Hillsdale College’s freshman retention rate for this year matched the previous highest rate from 2014. This year’s retention rate is 96% for students who began in fall 2018 and returned this semester, according to George Allen, director of institutional research. It matches the figure of students who entered in fall 2014 and returned the next...
Author: Nolan Ryan (Nolan Ryan)
Michigan becomes second ‘no-kill’ state for shelter animals
An average of 90% of all shelter animals in Michigan are not killed or euthanized. The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance announced in their 2018 Michigan Shelter Live Release Report that most of the state’s animal shelters are considered “no-kill,” meaning that 90% of all the animals being brought to shelters are adopted, returned to their...
Hillsdale power goes down for several hours Friday afternoon
Residents in the city of Hillsdale were without power for several hours today, but power had been restored to all but two customers as of 3:27 p.m., according to the City of Hillsdale. A tree on Bacon Street fell down and took out a line that extends all the way to Pittsford, Michigan, according to...
College expands programs on preventing sexual assault
The student affairs office is providing Hillsdale College students with new programs on sexual assault and its prevention this school year. College administrators have added the content to their existing series of informational sessions for students. The expanded training comes after a group of students, staff, security personnel, and law enforcement members convened last semester...
New documentary emphasizes meaning in suffering
How would you live if you knew you were dying? The 2019 documentary “The Long Goodbye: The Kara Tippetts Story” sets out to make us consider our own answer to this question. It moves us to consider how we should live in light of pain and death, and even puts forward a vision of beauty...