Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Community News

Positive Impact on ESL Program

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Four HWS students provided tutoring and translation help to students in the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program at Geneva Middle School. Coordinated through the Intercultural Affairs Center and Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning, Jose Alvarez '13, Lilliana Mendoza '15, Caroline Lara '13, and Dollian Garo '15 helped translate the m...

Happiest Interns on Earth

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Members of the HWS community can be found across the country, even at the "happiest place on earth." Sarah Cifaratta '13 and Katie Kastan '16 have been accepted to the Disney College Program, a semester-long paid internship for college students. Cifaratta is currently participating in the program in Walt Disney World, Florida, taking the class "Exploring ...

Students Interview 99-year-old Genevan

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

For three Hobart seniors, a community-based research course became a very personal learning experience. Rashaun Moore '13, Thomas Michaud '13 and Nick Alexander '13 interviewed 99-year-old Geneva resident John Kenney for their social justice studies course. The interview was part of a class project to discuss race relations in Geneva, "One Great City Stor...

Johnson '16 Wins Reitaku Scholarship

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ema Johnson '16 has recently been awarded the competitive Reitaku Foundation of America Scholarship for one year of fully funded study at Reitaku University, near Tokyo. Johnson is one of only two winners chosen from among applicants from all over the United States. "I was extremely surprised that I was able to receive this scholarship as a first year and...

Rome in a Notebook

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The city of Rome is a marvel of art and architecture - a landscape lush with St. Peter's Basilica, the Coliseum, the works of Michelangelo, the Trevi Fountain, and innumerable ancient details adorning every corner of the Italian capital. Throughout the spring semester, students on the Rome abroad program filled dozens of sketchbooks with their own renderi...

HWS Debates at Nationals

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Amira Abdulkadir '14 and Anna Dorman '14 recently competed in the U.S. Universities National Debate Championships held at the University of La Verne, advancing to semifinals. The pair was one of the top eight teams in the country, beating teams from Harvard, Yale, Bates, Kings College and Cornell. The competition also marked the first time that two HWS te...

HWS Named Princeton Review's Greenest

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Hobart and William Smith Colleges again have been named among the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The Colleges were included in the fourth annual edition of its free downloadable book, "The Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges." "This year's sustainability recognition is marked...

Davis Gallery Outreach to Local Schools

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Davis Gallery at Houghton House is offering a unique opportunity for regional teachers and students. Made possible through the generosity of The Plotkin Foundation (www.tpfnyc.org), the Colleges will cover the cost of busing the students and teachers to and from their schools to the gallery,will provide educational resource materials prior to the vis...

Tutors for America Reads Honored

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) named Kelly Craig '16, Katherine Coughlin '16 and Camille Dupuis '14 as the America Reads "Tutors of the Month" for February. Assistant Director of CCESL Jeremy Wattles congratulated the three William Smith students for their continued tutoring and mentoring efforts, as well as acknowledging...

Student’s Boston Reflection in Esquire

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Molly Doris-Pierce '15 wrote a guest essay on the Boston Marathon tragedy that appeared in Esquire Magazine on April 16, the day following the event. Doris-Pierce, who is from Newtonville, Mass., recalls the many marathons she's watched - noting "Monday was only the second marathon I've ever missed." She learned of the bombings when she received a voicema...