This fall, Visiting Professor of English Patrick Timmis ’13 joined the ranks of Hillsdale alumni on the college faculty. “It ended up being very providential that they needed somebody to be here this year and teach,” Timmis said. “It’s a little bit surreal to be back here in a really good way.” While professors of English Stephen Smith and Benedict...
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Endowment tops $900 million, with $600,000 per student
Hillsdale College’s endowment now tops $900 million, following a record-setting year in which the school raised $231 million. “That pays the bills, keeps the lights on. It pays the salaries,” Vice President for Institutional Advancement Nancy Johnson said. “There are also things like projects, scholarships, etc., that need money raised every single year. The college received exactly $231,617,535 in...
Summer interns give student ambassador training a facelift
Six interns spent their summer building a new training program for the student ambassadors in the admissions department. Other tasks for the interns involved working in the main office and around campus, leading tours and boosting the department’s social media presence, as well as working on one big project per summer. “The program is to create a step-up training...
Free Chipotle and beer for seniors this Saturday
While Chipotle is scarce in Hillsdale, luckily it won’t be on Saturday where the class of 2022 can enjoy the popular Mexican restaurant and beer at Hayden Park as part of a senior class event. Free to students and catered by Chipotle and the Market House, the seniors-only event will include yard games, Bell’s Oberon beer, and hard cider. If...
Princeton Review awards high marks to Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College earned high rankings in The Princeton Review’s annual release of the top 386 universities and colleges in the country. The review, which is based on surveys of 143,000 students across the nation, placed Hillsdale College in the top 20 of 12 subcategories related to academics and student life, according to a press release from the college. “It is...
Knorr’s new brew: Dining hall now serving Ad Astra coffee
Bon Appetit is now serving Hillsdale’s only locally-roasted coffee in the Knorr Family Dining Room. The local company, Ad Astra, is a three-year-old coffee roastery owned by U.S. Marine veteran Patrick Whalen, and his wife Kristi, a Hillsdale alumna. Patrick Whalen is the son and brother of Professors of English David Whalen and Ben Whalen respectively, and currently serves as...
Hillsdale’s 1776 Curriculum seeks to provide ‘honest history’ for K-12 students
Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, hopes the curriculum will present honest history to American students. The curriculum provides lesson guidance on its website for parents and teachers of students in kindergarten through the 12th grade. The curriculum differs from New York Times’ 1619 Project, which claims that the...
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