Hillsdale College, Author at Hillsdale College

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Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin’s Tips for Working from Home

At long last, I offer you my promised tips, tricks, and suggestions for how to work productively from home during this coronavirus lockdown.

A Passion for Learning, On Campus and Off

I miss learning in fellowship with friends and professors on campus, including essays, midterms, and all nighters. It is times like these, however, that we students can more fully realize our love of learning.

Community During Coronavirus

Despite closing campus for COVID-19, Hillsdale’s community and culture persevere.

Overcoming Lazy Lassitude: How to be Productive from Home

If you’re nervous about trying to be productive during quarantine, here are some real, honest, and sometimes hard things we can all do to be successful while working from home.

College: A Time for Making Changes, Part 2

Your college major is reflective of your passions and interests. Taking the initiative to propose her own interdisciplinary major gave Mary Greco ’22 the opportunity to study something she was passionate about while still getting the benefits of a liberal arts education.

Making Hillsdale a Home: The Do’s and Don’ts of Dorm Life

The idea of living in a dorm can be both scary and exciting. Either way, here are some tips for making Hillsdale home.

What to Do with a Humanities Major

Unlike STEM majors, the humanities are often denigrated as not being “useful.” These three Hillsdale students have found value in their humanities majors and the skills they provide as well as employment post-graduation.

Five Tips to Survive Your 8 a.m.

So you’re registered for an 8 a.m. class this semester. Here are some ideas to make it through those early mornings (from a girl who barely functions in the morning).

Lofty and Lovely: The Rhetoric of Hillsdale College Architecture

Our purpose here is high, and so are the ceilings. As students and faculty sit, studying, their voices carry lofty ideas upward, almost as if we are delivering them back from where they came. Those tall ceilings remind us to look up. Those long windows, evenly spaced invitations of sunlight, remind us that the things we study and our ideas about them expand far beyond the classroom walls.

5 Unexpected Blessings from COVID-19

COVID-19 has taken many things from Hillsdale College students, but it has also brought some unexpected blessings. By focusing on these blessings, I can more easily manage the great losses. These five blessings are those that I focus on the most.

Getting Along with the College’s Motto

Virtus tentamine gaudet, for Hillsdale students, is a unifying motto and the College’s promise of commitment to our education, not something to fear. I learned this quickly from alumni as I tried to decide whether to apply here, from my experience visiting campus, and now as I live it out freshman year.

Broadcast or Bust: Opportunities at Radio Free Hillsdale

Through Radio Free Hillsdale, students tune into their passions and gain valuable broadcasting experience by producing their own shows.