High School Study Archives

A Summer with American History

Phoebe VanHeyningen traveled to Washington, D.C. with Hillsdale College the summer before her junior year of high school in Hillsdale’s Roots and History of American Liberty high school summer travel course. She looks back on the experience as one that helped prepare her to become a Hillsdale undergraduate student.

To Travel, To Learn

Meg Scheske grew up loving travel, and domestic experiences with family left her ambitious to experience more of the world. Hillsdale’s high school summer travel course to Italy not only heightened that ambition, but also helped her find new ways to experience the world as a way of learning.

Literature, Travel, and the Magical Orange

Alexandra Hall didn’t necessarily believe in the old cliché about travel abroad experiences changing people—that is, until her high school summer travel experience on Hillsdale’s Land and Literature of England high school summer travel course.

A Walk with History

Liam Regan had a love for history since his youth. Hillsdale’s Winston Churchill and World War II high school summer travel course gave him the opportunity to experience some of the history he’d read about for himself.

Travel with New Friends, American History, and Giving Hillsdale a Chance

Robert McClelland wasn’t particularly excited about any colleges as a prospective student, but his parents knew of his interest in history and asked him to give Hillsdale a chance as a student in the College’s Roots and History of American Liberty High School Summer Travel Course. The experience convinced him Hillsdale was where he wanted to end up.

Getting to Know Hillsdale in England and France

Logan Woodhouse took the advice of his admissions counselor and participated the summer before his senior year in Hillsdale’s Winston Churchill and World War II High School Summer Study and Travel Course. The experience was filled with the memories of travel, but also resulted in new friends and a clear direction in his college search.

“This was a Sacred, Solemn Place”

David Swegle was a student in Hillsdale’s Winston Churchill and World War II High School Summer Study and Travel Course the summer before his freshman year. He remembers the meaning of his time in Normandy walking on Omaha Beach and through the graves of the American Cemetery.

To Hillsdale, by Way of England

A visit to Hillsdale College didn’t convince Will McIntosh Hillsdale was the place for him. Being a student in one of Hillsdale’s High School Summer Study and Travel Programs changed that.

Land and Lit: The Grand Opening to My Golden Years at Hillsdale

“The Land and Literature of England: A Muse of Fire” trip in the summer of 2014 was the perfect precursor to my college career at Hillsdale.

Brothers in Arms: Finding a Friend on the Beaches of Normandy

While I had anticipated an adventure through the cities and byways of England and France, I did not expect to forge a friendship along this excursion that would last far longer than my ten days in the Old World.

The Land & Literature of England: A Discovery of Intellectual Humility

Because of that trip, because of Dr. Whalen, I was introduced to true learning, and although the truth often hurts, the effects upon my life have been beautiful and for the good.

The Legacy that Unites Students Past, Present, and Future

As we explored history, we discovered a new world together that reminds us that we are a part of this nation’s story, and now a part of Hillsdale’s.