The publication is staffed by students, many of whom are members of the Herbert H. Dow II program in American journalism.
Eventually, the newspaper dropped the Herald and became The Collegian of Hillsdale College.
[1] But, after an investigation by the Collegian's Editor-in-Chief at the time, it was determined that Hillsdale is Michigan's oldest college newspaper.
[citation needed] The Collegian has won several Michigan Press Association awards including General Excellence in 2011.
The newspaper had a three-year streak in 2007, 2008 and 2009 where editors of the paper were named Journalists of the Year by the Michigan Press Association.