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Three Spanish professors retire
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Three Spanish professors retire

Three Spanish professors are retiring after each teaching at the college for more than 30 years. Kevin Teegarden, Carmen Wyatt-Hayes, and Sandra Puvogel are finishing their last semester of teaching, and will retire at the end of the school year.   Kevin Teegarden  A Fort Wayne, Indiana native Teegarden didn’t get involved with Spanish until he...

We need critical mining in the green-energy era
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We need critical mining in the green-energy era

As the Biden administration moves toward its goals of carbon neutrality by 2050, they need to remember one key component to going green — critical mining of rare-earth elements. These 17 minerals present in the Earth’s crust are necessary to all key energy technologies of the future including solar, wind, energy storage, and electric vehicles. ...

To the culture of Hillsdale: Thank you
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To the culture of Hillsdale: Thank you

 Some clothes we’ll wear for the rest of our lives. Graduation gowns and caps aren’t among them. As I walked home from campus last Thursday, clutching the clear plastic bag with the clothes I’ll wear for just a few hours at commencement on May 8, I felt the weight of this season. My time at...

Senior develops startup to help colleges weather pandemic
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Senior develops startup to help colleges weather pandemic

Last year’s lockdown presented many students with a choice: binge watch Netflix, or use the extra time to further their careers. Senior Reed Lawe chose the latter.  Lawe, who is finishing up his undergraduate degree in financial management, started a company called HelloCampus over quarantine. HelloCampus is a software startup that allows colleges to host...