If the scent of pumpkins wafts across campus Sunday night, it is probably from the Student Activities Board’s Thanksgiving dinner. At 5:30 p.m., students will gather for a Thanksgiving dinner sponsored by the 1844 Society and the Student Activities Board. Students can RSVP through a link in the student activities newsletter emails and pick...
The class of 2017 claims 45 percent participation in alumni donations this year, the highest percentage from a recently graduated class to date. More than 2,000 alumni donated $5.2 million to Hillsdale College from July 2016 to June 2017. The officers of the class chose to partner with the 1844 Society by donating to the...
After fundraising last week for 1,844 minutes — about 30 hours — the 1844 Society raised $2,200 from 140 participants. The society’s first fundraising campaign, which started Feb. 16 at noon and ended Friday at 6 p.m., collected money to go toward Ransom Dunn Scholarships for seniors with financial need and attracted the interest of...
Hillsdale’s 1844 Society is challenging students to help fundraise for scholarships in just 30 hours starting Thursday and Friday, with its first-ever campus fundraising campaign. “This campaign is not about the college asking Hillsdale students for their money to be put into a general fund,” 1844 Society President senior Mariah Hardy said. “This is about...
Hillsdale College’s 1844 Society is spreading out the gratitude, after holding a week of demonstrations leading up to Thursday’s annual “Day of Thanks.” With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the society named this week the “Week of Thanks” to help students appreciate the contributions of their donors and peers, who have made education at Hillsdale...