9.1.23 The Princeton Footnotes returned for their 15th Performance on Hilton Head.

4.4.23 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head enjoyed a multi-club sparkling wine tasting led by Lisa Drakeman *88. Watch the video and sip along! Download the tasting notes.

3.11.23 Professor Guelzo, Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship at the James Madison Program at Princeton University, spoke to the Princeton Club of Hilton Head about his award-winning work on the Civil War.

1.25.23 Enjoy a behind the scenes look at what blind tasting wine is all about in this multi-club seminar led by our club president Dr. Lisa Drakeman. Download the handout for an easy reference guide to tasting wines for fun and enjoyment.

12.22.22 Postcards to Alumni, a collection of monthly digital postcards featuring unique facts about Princeton’s history, are being introduced by the Alumni Council’s Princetoniana and Communications and Technology (CAT) Committees who collaborated on the project. Credit for the overall postcard design belongs to CAT Committee member (and PCHHI member!) Cindy Drakeman ’02.

10.22.22 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head celebrated Princeton’s 276th birthday in style at the second annual Orange and Black Day

9.10.22 Awarded annually by the APGA Board of Governors to a Princeton Regional Association that deserves special recognition for increasing participation of Princeton graduate alumni in its regional activities and/or fostering the cause of a graduate education and the Graduate School at Princeton University. The club formally received the award at our annual holiday luncheon in December.

8.31.22 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head was delighted to welcome back The Princeton Footnotes for an in person concert at the Sea Pines Country Club!

5.11.22 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head welcomed Joel Rosenman ’63 for a behind the scenes look at how Woodstock came to be, and the extraordinary measures he undertook to keep it going all weekend.

3.18.22 The Communications and Technology Committee’s mission is to ensure that all alumni have the most fruitful, productive and effective means to communicate with the university, alumni organizations, other alumni and current undergraduates.

3.16.22 Authors, biotech entrepreneurs, and alumni Dr. Lisa Drakeman *88 and Dr. Don Drakeman *88 share insights from their new book recently published by Oxford University Press (2022). Watch the video to find out if you have the traits to be a successful entrepreneur!

2.9.22 The Princeton Clubs of New England, New York, Northern California, and Hilton Head tried a selection of wines served by Ronan Sayburn, MS, Head of the Court of Master Sommeliers and his Best of London Somm team at the acclaimed 67 Pall Mall private club. Hilton Head Club President Lisa Drakeman *88 led the tasting.

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11.8.21 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head spoke with Seth Shostack '65, Senior Astronomer at SETI, about the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

10.22.21 Club members enjoyed a raucous celebration that included a singing tiger, specialty cupcakes, university trivia, and spectacular fireworks. Happy Birthday, Princeton!

9.22.21 Donald L. Drakeman *88, Distinguished Research Professor in the Program in Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame gave the inaugural Antonin Scalia Constitution Day Lecture at Princeton on September 22.

8.26.21 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head celebrates its most distinguished members - the Old Guard, composed of graduates from the great classes of 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, and the newly inducted class of 1956.

8.26.21 The Princeton Footnotes return to Hilton Head for their annual warm up week and concert for the Princeton Club of Hilton Head. Their first live concert since March 2020.

6.17.21 The Princeton Club of Hilton Head received the Princeton Club of San Antonio Award and the Committee on Regional Associations (CORA) award for Innovation at a special virtual awards presentation.

6.17.21 Certified Sommelier and Club President Lisa Drakeman *88 led club members in a celebratory tasting of three delicious Italian Wines.

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5.21.21 The club was doubly honored in 2021 when it received the Committee of Regional Associations (CORA) Award for Innovation, which “is given in recognition of associations who have developed new and innovative programming.”

5.11.21 The club received the prestigious Princeton Club of San Antonio Award in 2021, which “is given annually in recognition of general excellence in regional alumni activities to associations and clubs with fewer than 300 members.

5.21.21 Lisa was elected at the Alumni Council Annual Meeting on May 21, 2021. She will serve as one of ten regional association officers for a two year term and will also sit on the Committee of Regional Associations.

5.17.21 Lisa Drakeman *88 salutes challenges and generations of Princetonians, by Maria A. LoBiondo

5.12.21 Einstein in his rocking chair, by Bill Gilbert ’50

4.8.21 Certified Sommelier and Club President Lisa Drakeman *88 led club members in a wine tasting of delicious selections from Spain.

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5 South Carolina Applicants Admitted to the Great Class of 2025 March, 2021

4% of state applicants were accepted, which mirrors the national acceptance rate.

3.11.21 The Princeton Clubs of Hilton Head and Charleston jointly sponsored this event with a low country legend.

11.12.2020 Club members and tennis aces Stan and Margie share a lifetime of stories about Princeton, tennis, shoes, and Hilton Head in this engaging fireside chat.

October, 2020 The First 50 Podcast - The Women that Started it All

10.15.2020 Members of the Princeton Clubs of HHI, Savannah, and Rochester enjoyed a unique view into the life of a working artist.

11.8.2015 “Twenty-two were cited at a luncheon at the Sea Pines Country Club presented by the Princeton Club of Hilton Head.”

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1.12.12 Don *88 and Lisa Drakeman *88 host a night to remember featuring the Princeton Footnotes and 100 local tigers.