Prapai Ringenberg, affectionately known to those in the community as Pai, leaned back in a faded blue chair in one of Hillsdale’s beloved hole-in-the-wall diners. Coffee Cup Diner is her legacy in the quaint community she now calls home. The small restaurant is nothing close to spacious, yet she said it manages to attract hundreds...
Category: Features
‘Boots-on-the-ground’ admissions attracts Californian students
Over the past three decades, Hillsdale has accepted more and more students from states as distant as Texas, Colorado, and California as a result both of intentional efforts by the admissions department, and of what seems to be a more nationwide interest in the college. Sophomore Hannah Socolofsky knew she wanted to come to a...
The perks and pay of on-campus jobs
At least 35 percent of students on campus work, some as many as four or more different jobs according to Assistant Director of Career Services John Quint. With 73 supervisors in 56 different departments, work experiences can differ quite a bit between jobs. From working in the president’s office to paid academic research with a...
Hillsdale leads the state in Platoon Leadership Class size
Hillsdale has more students training to be Marine officers than any other college or university in Michigan, according to the Marine’s Ann Arbor Officer Selection Station. The college has 10 candidates involved in Platoon Leadership Class while Michigan State University, the school with the next-highest number of candidates, has seven. The University of Michigan has...
Alpha Omega: A Hillsdale haven
Shawn Noblit has a calm, pleasant demeanor — the type of person who puts you at ease. But she’s resolved and organized, too, and capable of taking charge. It’s the perfect combination of traits for the executive director of Hillsdale’s Alpha Omega Care Center, where a day demands everything from office management to mentoring women...




