John Truax and his wife, Mayson Truax, stand in front of a Cessna after his first solo flight. Courtesy | John Truax The Hillsdale Flight Center took off this past summer with five students enrolled in pilot lessons at the school. “We expect that number to grow exponentially once our advanced training aircraft is online,”...
Students enjoy Chick-fil-A sandwiches in the dining hall. Faith Senne | Collegian Students will no longer have to travel more than an hour to taste a Chick-fil-A deluxe sandwich with waffle fries and Polynesian sauce. A new location will open next year in Jackson, the fast-food franchise announced on Sept. 4. The driving distance from...
Junior Greg Whalen served in Afghanistan in the U.S. Marine Corps. Courtesy | Greg Whalen Two weeks after a bomb in Afghanistan killed a young Marine in 2021, his wife had a baby. Marine veteran and Hillsdale College junior Greg Whalen, who was in Kabul at the time of the deadly attack, tells this gut-wrenching...
Hillsdale College students are the most religious in the nation, according to the 2025 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best 390 Colleges report. “While we are pleased to receive these top rankings from the Princeton Review, it’s important to note that such accolades are subjective and are not something we chase,” Provost Christopher VanOrman said....
Vinod Kumarappan, Paige Lettow, Diksha, and Lana Chaleunrath-Pham study physics. Courtesy | Paige Lettow This past summer, students packed a suitcase and their liberal arts education to pursue internships as physicists, financial assistants, nonprofit consultants, and more. The Collegian asked three students to share their experiences, which ranged from fashion-trend forecasting to blasting molecules with...