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Nesbitt wins it big as Michigan lotto commissioner
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Nesbitt wins it big as Michigan lotto commissioner

Aric Nesbitt ’02 hit the career jackpot, when Gov. Rick Snyder appointed him as the Michigan Lottery Commissioner on Feb. 17. “I thank Aric for his continued service to the great state of Michigan,” Snyder said in a press release. “He has served many years in public service and I am confident that experience will...

City residents and officials analyze state of Hillsdale at Rising Tide meeting
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City residents and officials analyze state of Hillsdale at Rising Tide meeting

Hillsdale residents ranked Hillsdale College and Hillsdale Hospital as the greatest strengths of the city and the pervasiveness of hard drugs in the community as its most damaging threat during an assessment for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s Rising Tide initiative on Tuesday night. The attendees also ranked the city’s lack of vocational training as both...

IDF soldiers sharing their stories Sunday
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IDF soldiers sharing their stories Sunday

Two reserve soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces traveling the Midwest on a speaking tour will end their trip with a special stop at Hillsdale College. The soldiers will discuss life in the IDF and Israeli culture Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium. Hillsdale’s Students for Middle Eastern Discourse and StandWithUs — the international,...

Alumna discusses the growing, controversial field of genetics
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Alumna discusses the growing, controversial field of genetics

Two years after alumna Nancie Petrucelli graduated from Hillsdale College in 1992 with a degree in biology, she applied to the University of Cincinnati’s graduate program in genetic counseling. At the time, only 14 of these programs existed, and each accepted no more than seven students. Despite the odds, she got in. Petrucelli is now...