A California native, junior Anne Begin is a double major in Latin and Greek at Hillsdale College. In addition to being an amazing classicist, Annie continually astounds me with her skill as a violinist and her flexibility with various styles of music, ranging from classical to jazz to fiddle music. She’s humble and hardworking, and […]
Hillsdale College senior Mary Catherine Meyer is majoring in English with a minor in Classical Education. Organized, intelligent, and kind, she’s a graceful writer and the current Editor-in-Chief of the Tower Light student literary publication. I’ve been so privileged to work with Mary Catherine on the Tower Light board for several semesters, learning from her […]
Yancey Madison Courtney is a senior at Hillsdale College, and she is majoring in Chemistry and English. She goes by Yancey or Madison, but I’ve always called her Madison ever since I met her two years before I came to Hillsdale. She was my sister LaRae’s roommate, and later housemate, so I’ve been able to […]
An Ohio native, senior Mikayla Brown is majoring in History and minoring in Music Education at Hillsdale College. Mikayla is an outstanding musician (and does many, many other things too, as you’ll see!), and it’s been lovely to collaborate with her in the Hillsdale Camerata. Last spring, for instance, she was featured playing her harp […]
Grace Hertz, double majoring in Music and English, is currently a senior at Hillsdale College. She’s a beautiful flute player and pianist. Grace is also the head RA in my dorm, and she’s such a sweet mentor and friend to every one of the girls here, always interested in our lives and giving us encouraging […]
Hillsdale College senior Micah Meadowcroft is earning his degree in History with a Journalism minor. Micah is an excellent writer and critic, and for several semesters I’ve been privileged to work on the Tower Light’s editorial board with Micah and learn from his artistic insights. (You can read a poem written by Micah here — […]
A senior at Hillsdale College, Sydney Sparks is earning her degree in Classics with an emphasis in Latin and also a minor in French. Sydney and I have taken many Latin and Greek classes together (this semester we’re both in Roman Civilization), and she is currently the president of the Classics honorary on campus, Eta […]
Coming to Hillsdale from her home in Minnesota, Alexandra Strauss is a junior majoring in American Studies and minoring in Classical Education. Ali is a delightful friend and a wonderful pianist and composer, and I was honored to perform one of her solo piano compositions in a recital at the end of the fall semester […]
Junior Hannah Fleming is an English major at Hillsdale College, with minors in Classical Education and Latin. She is a lovely human being with a continuous smile, and I so enjoy working with her on the Tower Light board (and reading her beautiful poetry!). Why I came to Hillsdale: My older sister went to Hillsdale […]
I’m delighted to introduce to you my dear friend, Eva Tang. From Shanghai, China, Eva is a junior at Hillsdale College and spends the summers in Iowa with her sweet mother. Eva majors in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics, and at the same time she’s also a lovely musician and aspiring lawyer. As you […]