McMahon shakes hands with Hillsdale Academy kindergartener MacKenzie Thorne. Courtesy | Roger Hart Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said Hillsdale College is a model for recovering higher education during a speech in Plaster Auditorium Monday. “Let’s make them more like Hillsdale,” McMahon said. “We all love Hillsdale, but one school shouldn’t have a monopoly on...
Hillsdale College received the top financial rating from Forbes this summer, as Congress exempted the college and several other schools from having to pay a new tax on endowments. Forbes released its annual college financial ratings list earlier this summer, ranking private American colleges based on the size of their endowments, management of those assets,...
Students who live off campus must attend at least one meeting, in an experimental effort to increase student participation, according to Dean of Men Aaron Petersen. In the past, the college has held one meeting for all off-campus students. This year, the college organized the groups by campus involvement so students will not have to...
Senior pitcher Joni Russell set a Great Midwest Athletic Conference record with her 24th career shutout on Saturday, and broke a 35-year-old Hillsdale record by earning her 66th career win on the same day. She now has 67 wins to her name. On Tuesday, she set a new school record in innings pitched, reaching her...
A joke turned senior Marilyn Popplewell into a three-sport varsity athlete. “I just happened to be in the weight room lifting at the same time that the throws team was in there on a Sunday, and I was just doing my own thing,” Popplewell said. “The throwing coach jokingly asked me if I wanted to...