The Student Federation will serve coffee and donuts to students and construction workers on Friday April 26 from 9:30-10 a.m. 

“The construction workers are always very friendly, and try to go out of their way to greet us,” sophomore and federation representative Lucy Treene said. “I got the idea after seeing one of the construction workers drinking coffee on a cold day once and thought this would be a great way to continue fostering community.”

The event will be located outside the library by the construction gate, and the federation will provide coffee and donuts. 

Federation president and sophomore Jacob Beckwith said this will be a good time to meet the new workers as they build the Diana Davis Spencer Graduate School of Education.

“We walk by the guys at the gate every single day for classes,” Beckwith said. “This is a great opportunity to get to know some of the construction workers and what they do because they are going to be on our campus working for the next few years.”

Eric Benson, a worker for Weigand Construction, said he is looking forward to the break from work. 

“I’m excited,” Benson said. “I like coffee and donuts any day of the week and any time of day.” 

The federation also granted probationary club status during an April 18 meeting to three new clubs: a women’s holistic living club, an old English reading club, and a marketing club — a chapter of the American Marketing Association. 

Beckwith said the variety of new clubs is a testament to the initiative and varying interests of students. 

“It’s exciting to see student groups continuing to form semester over semester,” Beckwith said. “I really love how at Hillsdale if there isn’t a club for something that you’re interested in, you can create one and find a group of friends that wants to be part of it.” 

At the same meeting, the federation approved funding requests for the incoming senior class, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority’s Kappa Blue 42 event, and College Republicans. 

The meeting was the federation’s last of the semester. Beckwith said he is impressed with the work ethic of his fellow representatives.

 “We had a lot of new members this semester and I have loved seeing them step up and embrace their roles,” Beckwith said. “I’m excited to see everything in store for the fall with a semester of experience now under our belt.”