The deans’ office released the first round of off-campus permissions Feb. 7, allowing about 100 upperclassmen and women off for next semester. According to Dean of Women Rebekah Bollen, off-campus permissions are granted based on high school graduation year and credits accumulated at Hillsdale. Bollen said the process has been the same for many years to ensure that older students...
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Big Band to compete at Elmhurst, Notre Dame
The Hillsdale College Big Band will perform their festival set on Feb. 20 in Plaster Auditorium at 8 p.m. Courtesy | Julia Hoyda The Hillsdale College Big Band will perform at the Notre Dame 2025 Collegiate Jazz Festival and 58th Annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival in Indiana and Illinois, Feb. 21 and 22. “We go to Elmhurst every year we...
English majors give honors lectures
Two senior English majors gave the Vade Mecum Honors Lectures for the English department Feb. 14. The department selected seniors Gregory Whalen and Anna Baldwin to deliver the lectures. The presentation is part of an annual tradition honoring senior English majors whose capstone essays best express insight and excellence, Assistant Professor of English Patrick Timmis said in an email to...
Family Feud will pit profs against student affairs
Professors and student affairs will face off in Family Feud, hosted by the Student Ministry Board Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in Plaster Auditorium. Courtesy | HistoryCommons The Student Ministries Board will host a night of Family Feud Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in Plaster Auditorium. A team of six professors will face off against six student affairs staff. “The...
Senior launches undergraduate literary journal
While working at the Writing Center, senior Clare Oldenburg often found herself reading student essays and thinking: More people should see this. Determined to create a space where students’ academic work could reach a wider audience, last month Oldenburg founded Apprenticii, a new online literary journal that publishes undergraduate English and literature papers. “There are so many talented students here...
Students to recite Gospel of Luke
Students will recite portions of Luke from memory Feb. 23 at 2 p.m with the Hillsdale Memorization Club. Courtesy | Facebook The Hillsdale Memorization club will host a memory recitation of the Gospel of Luke Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. The event will take place in the Mauck Solarium, and 24 students will participate in the recitation. Junior Miriam Ritchey...
Major general will teach on national security
Major General Melvin Spiese will visit Hillsdale College for the fourth year in a row to give a one-credit course on post-Cold War national security in the U.S. for the Military Strategy minor beginning next week. The class will run from 3-5 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Feb. 24 to March 7. Spiese retired from the Marine Corps...
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