DC Campus Renovations

Message from the Dean, Dr. Matthew C. Spaldin

 

Dear Distinguished Friends and Colleagues,

Just in time for America's 250th anniversary, we are pleased to announce our years-long renovation and expansion project of Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. Campus is complete and that we have reopened!

Having outgrown our existing building to support our undergraduates, graduates, and fellows, we began renovations to meet the needs of our Campus in March 2024. These renovations include a new building for our Graduate School of Government, two townhouses to help house our undergraduate students and visiting faculty, a beautiful chapel, handsome meeting and study spaces, seminar rooms, and faculty offices, as well as bright and cheerful additional student housing—all to help our faculty, students, staff, and fellows continue to grow and thrive on Campus and in D.C. 

The buildings are interconnected, and the space throughout is planned for multiple uses, with, of course, an emphasis on our principal work: teaching and learning. The outdoor spaces, from the new front plaza to the rooftop terrace, allow for more gatherings of students, alumni, and friends of the College. 

The renovations are fitting and beautiful. From the entrance lobby and the grand staircase to the library and pavilion, the designs radiate Hillsdale College’s noble mission in America’s capital city and throughout the nation. When you finally walk through our new doors, I am sure that you will agree, our expanded D.C. Campus is yet another fulfillment of our mission to provide “social instruction” that “will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of [our] pupils.”

I invite you to register for our upcoming events, especially our series of events celebrating America's 250th anniversary. 

To reconnect with Hillsdale in D.C., please sign up for our monthly e-newsletter. If you are an alumnus of Hillsdale College and live in the D.C.-area, please join our wide network by registering your information in our alumni database.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,
Dr. Matthew C. Spalding 
Vice President for Washington Operations
Dean, Van Andel Graduate School of Government

Each year, students from around the country—in undergraduate internships, graduate school, and fellows programs—flock to Hillsdale College’s campus in Washington, D.C. Each year, the number of students we serve there grows.

Located on Capitol Hill, the Washington, D.C. campus is a foothold in our nation’s capital—a retreat in which to study first principles in close proximity to the bustle of government activity. In our historic buildings, students experience the urgency of making sound practical judgments, and they pursue the virtues necessary to do so. And like so many of the old buildings in the capital, ours are beautiful works of architecture—dignified buildings that help to shape their inhabitants for the work they undertake. We now aim to make them more beautiful and usable inside, proper for the high learning that will occur there.

Please join us.
With warmest regards,
Larry P. Arnn
Hillsdale College President