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...
Year: 2014
More students allowed off campus
Due to renovations in Simpson Residence that will turn rooms into new common space, the deans have allowed more rising junior men off campus for the 2014–15 school year than the originally reported 51. This has helped to slightly relieve the pinch many men have experienced as a result of the administration’s decision to return...
Sororities kick off Greek Week
Hillsdale’s sororities will finish their Greek Week competition Friday with events including three-legged racing and hula hooping. The fraternities will kick off their competition with a chariot race Monday. Both the sorority and fraternity Greek Weeks see the Greek houses compete in a series of events. Points are earned for winning 1st, 2nd, or 3rd...
GOAL Program hosts Volunteer Week
The GOAL Program is asking students to participate in National Volunteer Week April 8-12. Their service projects will include building a fence, cleaning up a mobile home park, and renovating and cleaning multiple parks. The week will commence with a picnic for all volunteers. “This is kind of a pilot run. We would love to...
Fall Pulliam Fellow announced
The Dow Journalism Program presents journalist David Satter as the fall 2014 Eugene C. Pulliam Visiting Fellow. Satter recently became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. He will be on campus from Oct. 6-17 to give a public lecture and teach a one-credit course. Satter graduated from the...