Kathryn Bassette, Heidi Yacoubian, and Michelle Bailey on the Sea of Galilee during the Passages trip in 2019. Courtesy | Heidi Yacoubian Visiting Israel will enrich the faith of students and give them the chance to experience Israeli culture, said Hillsdale professors at an event to promote a college trip over Christmas break. In the session, Assistant Professor of Religion...
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Ancient algae fossil named after biology professor
Anthony Swinehart and his research in 2022. Courtesy | Anthony Swinehart An ancient species of algae will now carry the name of Professor of Biology Anthony Swinehart, following his discovery of the fossil and publication of his research last month. Swinehart discovered the Earltonella swinehartii in a quarry in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 2023. It lived more than...
Alumnus receives award from Hillsdale Federalist Society
Hillsdale’s Federalist Society Board takes a picture with Schlueter and Zahra. Courtesy | Evelyn Shurtliff The Federalist Society recognized Leo Schlueter ’22 on Sept. 4 for his leadership with the group. Schlueter is the first recipient of the Brian Zahra Alumni Excellence Award, which is a new recognition the Hillsdale Federalist Society will present to a graduate each year for...
‘Forbidden Humor’: class offered about SNL
Bertram in front of the SNL Fan Shop at Universal Studios Orlando. Courtesy | Scot Bertram Scot Bertram has watched every episode of “Saturday Night Live.” It took him two years to watch 50 seasons with 1,000 episodes. “People said it couldn’t be done,” Bertram said, who is General Manager of Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. “In fact they said...
Campus remembers Charlie Kirk
Kirk and Arnn pose for a photo at a Hillsdale event in Phoenix, Arizona, in February. Courtesy | Austin Thomason Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff mourned Charlie Kirk at a prayer vigil in Christ Chapel Wednesday night. Almost every pew was full as attendees recited psalms, sang hymns, and joined together to pray the Our Father for Kirk’s family...
Speakers discuss American foreign policy, history in CCA I
The audience of the Artificial Intelligence CCA in Feb. 2025. Courtesy | Bill Zeiser A line-up of speakers including a Hillsdale alumnus and the former prime minister of the U.K. addressed American involvement in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East in the first Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series of the school year. The CCA, titled “Issues in International Relations,”...
Iliad, Odyssey coming to Hillsdale online courses in spring
Benedict Whalen on “The Iliad and the Odyssey” set. Courtesy | Jeremiah Regan Hillsdale will release “The Iliad and the Odyssey,” an online course about the two epic poems by Homer this spring. “They are masterful and delightful stories, essential to understanding Western literature, and books that we require all students at Hillsdale to read,” said Jeremiah Regan ’08, executive...
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Jim Frank tried to retire, but it never worked. “I really wasn’t good for retirement,” he said. Frank, 82, retired...
Setting out for Appalachia: students hit the trail
Students and staff hiked 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail over spring break. Courtesy | Josi Cuddeback For some, breakfast...
Local euchre league embraces a Michigan tradition
Two teams play euchre at American Legion Post 53. Courtesy | Olivia Hajicek The euchre league at Hillsdale’s American Post...
‘Walking the walk’ by living out pro-life activism
Sabrina Sherman and her husband, Lucas Sherman, are students and parents to their son, Wyatt, who was born on Nov....
Quick Hits with Maria Servold
Maria Servold remembers her late nights in the Collegian office fondly. Courtesy | Collegian In this quick hits interview,...
Playing your way through ‘the fog of war’: The new student-organized war games club focuses on operational games that recreate battles on land, sea, and in Midair
Students work to solve global issues at the Alexander Hamilton Society annual ‘War Games’. Courtesy | Collegian When his command...
From the desk of Kiley Hatch: One determined student shares her artistic ‘process of becoming’
Hatch was Aunt Loreli in the show “Something Extraordinary.” Courtesy | Kiley Hatch When junior Kiley Hatch adopted a “say yes...
Hillsdale’s two degrees of separation: Applied Math Club studies social connections on campus
Students gathered in fall 2022 for Concert on the Quad. Courtesy | Hannah Cote Have you ever peered out from...
