When Hillsdale College almost went broke in the 1950s, a college alumnus and local businessman donated $20,000 a month to keep the college afloat, which is the equivalent of about $200,000 per month in today’s dollars. On Nov. 19, students in the documentary filmmaking class premiered “The Pharmacist Who Saved Hillsdale College: How Spike Hennessy Wrote Liberty’s Life-Saving Prescription.” The...
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College names new VP of marketing
Veteran Jonathan Hall has served as chief marketing officer at Chief Outsiders, SharkNinja, and Whirlpool Corporation. Courtesy | LinkedIn A new vice president of marketing will come to Hillsdale College in January, College President Larry Arnn announced at fall convocation Nov. 14. “The VP of marketing is responsible for promoting the mission of the college and finding new people to...
Founding Fest to bring the holidays to Hillsdale
Attendees sit around a firepit at Founding Fest in 2023. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Founding Fest will celebrate Hillsdale College’s 180th anniversary with alpacas, a chocolate fountain, and campfires in the empty lot across the Townhouses on West Street Dec. 7. 1844 Society will host the event from 5-9 p.m. In its fifth year, the event seeks to bring together...
Daily Caller editor calls election victory for the country
Geoffrey Ingersoll is former editor-in-chief of The Daily Signal and new director of the National Journalism Center at Young America’s Foundation. Courtesy | Geoffrey Ingersoll, X (formerly Twitter) Former President Donald Trump’s reelection this year is one of the greatest comebacks in political history, editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller Geoffrey Ingersoll said in a speech hosted by the Dow Journalism...
Veterans Day ceremony honors slain deputy
Veterans from the college and community gather for a photo in McNamara Rehearsal Hall. Courtesy | Alessia Sandala William Butler Jr. was posthumously inducted into the Hillsdale County Veterans Hall of Valor at the group’s 23rd annual awards ceremony Nov. 11 in McNamara Rehearsal Hall. “Butler was a pillar of support for his family, his friends, and his community,” said...
Speakers talk space mining, the Fed, gold standard in CCA II
The private sector is more effective than the federal government in enacting positive economic change, speakers at this week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives seminars said. The college hosted its second CCA of the academic year Nov. 10-13, covering “Economic Issues and Controversies.” Nicolas Cachanosky of the University of Texas at El Paso spoke Sunday afternoon about auditing the Federal Reserve....
Students to premiere documentary on man who saved Hillsdale
Viewers can learn about Spike Hennessy ’28, one of the reasons Hillsdale College remains today, in the new student documentary premiere on Nov. 19 Courtesy | Nolan Ryan The students in this semester’s documentary filmmaking class will premiere “The Pharmacist Who Saved Hillsdale College,” in Plaster Auditorium at 7 p.m. Nov. 19. The screening will include individual short projects created...
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