Messinger’s husband challenged her to get 100K followers by the end of 2025. Courtesy | Instagram “If you reach 100K by the end of the year, we can travel North America for a month.” Izzy Messinger, a ’25 Hillsdale alumna, posted a video of her running with that soundbite on Instagram Oct. 22, the first...
As I stood in front of Elizebeth Smith Friedman’s former house in Washington, D.C., I was overwhelmed with gratitude and awe for this American hero. Friedman is a 1915 Hillsdale alumna who was a codebreaker in both world wars. Despite her tremendous impact on America, few people know about her greatness. But that’s about to...
Elizebeth Smith Friedman is forgotten by many people, including her alma mater. After graduating from Hillsdale College in 1915, she became an expert cryptanalyst who deciphered enemy codes in both world wars. She is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, graduate of Hillsdale College. Friedman played a big role in both world wars,...
Hillsdale alumna Samantha Widmer ’21 was elected to the board of education in her hometown of Gibsonburg, Ohio, on Nov. 2, becoming the youngest member of the Gibsonburg school board. Widmer said she considered running for office soon after accepting a full-time job in her hometown. “When I found out that I was coming back...
In a way, it was a coffee subscription that brought her to the convent. Before she was Sister Lucia of the Word of God, Meghan Perks ’18 was a Hillsdale graduate purchasing a subscription to Mystic Monk Coffee, a Carmelite monastery’s small business. Contemplating the monks’ spirituality brought her back to a consideration of religious...