There were plenty of heroes in the Hillsdale College football team’s 41-38 win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday. The Chargers struggled to make plays in key situations during their three-game losing streak which they snapped on Saturday. Against the Wildcats, however, players on offense, defense, and special teams stepped up. “It finally came...
The U.S. Department of Education acknowledged on Monday its error last year in calling Hillsdale College a “predominantly certificate degree-granting institution” rather than a four-year institution that offers bachelor’s degrees as well as master’s and doctoral degrees. The erroneous statement came in September 2015, when The Collegian asked an Education Department spokeswoman why Hillsdale College...
Last Thursday, the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities trucks drove around Hillsdale College’s campus, flushing water out of fire hydrants as a part of the city’s bi-yearly effort to purify its water supply. “We’re doing this now and we’ll do it again in the spring. Flushing out fire hydrants ensures that any hardness or clogs...
A local Jackson College student has competed her way up the pecking order with an unusual subject matter — chickens. Competing as part of the Future Farmers of America, Haley Lemle, 18, has won or placed in a variety of science competitions, most recently placing fourth in the national FFA competition. Her project studied...
The Hillsdale Garden Club gave Hillsdale residents the opportunity to begin preparing for Christmas, discover their green thumb, and support beautification projects throughout the city with its annual green sale, which concluded Oct. 15. Now that the nonprofit garden club has finished taking orders, members are beginning to construct 150 floral arrangements, wreaths, roping,...