Hillsdale Blog

Everything is Personal: Exploring the Orthodox Church through OCF

Whether it’s through professor mentorship or the carpools to church and back, OCF is a place where students’ beliefs have the ability to grow and flourish.

What is LAUREATES and How Do I Apply?

If you’re a junior science major looking for a research opportunity, look no further than home-sweet-Hillsdale for a paid summer internship.

Why I Chose Hillsdale: Cecilia Bellet

How did I end up at Hillsdale College? I’m sure seventeen-year-old me would like to know as well.

Heidegger, Pathways, and Phenomenology

The study of calculus, poetry, economics, sociology, music, theater, and biology certainly have the good of mastering the subject in itself, but each subject is just another pathway to understanding and articulating human experience.

Life After Hillsdale: “It’s the People” in the Real World

Tom Novelly, a 2017 Hillsdale grad, lives the exciting, fast-paced life of a breaking news and crime reporter for the Courier Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dinosaur Unveiling

On January 18th, 2018, the newest addition to the collection of the Fisk Museum of Natural History was unveiled.

Why I Chose Hillsdale – Crystal Schupbach

I applied to eleven schools before settling on Hillsdale. Despite the harsh connotation, “settling” is actually the word I would use to describe how I felt about choosing Hillsdale leading up to the May 1 deadline.

We Are Friends Because Of What We Share

Emma and I are stubborn. She’s a protestant Mainer studying biology, and I’m a Catholic Tennessean studying economics. Emma is extroverted but prefers to stay in; I’m introverted but need to go out. Through it all, we are best friends.

Rejoicing in Different Challenges

Hillsdale is hard, there’s no doubt about it. Sometimes all I want to do after finishing classes is lie down on my bed and scroll through social media, but tennis doesn’t leave me with that option.

We Look After One Another

My time in D.C. that summer gave me a chance to experience the Hillsdale bond away from campus. Drawn together by the rigorous academics and the mutual pursuit of truth, those in the Hillsdale community look after one another even outside of our college years.

Why I Chose Hillsdale – Colby Clark

Why did I choose Hillsdale? In my penultimate semester here, I find myself asking the same question but with an appreciation and a sense of reverence I never could have foreseen.

Mixing Music and Journalism

Katie Scheu and Sarah Schutte have been deeply involved in music since the beginning of their college careers while also juggling academic life.