Academics Archives

Pursuing Artistry In Literature And Dance

At first glance, dancing and book editing have very little in common, but sophomore Rachel Watson has found a connection. Rachel has been dancing since she was five and is pursuing Hillsdale’s dance minor, but she is also studying English and minoring in Greek, as she aspires to be an editor for young-adult books.

Numbers and Notes

Hannah Andrews is a junior math major, a member of the Kappa Mu Epsilon math honorary, and co-founder and president of Hillsdale’s Actuarial Club, the discipline combining math and statistical methods to assess risks in investing and finance.

Exploring the Higher Ideas Through Politics and Mathematics

A Spotlight on Sarah Onken, ’16. Although Sarah Onken came to love politics and mathematics through different paths, her time at Hillsdale has allowed her to have a greater appreciation for the interconnectedness of what most people see as disparate fields.

Learning from Upperclassmen

Following a campus lecture on esotericism last year, freshman Morgan Brownfield entered into a small-group discussion that involved her roommate, an upperclassman, and a professor. What she learned was that she had no idea what they were talking about. Fortunately, junior Chris McCaffrey turned to her and explained the foreign concepts so that she could participate in the conversation.

Forester McClatchey with his own artwork conceptualizing dinosaurs.

A Prehistoric Thesis

For his senior thesis, Forester McClatchey, ’16, is studying dinosaur research conducted in Victorian England and working on a series of paintings that demonstrate the evolution of paleontologist art from the 1860s to the present.

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Mathematics and the Common Core

Sarah Onken is a senior majoring in politics and mathematics. For her math thesis, Sarah chose to examine the standards the common core sets for mathematics and what they reveal about how common core answers the question, “What is mathematics?”

Hillsdale College 2016 Israel Student Trip

Over the 2015/2016 Christmas holiday break, more than 80 Hillsdale College students had the opportunity to spend ten days studying in Israel.

Hillsdale College Kirby Center Celebrates Five Years

Hillsdale’s Kirby Center for Constitutionalism and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. celebrates five years of educating students and elected officials about the Constitution.

Studying the American Mind From Three Different Perspectives

Jordan Reimschisel, ’16, enjoys the unique opportunity to study a single topic, the American mind, from three different perspectives. “How did the politics, the literature, everything interact to form the American mind? That’s what the American studies major is about. It’s writing and reading and, above all, critical thinking that encourages you to explore the relationship between those three fields.”

The Patience of a Stonecutter

Flute players are a dime a dozen, but Hillsdale’s flute instructor, Jaimie Wagner, has a knack for making students feel special.

What College is Meant to Be

This is what college is meant to be. This is Hillsdale.

The Freshman Pledge

We pledge ourselves to the pursuit of truth, the love of the good, and the cultivation of beauty, for the sake of our minds and hearts and for an ennobled society.