One weekend into their season, and the Hillsdale College softball team has already broken a school record. On Sunday, the Chargers tallied 23 runs over Mercy College, the most runs scored in a game in program history. The Chargers went 3-1 in Florence, South Carolina, last weekend — finishing on top in their first tournament...
Year: 2016
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Senior Savanna Wierenga wins prize for small business plan, ‘Ecoliners’
For the first time since 2013, a Hillsdale College faculty panel recognized a student’s work with the Twardzik Family Business Development Plan Award. Senior Savanna Wierenga received the honor for the business development plan she created for the Small Business Seminar. “Savanna put a great deal of thought into her idea, which was evident in...
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Students learn Hebrew in Bart’s upper room
Hebrew letters, which students are learning in Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart’s informal class on the Hebrew alphabet at her home. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Associate Professor of English Patricia Bart has invited 15 students to study the Hebrew alphabet at her home in downtown Hillsdale on Sundays. At the beginning of the semester,...
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HHS student honored by Rotary Club
Hillsdale High School Senior Josef Philipp, son of Al and Diane Philipp, received recognition as Rotary Club Student of the Month in December 2015. Philipp was one of six members who attended the first meeting and now serves as treasurer. He balances his remaining free time between several sports and other volunteer activities. “I’d like...
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Senior remembers internship with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senior David Flemming interned for the senator for a school assignment in high school. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Hillsdale College senior David Flemming, despite his conservative views, once interned for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., while in high school. He was able to land the...