After eight months of work, Hillsdale’s IT services and digital marketing department launched a new Collegian website earlier this week.  

The website features a cleaner look with higher quality images and animations, according to Collegian Digital Editor and senior Josh Newhook. 

Newhook said the Collegian wanted a new website to update the publication’s image and increase readership among students, faculty, and friends of the college. 

“The site felt old,” Newhook said. “It was cluttered on the back end. On the front end, we had trouble with our photos and the way stories displayed on pages.” 

According to Web Content Manager James Allen, the digital marketing team began to work with the Collegian last February to design the website. 

“We agreed the website should be cleaner with a focus on high definition imagery, image-centricity, and readability,” Allen said. “We met with the Collegian several times to pick a new template.”

In addition to design changes, Newhook said IT services has been working on creating a way to send letters to the editor through the website and sign up for an email newsletter. The online paper is available from Hillsdale’s website, increasing accessibility, Newhook said. 

“With a visually impressive and captivating site, readers will be incentivized to stay on and check the website more often, finally bringing proper attention to the quality work of each student who contributes,” former Collegian Editor-in-Chief Ben Wilson ’22 said.