1 - Conversation.

We’ve all got a bit of storyteller in us, don’t we? Handwritten notes, insta captions, chats in the common bathroom, a phone call home - these are all ways we share our life stories. Well, here on campus we have an abundance of anecdotes just waiting to be shared with you. 
Curate was imagined between friends sharing lattes in our favorite corner of Rough Draft. In a conversation about better serving our female students, we asked ourselves - how can we share our collections of ideas, lessons learned (and still learning!) and insights on life? 

Just like that an idea was sparked. Curate was born.

2 – Support.

What, truly, was the inspiration for Curate? One word. Women.

Women supporting women. Women encouraging women. 
Women sharing with women. Women serving women. 

We could all use a bit more of that, don’t you think? Curate is a new avenue for fostering conversations, encouragement, and real-talk. 

3 – Community.

We all recognize the importance of community. In Hillsdale, there’s a great community of adults on campus AND a great community of students on campus. What if these could combine into one giant, earth-shattering, never been done before, one-of-a-kind community? *lightbulb* What if students could know all the adult women on campus? What if students could connect with each other over the stories they read in a newsletter? What if students could learn from the mistakes we’ve made and wisdom we’ve accumulated. Now there’s an idea.