This past weekend, four members of the Hillsdale sailing team competed in the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association Sloop Championship on the Detroit River just off of Belle Isle, Detroit. Hillsdale hosted the regatta in partnership with the Detroit Yacht Club. The Chargers placed fifth out of eight teams. Bill Heller, race chair of the event,...
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Former Charger running back drafted to Canadian league
Michael Herzog ’23. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Athletic Department A former star running back for the Chargers is now playing professional football in Canada. Michael Herzog ’23 joined the practice squad of the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League in early September. The CFL is a professional football league with nine teams that compete...
Professor squared: faculty siblings reflect on the joys of sharing Hillsdale College
Paul (left) and Maria (right) Schmitt hiking in Colorado in 1996. Courtesy | Maria Servold How can lifelong Coloradoans pick up, move to a small Midwestern town, and make it feel like home? How can Hillsdale College, a mere 400-acre campus in rural Michigan, bring the same joy as the busy streets of Ann Arbor...
Charger Chatter: Connor McCormick, Track and Field
Trains or dinosaurs? Dinosaurs, because that’s what 5-year-old me would want me to say. Don’t be fooled though, a good train is hard to beat What is the best holiday? Halloween is the most underrated holiday. Free candy, Trick or Treating with your friends, staying out late… an incredible day. What is a fact you...
Athletic Department Unveils Charger Champions Club
The Athletic Department launched the Charger Champions Club in July to create a new way for donors to support and interact with athletics at the college. “We really felt we had an opportunity to encourage unity in the athletic department, especially as our college grows in prominence,” Athletic Director John Tharp said. “A one team...




