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Club studies campus’ connectedness

Every student on campus is one degree removed from College President Larry Arnn, according to the Applied Math Club. The Applied Math club’s newest project, Degrees of Arnn, seeks to determine how connected Hillsdale’s campus is. This project was modeled after the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” law. The project started when senior Daniel Brand...

College adds new online course on the Founding in discussion-based format
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College adds new online course on the Founding in discussion-based format

Hillsdale’s newest online course, “The Real American Founding: A Conversation,” features a conversational approach to American founding principles as they were understood at the Founding, according to Kyle Murnen, director of online learning.   Released on Oct. 11, the eight-part course includes conversations between Professor of Politics Thomas West and Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at...

Family donates taxidermied animals to Fisk Museum
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Family donates taxidermied animals to Fisk Museum

A local family donated a taxidermied bison, a wild turkey, several species of North American fish, and a black bear to Hillsdale’s Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History. These gifts came from the Dawson family following the death of Ray Dawson on Aug. 20, 2021, at the age of 94.  His son, Eric ’92,...

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GOAL adds new mentorship program: SOAR

  This fall, sophomore Matthew Karten started a new GOAL program to provide aid to students with difficulty in their home lives or academics. Success through Opportunity leading to Accountability and Respect, or SOAR, is a one-on-one mentorship initiative for struggling students at Horizon Alternative High School, according to Karten. “We have 20 kids or...

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GOAL adds new mentorship program: SOAR

This fall, sophomore Matthew Karten started a new GOAL program to provide aid to students with difficulty in their home lives or academics. Success through Opportunity leading to Accountability and Respect, or SOAR, is a one-on-one mentorship initiative for struggling students at Horizon Alternative High School, according to Karten. “We have 20 kids or so...