Hillsdale’s recent accounting graduates scored in the top 3 percent in the nation on the Unified Certified Public Accountant exam. For the year 2014, Hillsdale College graduates,who studied accounting and took the CPA exam for the first time, had a passing rate of 78 percent with an average score of 81, while the national average...
Author: On Yu Lee (On Yu Lee)
Forging a career through the fires of blacksmithing
In Mrs. Stock’s Park, a flourish of iron leaves reach up to the sky with the surrounding fall foliage. The flower comes to its peak with the pointer of a sundial. The creator of this untraditional sundial is Joel Sanderson. Sanderson gave up studying English to pursue fascination in blacksmithing, which has been his life-long...
KKG and MLK Dream Team win IM football championships
After two dramatic overtimes, Kappa Kappa Gamma and MLK Dream Team raised their championship flags in the intramural flag football finals on Tuesday night at Frank “Muddy” Waters Stadium. KKG beat Vicious and Delicious in double overtime 26-20, and MLK Dream Team defeated Galloway in overtime 32-26. In both games, the lead went back and...
Lou Petro honored for excellence in teaching
Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants awarded Adjunct Professor of Accounting Lou Petro as its most outstanding accounting professor of the year on Sept. 30. Petro received the Accounting Teaching Excellence Award. “It was very funny at the awards banquet,” Petro said. “Almost every one of them was my old student.” Petro started teaching accounting...
Fair features new rides and old songs
The Hillsdale County Fair, known as “the most popular fair on earth,” returned this year with a few changes including a new ride company and canceled poultry exhibits, but still featured favorite attractions such as the Livestock Birthing Tent, retro concerts, and fried food. The Michigan Department of Agriculture canceled all poultry showcases in Michigan...



