When Joseph Feingold left a Siberian labor camp after his six-year internment during the Holocaust, he found a black market and swapped a pack of American cigarettes for a violin. The instrument was his haven for more than 65 years, and now its legacy of solace will live on in the hands of young...
One year ago, Danielle Garceau ’16 attended her third and final Classical School Job Fair at Hillsdale College. Or so she thought. After accepting a teaching job at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy just two days after last year’s job fair, Garceau started teaching middle school mathematics in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Last week, she returned to...
“Common Core is to education what Obamacare is to health care,” Joy Pullmann said in a speech to students and professors gathered Tuesday night. Pullmann is the managing editor of the Federalist and author of the upcoming book “The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids.” She graduated in 2009...
“Winning this contest was a bit of a fluke,” Hillsdale graduate Serena Howe ’12 said after winning the 2016 Princemere Poetry Contest. “I don’t apply to contests often, particularly since I haven’t written much lately. I was shocked when I won the prize.” The English major won $500 for her poem, “After a Certain Age...
Hillsdale graduates are filing into key positions in the Trump administration, ranging from speechwriters to legal counsel. “I admire them all,” Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn said. “These are fine jobs of high service for accomplished, experienced young people.” At least four graduates have taken roles in the new administration. But with numerous Cabinet confirmations...