Shea Ruddy signing autographs in 2026. Ashley Van Hoose | Hillsdale Athletic Department Senior Shea Ruddy is a finalist for a football award regarded as the “Academic Heisman.” The National Football Foundation named Ruddy, a wide receiver, as one of 18 players nationwide in competition for the William V. Campbell trophy, which honors academic...
Courtesy | Unsplash.com Three Hillsdale College students placed second and third in national radio competitions this month. Senior Luke Miller and Erika Kyba ’26 each earned second place awards from College Broadcasters, Inc., at the organization’s award ceremony in Philadelphia Oct. 14-17. Junior Lilly Faye Kraemer earned third place. All three students were finalists for...
Courtesy | Daniel McCarthy Daniel McCarthy is the Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism this semester and gave a speech titled “The Crisis in Public History” Oct. 15. He is the editor-in-chief of Modern Age magazine, a columnist for the New York Post and Spectator World, and serves as the Distinguished Fellow in...
Courtesy | Samiksha Yadav Sophomore Samiksha Yadav, studying biochemistry with a pre-med track, spent fall break sharing her research at Harvard as the only undergraduate among 217 presenters. “I was one of the youngest,” Yadav said. “One of the scientists was from Stanford, and he had 20 years of experience in neuroscience. I’m not even...
Sophomore Tanner Jelso recently finished his four-year labor of love — a self-published fantasy adventure novel that is set to debut on Nov. 1. “Alavi” is a 600-page story about Leif Hallgrimsson’s quest to defeat the king of the nation of Shaidan. Jelso said the story is inspired by “Dune,” “The Lord of the Rings,”...