Last weekend, Michael Skupin, the inspirational speaker who was medically evacuated in Season 2 and placed second in Season 25 of the CBS show “Survivor,” spoke to men of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity about God, goal-setting, and following through on commitment. “It was great to hear his talk. We learned a lot about leadership...
Author: Philip H. DeVoe (Philip H. DeVoe)
ITS to fix Blackboard
The past two Blackboard outages, last Saturday and Monday, were both due to storage issues with the online, school-wide service. ITS has been working to fix the issues, and, according to Thomas Phillips, academic and business services generalist for Hillsdale College, they “will not recur.” Phillips explained that the collapse of the servers for the...
Searle set to open in August: Hotel renovation plans in the works
Towering over the Dow Leadership Center is the silver skeleton of the Searle Center. Below it, the hotel’s rooms seek a makeover, should donor funding pan out. “We’re mostly focusing on the Searle Center for now, but we’re looking to improve the Dow’s rooms at some point as well,” Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said....
Hillsdale convict escapes jail: Girlfriend harbors him in her home
Erin Todd Kimble, 42, escaped from Hillsdale County Jail last week with the help of his girlfriend, Kelly Barnett, 39, who harbored Kimble in her home. On Jan. 24, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department arrested both Kimble and Barnett, extending Kimble’s sentence and possibly landing his girlfriend in a cell of her own. “[Kimble] was...
Records set in Bloomington
Junior Emily Oren won her race and broke the standing Hillsdale College record for the 3K with a 9:28 time at the IU Invitational on Dec. 12. Her 5K time was also the second best in the nation. “It was amazing. I didn’t really have a sense of time after my coach stopped calling my...