January 2023

The Shooting Guy: Rob Fodor, ’84, Builds Successful Career in Basketball with the NBA’s Miami Heat

Fodor, ’84, remains the College’s all-time assist leader, and has spent a large part of his career coaching NBA MVPs, NBA three-point champions, Olympic gold medalists as well as WNBA and European stars. Fodor has developed an international reputation for his shooting system.

Hometown Hillsdale: Rachel Mohning Doty, ’97

Rachel Mohning Doty, ’97, loves calling Hillsdale home because its generations past and present work together to create a strong community. Rachel is accustomed to the close-knit, small-town life. It’s a life she wouldn’t trade; she learned great things, met her husband, and raised her family here in Hillsdale. For Rachel, Hillsdale is home.

Living the Island Life

Ben and Keren Casciani Ten Haaf, ’04, ’04, are living out their personal version of Fantasy Island. The couple owns and operates Lizzie Lu’s Island Retreat, a vacation home rental business with nearly 30 vacation home rental properties on Anna Maria Island, on Florida’s Gulf Coast near Bradenton, Florida.

Reminiscing in the Sunshine State

The Alumni National Tour event in Ft. Myers, Florida, turned into a mini-reunion for the Class of 1967. Four class members attended the gathering on January 15, and each had an interesting story to tell.

Pumping Iron and Raising Bucks: Annual Lift-A-Thon Boosts Chargers Football

The Chargers will conduct the 43rd annual Lift-A-Thon at 7 p.m. on March 9, 2023, in the JAM Weight Room in the Roche Sports Complex. Former All-American offensive lineman Mike Broome, ’82, called the Lift-A-Thon “the culmination of a significant shift in the history of Charger football.”

How to Pick a Dorm at Hillsdale

Which dorm fits you best? Do you use more muffin tins or more pots? How comfortable are you introducing yourself to strangers? Read on about Hillsdale College’s dorms to find out!

Hillsdale Chemistry Professors’ Book Recommendations: Part 2

You didn’t think scientists could read, could you? It turns out that Hillsdale College’s chemistry faculty is extremely literate and full of wonderful reading recommendations. Our chemistry faculty are so well-read that this article (which is written by a biochemist, by the way), had to be published in two parts.

Studying Well as a Hillsdale Student

Learning to be a Hillsdale College student does involve learning about who the most influential philosophers were, but as you go, you’ll also have to learn how to study well by staying organized and developing note-taking skills.

Hometown Hillsdale: Pam Heckel, ’98

Having spent most of her life in Hillsdale County, Pamela Blonde Heckel, ’98, appreciates all it has to offer—the familiarity, the landscape, and the small communities. The art major and athlete grew up on a hog farm in nearby Litchfield, Michigan, and after a brief sojourn out of state, returned home with her husband, Dr. Christopher Heckel.

Scorer Supreme: Call from MSU Coach Helps Bring Tim Kissman to Hillsdale

Hillsdale College can thank Tom Izzo for Tim Kissman, ’94. The former Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and all-conference honoree went on to become Hillsdale’s second all-time leading scorer, and finished with a career 61.2 percent field goal percentage, second in program history.

Transfer Students Find Joy at Hillsdale College

Most Hillsdale College students arrive freshman year and stay all four years. Students who transfer in, however, bring gratitude and fresh perspectives to the College.

Embracing Challenges: Parker Fox, ’12, Sees “Tons of Potential” in Phoenix Alumni Chapter

Lawyer Parker Fox, ’12, embraces Hillsdale College’s motto of Strength Rejoices in the Challenge in every aspect of his life. Despite the frenzied schedule of family life, Fox is helping to organize a Hillsdale Alumni Association chapter in the Phoenix, Arizona, area.