Month: September 2012

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Med school commits to Hillsdale
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Med school commits to Hillsdale

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, the nation’s largest medical college, will now guarantee five seats at each of its three campuses to Hillsdale College students every year. LECOM offers partnerships to 50 schools throughout the nation. Students who attend these schools can apply to the program their freshman or sophomore year of undergraduate...

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‘Number one party band’ returns to campus

This Friday, the annual Hillsdale Garden Party will draw out the cocktail dresses and dance moves in an evening of revelry made possible by the Simone Vitale Band. The band, named for its lead guitarist and MC, has come to Hillsdale over 20 times throughout the past 15 years. “We love Hillsdale,” Vitale said. “This...

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Kenyan women attend Hillsdale through “Zawadi”

In Swahili, the word for gift is “zawadi.”  It is also the name of Dr. Susan Mboya’s African Education Fund program, based upon the belief that each child is a gift and that there is no greater gift than education. Over 200 Zawadi students currently attend institutions in the U.S., including Ivy League schools and...

Stuard opens the conversation
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Stuard opens the conversation

Junior Mason Stuard, President of Hillsdale College Democrats and Progressives Club, wants to develop a more active conversation on Hillsdale College’s conservative campus. He took lead of the student organization last fall after Josephine Burns, the previous and original president of the club, graduated in 2011. “[Burns] was lamenting with me about whether or not the...

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Students travel to Stratford festival

Every year, the Hillsdale College theatre department takes a group of students to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. Twenty students and faculty made the trek this year to see five shows in four days. The trip cost $300 per student. George Angell, chair of the theater department, said groups have been going on...