classical education, and so it’s natural that classical schools would...

Teachers must encourage their students to love America by capturing their imagination, said Matthew Spalding, dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government in a talk at Hillsdale’s main campus Feb. 9 “The good life is one that calls us to rightly order our loves, and the Declaration of Independence is part of our civic love,” Spalding said. “Nothing...

Students donned their best French-inspired attire for this year’s Versailles-themed President’s Ball.  Senior Kellen Pollock wore a powdered wig, and sophomore Sam Baggott wore a maroon dress jacket with gold lace.  “I always like to do everything 110%, especially when it comes to dressing up, and I really liked the theme,” Baggott said. Rachel Marinko ’20, director of student programs,...

Students searched the Grewcock Student Union for a stuffed animal cow wearing a blue Hillsdale sweatshirt in a scavenger hunt organized by Hillsdale Dining Services Feb. 1-3. For the three days, the cow was hidden in three different places. Senior Katie Edison won Feb. 1, and senior Madison Gilbert won Feb. 2, but the cow hidden on Feb. 3 was...

One of the country’s top Jewish leaders said George Washington’s correspondence with an early Jewish congregation demonstrated not only his recognition of the covenantal nature of America’s Founding but also his belief that it could bind together a diverse nation, in a lecture hosted by the President’s Office Feb. 10. “Washington is saying, ‘For us, toleration is insufficient.’ He’s saying,...

Testing has revealed that mold contamination has not increased in residence halls over the last five years, according to Associate Dean of Women Stephanie Gravel. Recent health concerns from the former head resident assistant of Mauck Residence prompted the college to test her room for mold. The results showed no elevated mold levels, Gravel said, but the student decided to...

Supreme Court decisions in June might reshape the president’s removal powers, including whether the president can fire members of the Federal Reserve Board, according to Aaron Nielson, a professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin. Nielson explained the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve and executive powers in the administrative state in a lecture hosted by the Hillsdale...