Student Life Archives

What is the Source?

While the hot residue of summer fades, the College campus comes alive under a series of expansive white tents on the quad in an event know as “The Source.” Organized by the Student Activities Board (SAB), The Source pulls together various campus organizations and clubs to vie for the attention – and email addresses – of prospective members.

Pursuing Goodness, Truth, and Beauty

My four years at Hillsdale College taught me the importance of living a life in pursuit of what is good, true, and beautiful. Countless classes, lectures, and conversations reinforced these ideas by preserving them among a haven of students and professors.

Hillsdal-ology: Ten Terms You’ll Hear on Campus

Listen up freshmen! Hillsdale’s unique culture has given rise to the development of a quirky vocabulary. Here are ten words and phrases that you might hear around campus.

Things Not to Bring to College

Moving at any point in your life is stressful, but moving from home to college is possibly the most daunting experience. I believe this is because no one really knows exactly what one may, or may not, need. Being a senior at Hillsdale College, and having moved nearly every semester, I now find myself a master of moving. For the new freshman on campus, here are some brings and do-not-brings.

Things to Bring to College

What You Didn’t Know About Downtown Hillsdale

You already know the popular downtown shops for a cup of joe, a scoop of ice cream, or a mid-week break from studying. Here are the lesser-known sides to five of your favorite Hillsdale haunts.

Preserving History through Books: The Heritage Room

The Heritage Room in Hillsdale College’s Mossey Library aims to preserve first edition texts that have shaped the western heritage. From Niccolò Machiavelli to Thomas Paine, many of these books are rare and ancient.

Alpha Rho Tau: An Honorary Focused on Beauty

Alpha Rho Tau is a community of art students striving to excel in their abilities, develop community, and encourage one another in the arts.

A Hillsdale Mother’s Day

The dorm moms here at Hillsdale are some of the most beautiful souls we’ve known in our time on campus. They’ve been there when we’re hurting, when we’re joyful, and they’re there to tell us to get our lives together and pull us up by our bootstraps. Today, we’d like to thank them for their dedication, love, and constant encouragement. They are some of the best examples of leadership on Hillsdale’s campus. We asked them to share a favorite memory or their favorite part of their job as dorm mom. Here are their answers:

Residents of Simpson dorm in their room.

What It Takes To Be a Hillsdale RA

I’m not sure what a Resident Assistant (RA) looks like at a big state school, but here at Hillsdale, the RAs are charismatic and energetic people who inspire their hall-mates to suck the marrow out of life. On campus, they are the rock stars, the top dogs, the people who really have it goin’ on.

The Top 5 Ways to Stay Organized While Job Hunting

Job hunting is hard, plain and simple. Throw in a full academic course load, competing extracurricular activities and pretty soon you feel like the juggling flame thrower in the Ringling […]

Six Personal Finance Things Every College Graduate Should Be Able To Do

Money. It’s something most college students have very little of, and something we dream of having more of. We live in a society that often gives mixed messages about how […]