Every year, Hobart and William Smith Colleges' President Mark D. Gearan offers the valedictory address at Commencement. Throughout the year he provides the community with updates on the Colleges by way of his column "Lakeviews" in the Pulteney St. Survey.
Not long after Mark Gearan was named president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, he placed a call to George Stephanopoulos, an old friend and colleague from his days working in the White House... More >>
Colleges President Mark D. Gearan recently participated in The 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) in New Orleans. The conference, convened by Points of Light Institute and the Corporation for National and Community Service, of which Gearan is chair of the Board of Directors, was the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, corporate a... More >>
Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Mark D. Gearan will present the Commencement Address at The Governor's Academy, Byfield, Mass., on Sunday, May 29. The Governor's Academy is the oldest continuously operating boarding school in America and this year will mark the 248th commencement exercises for the academy.
A national leader in public service, Gearan intends to speak to graduates about... More >>
Hobart and William Smith Colleges have been named to the 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
Launched in 2006 by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Honor... More >>
An article by Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Mark D. Gearan was published in the spring 2011 issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. In his article, "Corps Values," Gearan reviews Alan Khazei's book on social entrepreneurship called Big Citizenship.
"An unstated theme in Big Citizenship is that good intentions aren't enough. Social entrepreneurs need to be willing to undertake the h... More >>
Continuing the long and powerful legacy of marine conservation started by his grandfather Jacques Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau Jr., chief executive officer of EarthEcho International, will bring this year's President's Forum Series to a close on Tuesday, April 26. Joining the Colleges as they celebrate Earth Week, Cousteau will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Vandervort Room of the Scandling Campus Cent... More >>
The U. S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer believes the most under utilized resource in the world is women and girls and that both men and women need to be agents of change in order to correct the inequity. Verveer shared her message with the crowd that filled in Geneva Room in the Warren Hunting Smith Library during Wednesday's President's Forum lecture. She is the ... More >>
