Hillsdale Academy’s total ACT average this year was 29.1, more than eight points higher than the national average and more than nine points higher than the Michigan high school average. Students at the academy have been admitted to schools such as Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of North Carolina at...
Month: April 2014
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YAF pushes Saga reform
Young Americans for Freedom held a meeting Sunday night for students to discuss the school’s meal plan policy and their ideas for reform. Some students think that the requirement to purchase a meal plan is unfair and want to change the long-standing policy. “It has to do with finances,” Financial Aid Director Rich Moeggenberg said. “We couldn’t have a meal option without having students on the meal plan...
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Arnn, judge discuss law
College President Larry Arnn hosted a Q&A session with Judge Edith Jones in Phillips Auditorium on Tuesday night. Jones, currently chief judge of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and is a former White House Fellows Commissioner and former member of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. This week, Jones has been on campus teaching a class to undergraduates...
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Fulbright scholar Evan Gage
Senior Evan Gage will travel to Turkey at the end of summer. There, he will teach English language and literature, as well as United States culture. The 10-month-long exchange program will be funded by the J. William Fulbright Student Award — one of the most prestigious awards an undergraduate can receive. “I think about the...
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DAAD scholar Emily Goodling
In four years at Hillsdale, Senior Emily Goodling went from barely speaking German to receiving the DAAD scholarship. “It’s the equivalent of the Fulbright in Germany,” Assistant Professor of German Fred Yaniga said. DAAD stands for Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst, or German Academic Exchange Service. “It is the most prestigious scholarship in international studies,” Professor...