When Donald Trump swears in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, 35 Hillsdale students plan to attend. The group, organized by the Hillsdale College Republicans, will travel by bus to Virginia on Sunday and then head to Washington, D.C. the following morning. They will depart on Monday evening and arrive back in Hillsdale early Tuesday morning....
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Find old and new treasures at library book swap
“101 Things To Do With Ramen Noodles,” is just one of dozens of books students can trade for at the third annual book swap next week. Michael Alex Mossey Library will host the swap in the Heritage Room Monday, Jan. 20, from 7-9 p.m. Anyone who attends can swap books one for one and enjoy light refreshments, according to Public...

Hillsdale is Michigan’s second-most competitive school
Hillsdale College numbers from Hillsdale College admissions, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor numbers from University of Michigan’s Office of Budget and Planning and the Detroit News. Courtesy | Collegian Staff Hillsdale College’s acceptance rate is now the second-lowest in Michigan, following only the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, according to a recent report from the Detroit News. Hillsdale...

College Adds 16 Transfer Students
Sixteen new students are joining the college this semester. They are among the 20% of spring transfer applicants who were accepted, according to Senior Director of Admissions Zachary Miller. The size of this year’s mid-year transfer class, which includes eight men and eight women from nine states and Scotland, is consistent with the size of most spring transfer classes, ranging...

Union facade construction begins
Demolition began on the Grewcock Student Union facade over Christmas break. Catherine Maxwell | Collegian Crews began work on the façade of the Grewcock Student Union during Christmas break as construction on the classical education building moved ahead of schedule, according to Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. “Substantial completion is looking more like commencement 2026,” Péwé said of the Diana...

Students visit Holy Land with Passages
Hillsdale students visited Masada during the Passages trip. Courtesy | Michael Murray Seven Hillsdale students spent nine days of their winter break in Israel with Passages, visiting Capernaum, Jerusalem, and Nazareth. They traveled with students from Patrick Henry College and some students from Kansas City University and Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The group was on the ground in Israel...

Nancy Johnson to retire from Institutional Advancement
Nancy Johnson has worked for the college since 1993. Courtesy | Austin Thomason When Nancy Johnson ’06 moved from rural Iowa to Hillsdale in 1992 for her husband’s new position as pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, the church sent the family a paper map of the city of Hillsdale. “I just remember unfolding this map of Hillsdale and saying,...
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ATO serves up quality time after hiring cook Wayne Babcock
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In France, alumna teaches English, learns the ‘art of living’
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School immunization policy is lenient but not uncommon for Midwest schools
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Local churches install safeguards for potential emergencies
Local churches are taking precautionary measures to keep their parishioners safe. After recent shootings in public places, including places of...

Elizabeth James designs own major, interns at Pentagon
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