More than 660 people have downloaded Hillsdale College’s new app, garnering nearly 29,000 screen views, as of Sept. 1. Ellucian Go is a free Android and iPhone app that now allows Hillsdale students to access the cafeteria’s menu, their schedules, course registration, and other information on their portable electronic devices. The app is meant to meet the rise of smartphones...
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College surplus 15 times greater than expected
Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Patrick Flannery said the college plans to use the surplus money for dorm renovations, contributions to its endowment, and investment in its reserves. The board of trustees will determine the details of how the surplus will be used on Sept. 12 and 13. For fiscal year 2016, which ended in June, the college predicted...
Kendall Hall basement’s admissions contact center now open
Kendall Hall’s basement transformed this summer to house a brand-new call center for Hillsdale’s admissions department. Formerly based in the admissions office in Central Hall, Hillsdale College’s contact center relocated to the bottom floor of Kendall. The renovated space will facilitate the center’s revamped employee training programs and accommodate its expansion. “The contact center will hopefully allow Hillsdale to provide...
C-SPAN takes over Markel
C-SPAN packed up its monthly Book TV program “In Depth” and brought it to Hillsdale College Sunday to interview radio talk-show host Dennis Prager. Peter Slen, senior executive producer and a host at the nonprofit cable and satellite network, said although “In Depth” has covered events at college, it had never before moved the show from its Washington, D.C., studio...
And you thought the core was big
Students in the class of 2020 will be the first to complete the new core curriculum in its entirety. The addition of at least four more required courses than mandated for the classes of 2017-2019 complete the plan set in motion more than five years ago that attempts to “more perfectly execute the purposes in our mission,” Provost David Whalen...
The Collegian: 9th best college newspaper in U.S.
The Collegian is the ninth best college newspaper in the United States, according to a list released last week by Princeton Review. “The ranking is a tribute to the hard work and excellent journalism of our students, past and present,” said John Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale. Based on surveys of students across the country, the...
Hillsdale College Democrats return
When junior Elyse Hutcheson posted on Facebook that she was going to bring back the College Democrats club to Hillsdale College’s campus, she said she was prepared for the worst. “I was worried,” Hutcheson said. “I didn’t know what was going to happen or how people were going to react.” Returning from her summer job that July night, she said...
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