When Peyton Bowen ’18 purged her closet last year, she discovered an outlet for her thrifting obsession. Bowen, a Hillsdale College admissions counselor, created her own Instagram clothing store @peybaezcloset. Just last month, she hosted a pop-up shop at Rough Draft for her online thrift store during orientation weekend, Aug. 19-21. Bowen’s online store features...
On Aug. 31, Caroline Greb ’21 and Julia Salloum ’21 both welcomed their firstborn children into the world. “We had joked so often about giving birth on the same day,” Salloum said. “It was both hilarious but unsurprising when it actually happened.” Greb gave birth at 2:56 a.m., and Salloum gave birth at 9:01 p.m....
When alumna Taylor Dickerson ’21 threw her cap last spring, little did she know she would trade it out for a Hawaiian flower lei. Last spring, Dickerson had her life planned out as graduation approached. Rather than take a fifth year, she pushed to graduate on time with her double English and philosophy major and...
Degree? Check. Job? Check. Cheap apartment? Check. When the dust settles after the initial chaos of transitioning from college student to young professional, fledgling graduates may look around at their empty, white-walled apartments in unfamiliar cities and start to miss the comfort of their old communities. But homemaking and hospitality are skills developed through practice,...
When Kirsten Hall ’15 arrived on Hillsdale’s campus as a freshman, she knew she wanted to study English and go for a Ph.D. Hall said she was attracted to Hillsdale’s robust English program but knew she also wanted a well-rounded education. “I wanted my education to be a liberal-arts education,” Hall said. “I didn’t want...