“Parents come to the college and talk with your professors?! Isn’t college about independence?” This is a common response I hear when I describe the unique tradition of Parents Weekend to friends at other colleges. The idea of parents traveling to spend an entire weekend on campus, and even attending “parent-professor conferences,” is foreign to...
Year: 2022
Record-breaking events mark Hillsdale Tune-Up invite
On Friday February 18th and Saturday February 19th the Hillsdale Women’s track team won the Hillsdale Tune-Up meet. The team had two members break the weight throwing record from 2017 and won eight events. Hillsdale came out on top against the five other teams competing, finishing with 138 points, 72 points in front of Adrian...
Hillsdale in fight for conference tournament
Every player on the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team scored in the past week after winning back-to-back games against Lake Erie College and Trevecca Nazarene University. The Chargers faced the Storm on their senior night and won 104-71, the most points scored by the Chargers since last February. Senior guards Lauren Daffenberg and Sophia Pierce...
Parents spend more than 30 hours on the phone to fundraise for the college this week
This week, Hillsdale parents will spend more than 30 hours on the phone to talk about the college. The Spring 2022 Phonathon began Feb. 21 and will end on Feb. 24. Since 1997, 20 parents meet in the Contact Center the week leading up to Parents Weekend to call other parents, including parent alumni, to...
Shotgun team prepares for nationals
The shotgun team’s spring season begins this weekend at a small competition in Missouri. From March 21st through the 26th they will compete at the Annual Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Nationals in San Antonio, Texas. “This weekend is exciting because it’s our first team shoot after last semester,” sophomore Jessica Strasser said. “We’ve...




